2020 UCI Road World Championships, Imola - Sept 24th - 27th *Spoilers*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    See, I said there were alpacas!

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The thrifty UCI saving a few Francs on their advertising.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    Given how close the GT's are now because of the 'virus' shenanigans. 160miles seems a bit far considering, I'm surprised they didn't knock one or two laps of the route.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    It's the World Championships, the distance is essential to separate the wheat from the chaff.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Lutsenko is a DNS as he's positive for Corona
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    takethehighroad said:

    Lutsenko is a DNS as he's positive for Corona

    Source?
    Eurosport were scratching their collective heads as to why he was a dns.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Break:

    Koch (GER), Traeen (NOR), Friedrich (AUT), Fomynkh (KAZ), Arashiro (JAP), Grosu (ROM) and Castillo (MEX).
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    BBC commentators said so
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    blazing_saddles said:

    takethehighroad said:

    Lutsenko is a DNS as he's positive for Corona

    Source?
    Eurosport were scratching their collective heads as to why he was a dns.
    BBC, via the Federation. Berhane had visa issues so couldn't get into Italy. Not sure why Arndt is a DNS
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249

    Covid for Lutsenko, denied visa for Berhane.

    Arndt? Not a course for him anyways #Imola2020 https://t.co/ezy0VJRRYO

    — José Been (@TourDeJose) September 27, 2020
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Thanks all
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Boardman and the lady commentator taking about shortening men's race to make more explosive riding.

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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Always struggle to identify riders in the Worlds with the National jersey on.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    shirley_basso said:

    Boardman and the lady commentator taking about shortening men's race to make more explosive riding.

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    Rochelle Gilmore is the lady
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Thank you

    Any idea of finishing times?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    It's due on the BBC until half 4, so I would imagine tuning in around 3pm you will see the last 50k or so
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Great. I'm busy from 3-4.30.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    shirley_basso said:

    Thank you

    Any idea of finishing times?

    3-3.30pm UK time as an estimate
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    200k to go, so at least another 5 hours left in the race
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    edited September 2020
    Weather report suggests rain possible from around 2pm CET, heavy rain between 3 and 4 then staying damp & drizzly after, wind picking up to 4 or 5 m/s (15-18km/hr) from NE then weakening again. So a bit of headwind on the return half of the loop & finish, but nothing major.

    For the record, this Norwegian weather site is worth bookmarking. I've seen people in Denmark using it for local weather where it's reputation is more accurate than the official Danish met office.

    https://www.yr.no/place/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Imola/hour_by_hour.html?spr=eng
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    I often wonder what percentage of the field you'd see in a similar world tour race? Always seems to be loads of riders I've never heard of in the world's ( for obvious reasons)
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    shirley_basso said:

    Boardman and the lady commentator taking about shortening men's race to make more explosive riding.

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    Ugh.

    He should be grateful. The quiet bit where nothing happens gives him a job every July, so he can wang on about kit or aerodynamics.
    _
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    edited September 2020
    inseine said:

    I often wonder what percentage of the field you'd see in a similar world tour race? Always seems to be loads of riders I've never heard of in the world's ( for obvious reasons)

    Here's a timewasting exercise for you, the startlist ordered by career points (think it's their own points system, not UCI, but it'll do). Find the first rider from the top you don't know. Find the first rider from the bottom you know who isn't e.g. a youth from a country that you follow (e.g. GB and DK for me - I know of loads of the young riders there)

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=248588&p=startlist&s=riders-ranked&type=10001&filter=Filter

    For me:
    53 Arashiro Yukiya Japan 2647
    This is crazy, he's got a 16 year career behind him and he's been world tour for 6 of them and pro-conti with Europcar for loads more. He's ridden TWELVE GTs. Zubeldia has nothing on him, he's a serious ninja.

