The Official UCI 2019 Yorkshire road World Championships ***Spoilers***

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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    I was surprised to see the TV coverage today. As far as I can see no live Eurosport today but live coverage on BBC2 from 11:00.
    “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”

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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Race coverage due on the BBC red button from half past eight. Warning though if you tune in now you'll get a Westlife gig.
  • Bottom of Buttertubs right now:

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    https://twitter.com/nathanlufclamb/status/1178201590374768640?s=20


    Ta for the tip about them being earlier on the circuit - will catch an earlier train now.

    UCI WC 2019 - The Triathlete's Edition.
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  • Dabber wrote:
    I was surprised to see the TV coverage today. As far as I can see no live Eurosport today but live coverage on BBC2 from 11:00.
    It's live from 8:50 on both Eurosport and BBC, but I suspect if you're reliant on Eurosport TV listings you may be stuck as you need to be using the app either on TV or device to access all the content.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Bottom of Buttertubs right now:

    EFnQGK2XoAAElbu?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

    https://twitter.com/nathanlufclamb/status/1178201590374768640?s=20


    Ta for the tip about them being earlier on the circuit - will catch an earlier train now.

    I've logged in here purely to see if there's any retorts of flooding. If they've had as much rain as we've had in hull the last few days there'll be multiple problem areas.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Early pictures on Eurosport player showing the fan zone, it's not much better than that Buttertubs photo
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    "Leeds is the unofficial capital of Yorkshire"

    f*** off bbc commentator. York is the capital of Yorkshire.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Keep the great pics coming gibdog!
    Cheers, there's a collection of shots from this week in my signature. And thanks for the heads up on the route changes.
  • Fabulous pictures!

    Is it forecast to be really windy this afternoon like it is over here across the North Sea?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Always think it’s such a shame that there is so much of the riders trade teams kit on display in a nations event. It’s not like the players in the English football team wear their club shirts or shorts etc. It’s one race a year
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    edited September 2019
    Fabulous pictures!

    Is it forecast to be really windy this afternoon like it is over here across the North Sea?
    Thanks!

    Yes, its gonna be fairly windy with a headwind on the way out to Kidstones and a tailwind on the way back to Harrogate:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2647428
  • Early pictures on Eurosport player showing the fan zone, it's not much better than that Buttertubs photo

    Fan zone now closed today
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Dan Martin looking to trump van Vleuten's solo effort by 150km...
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Well this is a fun start
  • johnboy183 wrote:
    Always think it’s such a shame that there is so much of the riders trade teams kit on display in a nations event. It’s not like the players in the English football team wear their club shirts or shorts etc. It’s one race a year

    I think they all all out for the Olympics. Isn't the world's a chipper?
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    I find it annoying that there's all these attacks going and there's no sign of any GB rider. Is the tactic to sit in the bunch and get dropped one at a time, like they usually do?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    gsk82 wrote:
    I find it annoying that there's all these attacks going and there's no sign of any GB rider. Is the tactic to sit in the bunch and get dropped one at a time, like they usually do?
    Yes
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    gsk82 wrote:
    I find it annoying that there's all these attacks going and there's no sign of any GB rider. Is the tactic to sit in the bunch and get dropped one at a time, like they usually do?
    Presumably they’re riding to a plan of getting Swift to the line.
  • ademort
    ademort Posts: 1,924
    Certainly going to be a hard race with that weather. Hope for a great battle between the best rides in the world, and please NO serious accidents. I hope VDP wins.
    ademort
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Is the best prep race going to be the vuelta or TOB?
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Alpha break
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Carapaz and Quintana in the break.

    Helicopters grounded due to the weather. All those black gilets making it hard to identify the nationality of the riders, let alone the identity.
  • Carapaz making the most of his work visa
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    impressive number of people standing in the p*$$ing rain
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    impressive number of people standing in the p*$$ing rain
    . Yorkshire delivers. I hate to admit it as a card carrying party member from the peoples Republic of hackney.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Hahaha. That video is so stupid
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pretty gruelling out there . Don't look happy
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    I should be getting into Harrogate 12:40. Unfortunately my train is currently sat outside picadilly not moving.

    Keep the updates coming...