The Grand 2022 Wollongong UCI Road World Championships Thread, September 18th-25th

[Tim Cahill]

Real Cowboy Bob Orton vibes with the elbow, pretty cool.

 

[tobydawq]

You have no idea of other peoples circumstances. What an absurd statement.

Again, it was only a comment on it being perfect to just watch the final 25 kilometres.

 

[Izzyeviel]

u23 results here & are surprisingly hard to find

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Mate. You have no idea of the day I had yesterday.

I spent 6 hours travelling from and to work which normally takes 45 min. Including a 7km part I had to walk. I was dead. I needed my night rest. Thanks.

Annemiek van Vleuten laughs with your day.

 

[Potomac]

For American east coast viewing the race is 8pm Saturday night to 3am if I have done the math correctly.

 

[Berniece]

When are people waking up tomorrow? Im thinking somewhere in the ballpark of 5-6am should be decent enough, maybe a bit earlier. Don't think I care enough to watch the whole thing, even though I would under normal circumstances..

At first I also was thinking about 5am, but I don't think I'll miss much if I start watching at 6am. They'll go hard from the beginning, but I don't think we'll have a situation like last year, where we'll have great riders going away +200km before the finish. More likely that they'll just go hard, and each round some riders will be dropped, and we'll get some attacks in the last 60-100km's.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

I woke up and saw there was 3km to go and watched only that!

I don't think I will even watch 3km of men's tomorrow because I'm visiting a friend and will be in bed after a Saturday night. I'm gonna wake up and find out that Van aert won

Would that turn him from the Belgian Pozzato into the Belgian Hushovd?

 

[movingtarget]

Tomorrow
Sunny
12°C - 20

Wollongong for Sunday. Sunny. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon.

Chance of Rain : 5%

Amount of Rain : <1mm

 

[Big Doopie]

How does WVA play it tomorrow? Today showed how difficult a smaller group is to control when you are best sprinter and there are groups coming up from behind. Kopecky had the world championship in her grasp in that last 3km but had no control over a late attack. Does he just hope for a kopecky type situation and jump on the wheel of any late attacker? Or does he try and go solo on the last climb (similar to Calais)

that’s when you have Remco pull for the last few KM like he does for Jacobsen (not for 25 km between 45-20 to go like in Leuven, allowing your opponents to sit in the wheel).

Belgium tactics. Have Remco attack 2 laps from end. If he gets away alone and teams hesitate he could go to the end. If they chase WvA sits in the wheels. When he’s caught. Let him recover for a bit and then have him lead out dissuading attacks.

still think VDP will win.

as for the course not being challenging to split things up enough…possibly. But once pros go over 200 kms it’s a whole other battle of attrition. 260+ and they are sure to be on their last legs.

 

[movingtarget]

No doubt that some riders struggle with the extra distance especially if its raced hard.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

For American east coast viewing the race is 8pm Saturday night to 3am if I have done the math correctly.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMCXx5k01Tg

 

[Izzyeviel]

Thankfully next years worlds will be held at a far more suitable location & time for everyone.

 

[Blanco]

If Remco gets a gap of 50 to a 100 meters tomorrow, there is a big chance he is World Champion. And his explosivity is improved so it should be easier for him to get a gap.

He ain't going nowhere without Van Der Poel. He can gap tiny climbers, but let's if he can do that against classic specialists.

 

[topcat]

Thankfully next years worlds will be held at a far more suitable location & time for everyone.

Maybe not the Aussies. G'day mate.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Maybe not the Aussies. G'day mate.

Why? is it annoying having to get up early/stay up late for major sporting events or something?

 

[JosefK]

Holy smokes. I just watched a replay of the final 25 kilometers (elite women's RR). This might be the best racing day of Vleuty's career, considering the almost impossible obstacles for her. Broken elbow and all. Unbelievable.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He ain't going nowhere without Van Der Poel. He can gap tiny climbers, but let's if he can do that against classic specialists.

Van der Poel would be an excellent companion to attack with from far out. He will commit fully and ride 100%. Then Evenepoel can easily drop him in the final lap, considering Evenepoel, unlike Van der Poel, doesn't fade away after a long range attack. It would be a much bigger problem if Pogacar joined him. He's not going to drop Pogacar 1v1 and he's not going to outsprint him either.

PS: Adrie's advice to Mathieu in case Evenepoel attacks: "Don't try to follow him." (click)

 

[meat puppet]

Interesting and somewhat frustrating finale in the women's race.

Had the others worked with Kasia when they had around 20sec, maybe they stay away. Seemed to me she was making most of the pace at that point whereas Cille was especially passenger-ish (plus probably ended up tiring herself with bad cornering as mentioned upthread)

For once AvV did not rely entirely on brute force. Stayed at the back of the group since the final hill or more, others probably just thought she did not have it. Very naive mistake, but what can you do. As for her attack, the timing was right and she just went for it without thinking twice. Not my favorite but a very deserved winner.

Still, it was astonishing that absolutely no one went with her or tried to chase.

Hoping for a sneaky move to decide the men's race too.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

This course lends itself to either a small group sprint or a late attack. So far all except one of the races have ended in an attacking group or solo to the line, which the Women’s Juniors race was decided by a long solo. The men’s RR will likely end in a late attacking group, with my prediction Biniam Girmay will put on the rainbow stripes at the end of the day.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

The men’s RR will likely end in a late attacking group, with my prediction Biniam Girmay will put on the rainbow stripes at the end of the day.

Biniam winning would be awesome.

 

[Danskebjerge]

No doubt that some riders struggle with the extra distance especially if its raced hard.

... And if it's raining, like in Harrogate.

 

[search]

Jhonatan Narvaez will not only be the only rider of his country tomorrow, but due to visa- and monetary issues, there's also only one staff member in Australia: the president of the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation himself

Martín López y Jhonatan Narváez, los ciclistas de Ecuador en el Mundial

Los ciclistas ecuatorianos Jhonatan Narváez y Martín López correrán por Ecuador en el Campeonato Mundial de Ruta UCI Wollongong 2022.

www.elcomercio.com

Any idea how they handle feeding, mechanical assistance and so on in such a case? I guess Colombia may give them a helping hand?!

 

[gregrowlerson]

Genius to get dropped

Almeida to win the men's RR?

 

[gregrowlerson]

Mate. You have no idea of the day I had yesterday.

I spent 6 hours travelling from and to work which normally takes 45 min. Including a 7km part I had to walk. I was dead. I needed my night rest. Thanks.

"Appropriate that the first person listed (now second) in liking this post is named BigCoward."

Tobydawq, probably