2017 worlds

m.r.m.

kleinstroker wrote:

Just posted by Dan Martin, not sure when this was but jesus christ!!

http://www.tv2.no/sport/9381259/

without the ads, must hav ebeen earlier today U23 race I believe

https://youtu.be/s2G9SKMA5YQ

Awful crash. Hope he is okay. Until the amount of vehicles get reduced in races, this will be a common occurrence.

andyp

Fractured collarbone and abrasions apparently.

andyp

Rick Chasey wrote:

Belgians have a great team for this.

GvA, Gilbert, Naesen, Stuyven, Wellens, Benoot, to name a few.

Do they have a good plan though? Too often teams go into this race with a strong line up, but no clear plan and then they ride against each other.

If we assume GvA is their best bet, then they need to make it a hard race to dull the sprint of riders like Sagan and Matthews. Which would mean sacrificing the chances of Wellens and Gilbert, probably through attacks from distance for the former, and on the final ascent for the latter.

rick_chasey

andyp wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Belgians have a great team for this.

GvA, Gilbert, Naesen, Stuyven, Wellens, Benoot, to name a few.

Do they have a good plan though? Too often teams go into this race with a strong line up, but no clear plan and then they ride against each other.

If we assume GvA is their best bet, then they need to make it a hard race to dull the sprint of riders like Sagan and Matthews. Which would mean sacrificing the chances of Wellens and Gilbert, probably through attacks from distance for the former, and on the final ascent for the latter.

Presumably you throw all those different riders at various points down the road.

3 to go, 2 to go, final lap.

GvA won't win if he's in a reduced field with Matthews etc so they need to make it hard.

I'd say they have the riders to do that.

tailwindhome

Next years TT

specialgueststar

TailWindHome wrote:

Next years TT

Yeah saw that Bardet - already thinking about the rr! Forgot what the total climb per lap is but it's one i want to go and watch!

No_Ta_Doctor

Mark Donovan is putting in a fantastic ride in the break in the Jnr race. Looks very strong.

specialgueststar

Last u 23 worlds champion nationality

France Norway France Norway Slovenia Kazakhstan France

Number of Spanish in top ten in all these years.... 1.....

No_Ta_Doctor

Julius Johansen (DEN) bridged to the front three and created absolute panic in the field.

No_Ta_Doctor

Front group now about 8 riders

No_Ta_Doctor

Julius Johansen jumps on the smaller hill before Laksebakken - last lap - gets daylight. He's going to be hard to catch on the flat.

RichN95.

Very strong ride by Johansen there. Italy seemed to make a mess of their tactics. I'm assuming they don't have radios.

No_Ta_Doctor

Superb solo effort to win, chapeau Julius. He was absolutely gutted about his puncture in the TT, where he was one of the real favourites.

No_Ta_Doctor

RichN95 wrote:

Very strong ride by Johansen there. Italy seemed to make a mess of their tactics. I'm assuming they don't have radios.

Italy were all over the place, all race.

Johansen says track riding helped him - which isn't surprising given the UCI max gear ratio is fairly low for those descents. Good leg speed!

No_Ta_Doctor

So now we've had a decent look at Salmon Hill, do we think it will be selective enough? As was pointed out a little further up, it's longer than it looks, because the actual climb doesn't count the bumps leading up to it, which have roughly the same amount of climbing involved. We'll get a better idea when the women race it.

Worth noting though that the junior silver and bronze pretty much went to a sprint from a thinned peloton (though they only climbed it 5 times).

Of course the fact that junior gears are restricted means that opportunity for gaining time on the descents was a bit limited.

Richmond Racer 2

Jolly decent junior mens race, enjoyed that

RonB

73km and around 3 1/2 laps to go in the Women's race and Vos is doing a job for the Dutch team as breakaway killer. All together bar Anderson (NOR) who's just off the front.

davidof

RonB wrote:

73km and around 3 1/2 laps to go in the Women's race and Vos is doing a job for the Dutch team as breakaway killer. All together bar Anderson (NOR) who's just off the front.

Some of the favourites having trouble on the climb. Borghini is out the back and it should be a perfect course for her.

RonB

First attack comes from Pieters (NED) who is joined by Barnes (GBR) and Neylan (AUS) looks like they will be caught though with USA and German riders doing most of the work at the front of the peloton

davidof

Big crash, two Italians and Guarnier and Black down.

RonB

Crash in the main group has meant that the three leaders have around a 35" lead. MeganGuarnier (USA) and Italian riders seemed to be most affected

No_Ta_Doctor

Italians are now in a group 30" behind peloton, and the break got a few seconds extra gap, now up to 30".

No_Ta_Doctor

Gaurnier looked like a collarbone :-(

davidof

Barnes group have round 35 seconds lead.

davidof

One of the Norwegian riders is doing on the road mechanics on her stem.

RonB

Is three riders the ideal number for the break in this sort of race? Still a long way to go but all guaranteed a medal if it sticks.

No_Ta_Doctor

davidof wrote:

One of the Norwegian riders is doing on the road mechanics on her stem.

Cool, not only can women cycle, they can also be mechanics.

I wouldn't fancy tightening my stem during a bike race....

No_Ta_Doctor

RonB wrote:

Is three riders the ideal number for the break in this sort of race? Still a long way to go but all guaranteed a medal if it sticks.

You might want a couple more to put more teams out of chasing - you only get the medals if you stay away

davidof

No tA Doctor wrote:

davidof wrote:

One of the Norwegian riders is doing on the road mechanics on her stem.

Cool, not only can women cycle, they can also be mechanics.

I wouldn't fancy tightening my stem during a bike race....

no torque wrench either

davidof

Gap down to 12 seconds towards the end of the climb