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

[Lequack]

Vollering wanted it too much, and it showed, and Kopecky used that to her advantage. She should have let Longho Borghini go and win it for Italy.

 

[KOM]

Btw was that the best showing of Zygerts carreer? Being in a semi relevant group ~100km from the finish? Im impressed

 

[RedheadDane]

Btw was that the best showing of Zygerts carreer? Being in a semi relevant group ~100km from the finish? Im impressed

There was also that time she came close to winning a stage in TdS.

(And then some dumbass paper referred to her as "Pogacar's girlfriend")

 

[Andy262]

But that's the problem, a team goal just to win creates this situation where riders on the same team compete with each other, and consequently wreck each other's chances of attaining that goal.

It's a horrible management speak quote, but it's true, you have to fly in formation to be an effective team. As soon as people take it upon themselves to do things slightly out of formation even if they believe the goal theyre aiming at is the same, team cohesion breaks down and it becomes alot harder to do things.

Thing is, when you know Vollering can only realistically win solo or perhaps from a break of two you have to have a Plan B. Vos was the obvious Plan B but Vollering’s pressing kept dropping her.

 

[Escarabajo]

I just watched the race and I have to tell you, that was probably one of the the worst displays of team work I have seen in my life. I have to say that using too much the radios make them a bit stupid when they don't have it IMHO. LOL.

Chapeau to the winner. But She got lucky because She was on her knees several times.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Btw was that the best showing of Zygerts carreer? Being in a semi relevant group ~100km from the finish? Im impressed

Did you not watch the Tour de France Femme Avec Zwift?

 

[Sciatic]

Dygart, though she managed a 2nd place, also played a role in Kopecky’s victory by helping pull the latter back to the leaders when she was thoroughly dropped. The way Kopecky was climbing at that point Dygart could have put in an acceleration to drop her and still ridden herself back to the front. But she just rode tempo up the rest of the climb, though perhaps she feared going over the limit herself. I guess she figured her sprint might be good enough. Such an undynamic racer.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Did you not watch the Tour de France Femme Avec Zwift?

That was two years ago, to be fair.

 

[Tonton]

First and foremost: Bravo Lotte! Second and second-most: meh...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Thing is, when you know Vollering can only realistically win solo or perhaps from a break of two you have to have a Plan B. Vos was the obvious Plan B but Vollering’s pressing kept dropping her.

The thing is, Demi has a pretty good sprint. Just not one that will compete against the likes of Kopecky's. Of the puncheuse types she's usually one that can stand to leave it to a sprint, as against the likes of Longo Borghini, Niewiadoma, Uttrup et al, and only Lippert and Cavalli would likely fancy their chances against her in a sprint of that kind, but you'd often expect Demi to be able to pressure them enough before the sprint to affect that. However, as Kopecky has moved ever further into the climbing terrain, it's become something of a moot point because Kopecky will dust the lot of them in a sprint, but anybody that gets dropped seems happy to ride her back to the front.

That's also why I was dissatisfied with Faulkner's ride at the Olympics until she got away from the final quartet, because it looked like she would be handing the race to Lotte on a silver platter unless she was the strongest rider of the lot, but fortunately the latter scenario turned out to be true.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Vollering wanted it too much, and it showed, and Kopecky used that to her advantage. She should have let Longho Borghini go and win it for Italy.

She definitely should have gambled and forced Kopecky to chase when ELB attacked. As it was Vollering and especially Lippert did all the heavy lifting for Kopecky.

 

[Lequack]

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