World Championship 2024 - Men's U23 Road Race: Uster-Zürich (173.5 km)

[Mayomaniac]

The guy's built like straight out of a German propaganda movie...

 

[Wvv]

Very enjoyable race, kudos to all the guys in front. Deserving champion.

However, still a bit nauseous after that news a couple of hours ago.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

U23 expert merchant

Changing classes as we speak. I should have put money on this.

 

[Didinho]

So Kristoff Asgreen Abrahamsen is gonna win on Sunday.

 

[RedheadDane]

So Kristoff is gonna win on Sunday.

Hardly:


Norway (NAT)

• -JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
• -ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
• -HOELGAARD Markus
• -FOSS Tobias
• -STAUNE-MITTET Johannes
• -LEKNESSUND Andreas

 

[Netserk]

 

[Coffeeplanter]

UAE turning up with half the team and going home with nothing, you love to see it.

 

[Squire]

The guy's built like straight out of a German propaganda movie...

Man hasn't been skipping delt day.

 

[Didinho]

Hardly:


Norway (NAT)

• -JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
• -ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
• -HOELGAARD Markus
• -FOSS Tobias
• -STAUNE-MITTET Johannes
• -LEKNESSUND Andreas

Was more of a joke. Couldn’t find a big man on the top of my head. Changed it 😁

 

[ciranda]

Denmark won nine medals at U 23 between 2011 and 2021. So expectations are high, and so they should be.

all of em time trials except one

look, to me under 23 races are all about getting riders ready to turn pro and then improve, + it's not like some exceptionally stupid decisions by the selectors before or during races are to blame for the lack of results here

dalby in avenir condition could possibly hang around somewhere close in the chase group here, that group was del toro, next remco, blackmore the one interesting british cyclist ever, segaert who's been pro for years, switzerland remco, srvcek also world tour for a long time and some random german man

there's no danish riders in this age group already at this advanced level, apparently no italian, spanish, french or americans either

 

[Tim Cahill]

VDP/Mads might be a bit more confident now watching how that played out

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Congratulations to Behrens, Widar and Del Grosso on their medals.

 

[RedheadDane]

Was more of a joke. Couldn’t find a big man on the top of my head. Changed it 😁

I like your first change better!

So Kristoff Asgreen Abrahamsen is gonna win on Sunday.

 

[Rob5091]

So much for "the climber's course" ...

 

[Mayomaniac]

VDP/Mads might be a bit more confident now watching how that played out

Rumour has it that the road race is Küng's main target.

I'm no longer that confident about Italy not bringing Ganna. Then again, you're racing against 3 of the foul four.

 

[zlev11]

looking at the size of the guys on this podium...this would've been a perfect course for Van Aert

 

[Danskebjerge]

Disregarding the crashes, the course has created good racing both today and yesterday.

My only concern about the weekend is that we may see many early splits and eliminations due to the countless climbs and turns. Eliminations are fine, but only to the extent that the excitement of the battle for the medals is preserved.

 

[Didinho]

Widar had really cold. He rides to win and was focused on getting Christen back.

They let a gap on the 2 in front (looking at each other) and never got back. A mistake he said.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

The top 10 in some other numbers.
I admit I guessed some unknowns, e.g. Blackmore's height and weight, Del Grosso / Behrens weight which are not on PCS.

Two things are noticeable imho:
1. big, strong guys prevail in these weather circumstances.
2. Jarno Widar is a serious outlier in all categories (age, height, weight).

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt	Time
1	BEHRENS Niklas (20, 1.95, 80kg)	Germany	200	75	3:57:24
2	SVRČEK Martin (21, 1.75, 66kg)	Slovakia	150	55	,,
3	SEGAERT Alec (21, 1.88, 79kg)	Belgium	125	40	0:28
4	CHRISTEN Jan (20, 1.83, 60kg)	Switzerland	100	32	0:39
5	BLACKMORE Joseph (21, 1.88, 70kg)	Great Britain	85	28	0:46
6	DEL TORO Isaac (20, 1.80, 63kg)	Mexico	70	24	,,
7	WIDAR Jarno (18, 1.66, 54kg)	Belgium	60	20	0:50
8	DEL GROSSO Tibor (21, 1.90, 74kg)	Netherlands	50	18	1:25
9	ROMEO Iván (21, 1.93, 75kg)	Spain	40	16	2:27
10	ARRIETA Igor (21, 1.83, 64kg)	Spain	35	14	2:45

 

[Jagartrott]

This guy seems to be an improved version of Nils Politt.

Minus the teeth though. Has to improve a bit there still.

 

[Squire]

1. big, strong guys prevail in these weather circumstances.

I think this is a notable factor, and it's not just the course being less hard than expected. But I've also never been sold on the idea that MvdP will have a particularly hard time on this course.

 

[Danskebjerge]

VDP/Mads might be a bit more confident now watching how that played out

True, and Mads P. is currently just as high in the odds as Skjelmose (although we initially heard that he would work for Skjelmose).

It's tempting to say that Mads P would have wanted today's weather rather than that in the current forecast (with Harrogate in mind), but he'll need better tyres than last year in Glasgow.

I think he should do like today's (rather heavy) German winner and let other nations do the hard work before going for it on the last kilometers. Unfortunately, at big championships Pedersen tends to go on the attack early, which has cost him a couple of medals in his career, as I see it.

 

[Danskebjerge]

all of em time trials except one

look, to me under 23 races are all about getting riders ready to turn pro and then improve, + it's not like some exceptionally stupid decisions by the selectors before or during races are to blame for the lack of results here

dalby in avenir condition could possibly hang around somewhere close in the chase group here, that group was del toro, next remco, blackmore the one interesting british cyclist ever, segaert who's been pro for years, switzerland remco, srvcek also world tour for a long time and some random german man

there's no danish riders in this age group already at this advanced level, apparently no italian, spanish, french or americans either

I'll refer to my initial comment about the very disappointing season for Danish cycling at major championships. That other nations have strong riders, doesn't eliminate a disappointment. As mentioned, there may be various reasons for the very bad results. But having been among the five strongest cycling nations for several years (in men's cycling at least), Denmark has had a remarkably bad run. (Individually, it hasn't been much better, but at least there was Vingegaard.)

 

[Danskebjerge]

If its any consolation, my first reaction on hearing Christen's name is that he is Danish, until I remember that he isn't.

He did wear the Danish colors.

 

[Faserr]

MvDP will have a hard time to follow Pog on the longer climb if Pog fully sends it. The rest of the course is really good for MvdP. The plateau after the long cimb is good for MvdP. He won't have a problem to fllow Pog there on the kickers.