    From the other end, it's a bit trickier. I could count

    154 Healy Ben Ireland 275
    But he rode for Wiggins le Col, so he's almost in that "home grown youngsters" group
    Then there's

    128 Honoré Mikkel Frølich Denmark 670
    He's in the homegrown youngsters group, but I think I might have heard of him anyway

    123 Pedersen Casper Denmark 736
    - again I'd probably have got to know him anyway, as Bol's lead out man in the Tour

    121 Mullen Ryan Ireland 784
    - Irish is pretty much British really, isn't it ;)

    The first I would genuinely be certain I know is:
    116 Powless Neilson United States 847
    Again, that's probably because I was following Tao while he was at Axeon-Bergman though
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    inseine said:

    I often wonder what percentage of the field you'd see in a similar world tour race? Always seems to be loads of riders I've never heard of in the world's ( for obvious reasons)

    Here's a timewasting exercise for you, the startlist ordered by career points (think it's their own points system, not UCI, but it'll do). Find the first rider from the top you don't know. Find the first rider from the bottom you know who isn't e.g. a youth from a country that you follow (e.g. GB and DK for me - I know of loads of the young riders there)

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=248588&p=startlist&s=riders-ranked&type=10001&filter=Filter

    For me:
    53 Arashiro Yukiya Japan 2647
    This is crazy, he's got a 16 year career behind him and he's been world tour for 6 of them and pro-conti with Europcar for loads more. He's ridden TWELVE GTs. Zubeldia has nothing on him, he's a serious ninja.

    From the other end, it's a bit trickier. I could count

    154 Healy Ben Ireland 275
    But he rode for Wiggins le Col, so he's almost in that "home grown youngsters" group
    Then there's

    128 Honoré Mikkel Frølich Denmark 670
    He's in the homegrown youngsters group, but I think I might have heard of him anyway

    123 Pedersen Casper Denmark 736
    - again I'd probably have got to know him anyway, as Bol's lead out man in the Tour

    121 Mullen Ryan Ireland 784
    - Irish is pretty much British really, isn't it ;)

    The first I would genuinely be certain I know is:
    116 Powless Neilson United States 847
    Again, that's probably because I was following Tao while he was at Axeon-Bergman though
    Should I know Kangart the Estonian at 32?

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Yeah
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Seems to have a couple of good stage wins.

    Sorry *goes to check name* Tanel
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    8th in Paris Nice too.

    Nope. Still nothing
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    Just bullsh*t padding from the BBC at the moment...... I'll try going back to it and a few hours.
    “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”

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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    Oh well, half way!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    tailwindhome said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    inseine said:

    I often wonder what percentage of the field you'd see in a similar world tour race? Always seems to be loads of riders I've never heard of in the world's ( for obvious reasons)

    Here's a timewasting exercise for you, the startlist ordered by career points (think it's their own points system, not UCI, but it'll do). Find the first rider from the top you don't know. Find the first rider from the bottom you know who isn't e.g. a youth from a country that you follow (e.g. GB and DK for me - I know of loads of the young riders there)

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=248588&p=startlist&s=riders-ranked&type=10001&filter=Filter

    For me:
    53 Arashiro Yukiya Japan 2647
    This is crazy, he's got a 16 year career behind him and he's been world tour for 6 of them and pro-conti with Europcar for loads more. He's ridden TWELVE GTs. Zubeldia has nothing on him, he's a serious ninja.

    From the other end, it's a bit trickier. I could count

    154 Healy Ben Ireland 275
    But he rode for Wiggins le Col, so he's almost in that "home grown youngsters" group
    Then there's

    128 Honoré Mikkel Frølich Denmark 670
    He's in the homegrown youngsters group, but I think I might have heard of him anyway

    123 Pedersen Casper Denmark 736
    - again I'd probably have got to know him anyway, as Bol's lead out man in the Tour

    121 Mullen Ryan Ireland 784
    - Irish is pretty much British really, isn't it ;)

    The first I would genuinely be certain I know is:
    116 Powless Neilson United States 847
    Again, that's probably because I was following Tao while he was at Axeon-Bergman though
    Should I know Kangart the Estonian at 32?

    Probably. He's got some decent results, a few GT top 15s (best an 11th), got in a fair few breaks, decent TT (top tens in a few Giro TTs and a worlds), 15 top tens in WT stages, 4 stage wins HC or higher, 6 GC top tens at HC or higher, won Abu Dhabi. He's fairly visible, though not in the elite proven winners group. The sort of rider that's good value for an each way or top ten bet if he looks in form.
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