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

[Lequack]

Is there a live ticker for text updates anywhere?

There is something here

ENDU live

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not the perfect start for Van Aert.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710961901054607511

View: https://twitter.com/dnlbenson/status/1710961901054607511

 

[Lequack]

Not the perfect start for Van Aert.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710961901054607511

View: https://twitter.com/dnlbenson/status/1710961901054607511

Oh crap. And he had a technical a while back as well.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Six riders in the lead at the second intermediate,
Mohorič, F. Vermeersch, Connor Swift, Voss, Valverde and Cameron Mason.

 

[Lequack]

A group of six riders, including Mohoric and Valverde, have about a 15 sec gap on others

Source:

ENDU live

 

[Lequack]

No Wout yet at the latest checkpoint.

 

[Vesica]

WvA on 9 minutes at second checkpoint

others


Swenson + 0.25
Vermeersch (Gianni) + 1.11
Vermeulen +1.12
Bakelants +1.22
Ten Dam +2.00
Slik + 3.36
Vakoc + 5.52

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710969598470762914

View: https://twitter.com/tri_c_livesey/status/1710969598470762914?s=20

 

[Lequack]

If Valverde wins Ineos should offer him a contract.

 

[Vesica]

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according to this short images, WvA was in the lead group.

 

[Samamba]

Mohoric will win this.

 

[awavey]

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

not convinced its that simple, from what Ive seen of unbound, and even some of the world series gravel races or national championships, the courses are insane, often very technical and there would be no chance as a roadie just hopping on a different bike and competing at the very top.

this course, whilst to me it looks like my perfect style of gravel riding, which is itself a clue its probably not that technical all said and done and probably no worse than a "gravel stage" in a grand tour, I dont think matches up with what the gravel riders are competing on the rest of the year.

 

[Vesica]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710969598470762914

View: https://twitter.com/tri_c_livesey/status/1710969598470762914?s=20

Mohoric, Vermeersch, Swift, Voss and Valverde

 

[Vesica]

Mohoric, Swift, Vermeersch

+ 10 s Voss, Valverde

+ 15 s one american, one italian

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[ice&fire]

WvA on 9 minutes at second checkpoint

others


Swenson + 0.25
Vermeersch (Gianni) + 1.11
Vermeulen +1.12
Bakelants +1.22
Ten Dam +2.00
Slik + 3.36
Vakoc + 5.52

So Vakoc and Ten Dam, who finished in the front group at the Unbound Gravel 200 miles race are well behind after 2 hours of racing.
They better keep that Unbound Gravel race at a date when the WT pros are busy and pray for Valverde not to show up there.

 

[Josh Homme]

Mohoric, Swift, Vermeersch

+ 10 s Voss, Valverde

+ 15 s one american, one italian

Keagan Swenson (#225) and Alessandro de Marchi (#15).

 

[meat puppet]

The IG snippet is of course just a snippet, but I'll be god-damned if it doesn't have good ol' Valverde drafting

 

[Lequack]

Is Wout fixing his tire?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710972174511546516

View: https://twitter.com/JumboVismaRoad/status/1710972174511546516

 

[meat puppet]

Vermeesch, Mohoric and Swift now have about 1min30.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Almost 1:30 on Voss, Swenson, De Marchi and Valverde at the second finish line passage.

 

[Samamba]

Wouldnt be surprised if someone out of that 3 is already solo before the live broadcast starts. Actually unbelievable. How can the EC have way better coverage than the worlds, well Belgium vs. Italy I guess.

This really just feels like a random 1.1 race with gravel in it. Like Classica Jaén but massively overhyped.

 

[ice&fire]

A chasing group with Valverde in it. I thought we'd never see that again.

 

[Samamba]

20 minutes of starting interviews incoming when broadcast starts

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bala should just ride some hilly classics and maybe the Vuelta next year, he's obviously bored ****less at home with his 5 kids.

 

[Samamba]

Aha here we go, first highlights of yesterdays race ofcourse, then 20 startinterviews, then highlights of what happened today already and then maybe we're live for the last hour of the race.