World Championships 2023: Men's Road Race (August 6)

[Devil's Elbow]

I think this is the type of circuit where a weaker rider just dies after so many repetitions on the circuit.

We'll see. I do think that at least some of these guys will still be ahead when the big guns come out to play. Now we saw the Pogacar-Van der Poel-Van Aert group close minutes to a much stronger early move in Flanders, but I still wouldn't be too surprised to see one of these riders to crack the top-10.

 

[Red Rick]

300 IQ starting the mens race away from the circuit so you can't have security locked down.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Nice that the protesters don't get any TV exposure.

 

[Salvarani]

300 IQ starting the mens race away from the circuit so you can't have security locked down.

Better with the protest here than at the circuit.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Just Stop Oil deviate from funny to annoying based on whether I'm interested in the sports they interrupt.

George Osborne's wedding was hilarious but they crossed the line when they violated the sacred green baize of world championship snooker.

 

[roundabout]

this is where radios are actually useful

 

[Salvarani]

this is where radios are actually useful

Looked like the riders already knew.

 

[Rollthedice]

It's about oil or free the Loch Ness monster?

 

[MartinGT]

this is where radios are actually useful

They got the message old school style no problem. But yes it would have been useful to those further back.

 

[T-Nielsen]

It would be very dangerous to create potholes just because they have glued themselves to the road.

So chopping of their hands would probably be safest.

 

[Red Rick]

Guys I confess.

It's just me and my boys blocking the road until it finally starts to rain.

 

[roundabout]

300 IQ starting the mens race away from the circuit so you can't have security locked down.

I think having a start in Edinburgh is safer for riders by not having the fight for the early break happen on the circuit.

 

[Volderke]

It’s about the worst possible way to protest, because whatever the message they are trying to spread, it won’t be on tv, and people will even turn themselves against the message, because the protestors are getting exactly the opposite of what they want.
Anyways, it’s a perfect break for lunch! 😀

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently the protesters glued themselves to the road.
Now I almost wish they'd show a picture - with the slogan blurred out, of course - just so we'd have pictures of some idiots being stuck to the road.

 

[Vino's Mum]

It’s Pat Lefevere, isn’t it?

#JuststopRemcoleavingmyteam.

 

[carolina]

It would've been smarter if the protesters had put some banners around the final circuit. At least the public would see the banners for several hours.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Guys I confess.

It's just me and my boys blocking the road until it finally starts to rain.

BOOOOOOHHH.... ***.... BOOOOOOHHHH

 

[Rackham]

It's about oil or free the Loch Ness monster?

That's a protest I could totally support.

 

[Rollthedice]

Good spot for MVDP and Alain Phillippe to be caught when protesters stop a race.

 

[Rackham]

It’s about the worst possible way to protest, because whatever the message they are trying to spread, it won’t be on tv, and people will even turn themselves against the message, because the protestors are getting exactly the opposite of what they want.
Anyways, it’s a perfect break for lunch! 😀

It's just annoying at this point. It's not like it's even disputed at this point, i.e. fossil fuels aren't great for the environment. We get it. We knew it decades ago.

We don't need a bunch of cretins interrupting a bike race to remind us.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How kind of the protesters to do this when I'm on a train, thereby allowing me to see more of the race later.

It’s about the worst possible way to protest, because whatever the message they are trying to spread, it won’t be on tv, and people will even turn themselves against the message, because the protestors are getting exactly the opposite of what they want.
Anyways, it’s a perfect break for lunch! 😀

You do have to wonder whether they're being funded by the interests they're claiming to oppose. Either that, or they're just plain stupid.

 

[ice&fire]

Too much talk about peloton going faster than years ago, but in some other areas they are going backwards

 

[Red Rick]

It's just annoying at this point. It's not like it's even disputed at this point, i.e. fossil fuels aren't great for the environment. We get it. We knew it decades ago.

We don't need a bunch of cretins interrupting a bike race to remind us.

Protesting is good unless it becomes mildly inconvenient.

It's almost like it defeats the point of protesting.

 

[titan31]

Just Stop Oil deviate from funny to annoying based on whether I'm interested in the sports they interrupt.

George Osborne's wedding was hilarious but they crossed the line when they violated the sacred green baize of world championship snooker.

Nah, those idiots are always annoying

 

[Samamba]

or they're just plain stupid.

They are. If you still do this stuff thinking it actually help you're beyond stupid.