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

[Yingge]

Lol at Remco's face at the finish!

Was a rather dour response to being beaten.

 

[Escarabajo]

Thanks. Very nice.

 

[Leggitte]

Hope Roglic, Dumoulin, Froome, Dennis and Thomas are all in their best shape next year.

Let's not write off Wout van Aert just yet.

 

[F_Cance]

Inspiring to see Roglic actually fighting to hang on to Dennis. He might not have the legs but he hasnt thrown the towel today

That was just bad sportsmanship. Let Dennis finish alone and not overtake him in the last 50 meters. Big joke.

 

[JosephK]

Roglic still banged up from the Vuelta (same for Tony Martin), so no surprises there really. Amazing ride by Evenepoel, and a great return to the top for Dennis. I was also pleasantly surprised to see Lawson Craddock continue building on a good year with EF1, a very strong finish for him.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ganna first of the mere mortals, a great result for him.

 

[Rollthedice]

Only explanation for what Roglic did is that he was so exhausted he forgot where he is and what he was supposed to do. He saw that white jersey and started sprinting against Valverde.

 

[Anderis]

8th for Kung, behind Craddock, Kangert etc. Seems to have dropped away in the TT's this year. Maybe another one who is missing the BMC bike?

This is his best ever WT ITT result so how does he seem to have dropped away in the TT's? He has never been that good in long ITTs. His best ever result on a 20+ km ITT during a GT was 7th. Both Craddock and Kangert bettered that this year.

 

[Yingge]

I am surprised that Rohan didn't hoist the bike into the air after, though perhaps a wise move not to.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Once I read that Dennis would ride his BMC bike and specifically prepared for this I was 90% certain he'd win.
Evenepoel in second is hardly a surprise anymore how crazy that might sound.

Didn't expect Ganna in third though, expected more from that other young dude Affini but the TT was probably too long for him or too hilly.

 

[HelloDolly]

Ganna is one very good looking young man

 

[Mayomaniac]

Once I read that Dennis would ride his BMC bike and specifically prepared for this I was 90% certain he'd win.
Evenepoel in second is hardly a surprise anymore how crazy that might sound.

Didn't expect Ganna in third though, expected more from that other young dude Affini but the TT was probably too long for him or too hilly.

Ganna and Affini are both rather big boys, around 80kg, so it was probably just the lack of experience in longer ITTs.

 

[del1962]

Hope Roglic, Dumoulin, Froome, Dennis and Thomas are all in their best shape next year.

Thats just not going to happen

 

[DNP-Old]

Hope Roglic, Dumoulin, Froome, Dennis and Thomas are all in their best shape next year.

There's the Olympics next year, fat chance. In fact, usually in Olympic years you'll see some weird riders pop up in the worlds. Remember Phinney nearly beating out Martin for the rainbow?

 

[Yingge]

Once I read that Dennis would ride his BMC bike and specifically prepared for this I was 90% certain he'd win.

Maybe Bahrain should pay BMC for Bikes next year.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Once I read that Dennis would ride his BMC bike and specifically prepared for this I was 90% certain he'd win.
Evenepoel in second is hardly a surprise anymore how crazy that might sound.

Didn't expect Ganna in third though, expected more from that other young dude Affini but the TT was probably too long for him or too hilly.

In normal circumstances, Campenaerts would have been in 3rd. Don't understand why people expected more from Affini, like i already posted in my "preview"/stars rating. Affini isn't a guy for this parcours.

 

[del1962]

8th for Kung, behind Craddock, Kangert etc. Seems to have dropped away in the TT's this year. Maybe another one who is missing the BMC bike?

Hasnt helped Dimension Data much

 

[Red Rick]

Hard to rank Dennis' performance. Aside from him I don't think this is a particularly good field, I mean his biggest rival won in the junior ranks last season. This would look a lot less dominant with someone like dumoulin or froome in top shape as well or Martin, wiggins and cancellara from a few years ago. Phenomenal performance nontheless of course

Dumoulin, Canc, Wiggins, yes.

Froome wouldn't beat this.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Kangert was one of the big surprises of the day, what a ride! Craddock also rode a fantastic TT.

 

[DNP-Old]

Hasnt helped Dimension Data much

Dimension Data wouldn't get results even if you put them on a motor bike. Riders perform very subpar once they go there on a consistent basis. It doesn't seem like they put in a lot of effort in their TT's either.

 

[Red Rick]

Only explanation for what Roglic did is that he was so exhausted he forgot where he is and what he was supposed to do. He saw that white jersey and started sprinting against Valverde.

Roglic didn't have it physically but he also just tuned out.

To be real I don't think he could beat Dennis if he's 100% either. Maybe on a route like Bergen but not on this sort of route.

 

[del1962]

A fresh Roglic probably would be 2nd.

 

[red_flanders]

Was a rather dour response to being beaten.

No one does dour like the Belgians.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

A fresh Roglic probably would be 2nd.

Probably not imho.

 

[Red Rick]

Probably not imho.

3rd much more likely imo.

I think people underestimate the difference between TTs in the middle of a GT vs championship ITTs.