Richmond 2015 World Championships, Sep 19-27

[Andy262]

This course will surely wear down the big sprinters in a monument style race. Looks made for a GvA or Stybar type hard man/puncheur.

 

[Andy262]

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I'd just like to take a moment to laugh at "Team GB". They never announced a ninth rider. They couldn't even give poor old Russell Downing or Adam Blythe a call. Why not be nice and call up a conti rider from a domestic team? I don't get the mentality. Wacky behaviour.

Crazy. Could Owain Doull have ridden the senior race too? Even to bottle carry for the first half it could save someone else's legs.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Positioning will be everything with a 4K final, crashes and really short climbs. That's a disadvantage for people without a team, like Sagan.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Positioning will be everything with a 4K final, crashes and really short climbs. That's a disadvantage for people without a team, like Sagan.

Assuming the weather is as forecast I can't imagine a more perfect Worlds for Sagan

 

[Kwibus]

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There is something funny about all this talk about getting "rid of" Degenkolb and Kristoff. It seems that people still don't get that these two guys are two of the toughest classics riders out there at the moment. They won in PR and RVV because they were the strongest rider in the race that day, not because they managed to barely hold on to a sprint.

Kristoff at RvV, yes. Degenkolb at PR, nope. He had no trouble following wheels, but that's all he did, and he didn't show to be the strongest. Still though, that's largely irrelevant; everybody else does HAVE to drop them if they want to have a chance, no matter how hard that actually is.

I have this the other way around, Kristoff was smart following Terpstra and got dragged to the line, without doing much but being smart, which is great, but still following a wheel. Degenkolb on the other hand was always in the perfect position on the cobbles at PR, which is in itself a strong achievement, and once he had to be active, attacked and closed down the essential gap alone. After that he didn't stop working, and after the group regained numbers played it smart. And rightly so.

Are you serious? lol
Just rewatch the last 30km and come back.

Possible that I have it wrong, could be coincedent that I almost never saw him on the front when I looked at the screen. Was a little bit distracted back than, I almost never saw him working when I looked up. I'm not joking, it's just that my impression after that was that he didn't do much. If he was strong indeed, the better it is.

But my point on Degenkolb stands nonetheless. But that's a totally diffrent matter anyway.

We agree on Degenkolb, but Kristoff was simply stronger then Terpstra. They worked together a lot in the first part of their break. Maybe Terpstra a bit more, but more likely equal. Terpstra tried to drop Kristoff on the final climbs, but failed... actually Kristoff looked stronger.
After that Terpstra barely hit the front anymore.

 

[del1962]

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I'd just like to take a moment to laugh at "Team GB". They never announced a ninth rider. They couldn't even give poor old Russell Downing or Adam Blythe a call. Why not be nice and call up a conti rider from a domestic team? I don't get the mentality. Wacky behaviour.

Wouldn't someone have to be on the long list though

I assume PK, Cav and G where on the long list but who else and where they available?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Any chance to catch the last hour os so of the U-23 RR? I really want to see the parcours.

 

[Andy262]

Looking forward to the women's tonight. Small bets on Johanssen to win and Ratto EW.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Does anyone know when the race starts tomorrow?

 

[Asero831]

26 hours from now

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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26 hours from now

Thanks

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

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Any chance to catch the last hour os so of the U-23 RR? I really want to see the parcours.

Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfZzg4fdFho

Btw, bit of a déja vu for the Italians. It's not the first time that a young sprinter called Simone got beaten by a late attacker in the U23 RR:

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Heh.. but the crash also ruined a lot of chances for others. It was in front and a lot of good u23 riders were held up or crashed. So the result doesn't say much

 

[TMP402]

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I'd just like to take a moment to laugh at "Team GB". They never announced a ninth rider. They couldn't even give poor old Russell Downing or Adam Blythe a call. Why not be nice and call up a conti rider from a domestic team? I don't get the mentality. Wacky behaviour.

Wouldn't someone have to be on the long list though

I assume PK, Cav and G where on the long list but who else and where they available?

You may well be correct, but the vibe I got from this site's reporting was that GB simply hadn't yet named a replacement, rather than they definitely couldn't.

 

[TMP402]

My new theory is GB will be riding for Kwiatkowski. Why would Sky specifically announce him on the day of the world championships if you're not going to back it up?

 

[Samamba]

No livestream for the jr race?

 

[BigMac]

The amount of crashes in that first corner going into Libby Hill will be so high, I fear excitement becomes fiasco.

https://twitter.com/cyclingreporter/status/647775059755429889

Sound on.

 

[TMP402]

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The amount of crashes in that first corner going into Libby Hill will be so high, I fear excitement becomes fiasco.

https://twitter.com/cyclingreporter/status/647775059755429889

Sound on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChzRB8h6LU

 

[BigMac]

Felix Gall for Austria. Nice win, very close in the end.

 

[Andy262]

Womens: Two crashes on the first lap. Picture quality is godawful.

 

[zapata]

No problem with the picture quality where I am. I was goin to suggest y

 

[WheelofGear]

Women's race is on.

Why do Kirby has to comment on anything? Can we get him fired?

 

[May0maniac]

Felix Gall for Austria. Nice win, very close in the end.

Awesome, I've met him once. Not to bad for a triathlete

 

[BigMac]

Felix Gall for Austria. Nice win, very close in the end.

Awesome, I've met him once. Not to bad for a triathlete

Immediately thought of this:

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17067

 

[WheelofGear]

Meh. It's doesn't look that rainy. I hope they are saving it for Sunday.