World Championships 2024: Men's Road Race (September 29)

[movingtarget]

Pogacar does the triple. Nice season for O'Connor. Top 5 in the Giro, Podium in the Vuelta and Worlds as well as some early season results. Thought VDP would surely grab second. Evenepoel tired on the last lap or so.

 

[Salvarani]

Never thought that could work.

Still don't think it can work, attack at 100km from the end on this course. Can't work.

Smart attack. Got help from Tratnik.

Attacked from the other group. Got help from Sivakov.

Others being in disarray behind.

Solo the last 50k, where everybody is spent and it is hard to cooperate for a chasing group with only leaders left.

Perfect scenario for the strongest guy in the race. Eliminating the team tactics factor. Just having the balls to go early and the talent/ability to pull it off. You will have to beat be by being stronger.

Who knows what happens if Remco and MVDP responds to his first attack and neutralizes it. We will never know.

 

[Miha81]

Mou said 52 on Twitter this whole week.

What a charlatan. Missed by 300m or so

 

[memyselfandI]

Special thanks to Pablo Castrillo for opening up the race!

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

This was the most exciting way this race could have been going.
The alternative was Pog going 2 laps from the finish and immediately building up a 3 minute advantage.
Pog would have won in any scenario.

 

[benzwire]

Yes, in retrospect Pog basically held a 50sec gap for 100km.

Looked dicey near the end but he recovered.

He definitely could have been caught IF there was a highly coordinated effort to reel him back in, but by going that far out and maintaining the gap consistantly, psychology plays a huge factor here. In the end, its crazy but tactically it worked out.

 

[Salvarani]

Special thanks to Pablo Castrillo for opening up the race!

The butterfly effect.

 

[Danskebjerge]

another lame ass one day race

The commentators here are trying to make the viewers think that what they watched was amazing. One of them even insisted it was the best world championship he could remember! I think it was one of the worst.

 

[Nick2413]

Mou said 52 on Twitter this whole week.

I’d argue that’s evidence against him since the solo was really 100k

 

[jmdirt]

The last TdF winner to win Worlds in the same year was Greg LeMond in 1989, no?
Seems like a lifetime ago.

It was a lifetime ago, I was young then...WTF happened to me?!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

You know Evenepoel is *** the moment Van Gils pulls off and Evenepoel attacks the flat section instead of uphill.

Even after that they could have caught him with less Remco gestures, but that‘s group 2 syndrome. I guess this means him attacking 100 k out was the only way he could make it about the tactics of the chasers instead of just winning by force. I would have liked to see if Van der Poel could have followed if the attack had come later when he would have known he was gonna go.

 

[Danskebjerge]

He definitely could have been caught

The self-deception lives on.

 

[Salvarani]

It was a lifetime ago, I was young then...WTF happened to me?!

The GOAT did it buddy

What an amazing race

 

[Andre]

The commentators here are trying to make the viewers think that what they watched was amazing. One of them even insisted it was the best world championship he could remember! I think it was one of the worst.

yes I agree, they are surely coached in what they must say

 

[Salvarani]

I’d argue that’s evidence against him since the solo was really 100k

The facts are he wasnt solo until 52-50 km though

 

[Izzyeviel]

105km solo for AVV & she just had Deignan doing most of the chasing with the occasional turn from Dygart. Pog did it with everyone chasing him.

 

[Nick2413]

If he was caught he prob would’ve gotten away easily on any subsequent attacks

 

[scribers]

Who had Ben occonor as best of the rest?

 

[Unchained]

He just finds an angle from which to moan, it's his speciality.

Remco comes from the ..a good loser is a loser school!!
Pogacar would have been disappointed, but his post race comments, he puts a ton of pressure on himself and really knows how to put a positive perspective on whatever happens.
MvdP in pre race interviews said, we have to race we can't just give Pog the jersey.. he was wrong!! The guy is dynamic in every aspect of bike racing!!
O'Connor, Healy, Hirschi, all rode great!!
Bauke Mollema put in a solid ride for anyone, but for old people, nice to see 37 year old still has some juice.
Pogacar has just out classed everyone all year

 

[Leinster]

The bronze medal looks like it’s made of chocolate.

 

[Salvarani]

105km solo for AVV & she just had Deignan doing most of the chasing with the occasional turn from Dygart. Pog did it with everyone chasing him.

They wasnt cooperating though

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Strade-LBL-Giro-TdF-Worlds.
Phenomenal season. No words.

 

[Wvv]

So. The best rider in the world is now the reigning world champion. Can't really be against that. But to be honest, it doesn't warm my heart, a +100 km show of 1 rider. Not really propaganda for our beloved sport, but that's just my honest opinion. Congratulations Pogacar, either way.

Thanks to the other guys in the top ten for making it at least a tiny bit exciting in the end. Remco was good, but not super after a long season with a strong injury comeback already. And of course his own big highlights. Belgium not that great overall, we obviously missed Wout today.

 

[benzwire]

Pogi riding Lombardia? I assume yes, or is he taking the rest of the season off?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The bronze medal looks like it’s made of chocolate.

Mathieu is currently looking malnourished