2016 Worlds *spoilers*

gweeds

kleinstroker wrote:

Bwahaha.. What a shame any other country in the world didn't get this.

proto

Laura Massey says it's a bit warm ..................

https://www.facebook.com/eileen.roe.754/videos/10157698718350389/

tailwindhome

This could have been in Wicklow or Kerry, but no, y'all wanted rid of McQuaid

andyp

TailWindHome wrote:

This could have been in Wicklow or Kerry, but no, y'all wanted rid of McQuaid

You do realise this was awarded to Qatar on McQuaid's watch, don't you?

ddraver

You do realise that when you take things too seriously you look like a tinsy bit of a tool, don't you?

tailwindhome

andyp wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

This could have been in Wicklow or Kerry, but no, y'all wanted rid of McQuaid

You do realise this was awarded to Qatar on McQuaid's watch, don't you?

Didn't TBH
Sorry I posted that now.

Maybe no one else will notice and I'll just pretend it didn't happen.

TheBigBean

TailWindHome wrote:

andyp wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

This could have been in Wicklow or Kerry, but no, y'all wanted rid of McQuaid

You do realise this was awarded to Qatar on McQuaid's watch, don't you?

Didn't TBH
Sorry I posted that now.

Maybe no one else will notice and I'll just pretend it didn't happen.

I'll quote it again just in case anyone missed it. Perhaps you should be sentenced to write positive things about this Worlds being in Qatar. For example, it's great the way that no one is suffering from the recent cold snap in Europe. Or, I see the crowds are behaving themselves unlike those drunk idiots at the top of big climbs in Europe.

ddraver

awavey

Hayley Simmond's has tweeted her TT bike set-up failed a UCI check, so she ended up riding in a different position, which was obviously more awkward or unnatural physically to ride with, after some pre start hack adjustments.

so daft question maybe, but why would her setup,given she likes riding the Cervelo P5s so not a case of being made to ride a different team sponsors bike, be non UCI compliant ? and why wasnt it spotted sooner

ddraver

You re making the huge assumption that UCI Commissaries are rational and that the rules are simple and easily repeatable...

TheBigBean

There's all sorts of nonsense about seat position and the like in the rules. Think it is quite easy to fall foul of them if you don't have an expert to hand.

Pokerface

awavey wrote:

Hayley Simmond's has tweeted her TT bike set-up failed a UCI check, so she ended up riding in a different position, which was obviously more awkward or unnatural physically to ride with, after some pre start hack adjustments.

so daft question maybe, but why would her setup,given she likes riding the Cervelo P5s so not a case of being made to ride a different team sponsors bike, be non UCI compliant ? and why wasnt it spotted sooner

Claims it was UCI-legal at 4 other events but not at the Worlds. I can attest to the jig and/or the person measuring your setup not always being the same each time. If you run a setup that is right on the edge of being legal, then you run the risk of this happening.

That being said, the change she had to make couldn't have been massive and whilst it would have changed certain aspects of her ride, it wouldn't have made 3+ minutes worth of difference. The heat would have been the main factor slowing her down today. (Still not to the tune of 3+ minutes though).

cruff

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

zebulebu wrote:

Fark me - there's more people watching me drag my fat ar5e round the D10 on a Tuesday night than that

In fact, I vote YOU get the rainbows this year

Better still, cancel the world TT altogether and have it on the Rainford course instead. Watch THEM try and navigate the tricky exit out of the lane start, deal with irate yummymummies in enormous 4x4s ignoring lane discipline on the bottom roundabout and try and get an early number so there's still some cake left in the hall at the end

dish_dash

RichN95 wrote:

dish_dash wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

dish_dash wrote:

I am enjoying your one man defence of the weather BB. It's almost as good as Rick's sock fetish...

Not a fetish.

I don't tent at a good sock.

Just looks smarter.

Ha ha... you may look smarter, but we know Rich is smarter...

Sartorially I'm a bit scruffy most of the time.

The question, Rich, is do you look the part?

rick_chasey

Speaking of the TT.



Technical beginning. Pan flat.

Last time it was this flat Grabsch picked up the title IIRC, with his 58 ring and Ullrich-esq cadence.

We ought to expect the bigger TTers to do better. But basically it's gonna be Rohan Dennis since he loves it pan flat, right?

rick_chasey

Glad we can see the official hotel on the map though. Important stuff.

rick_chasey

Also 40km?

What is this, a stage race?

FFS. Step up to the plate UCI. 50km minimum. BARE MINIMUM.

gweeds

40km as a recognition of the heat??

But yes. FFS. It's the worlds. 50-60km rather than a poxy 25.

kleinstroker

Rick Chasey wrote:

Glad we can see the official hotel on the map though. Important stuff.

That's what it's all about!

kleinstroker

Those hairpin turns at the beginning look very tricksy.

philwint

BBC red button coverage has started

I have already spotted one spectator!!!

imatfaal

philwint wrote:

BBC red button coverage has started

I have already spotted one spectator!!!

Thank didn't realise. Was watching ghostly quiet Eurosport coverage. Scrutineering shots - damn but I hope they don't find a motor anywhere

Shadowrider

Tom D having a moan.

I swear that's all he does, this season has driven me to not like him.

Pokerface

40km in this heat will be enough to test many of the riders. They rode 40km in the TTT and lots of riders were suffering. The ITT should be slower so riders out there longer.

We saw the women really suffering and it was only 29km for them!

The power riders should do well (obviously) today but my nod goes to whoever can handle the heat. So maybe a certain Spanish rider....

RichN95.

I remember a theory that the skinnier, taller riders cope better with the heat. But it was Vaughters who said it so probably crap.

Richmond Racer 2

Shadowrider wrote:

Tom D having a moan.

I swear that's all he does, this season has driven me to not like him.

He has turned out to be a bit whiny

kleinstroker

Even DM taking the mick at lack of spectators

blazing_saddles

Thank heaven for the red button.
Kirby can be forgotten.

dabber

Great atmosphere, really buzzing.

Anonymous

Moolman-Pasio does not subscribe to the view, however, that the conditions in Qatar this week have placed competitors at undue risk, noting instead that adjusting to the sweltering heat was simply part of the particular challenge posed by the first World Championships in the Gulf.

"It is what it is. That's part of the game, being able to adapt and handle the conditions. Cycling is that kind of sport," Moolman-Pasio said. "I think it's important to come here and acclimatise to the heat, and take all measures possible to be able to adapt. People who can adapt better are going to have an advantage. Of course it's important to take precautionary measures, but we can't just be wussies and pull out of everything because it's too cold, or too hot, or too wet.

"Obviously it's important to have the correct medical people here to treat those who take strain, and I think it's also about knowing yourself, or for management to be able to recognise when riders are going too far and stop them before any real danger happens. But I'm not particularly against having the World Championships here at this time of the year. I think that's part of the challenge."