Amazing Nys
1 mistake did cost Vantornout though. Very sad for him.
Van Der Haar a great 3rd, fantastic at that age
1 mistake did cost Vantornout though. Very sad for him.
Van Der Haar a great 3rd, fantastic at that age
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jaylew said:Congrats to the Dutchies! Great day for them.
A little disappointed in the Americans today but it wasn't too bad.
REALLY stoked that Sven won, though. My ride will be a good one.
GPdesAmeriques said:Looks like Nys is going to switch to a "real" sport now.
Kwibus said:What a great day of racing. At the end of the day the course had become really hard and technical which ofcourse was great!
Of all the belgians I really hoped Nys would win and he did. His career certainly deserved 1 more WC. Besides that he's a really nice guy that supports his sport to the max. Rides to win in every race while others really peek for the WC.
About Vos riding faster than the man. The course got harder and harder throughout the day so you can't compare lap times, else Matthieu van der Poel would've become world champion among the elites. He rode laps at an average of 36km/h while the pros rode 23km/h
Dekker_Tifosi said:True, the worlds times are incomparable. There was a clear difference between the morning rides and the pro's course.
However, it should be said that during the world cups, Mathieu van der Poel was posting laptimes as fast as the better pro's ...
rrj1170 said:I just read that Louisville and USA Cycling had to step in to make for a $250K shortfall because a major sponsor failed to come up with promised $$. More striking is that they have sold only 2500 tickets! Unless that dramatically improves this will be the last World's held in the US. Let's face it, the US is not, nor will it be ever be, receptive to the great sport of cross or for that matter any cycling event. Americans just don't get it and never will. That's my pessimistic take on it.
Dekker_Tifosi said:However, it should be said that during the world cups, Mathieu van der Poel was posting laptimes as fast as the better pro's ...
Dekker_Tifosi said:Nr 1, 2 and 4 all 30+ ..vd Haar 21. Amazing considering how hard the course was in the end