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

[Tricycle Rider]

Such a strange mix of riders - you have ones who already compete at the top level while others can probably barely afford a tt bike.

 

[steffr222]

A shame for Del Toro - everybody thought his early starting time would be an advantage, apparently it was absolutely not as the road seems to be really dry atm

 

[Samamba]

What has UAE done to Morgado

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Morgado may be about to lose to Nepolas Vinokurov here, not sure what's happened to him since the start of the summer but it clearly isn't anything good.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wiggo, Beloki, Vino, all the stars are out there

 

[Samamba]

Christen definitely won a lot of time on these decents, took a lot of risks. Didn't crash, so payed off.

More than 30s into Rafferty at T2. He's flying.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Such a strange mix of riders - you have ones who already compete at the top level while others can probably barely afford a tt bike.

This, but frankly it has been that way a long time. Look at Davide Martinelli, who was a great TTer in the junior and u23 ranks because of his father's connections and money giving him acsess to top tier equipment. Once everyone got the same chance he was no longer anything special as a TTer, after beating riders like Ganna and Affini in the u23 ranks.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wiggo, Beloki, Vino, all the stars are out there

And Quintana's been out there, too.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

This is a great ad for the UCI‘s rule that bans WT and PT riders from U23 worlds. Del Toro and Christen could easily also race with the Elite.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Alfa Romeo!

 

[Samamba]

Romeo with his typical u23 Worlds form

 

[steffr222]

Romeo time T1-T2 is unreal?!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Romeo cooking the UAE guys on the billion dollar gear with some trusty, reliable old Banesto setup they got out of Chente's garage.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Leonard might be interesting, won the Avenir prologue but in a bit of a shock, looked half decent in the break in Canada.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Morgado looks like a 35 year old football hooligan from Poland.

 

[Samamba]

Holy *** Romeo, this looks like a WC worthy time

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is a great ad for the UCI‘s rule that bans WT and PT riders from U23 worlds. Del Toro and Christen could easily also race with the Elite.

Tbf Christen was never getting selected over Küng and Bissegger (although the latter's offday means he likely would have done better in retrospect).

 

[steffr222]

Romeo - wtf. This was massive, especially because Christen was descending absolutely perfect

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Did Romeo have Affini's moto in front of him?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Tbf Christen was never getting selected over Küng and Bissegger (although the latter's offday means he likely would have done better in retrospect).

Yes, I was thinking more of the road race where he will be missed.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Almost 57 km/h for Romeo on the final split, if we weren't in Switzerland I would have been inclined to blame a timing malfunction rather than a huge negative split...

 

[Samamba]

Almost 57 km/h for Romeo on the final split, if we weren't in Switzerland I would have been inclined to blame a timing malfunction rather than a huge negative split...

Wind mustve changed or something? But then again, Christen wasn't riding very long ago. Insane, I don't see anyone beating this.

 

[Didinho]

Better conditions now? Nonetheless impressive ride!!

 

[Samamba]

Looking at the wind it could be that's its turning more to the south, which would mean a cross tailwing in the last part. It was expected later today but maybe it's already happening. Or Romeo was just insanely strong, also possible

I see that a lot of riders are riding a relatively fast last part now tho

 

[LTNN87]

Did Romeo have Affini's moto in front of him?

Actually Christen benefitted from a TV moto riding very close to him. Super impressive. The road is almost dry now.