UCI Gravel World Championships 2023, October 7-8, Italy

[Wyndbrook]

UCI statement on the UCI Gravel World Championships (women's live coverage)​

UCI statement on the UCI Gravel World Championships

www.uci.org

L’Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has been informed by the Local Organising Committee of the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships in Veneto (Italy) that today's Women Elite race will not be broadcasted live due to no TV production.

The UCI regrets this decision and invites all fans to follow the race live on social media. Fans will also be able to follow the race via the riders' lap times by clicking here. A summary of the race will be posted online as soon as possible, and numerous highlights of the competition will be broadcasted during the Men Elite race on Sunday.

As of the next edition of the UCI Gravel World Championships, UCI will make it mandatory for event organisers to provide TV production for both the Men Elite and the Women Elite races.

Shame on you UCI.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Last year much, much flatter no?

Would be fun if some WT pros + Valverde obliterate the meme gravel pros in the first hilly section already

I'm just the opposite, quite Like Swenson or similar to win.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Latest news is that Niewiadoma is leading with a small gap ahead of Persico and Vollering.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710633924911567202

View: https://twitter.com/beatcyclingclub/status/1710633924911567202

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kasia finally wins again!

Persico beat Vollering for silver, 32 seconds behind.

 

[Didinho]

Vollering had a hunger knock. Love it for Kasia! Persico as a CX rider also expected podium.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Okay after Kasia wins this race gets the thump of approval from me.
(Until tomorrow when Belgian Pozzato annihilates the competition and I'll be calling it a gimmick event again.)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710707125477953543

View: https://twitter.com/AtlantaRouleur/status/1710707125477953543

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Of course it's a gimmick, and the road and CX specialists riding roughshod over the 'gravel specialists', who by and large have been made up of riders who couldn't quite stick in the other disciplines, kind of shows that. But Kasia has a rainbow jersey now so all is well.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Niewiadoma winning is a nice surprise. I didn't know she was participating, so it's an even bigger surprise to me.

 

[Unchained]

Shame on you UCI.

If this was 1970 or even1990, 2000 I could see where they may have issues with scrambling to get a production together.. but even a delayed, a limited broadcast is easily done using Facebook.. I am able to see a pretty close live broadcast of a Wednesday night training crit in a semi sleepy Mexican town and a woman and her husband do it all.. w their phones.. Come on UCI maybe get a MySpace page going..

 

[Lequack]

Some pics

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Of course it's a gimmick, and the road and CX specialists riding roughshod over the 'gravel specialists', who by and large have been made up of riders who couldn't quite stick in the other disciplines, kind of shows that. But Kasia has a rainbow jersey now so all is well.

The issue is the UCI's version of Gravel, is a bit different to the Gravel that the specialists usually race on, This was another roadie's Gravel race, which didn't appear to have too much technicality......

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710744620873744549

View: https://twitter.com/UCI_cycling/status/1710744620873744549?s=20

 

[saunaking]

Of course it's a gimmick, and the road and CX specialists riding roughshod over the 'gravel specialists', who by and large have been made up of riders who couldn't quite stick in the other disciplines, kind of shows that. But Kasia has a rainbow jersey now so all is well.

Thats because this UCI *** isnt a real gravel race.
Not saying they wouldn't win anyway but real gravel is the big races in the US like unbound that are 200 miles or more and not road rides with some walking paths

 

[ManicJack]

I'm just the opposite, quite Like Swenson or similar to win.

Would like to see Swenson win or think he can?

 

[Pantani_lives]

It looks like something between road racing and cyclocross. So obviously riders who excel at both will fare well in gravel racing too. Perhaps in the USA there are courses more suited to the pure specialists of this specific discipline.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Would like to see Swenson win or think he can?

I would guess probably not, especially on this course.
Would I like him to win, not him particularly, but a gravel rider yes.

 

[Vesica]

I read that the WC would broadcasted from start at the Youtube channel of the UCI, but apparently it isn't. What an absolutely disgrace of an organisation.

 

[Red Rick]

Thats because this UCI *** isnt a real gravel race.
Not saying they wouldn't win anyway but real gravel is the big races in the US like unbound that are 200 miles or more and not road rides with some walking paths

Top pro's need to adapt just a bit, get their gear right and they'll completely massacre that unbound lot. It's literally washed up WT pros there

 

[Samamba]

So they're only showing the last 1.5 hour of this race? Race will probably (almost) be decided by then. That for a WC. Shows how much of a joke this still is.

 

[Lequack]

So they're only showing the last 1.5 hour of this race?

At least on Eurosport/GCN it would seem yes.

They have started.

 

[meat puppet]

Is there a live ticker for text updates anywhere?

 

[Lequack]

 

[Lequack]

It’s all together through 46 km. A large group of over 60 riders passes through the first intermediate split at Pieve di Soligo

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hoogerland has a decent lead in the 40-44y category.