Race Thread

[awavey]

Watching the women's race from Hamme , I started reading my book, Ghosts
not a ghost story but an exploration of relationships , wise and humorous - that
summed up todays 1st televised race.

The battle for 3rd was interesting at least.

Equally I pondered why so many of them chose white shoes to race with

 

[CXXC]

Equally I pondered why so many of them chose white shoes to race with

Look at road racing some 99% of riders where white shoes, it's the fashion I guess?

Back to CX however dull race conditions are virtually all riders wear sunglasses at the start , many will be discarded mid race, that's for the sponsors?

 

[Davesta]

Ps: how come Toon's form fell off a cliff.

He didn’t start today due to illness. So likely he was suffering from it yesterday too, hence his lacklustre race

 

[Davesta]

Look at road racing some 99% of riders where white shoes, it's the fashion I guess?

Back to CX however dull race conditions are virtually all riders wear sunglasses at the start , many will be discarded mid race, that's for the sponsors?

Wearing glasses at the start can be v useful, to stop mud from getting in your eyes as it flicks up from other riders’ tyres…as the riders become less crowded after a couple of laps, there’s less chance of mud flicking up, so you can then get rid of the glasses (especially as they’re probably covered in mud by that point).