World Championship 2025: Men’s RR, September 28

[Brullnux]

At least they showed it. We never got pictures of how Küng sprinted to fifth in Glasgow.

D+ didn't – what was the outcome?

 

[Netserk]

Seixas best Frenchman. Okay, he shouldn't have attacked in the beginning of the race. Insane.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

race over but BBC at 30KM to go ...jesus !

 

[Izzyeviel]

Peak Roglic

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I think he knows he could have really contested this. I mean with the dropping on the climb and then two bike changes he still overcame everyone else.

Some bizarre stuff and I don't know if the main failure was climbing legs, mechanicals or poor decisions.

Contested if you mean being close to Pogi, but very unlikely to win as there are not many scenarios (if any) scenarios where he can beat Pogi head to head.
Given how he rode after changing bike the second time I think it definitively was some mechanical problems and not "climbing legs" being the problem on Mount Kigali.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Pog not bad for such a long season winning almost everything.
Remco showed resilience but he could never claim he would have challenged Pog in this race.
Strange race by del toro and ayuso.

 

[Red Rick]

It was clearly Grigor Dimitrov 😅.

Thanks now I'm reexperiencing the trauma of that retirement vs Sinner again

 

[houtdffan]

The difference between Remco and the rest of the field is so huge. And then you have Pogi on a complete different level above that. Just insane.

It's Tiger and Phil all over again

 

[Netserk]

Gaps like the GC of the Tour.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wtf was Seixas doing attacking with 250k to go like he's on the refugee team.

 

[peterfin]

What's wrong with this Evenepoel character? Why is he crying? Is he delusional enough to think he had a chance?

It is better that we have someone who still thinks he had a chance to beat Pogacar than just being slaughtered and being happy for a 2nd or 3rd place.

 

[RedheadDane]

D+ didn't – what was the outcome?

I think he was 5th...

 

[Andre]

nice to see happy children

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

And not real for one moment.

You should head over to The Clinic

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wtf was Seixas doing attacking with 250k to go like he's on the refugee team.

I think the plan wasn't for him to finish, let alone manage a top-15.

 

[Salvarani]

Ciccone really ninja his way to 6th as well

 

[Cycling111]

I didn't expect this result from Alfonso Eulalio.
Morgado seems like a mid-season rider; last year he was also coocked after spring.

 

[Penninepeddler]

I would like to see a flat WC road race with the rain pouring down all day. Hilly 250 k routes don't make sense anymore.

I always think the important thing with WCs is the balance.

Should - even 10 years - be at least:

1x ardennesish
1x flattish
1x flandrianish (but ofc more E3 than Ronde/Roubaix!)
1x mid-mountainy

2018 (mid-moutain) was the last time that the course was not basically between an easy and a hard Ardennes classic...

2016 was the last time a sprinter had a chance to win...

and of course 2026 will also be not dissimilar to the 2019-2025 courses "stylistically".

If you are a sprinter who is not van Aert, Pedersen, Matthews the last chance you had to win a Worlds was 2016.

If you are a climber who is not "punchy" the last chance you had to win was 2018.

Now, ofc the worlds will always be more towards a hilly course... and that is great, it is some of my favourite parcours... BUT maybe have some variation of a hilly course in 6-7/10 years and mix it up the other 3-4.

 

[pastronef]

VERY VERY happy for Ben Healy. great ride

 

[Brullnux]

If you are a climber who is not "punchy" the last chance you had to win was 2018.

Now, ofc the worlds will always be more towards a hilly course... and that is great, it is some of my favourite parcours... BUT maybe have some variation of a hilly course in 6-7/10 years and mix it up the other 3-4.

Pedersen won in 2019 in a sprint against Trentin; 2021 was a Flanders course; 2022 was Remco ahead of a reduced sprint.

 

[Penninepeddler]

VERY VERY happy for Ben Healy. great ride

Probably the most likeable guy in the peloton in recent years stylistically...

really hope that before his career is over he can win LBL.

Albeit an Amstel, Strade Bianche, Fleche win would also be cool, and seems likely at least if he stays at this level until his early 30s.

 

[Breezy1985]

Probably the most likeable guy in the peloton in recent years stylistically...

really hope that before his career is over he can win LBL.

Albeit an Amstel, Strade Bianche, Fleche win would also be cool, and seems likely at least if he stays at this level until his early 30s.

The feel good story of the 2 big Pog bore fests of the year.

 

[Red Rick]

VERY VERY happy for Ben Healy. great ride

The people's champion

 

[fenns]

Great performances from Remco and Pog. Remco should not be disappointed he was never going to beat Pog today - he had 50k+ to catch Pog but the gap grew - and if he'd caught him Pog would have burned him off on those cobbles anyway.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Pedersen won in 2019 in a sprint against Trentin; 2021 was a Flanders course; 2022 was Remco ahead of a reduced sprint.

Yeh, maybe my memory is a bit *** aha. 2021 is my head felt more Ardennes but then I didnt watch it live, maybe an internal bias because of who won.

But 2022 was for sure not a course for sprinters who are not Pedersen, van Aert, Matthews type sprinters. Over 4k vertical metres.

and Trentin is a 2nd tier kind "can get over decent hills" sprinter which was what 2019 was.

For example Phillipsen, Milan etc have had no chance to contest a worlds in career so far. If Cav had started career in 2017 he wouldnt have had the chance to win a worlds, when he had chance to win 2 over the 10 years from 2007-2016.