2016 Worlds *spoilers*

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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    andyp wrote:
    Does this mean we've got three years of people saying they should send the road race up Rosedale Chimney to properly sort them out?


    ITS NOT COMING PAST MY HOUSE
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,648
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Does this mean we've got three years of people saying they should send the road race up Rosedale Chimney to properly sort them out?


    ITS NOT COMING PAST MY HOUSE

    yet... bet you're on rightmove as soon as the course details become apparent :wink:
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Yorkshire gets the 2019 Worlds.


    3 years of hearing non-stop of how nowhere on the planet can match Yorkshire

    How do you know someone's from Yorkshire? They'll tell you. Within 10 seconds of meeting them.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    dish_dash wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Does this mean we've got three years of people saying they should send the road race up Rosedale Chimney to properly sort them out?


    ITS NOT COMING PAST MY HOUSE

    yet... bet you're on rightmove as soon as the course details become apparent :wink:


    Arkwrightmove : )
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    andyp wrote:
    Does this mean we've got three years of people saying they should send the road race up Rosedale Chimney to properly sort them out?

    I was chatting to the partner of a colleague a few weeks ago in the pub, and it turns out that he works for Welcome to Yorkshire (or whatever they're officially called). On learning that part of his job is to get involved with scouting out potential routes (and dealing with businesses and communities along the way) I'd got no further than "Se-" when he answered 'Rosedale Chimney?"

    Yeah, apparently that happens a lot...
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  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Crozza wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Yorkshire gets the 2019 Worlds.


    3 years of hearing non-stop of how nowhere on t' planet can match Yorkshire

    fify


    Surely Lancs can beat it?
    Yep. Having been up here on and off for two years now I can honestly say Lancs can beat pretty much anywhere in Britain for sheer enjoyment of riding
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Come on Yorkshire! What great news.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Come on Yorkshire! What great news.

    Is there? I know they're probably dead chuffed (or whatever they say) but really...
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Come on Yorkshire! What great news.

    Is there? I know they're probably dead chuffed (or whatever they say) but really...

    Aye, dead chuffed. Chuffed to bits in fact. Always fancied going to a worlds, and now I can.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Excuse my poor attempts at humour.

    In all seriousness, it's great news for British cycling :D
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,172
    Great news, here's hoping it's not too far from round here, but far enough for a decent ride. Holme Moss was just about spot on last time.

    BBC Radio Leeds kept referring to it as a second in a triple crown of cycling events, after the Tour, but they didn't mention the third- they can't surely mean the Giro, any ideas?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    ducknumber1 wrote:
    Great news, here's hoping it's not too far from round here, but far enough for a decent ride. Holme Moss was just about spot on last time.

    BBC Radio Leeds kept referring to it as a second in a triple crown of cycling events, after the Tour, but they didn't mention the third- they can't surely mean the Giro, any ideas?
    Yeah, Giro. It's a term not used much these days now that the Worlds is later and the Giro/Tour double is rarely attempted.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Cycling
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,172
    RichN95 wrote:
    ducknumber1 wrote:
    Great news, here's hoping it's not too far from round here, but far enough for a decent ride. Holme Moss was just about spot on last time.

    BBC Radio Leeds kept referring to it as a second in a triple crown of cycling events, after the Tour, but they didn't mention the third- they can't surely mean the Giro, any ideas?
    Yeah, Giro. It's a term not used much these days now that the Worlds is later and the Giro/Tour double is rarely attempted.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Cycling

    Cheers, I had thought that at first, as in thinking they may have Roche on, but it seemed like they were talking about it as being all on level pegging (or implying it).

    Should be happy they're just talking about it really- and no mention of a weeks worth of road closures yet!
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Trooper lane near/in Halifax is the hardest in Yorkshire. Rosedale isn't particularly hard at all.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    gsk82 wrote:
    Trooper lane near/in Halifax is the hardest in Yorkshire. Rosedale isn't particularly hard at all.
    Trooper Lane? Call that a climb. Gobler's Knob near Wrigglesbottom. Now that's a climb. 45%. With cobbles. And a cattle grid.

    Four-Yorkshiremen.jpg
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,578
    I'd imagine that they'll spread the time trial events around the county, but the road race circuit will be exactly that, a 20 km or so circuit concentrated around one of the conurbations, and I've heard it'll be Leeds.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Great ride by Ryan Mullen today. Progressing nicely.

    DD.
  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    This is just weird.

    The complete lack of atmosphere and absence of spectators has completely ruined it for me. Just can`t watch it for any length of time without having to switch of due to not getting involved in the rides.
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,735
    Isnt that just becasue it's TTs? :p
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    What, like the crowd fest that was Rio? And they were great editions.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    But this TT needed an extra 20km at least to make up for the parcours.

    I'll settle for 50 for a hilly ride. If it's under an hour, pfft.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What, like the crowd fest that was Rio? And they were great editions.


    Plenty more spectators on the Rio courses. Foolish to try to say otherwise.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What, like the crowd fest that was Rio? And they were great editions.


    Plenty more spectators on the Rio courses. Foolish to try to say otherwise.

    Proportionally sure.


    Absolutely, no way.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Yorkshire gets the 2019 Worlds.

    3 years of hearing non-stop of how nowhere on the planet can match Yorkshire

    How do you know someone's from Yorkshire? They'll tell you. Within 10 seconds of meeting them.

    I know this to be true, being from Yorkshire and all
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    U23 is under way. Feel sorry for this guy

    https://twitter.com/cyclinghubtv/status/786510886999429120
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,578
    Team GB hitting the front with 13 kms to go in the U23 Worlds.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,578
    Halvorsen of Norway takes it. Well deserved as they were the dominant team in the closing 20 kms.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Nice poaching by Halvorsen of Norway - took the sprint away from the Germans who looked far and away best organised of the sprint trains.

    Producers must have had fun having Rajabikaboodcheshmeh - with a 20 letter name in the breakaway all day. Had to look up the name cos I was curious what the different attempts of abbreviation were trying to shorten
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    More Belgians getting ill with the heat.

    2685307644.jpg

    Body temperature went up to 40 degrees.

    Doesn't remember anything about the finish. But I guess it's OK 'cos drugs wouldn't help ;).

    http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/WK/1.2792424
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
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    So forecast is NNW 9 km/h wind with gusts of 15 km/h, which isn't all that much, but it is at the right angle for echelons down that big straight (see above) so let's keep our fingers crossed.

    And it's just on the cusp of being not-dangerous heat wise at 35 degrees "feels like 37".
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