UCI World Championships 2024 - Men's U-23 ITT (Sept. 23)

[Tricycle Rider]

Please bear with me, I'm a noob at creating race threads. But seeing as no one else has for the men's U-23 ITT I'll give it a somewhat minimalist go.





I'll try to find the start list and will post it unless someone beats me to it.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Start list and start times, bib numbers and all that other good stuff can be found on this page.

Start Times & Order: 2024 World Championships - Men's U23 ITT

On the 23rd of September, the under 23s in the men's will get their chance to fight for a Rainbow Jersey against the clock in Zurich, Switzerland. The start times and order the riders are set to depar...

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Also, Vino for the win!

 

[Samamba]

Seems like it's still raining, possibly a break in rain for about 40 minutes mid TT which could help Christen for example is riding, but no one is going to ride on completely dry roads. It will be VERY tricky for everyone in the hill section. I expect some crashes.

Rain should increase even more at the end of the TT, which would be bad for everyone but the UAE guys and a few others.

EDIT: looks like it stopped raining just before the start. Del Toro will be happy, but obviously roads still wet.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Seems like it's still raining, possibly a break in rain for about 40 minutes mid TT which could help Christen for example is riding, but no one is going to ride on completely dry roads. It will be VERY tricky for everyone in the hill section. I expect some crashes.

Rain should increase even more at the end of the TT, which would be bad for everyone but the UAE guys and a few others.

EDIT: looks like it stopped raining just before the start. Del Toro will be happy, but obviously roads still wet.

I'm watching a Swiss stream and wish I understood Swiss German a little better because they were just interviewing Christen. Naturally the Swiss commentators are all about Christen, but I have no idea what they are saying...

I guess Segaert is supposed to be the overwhelming favorite?

 

[RedheadDane]

@Armchair Cyclist, you know what to do.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And they are off, and the roads are indeed wet.

Lovely green scenery though. (Mandatory scenery comment.)

 

[Samamba]

One of the first rider in the descent, first crash

 

[Tricycle Rider]

One of the first rider in the descent, first crash

That looked like a hard crash right on his chest.

 

[steffr222]

Luckily for him his head didn‘t crash into the wall.

Quite interesting to see Del Toro with another suit than his teammate who crashed

 

[Samamba]

Luckily for him his head didn‘t crash into the wall.

Quite interesting to see Del Toro with another suit than his teammate who crashed

UAE suit

 

[Tricycle Rider]

del Toro on the road, and also lots of puddles on the road :/

 

[yaco]

These WT riders have such an advantage in the ITT with the amount of tech that goes into time trialling. At least it's a more even field in the RR.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Quite interesting to see Del Toro with another suit than his teammate who crashed

looks great

 

[Tricycle Rider]

looks great

It does look great, it looks like it's been designed by a mature and experienced professional.

On that note del Toro just passed somebody, I didn't catch whom.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Let's just stop the race now and get a Ugandan 1-2. Edit: already too late.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Vino option
on the road ...

 

[Samamba]

Morgado not good at T1. Not really a surprise given his form lately

 

[Didinho]

Mexico 1. For now.

 

[Samamba]

Roads are drying up significantly. Del Toro had to ride on wetter roads. Good for Christen who's coming. We'll have to see if the rain hits again before the end. Expected around 5 for now, so could be bad for late starters like Segaert

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Mandatory commentator complaint: I had to switch streams because the Swiss stream just showed a couple of guys sitting at a table and talking (probably about Christen) while a dozen riders were on the road already, grrrrrrrr...

Okay, back to the race now, del Toro in the lead for now.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Christen on the road, I can probably switch back to the Swiss stream now. lol!

Looks like he's got one of those rotating bib numbers, we'll see in what position it ends up once he is finished.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Honestly a shame to miss the junior race, wish it could be on the weekend instead of a random Monday morning, nice to see Dylan Sage looking pretty good for us, only just turned 17.

Hard to remember startlists much stronger than the tt/rr for an U23 race, especially the road race, 2018(?) was good iirc but riders didn't seem to start as early, so many of these guys are already decent WT calibre.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Very few spectators along the roads- I know it's a Monday and it's rainy, but it's still kind of a bummer.

 

[Samamba]

Adam Rafferty first to beat Del Toro at T1

But Christen is coming and expected to be faster

Looks like Del Toro's time isn't that special.

 

[Samamba]

Christen with a really strong time at T1. Not a surprise, he has been working towards this one and the parcours suit him.