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I think Romeo took a short cut on a straight road, probably quantum tunneling
Peaky Blinders has made barber's work about 90% easier.
Huh, if he would've smashed everyone in the U23 time trial, then it would be a missed opportunity no?
Those zoomer perms are their mullet/updated version of the Emo fringe.
That said, in your 20ies you should have grown out of your akward phase...
His time at the U23 ECC TT, was faster than the winner at the pros on the same course/distance. He chose to ride U23 so he would be able to ride the U23 WCC (and win... which he didn't). So he could have won the ECC TT if he had chosen to ride with the pros. Now he has nothing at the WCC, and gold at the ECC u23 instead of gold at the ECC elite.
Ivan in the first 20k, Alfa in the last split.
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Nothing wrong with a good Hitler Youth undercut, but yeah, not everyone can pull it off.
Back to the race, Segart's position is really agressive and probably cost him uphill, as @Red Rick said. That said, most pros would have a hard time having spine flexible enough to pull that one off and Segaert isn't a short guy either. I guess Italy should start sending Ganna and Affini to Yoga classes, so that they can get in a more aero position while still mantaining their power.
Yeah but the pro's rode largely in the rain for the EC where he rode in dry circumstances so that comparison can't be made 1 on 1. I just don't get the 'missed opportunity' remark when he's clearly not the best today, he would never even be close to the likes of Affini, Ganna and Evenepoel yesterday.
Great stuff, Ivan Romeo winning and Alec Segaert out of the medals (he should obviously ride the elite).
This was Söderqvists 7th ITT podium this season. Looks like he can turn into a proper old school ITT specialist.
Has he ever properly tried cobbles? Could he do something in Roubaix in the future perhaps.
Has he ever properly tried cobbles? Could he do something in Roubaix in the future perhaps.
At least Milesi had already beaten Segaert in an ITT before and was already know as the best u23 TTer in his own country...
There are no rules that state he wouldn't be able to ride Worlds at u23 level if he rode EC at u23 level, so that was just not the reason, like he said himself multiple times. Also like he also said, the reason his time was faster was because of the changed circumstances. Not just the rain, but also the wind changed. It was wa full on tailwind for Segaert an co. Just not comparable at all, he would've never won EC at pro level.
No, but he could have won the elite ECC instead of u23. Affini riding 5m behind a motor is also not to be underestimated, worldclass level. Campenaerts said the rain at the ECC would not have made much of a difference. It's a stupid decision because there were no Evenepoel, Ganna or Tarling at the ECC, and he should ask Bjerg how big a U23 world title is.
Pros rode in better circumstances, again not comparable. Romeo's last part was definitely really strong.
It remains a stupid decision regardless of whether he would have won or not. Hoole finished only 25s behind Affini, and i think Segaert is already a considerably better TT'er than Hoole. So i wouldn't be so sure the difference is so massive as you make it out to be. He could definitely have gotten a medal in this field.
Campenaerts said that concerning whether the rain changed anything vis a vis his main competitors. You only have to look the highlights and see how they went through the corners, see the rain on the lens of the camera, to know that it made a massive difference for average speed, not even mentioning the wind conditions. Just claiming that Segaert could've won that ITT based on average speed is a comically simplified take.
I also didn't like the decision (no one cares about u23 EC) but we don't need to start making stuff up. Hoole had a really good day. Maybe Segaert could've gotten bronze, but we simply should stop comparing different TTs when they are in different conditions. I believe Segaert himself when he says he checked the times and that is was a big difference in the 2nd part of that TT cause u23 riders had tailwind towards Hasselt.
Campenaerts also said that it didn't change a lot compared to u23 riders, so what you're saying isn't correct either. But the wind did a lot and Campenaerts didn't know about the difference then.
I think mullets and faux-hawks are still the zoomer version of the mullet
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