UCI Road World Championships 21st-29th September 2019 - Yorkshire - Race Thread.

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Cool of Price-Pejtersen to (I think) finish after all. Now, back to the hotel, young man, get a nice warm shower, and prepare for Friday!

Not only did he finish, he stood in his wet kit for about 10 minutes doing interviews in the mixed zone, all with a slightly sore foot, although he already thinks it's not serious and he will be fine for Friday.

Valter too did all his media duties and even declined an ambulance, preferring to discreetly ask for a quick medical check instead of a trip to hospital. He tweeted to say he too was OK.

Impressed by both men and their professionalism and resilience.
 
I can't really go along with this. Dennis the favorite over the European champion and the guy who won every ITT he took part in this year while he hasn't raced in the past 10 weeks? Evenepoel at the same foot as Asgreen? No. One star for Martin and Lutsenko? I would give those to Dowsett, Lampaert, Ganna or Küng.
I think this is the perfect year for Campenaerts. He has the best mix of form age and experience
 
Not only did he finish, he stood in his wet kit for about 10 minutes doing interviews in the mixed zone, all with a slightly sore foot, although he already thinks it's not serious and he will be fine for Friday.

Well, there was speculation that he might purposely have gone straight ahead where Gareeva did yesterday. Essentially deciding that a DNF would be better than a bad result.
 
Conditions today were absolutely awful. Glad that there weren't serious crashes. Dygert is a phenomenon and Bjerg again showing is great time trial ability. Next year I want to see him with the elites.

Regarding tomorrow I think the podium will be decided between Dennis, Remco, Roglic and Campanaerts. I still back Dennis to win. He isn't having a good year but on a BMC he was so much better than everyone last year and I think the course suits him well. Evenepoel will likely come second, the course is very long but he is so good that I don't think it will make much of a difference. Roglic could be third, in his best shape I think he could reach gold but he will suffer a bit from the Vuelta and I wouldn't be surprised if he reaches bronze. Asgreen is the biggest outsider but podium will be difficult. The Italians will likely suffer in this course. Watch out to Nelson Oliveira too he always do very well in the Worlds.
 
I wonder why they didn't mention...

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Starting times:

  1. 13:20:00 56 ALKHALAIFAH Khaled KUW 1995
  2. 13:21:30 55 JASER Nazir SYR 1989
  3. 13:23:00 54 DUNBAR Edward IRL 1996
  4. 13:24:30 53 COETZEE Dirk NAM 1993
  5. 13:26:00 52 FENG Chun Kai TPE 1988
  6. 13:27:30 51 GRADEK Kamil POL 1990
  7. 13:29:00 50 MAS BONET Luis Guillermo ESP 1989
  8. 13:30:30 49 IMHOF Claudio SUI 1990
  9. 13:32:00 48 ARCHIBALD John GBR 1990
  10. 13:33:30 47 BARTA Jan CZE 1984
  11. 13:35:00 46 TRATNIK Jan SLO 1990
  12. 13:36:30 45 LATOUR Pierre FRA 1993
  13. 13:38:00 44 SYSMONDS Christopher GHA 1973
  14. 13:39:30 43 ALALI Saied Jafer KUW 1988
  15. 13:41:00 42 MINO BAEZ Gustavo Adolfo PAR 1984
  16. 13:42:30 41 AGUSTSSON Runar Orn ISL 1985
  17. 13:44:00 40 SEPULVEDA Eduardo ARG 1991
  18. 13:45:30 39 GROSU Eduard-Michael ROU 1992
  19. 13:47:00 38 HOULE Hugo CAN 1990
  20. 13:48:30 37 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ 1992
  21. 13:50:00 36 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED 1992
  22. 13:51:30 35 POLITT Nils GER 1994
  23. 13:53:00 34 EVTUSHENKO Alexander RUS 1993
  24. 13:54:30 33 LAMPAERT Yves BEL 1991
  25. 13:56:00 32 WAIS Ahmad Badreddin SYR 1991
  26. 13:57:30 31 CULLY Jan Andrej SVK 1995
  27. 13:59:00 30 DURBRIDGE Luke AUS 1991
  28. 14:00:30 29 MULLEN Ryan IRL 1994
  29. 14:02:00 28 BRANDLE Matthias AUT 1989
  30. 14:03:30 27 KHALMURATOV Muradjan UZB 1982
  31. 14:05:00 26 MADSEN Martin Toft DEN 1985
  32. 14:06:30 25 DOWSETT Alex GBR 1988
  33. 14:08:00 24 GANNA Filippo ITA 1996
  34. 14:09:30 23 CERNY Josef CZE 1993
  35. 14:11:00 22 THOMAS Benjamin FRA 1995
  36. 14:12:30 21 KANGERT Tanel EST 1987
  37. 14:14:00 20 KIRYIENKA Vasil BLR 1981
  38. 14:15:30 19 JUNGELS Bob LUX 1992
  39. 14:17:00 18 FOMINYKH Daniil KAZ 1991
  40. 14:18:30 17 DE BOD Stefan RSA 1996
  41. 14:20:00 16 CRADDOCK G Lawson USA 1992
  42. 14:21:30 15 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL 2000
  43. 14:23:00 14 VAN EMDEN Jos NED 1985
  44. 14:24:30 13 BEVIN Patrick NZL 1991
  45. 14:26:00 12 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe COL 1996
  46. 14:27:30 11 BODNAR Maciej POL 1985
  47. 14:29:00 10 AFFINI Edoardo ITA 1996
  48. 14:30:30 9 CASTROVIEJO Nicolas Jonathan ESP 1987
  49. 14:32:00 8 MARTIN Tony GER 1985
  50. 14:33:30 7 KUNG Stefan SUI 1993
  51. 14:35:00 6 HAGA Chad USA 1988
  52. 14:36:30 5 OLIVEIRA Nelson POR 1989
  53. 14:38:00 4 ASGREEN Kasper DEN 1995
  54. 14:39:30 3 ROGLIC Primoz SLO 1989
  55. 14:41:00 2 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL 1991
  56. 14:42:30 1 DENNIS Rohan AUS 1990
 
