World Championships 2023: Junior and U23 Road Races (August 5 and 12)

[King Boonen]

Montrose between the front two groups.

 

[Samamba]

Peloton is out of it I think. That's a minute.

 

[Sciatic]

Great racing!

 

[Samamba]

Belgium definitely have been the worst nation tactically over the course of this World Championship. Kopecky must be hoping it's a men-only thing...

Kopecky won't have the strongest team. The problem is that Belgium always has been named the strongest team, but they don't know how to handle that.

 

[King Boonen]

Peloton is out of it I think. That's a minute.

Yeah, they were more split than I thought coming out of Rottenrow.

 

[Samamba]

Belgium has been straight up horrible. Segaert might catch up to the front but there's no way he can win anymore I think.

Great to see Morgado up there. Svrcek too, struggled at pro level.

 

[King Boonen]

46 seconds from the peloton for the leaders.

 

[Samamba]

46 seconds from the peloton for the leaders.

Closer than I thought, maybe the front group stops working when they get too big. Early break guys won't ride anymore.

 

[Samamba]

Laurence!

 

[Samamba]

Yeah Nys just doesn't seem to be good enough.

 

[King Boonen]

French pulling riders across from the peloton...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Laurance is smurfing riding this, strongest by quite a bit I think

 

[Volderke]

Axel Laurance with some very nice motopacing.

 

[King Boonen]

Think we can drop the word peloton now though, clearly only a few of those riders can work.

 

[King Boonen]

Axel Laurance with some very nice motopacing.

Auld Alliance...

 

[Samamba]

Alpecin with the double if Laurence keeps it up.

 

[RedheadDane]

"Peloton" stalled.

 

[yaco]

Laurence is yet another rider who should not be in the race - You shouldn't be allowed to ride under 23's if you ride in a WT or PCT team - And I have no idea why Laurence is riding for the Alpecin Development team.

 

[glassmoon]

Axel Laurance with some very nice motopacing.

As Pog's fans keep saying, it's a reward for attacking.

 

[kingjr]

Svrcek is a machine

 

[RedheadDane]

Laurence is yet another rider who should not be in the race - You shouldn't be allowed to ride under 23's if you ride in a WT or PCT team - And I have no idea why Laurence is riding for the Alpecin Development team.

Well, he doesn't.

 

[Samamba]

Laurence is yet another rider who should not be in the race - You shouldn't be allowed to ride under 23's if you ride in a WT or PCT team - And I have no idea why Laurence is riding for the Alpecin Development team.

So basically... He isn't riding for a WT or PCT team lmao?

Even with rules he could've raced.

Just to be clear I'm not a fan of it either, but the old rule wouldn't even count him out.

 

[Volderke]

As Pog's fans keep saying, it's a reward for attacking.

It's different when it's 1 vs. 1. Rootkin cracked because he didn't have draft.

If it would be 1 vs. a peloton / group, I wouldn't care as much.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Laurence is yet another rider who should not be in the race - You shouldn't be allowed to ride under 23's if you ride in a WT or PCT team - And I have no idea why Laurence is riding for the Alpecin Development team.

The WT team was already (more than) full when they signed him after the Pineau financial fiasco.

 

[RedheadDane]

Morgado doesn't need to be afraid of running out of gels...