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

[RedheadDane]

Just to be clear, it was Eekhoff who went into the car earlier in the race, right?

 

[Singularitarian]

what a race... can we have something similar with Elite (after the usual 200kms of race control games of main teams)?

 

[Red Rick]

Wonder if Eekhoff will stay on the development team or move to the main team of Sunweb

 

[JosephK]

Commissaires are reviewing results . . . an infraction among the lead group? A possible relegation?

 

[postmanhat]

Commissaire's investigating. Result not confirmed yet

UK commentators speculating that Eekhoff may have been paced back after his crash

 

[Bushman]

Yes

This Kron guy in the chasing group, is that the same guy who finished second in the Ardennes stage in the Baloise tour?

Yes

 

[Brullnux]

what a race... can we have something similar with Elite (after the usual 200kms of race control games of main teams)?

I have a feeling it will be more of an 'olympics' race and that it's gonna be very hard to control, especially some of the favourites (VdP and Sagan) will be pretty happy in a broken and chaotic race. Maybe I'm being too optimistic though.

 

[Brullnux]

Commissaire's investigating. Result not confirmed yet

What was there to investigate?

 

[RedheadDane]

Looks like it's gonna be the front group.

See, I was right. Just a slight reshuffling of the front group.

 

[JosephK]

Tension builds.

 

[RedheadDane]

Tension builds.

For Sunday?
For Tomorrow?

 

[DNP-Old]

Rumour is they're reviewing Eekhoff's return after a crash very early in the race.

 

[JosephK]

For Sunday?
For Tomorrow?

Them, too. But for now, today. Results have not been confirmed.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

It would have been cool enough if Sajnok had won (only danes will understand).

What a race though. Though the recency bias is considerable, I am struggling to point out a better race this year.

 

[Koronin]

Commissaire's investigating. Result not confirmed yet

UK commentators speculating that Eekhoff may have been paced back after his crash

Our commentators can't find anything at all about the sprint at the end of the race. So something earlier would make more sense than anything at the end.

 

[RedheadDane]

Them, too. But for now, today. Results have not been confirmed.

Huh? Didn't look like there was anything fishy from where I was sitting…

 

[WKA311]

Wonder if Eekhoff will stay on the development team or move to the main team of Sunweb

He is stepping up.

 

[JosephK]

Eekhoff appears to be the focus of the jury's review. Being paced back (in the cars) after his crash? . . . I mean, normally there's some flexibility there, especially after a crash. We see it all the time.

 

[Red Rick]

Well a British guy did get 4th

 

[WKA311]

I hope EF are teaching Rutsch how to use his strength better and how to conserve energy and not throw everything out with countless useless attacks far from the finish. He's been doing that all season and while it has brought him some results it has cost him a lot of races. Today again. He wouldn't have won but he could have placed better.

 

[GuntherL]

I don't care who wins, but I hope the result isn't changed by the jury. It would invalidate the entire race.

It's been an eventful WC to say the least.

 

[JosephK]

Well a British guy did get 4th

That's what I was thinking.

 

[RedheadDane]

That's what I was thinking.

Oh, that would be utter ***!
Unless we're talking Nibali-style pacing, but if it's just regular getting a bit of help to get back in the race, then it's BS! The guy basically went into a car! The fact that he even wanted to continue is impressive.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

It is ridiculous for this decision to be made now. Should have been made over an hour ago. No way could they allow a rider guilty of a DQ infringement to contest the finish

 

[DNP-Old]

It appears to be his GPS data that is the culprit. It is said he reached speeds for 500 meters that is not humanly possible with a bike.