Starting times:

  1. 13:20:00 56 ALKHALAIFAH Khaled KUW 1995
  2. 13:21:30 55 JASER Nazir SYR 1989
  3. 13:23:00 54 DUNBAR Edward IRL 1996
  4. 13:24:30 53 COETZEE Dirk NAM 1993
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  6. 14:36:30 5 OLIVEIRA Nelson POR 1989
  7. 14:38:00 4 ASGREEN Kasper DEN 1995
  8. 14:39:30 3 ROGLIC Primoz SLO 1989
  9. 14:41:00 2 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL 1991
  10. 14:42:30 1 DENNIS Rohan AUS 1990
Why so early :( most people have to work Wednesday afternoon
 
I have a hard time believing in Dennis. He didn't race in a long time and it would be pretty incredible for me if his antics at the Tour would translate into big motivation to train for the WC ITT if he indeed abandoned because of his TT material in the first place.
Also, if the conditions are similarly wet tomorrow, he will lose a lot of time in the technical sections (Don't know details about the course, though)
Don't forget that Dennis may well be riding for a contract here, and will probably be the freshest of everyone except possibly Evenepoel and some others on a lighter race program.

Dennis claims he's hitting the same wattages he did last year in preparation and is aiming for podium as a minimum. If true, it's between him and Campenaerts for the win, but I'd give Campenaerts the slight edge after his hour record training, as long as he's fresh enough.
 
Don't forget that Dennis may well be riding for a contract here, and will probably be the freshest of everyone except possibly Evenepoel and some others on a lighter race program.

Dennis claims he's hitting the same wattages he did last year in preparation and is aiming for podium as a minimum. If true, it's between him and Campenaerts for the win, but I'd give Campenaerts the slight edge after his hour record training, as long as he's fresh enough.
Whenever I hear someone (in any sport) say “I’m hitting the same watts/percents/scores/weights/distances I did when I won that big thing that one time,” what I hear is “I haven’t actually made any progress since then, it’s all I can do to keep up.”

That, and switching back to last year’s bike, makes me think Dennis is in last-year-mode.
 
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I will just throw in Bevin as a dark horse. Good season so far and quite some Top10 finishes in ITT. Strong showing at the Vuelta, too.

Also great to see the Kuwaiti girls riding at UCI Worlds! Great accomplishment!
 
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I am just going to throw some outsiders in.

Kangert will make a top 6 i feel.

Jungels is also a could bet- he has looked good the past monthes- will like the terrain and length.

Lutsenko- Don't really know why i believe in him , as he isn't that good a time trialler these days. but the man looks inform and starts early. I have a feeling he is gonna make a fantastic one.


Politt- No reason- i just love politt :)
 
Whenever I hear someone (in any sport) say “I’m hitting the same watts/percents/scores/weights/distances I did when I won that big thing that one time,” what I hear is “I haven’t actually made any progress since then, it’s all I can do to keep up.”

That, and switching back to last year’s bike, makes me think Dennis is in last-year-mode.

Last-year Dennis was a whole heap better than this-year Dennis.