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

[meat puppet]

Full meme ride from the Belgian pozzovivo after crashing on an easy, not real gravel (TM) parcours.

 

[yaco]

Wtf didn't Velasco ride Lombardia yesterday

As did De Marche.

 

[AmRacer]

Wow Wout outta nowhere!!! Imagine the result if WVA did not crash 💀

Silver

 

[AmRacer]

Evenepoel crashed and got 9th yesterday

Van Aert today showed his superiority by crashing, losing 9 minutes, and finishing 8th.

Crashapaz crashed too

 

[ManicJack]

Mate just stop at this point and read what REAL riders said about the course, not a star wars monkey named keyboard warrior.

The course sucked.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Former biathlete Pietro Dutto won the 19-34y title while former Vacansoleil teammates Marcello Pavarin and Johnny Hoogerland took the 35-39y and 40-44y titles,

And Samu is world champion!!!

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats to Kasia and Matej!

I was hoping that Swenson could battle at the front this year. Solid finish at ~6 min down, but I'll have to wait to see some footage for more info.

 

[Kubackjeee]

The course sucked.

Good to here that from someone who haven't rode it. Maybe read some reports like the one below.

We Aren't in Kansas Any More: My Recon of the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships Course

Tarmac, doubletrack, steep climbs, and singletrack, all tucked into the folds of Veneto's Prosecco Hills, will make for a gravel race unlike any other.

velo.outsideonline.com

And all the Americans now crying that they don't like the course can just blame themselves. They had a legit chance to host the first UCI gravel world championships and to show the world how it should have been done. But they declined it in the name of "the spirit of gravel". The next year they are competing and crying that it does not look like in Kansas 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

 

[KZD]

Good to see when of the best bike handlers in the peloton winning this race. A successful weekend for Slovenia.

Valverde fourth is amazing.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Former biathlete Pietro Dutto won the 19-34y title

I think you'll find that several riders in that age group finished ahead of him. What is the point of that as a non-elite age category?

 

[dobrien]

Former biathlete Pietro Dutto won the 19-34y title while former Vacansoleil teammates Marcello Pavarin and Johnny Hoogerland took the 35-39y and 40-44y titles,

And Samu is world champion!!!

Late to the thread so maybe someone else mentioned it already but noticed Laurent Brochard took the 55-59 crown!

 

[jmdirt]

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.

While I agree with your disgust over the lack of coverage for a WC, not having coverage doesn't make an event a joke.

 

[Samamba]

While I agree with your disgust over the lack of coverage for a WC, not having coverage doesn't make an event a joke.

For a world championship it surely does.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

For a world championship it surely does.

You obviously didn't watch last year's XC Marathon Worlds in Denmark........Now that was poor.

 

[Didinho]

Wout on his insta story: he rode 2min less than Mohoric. But mechanicals and crashes are part of it.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Good to here that from someone who haven't rode it. Maybe read some reports like the one below.

We Aren't in Kansas Any More: My Recon of the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships Course

Tarmac, doubletrack, steep climbs, and singletrack, all tucked into the folds of Veneto's Prosecco Hills, will make for a gravel race unlike any other.

velo.outsideonline.com

And all the Americans now crying that they don't like the course can just blame themselves. They had a legit chance to host the first UCI gravel world championships and to show the world how it should have been done. But they declined it in the name of "the spirit of gravel". The next year they are competing and crying that it does not look like in Kansas 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

From your link: "(there are also as a few sketchy bike path sections)." ...yeah, bike path...that article doesnt say what you think it does.

 

[Kubackjeee]

From your link: "(there are also as a few sketchy bike path sections)." ...yeah, bike path...that article doesnt say what you think it does.

Yes "sketchy" and when you look at the pictures it is way harder then anything you get in Kansas where all you get is a long boring straight. Maybe unbound shouldn't be called gravel race becuase it included part of peanut butter mud not pure rocky gravel?

So what is your next argument? Maybe there was to much paved roads here?

 

[Lequack]

Valverde: I'm happy, although the gravel is very hard.​

Valverde: "Estoy contento, aunque el gravel es muy duro"

Declaraciones de Alejandro Valverde tras terminar cuarto en el Mundial de Gravel 2023 celebrado hoy en Véneto (Italia).

solobici.es

 

[Lequack]

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Yes "sketchy" and when you look at the pictures it is way harder then anything you get in Kansas where all you get is a long boring straight. Maybe unbound shouldn't be called gravel race becuase it included part of peanut butter mud not pure rocky gravel?

So what is your next argument? Maybe there was to much paved roads here?

This is just stupid...no, I mean seriously, this is the dumbest comment on the forum today. Congratulations on the win!

 

[Kubackjeee]

I will give You an answer kid since You avoided to answer it yourself.

Unbound 200: 38% pavement
Steamboat gravel: 54% pavement
BWR CA: 62% pavement

By your stupid arguments we should not call those races, gravel races 🤡

Can u please tell me in how many gravel races did You participate this years?

Ps. A 12 year old Kyle who downem few monsters too much, don't get to decide who wins the dumbest comment contest 🤷‍♂️ sorry kiddo

 

[Bolder]

Arguments about "real" gravel racing are kind of beside the point. It's transitioning from a fun pastime to a professional sport. But it's not there yet.

 

[Captain Sensible]

Well done Connor Swift on his 3rd place as he is from my home town and can often be seen training round here with local club riders
My grandson even came round to watch the race as he has met Connor .

 

[Sciatic]

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.

But I think you also have to figure in that many of the Euro pros racing here have some background racing cross or MTB.

 

[Sciatic]

With proper prep they would still win Unbound. Keegan is the only one who would stand a chance against WT pros. As for the course it is not bike paths course, so stop talkin ***. It is not unbound, more a BWR. Still extremely hard according to all that finished. My friend who was 14th at woman 40-44 told me it was the hardest ride of her life.

I think to have a fair comparison you’d have the pros come to Unbound . . . Prepared and peaking as they would for RVV or Roubaix.