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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Can't get it :(
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    FJS wrote:
    Rick's Worlds idea was along the right lines.
    what they have in common has to do with preparation

    Worlds medallists in the last deacde or so that didn't start the Vuelta.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    RichN95 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Rick's Worlds idea was along the right lines.
    what they have in common has to do with preparation

    Worlds medallists in the last deacde or so that didn't start the Vuelta.

    Bingo! :D Riders that managed to get on the podium without riding (part) of the Vuelta since 2001 (before that they were a bit further apart, and before 1995 the Vuelta was in May).

    So no-one has managed to actually win the worlds without the Vuelta since 2001 (Bettini didn't do the Vuelta when he got 2nd in Lisbon, but did for both his world wins).
    And all 8 non-Vuelta start medals were won when the worlds ended in a bunch sprint, not a single one on a more challenging loop.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    FJS wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Rick's Worlds idea was along the right lines.
    what they have in common has to do with preparation

    Worlds medallists in the last deacde or so that didn't start the Vuelta.

    Bingo! :D Riders that managed to get on the podium without riding (part) of the Vuelta since 2001 (before that they were a bit further apart, and before 1995 the Vuelta was in May).

    So no-one has managed to actually win the worlds without the Vuelta since 2001 (Bettini didn't do the Vuelta when he got 2nd in Lisbon, but did for both his world wins).
    And all 8 non-Vuelta start medals were won when the worlds ended in a bunch sprint, not a single one on a more challenging loop.
    *like*
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