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

[limak_]

Sure.
Still, he managed to leapfrog ranks he wasn't expected to.

But considering all circumstances the results are really explicable.
None of the top TT guys was at his best today (aparat from Kung who imho went too hot at some point and could've won that) plus some (WvA, Roglic) were absent. Foss who's a solid TTst showed up in excellent form with super fresh legs and great knowledge of the course. And he won.

So I'd say a huge surprise, but not so much if you look closer at it.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just for fun. Here's a list of riders who finished Luxembourg yesterday, and are racing Sunday:

1	HEIDERSCHEID Colin	Leopard Pro Cycling
2	FOUCHÉ James	Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
3	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Deceuninck
4	WIRTGEN Luc	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
5	GALL Felix	AG2R Citroën Team
6	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	B&B Hotels - KTM
7	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates
8	PELLAUD Simon	Trek - Segafredo
9	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ
10	STEIMLE Jannik	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek - Segafredo
12	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	Trek - Segafredo
13	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ
14	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama - FDJ
15	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
16	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates

Interesting, how several of the riders who did well are gonna ride Sunday.


And here's a list of riders who rode Primus Classic yesterday, and are racing Sunday:

1	ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
2	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe
3	LIEPIŅŠ Emīls	Trek - Segafredo
4	KRISTOFF Alexander	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

Guessing the route is more suited for the kind of riders who're riding Luxembourg, than the kind of riders who are riding Primus.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1571402281068777473

View: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571402281068777473

Hoping "s'encastrant" is not the cognate it appears to be.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Foss demolished all opponents today. Fully deserved. Prepped well, reconned well demolished well.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Sounds like Foss spent a lot of time on the circuit beforehand. He said you had to attack the corners because it was such a stop start course with so many corners.

Yeah, and we mustn‘t forget the advantage that „plumpers“ like Pedersen in Harrogate or Foss today had: they store so many additional liters of water in their bodies and faces, so that they can attack courses with many corners (today) or slippery courses (Harrogate) with full speed, because they are protected by ten liters of fluid from hair to toe…

Just give Foss a few cups of Green Tea before next Giro, and he finishes on the final podium…

 

[Winnen]

A much more interesting TT than I thought it would be. Feel bad for Kung. He was so close. Maybe he dug a little to deep when overtaking Mollema. (for the speedskating fans: it reminded me of Bergsma on the 10k on the WC in 2017, only there Bergsma collapsed completely and the ultimate time difference was bigger). Evenepoel was happy with his power, that shows that Foss has done a superb ride! Congrats to him.

There is one thing I don't like, the missing contenders. I love time trialing and we could have had such a terrific field. Look who is missing:
WvA - Roglic - Vignegaard - Dennis - Asgreen - Dumoulin. Those would have been a mighty addition. If all in peak shape.... Would have loved it.

What do you guys think, did Jumbo kill the TTT specialty by creating such a superb team? No way the TdF will include a prober TTT now because the differences would be huge.

 

[Lequack]

Well everyone knew Tobias Foss was the big favorite, and he came through!

 

[Red Rick]

A much more interesting TT than I thought it would be. Feel bad for Kung. He was so close. Maybe he dug a little to deep when overtaking Mollema. (for the speedskating fans: it reminded me of Bergsma on the 10k on the WC in 2017, only there Bergsma collapsed completely and the ultimate time difference was bigger). Evenepoel was happy with his power, that shows that Foss has done a superb ride! Congrats to him.

There is one thing I don't like, the missing contenders. I love time trialing and we could have had such a terrific field. Look who is missing:
WvA - Roglic - Vignegaard - Dennis - Asgreen - Dumoulin. Those would have been a mighty addition. If all in peak shape.... Would have loved it.

What do you guys think, did Jumbo kill the TTT specialty by creating such a superb team? No way the TdF will include a prober TTT now because the differences would be huge.

I watch speed skating more than I care to admit and I completely forgot that 10km.

A more mainstream comparison would obviously be the 2019 40-15 moment at Wimbledon

 

[BR2]

A much more interesting TT than I thought it would be. Feel bad for Kung. He was so close. Maybe he dug a little to deep when overtaking Mollema. (for the speedskating fans: it reminded me of Bergsma on the 10k on the WC in 2017, only there Bergsma collapsed completely and the ultimate time difference was bigger). Evenepoel was happy with his power, that shows that Foss has done a superb ride! Congrats to him.

