World Championship 2025: Men’s RR, September 28

[aphronesis]

Going in winter would be too cold, even for me.

After a week or so you just accept it and acclimate.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

After the women's race, I'm kind of hoping for a surprise winner! Maybe I should change my vote to Vino.

 

[proffate]

There‘s got to be a Vertical meter threshold below which altitude is faster and above which it‘s slower, because the reduced air reaistance isn’t that helpful on climbs. I doubt 1500 meters is that much faster anyway. Overall, the average speed might be slightly higher than it would have been at sea level, but not by much.

Of course enough climbing and the altitude impedes average speed. But I don't think this applies here because the average speeds are still above 40.

If you go really high, like 3000m, the reduction in aerobic power outweighs the reduction in wind resistance, so they'd be slower than sea level again. 1400m is near the sweet spot for max speed.

Given that the winner spends most of the day cruising around far below LT2, the reduced oxygen means very little added fatigue for them prior to the spicy part of the race (last 20% or less). But it does mean that the flat sections of the race will be several kph faster.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

After the women's race, I'm kind of hoping for a surprise winner!

So you mean anyone but Pogacar?

 

[benzwire]

Maybe Roglic wakes up tomorrow, realizes he gives a sh!t, and decides to stomp, eh?

 

[Rob5091]

The Man to Watch is here! Chumil after his escapades and tribulations at the Vuelta, is back baby! Yeah! Hope he gets into the break and everyone else forgets about him out there. A worthy World Champ, I reckon. ... Vamos!

 

[Unchained]

How much humidity and pollution is there in Canada? 😅

In the cities it @50-75% filthy..
99.9% of Canada is pristine, that includes the land used for timber, mining and petroleum..
Canada is a clean and beautiful country. ..it's mostly empty and dangerous.. Bears, moose, snow, ice, rain, ..you should not go there, especially around Banff..or Banff National Park.. It's nasty around there, you will likely be disappointed..
And Calgary Stampede is not fun like you might hear.. People are really low key and stories of all night fun and eating, drinking and dancing are mostly hype..
Very little of that kind of stuff goes on.
And you might hear that Indian food in Canada is as good as India.. again that probably just unfounded rumors.
If you hear that hunting, fishing, camping, skiing, mountain biking, motorcycling are great in Canada ..most of that is people puffing up underwhelming experiences.. That's what I heard. Did I mention the people of Canada have a reputation for being short tempered and hard to get along with.. A very anti beer culture.. That's what a friend told me.

 

[Unchained]

How much humidity and pollution is there in Canada? 😅

The thing I personally hate about Canada is the lack of trees, they plant a few here and there but Yuma Arizona is a better place all around. Especially if you like trees.. Yuma is known for trees. also low humidity.

 

[Andy262]

Maybe Roglic wakes up tomorrow, realizes he gives a sh!t, and decides to stomp, eh?

I mean, this is the interesting dynamic. Plausible tactic to get Rogla up the road. If there’s a group with the right composition they ride and the chase falters. Then what?

 

[HashRouge]

I had a really odd dream last night that involved me cycling around on Pogacar's white Colnago with the rainbow bands. My takeaway from this is that either myself or Pogacar are winning today.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I had a really odd dream last night that involved me cycling around on Pogacar's white Colnago with the rainbow bands. My takeaway from this is that either myself or Pogacar are winning today.

Or Pogačar will ride as well as you.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Roglic got there late, and I feel that means a lot on this particular worlds course. Wouldn't expect too much from him, I hope he realizeses pretty early that he can't win himself and actually tries to help the mega-favorite instead of going for his own glory.

 

[Berniece]

Roglic got there late, and I feel that means a lot on this particular worlds course. Wouldn't expect too much from him, I hope he realizeses pretty early that he can't win himself and actually tries to help the mega-favorite instead of going for his own glory.

He came straight from altitude though. People suffering didn’t do altitude training

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Roglic got there late, and I feel that means a lot on this particular worlds course. Wouldn't expect too much from him, I hope he realizeses pretty early that he can't win himself and actually tries to help the mega-favorite instead of going for his own glory.

Double-digit number of laps for the recon.

 

[Netserk]

Roglic got there late, and I feel that means a lot on this particular worlds course. Wouldn't expect too much from him, I hope he realizeses pretty early that he can't win himself and actually tries to help the mega-favorite instead of going for his own glory.

He didn't come any later than Evenepoel before the TT.

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe Roglic wakes up tomorrow, realizes he gives a sh!t, and decides to stomp, eh?

Hopefully he woke up and took a dump, so he doesnt do a Tom.

 

[Berniece]

He didn't come any later than Evenepoel before the TT.

Evenepoel arrived on a Wednesday in the late afternoon. Didn’t Roglic arrive on Thursday?

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Pidcock FTW

 

[search]

He didn't come any later than Evenepoel before the TT.

Evenepoel arrived on a Wednesday in the late afternoon. Didn’t Roglic arrive on Thursday?

Roglic arrived Friday around 2am.

 

[Netserk]

Happy Worlds, everyone!

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic coming down from altitude last minute like it's Tirreno 2023. Beware the Nanostomp

 

[RedheadDane]

Foldager with hairtufts that can almost rival Pogacar's.

 

[Netserk]

Evenepoel arrived on a Wednesday in the late afternoon. Didn’t Roglic arrive on Thursday?

Roglic arrived Friday around 2am.

Ah, I thought Evenepoel got here later. Thanks for the corrections.

 

[Netserk]

We're off! And we start with real breakaway formation.

 

[RedheadDane]

Red Walters on the attack!