Women’s RR - World Championships 2024 (September 28)

[jono]

So if Kopecky can repeat on this course, does MVDP have a chance?

 

[RedheadDane]

Pieterse wins the U23 race.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The Dutch tactics were: everyone is riding for Vollering, nobody else is allowed to win. And if someone is in position to win, Vollering will personally make sure they aren't anymore.

Vollering is just not smart. What she needs is a coach who is. But the current national coach for the Dutch has delivered disasterclass after disasterclass, even if they still managed to win quite a few times despite of that. Luckily this was her final race as national coach.

Unfortunately Loes is even worse at managing the talents at her disposal than Danny Stan, so far from countering Demi and her tactical lacunae, they get compounded.

 

[proffate]

she lost by a bike length, Kopecky to strong even if Chloe didn't chase so much

Pretty sure that 5km of chasing is worth at least 1.1 bike lengths

 

[Samamba]

Can anyone explain the Dutch tactics here?!

Greed and selfishness, that's it

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Mayomaniac]

Unfortunately Loes is even worse at managing the talents at her disposal than Danny Stan, so far from countering Demi and her tactical lacunae, they get compounded.

There's only one question: Will Movistar sign Vollering as a DS straight out of the gate when she retires?

 

[awavey]

This was really dumb from Vollering, should have forced Kopecky do chunk of the work or risk letting ELB go away for good. And then she was the one closing down Roseman-Gannons early attack and to cap it all off led out the final sprint as well. With all the talk of internal rift at SD Worx , she was for some reason hell bent on making sure Kopecky won this race.

I thought that at the time but Demi really wanted the win, whilst Kopecky is in that I'm already WC🌈 forever more. I don't need to win this race as badly as you do so I can sit and gamble to force your hand to chase ELB for me.

So we'd then just be talking about why Demi didn't chase on when it was obvious ELB was making a winning move.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Greed and selfishness, that's it

Also stupidity and actually not maximizing your chances of winning.

 

[yaco]

Brown again avoiding scrutiny for her non-performance YET again as the Aussie leader in the RR.

 

[Samamba]

Also stupidity and actually not maximizing your chances of winning.

Because of greed and selfishness, I refuse to believe they are all that incredibly stupid.

 

[iBanesto]

The Dutch team strategy.

 

[theyoungest]

Greed and selfishness, that's it

It's not that, really it isn't. Vollering isn't selfish. She's just not smart. I'm sorry, but it's as simple as that.

Kopecky is selfish and smart

 

[dobrien]

Pretty sure that 5km of chasing is worth at least 1.1 bike lengths

Agreed.

 

[Monsi]

So if Kopecky can repeat on this course, does MVDP have a chance?

MVDP does have a chance but it comes down to tactics. Also, don't know if MVDP will have someone like Vollering who will just chase down any move for him.

 

[awavey]

Henderson first Brit across the line in 21st.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I'll say this about Kopecky, I respect her for being a ruthless racer and actually being willing to risk loosing a race in order to win.

 

[Samamba]

It's not that, really it isn't. Vollering isn't selfish. She's just not smart. I'm sorry, but it's as simple as that.

Kopecky is selfish and smart

No one is that stupid lol, Vollering just wants to win herself.

 

[Didinho]

Vollering agreed to a 3 year extension with Cycling Belgium.

 

[awavey]

Brown again avoiding scrutiny for her non-performance YET again as the Aussie leader in the RR.

Couldn't believe some of the Eurosport pundits had her down as a win/podium bet, because TT, even though she always disappears in the road races

 

[KZD]

Kopecky was not even on a great day but she still manage to win thanks to some great tactics, chapeau.

Dygert with a really good second place, surprising as she didn't even look that good in the TT.

Vollering rode really badly today. First she attacks too early with 2 laps to go dropping her entire team, then she attacks in the short climb before the descent dropped her faster teammate Vos. Then at the end when ELB attacked, she uses the final drop of energy she had to close her down instead of letting the fastest rider, Kopecky, do it. This kind of tacticts makes Van Aert look a tactical master.

 

[Red Rick]

Greed and selfishness, that's it

Not even that. I'm pretty sure Vos knew she was dead and not winning.

A big issue here is lack of race radios, and it just looks ***. It doesn't even make races better, it just makes them completely stupid.

 

[theyoungest]

At some point the Dutch had three riders in a front group of about 7 or 8. And they end up 5th. It's just unbelievable

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Kopecky, well done. Not the strongest uphill but paced herself well afterwards and smoked everyone at the finish with her huge power. Vollering is a top-notch tactician, legendary performance today!

So if Kopecky can repeat on this course, does MVDP have a chance?

I was just wondering the same. MVP will probably be dropped by Remco, Pogacar and co on the longest climb but can he catch them later? It depends on the relative strength of those groups: Remco + Tadej duo may be impossible to chase down if both fully engage (the question is if the cooperation will be good enough) and there's not enough horsepower behind.

 

[Samamba]

Not even that. I'm pretty sure Vos knew she was dead and not winning.

A big issue here is lack of race radios, and it just looks ***. It doesn't even make races better, it just makes them completely stupid.

Well I agree about the 2nd part, it does make it just annoying and dumb to look at. But I don't believe that Vollerings tactics are because of stupidity.