There is one thing I don't like, the missing contenders. I love time trialing and we could have had such a terrific field. Look who is missing:
WvA - Roglic - Vignegaard - Dennis - Asgreen - Dumoulin. Those would have been a mighty addition. If all in peak shape.... Would have loved it.

What do you guys think, did Jumbo kill the TTT specialty by creating such a superb team? No way the TdF will include a prober TTT now because the differences would be huge.

You mean missing was the entire rest of the Jumbo team plus Asgreen?

 

[Winnen]

You mean missing was the entire rest of the Jumbo team plus Asgreen?

I did not even realize that those are all JV. I just thought of good TT'ers.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Well everyone knew Tobias Foss was the big favorite, and he came through!

Hey, these three look like the Columbian guy (former Movistar, Ag2R) who once won Paris-Nice, and mentioned something like this: „I did not know that body weight is important for successful cycling!“…

(He was called Bananito or so, but can‘t remember his true name… )

 

[Netserk]

Laporte was missing too.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Hard to be overrated when barely anyone talks about you.

I didn’t even know he existed, saw the result and thought who the heck is Foss

 

[gregrowlerson]

When it rains it waterfalls.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Just for fun. Here's a list of riders who finished Luxembourg yesterday, and are racing Sunday:

1	HEIDERSCHEID Colin	Leopard Pro Cycling
2	FOUCHÉ James	Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
3	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Deceuninck
4	WIRTGEN Luc	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
5	GALL Felix	AG2R Citroën Team
6	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	B&B Hotels - KTM
7	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates
8	PELLAUD Simon	Trek - Segafredo
9	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ
10	STEIMLE Jannik	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek - Segafredo
12	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	Trek - Segafredo
13	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ
14	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama - FDJ
15	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
16	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates

Interesting, how several of the riders who did well are gonna ride Sunday.


And here's a list of riders who rode Primus Classic yesterday, and are racing Sunday:

1	ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
2	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe
3	LIEPIŅŠ Emīls	Trek - Segafredo
4	KRISTOFF Alexander	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

Guessing the route is more suited for the kind of riders who're riding Luxembourg, than the kind of riders who are riding Primus.

Kristoff’s time to shine.

 

[Lequack]

Ethan blames Shimano shifters (and Fred Wright) for losing the podum

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ethan-hayter-blames-shimano-shifters-for-costly-world-championships-time-trial-mishap/

 

[tobydawq]

I did not even realize that those are all JV. I just thought of good TT'ers.

You missed Laporte

 

[tobydawq]

I didn’t even know he existed, saw the result and thought who the heck is Foss

How didn't you know he existed?? Not exactly a complete no-name.

 

[SHAD0W93]

How didn't you know he existed?? Not exactly a complete no-name.

All I remember of him is reading his name infrequently and that he was on Jumbo.

 

[Lequack]

All I remember of him is reading his name infrequently and that he was on Jumbo.

He also played in Breaking Bad

 

[topcat]

I finally got out of bed. I didn't miss much. I've heard of Foss (as big a nobody as Wright). The hilarious year continues!

 

[gregrowlerson]

I finally got out of bed. I didn't miss much. I've heard of Foss (as big a nobody as Wright). The hilarious year continues!

Wright will win the road race. You heard it here first.

 

[topcat]

Wright will win the road race. You heard it here first.

There will be a sprint finish of 50 riders and Wright will beat Ewan for 8th place. Alaphilippe will attack 12 times on Mount Pleasant and take the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow. We will laugh and cry.

 

[gregrowlerson]

There will be a sprint finish of 50 riders and Wright will beat Ewan for 8th place. Alaphilippe will attack 12 times on Mount Pleasant and take the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow. We will laugh and cry.

Alaphalippe celebrating too early, giving Wright the victory spoils; that's what I'm wishing for.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I think I'll just get up after 8am (UK time) as normal and watch the last dozen on replay.
I just better remember not to look at anything else online first!
Got a small each-way on Ethan Hayter, but fingers crossed for Remco to get the rainbow.

That's a sickener, wonder how much time he lost but it would've been close definitely.