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

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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    My 8th favourite moment of the day was when I posted "Pidcock looking perky" just before he got dropped and I received a message to say that my post was being assessed before it would be submitted to the forum... It still hasn't appeared.
    I expect that "Pidcock" doing anything is going to be problematic in the future. Both for the forum moderator bots and the peloton.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    WvA looked jealous on that 2nd step
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Surprised Scott Davies wasn't in the GB squad. A bit more experience than most of the squad and a decent course for him.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    It's one of few decent national anthems the French
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    focuszing723 said:

    mididoctors said:

    Pidcock got round . Decent really but looks tame compared to.all these other youngsters

    He was in the last thirty good, but yeah age can be used as an excuse with Pogacar about.
    I think this young is the new black may be over egged tbh

    Valverde was 8th.
    Jesus

    I hope he never retires. I want to see him to drop dead at the top of the Muur de Huy having come 9th in Fleche Wallonne at the age of 80.
    I think he would be ok with that
    "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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Yeah, looking at it again,Roglic really should've worked...

    Gonna be hard to inspire much team love next year
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    ddraver said:

    Yeah, looking at it again,Roglic really should've worked...

    Gonna be hard to inspire much team love next year


    Of course he may not have been able to and was just clinging on.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    focuszing723 said:

    mididoctors said:

    Pidcock got round . Decent really but looks tame compared to.all these other youngsters

    He was in the last thirty good, but yeah age can be used as an excuse with Pogacar about.
    I think this young is the new black may be over egged tbh

    Valverde was 8th.
    So average age of the top ten must be late 30s?

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    focuszing723 said:

    mididoctors said:

    Pidcock got round . Decent really but looks tame compared to.all these other youngsters

    He was in the last thirty good, but yeah age can be used as an excuse with Pogacar about.
    I think this young is the new black may be over egged tbh

    Valverde was 8th.
    So average age of the top ten must be late 30s?

    Nice. :D

    I checked out of interest and even with grandpa it's only 27.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:



    So average age of the top ten must be late 30s?

    Nice. :D

    I checked out of interest and even with grandpa it's only 27.

    I made it 30 - 28,26,22,30,35,30,30,40,26,32 = sum of 299 /10 = 29.9 + 0.5 = 30.4 average age
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,589
    specialgueststar said:


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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Anyone know when the BBC highlights package will go up?

    Just watching the highlights of the womens race. See some people saying it was boring but there's enough in it for a decent highlights package!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    RichN95. said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:



    So average age of the top ten must be late 30s?

    Nice. :D

    I checked out of interest and even with grandpa it's only 27.

    I made it 30 - 28,26,22,30,35,30,30,40,26,32 = sum of 299 /10 = 29.9 + 0.5 = 30.4 average age
    That actually suggests quite an experienced top 10. Only really Hirschi not at peak age. I think it feels like WVA is younger than he is as he was late committing to the road.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Thoughts on it being a good race.

    I guess the course meant it wasnt going to deliver a classic finale and I'm delighted with the winner but not sure it made for interesting viewing.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Totally delighted with that result.

    I'm sure there were other domestiques doing great work too, but I was particularly keeping an eye out for Pidcock so couldn't help but notice Rowe who was magnificent all day. You could see him by Pidcock's side all race giving him advice, and even when he eventually was forced to drop off (way later than expected) you could see him making one last effort to make it up to the front to give him a word of encouragement.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    shirley_basso said:

    Thoughts on it being a good race.

    I guess the course meant it wasnt going to deliver a classic finale and I'm delighted with the winner but not sure it made for interesting viewing.

    Good race in my view.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    shirley_basso said:

    Thoughts on it being a good race.

    I guess the course meant it wasnt going to deliver a classic finale and I'm delighted with the winner but not sure it made for interesting viewing.

    It wasn't a classic but I thought it got interesting from about when the French went to the front on what, at the time, I thought was a fool's errand.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    c210 kms of boredom, followed by 20 kms of what are the french doing, followed by a good race to the finish.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Pross said:

    Surprised Scott Davies wasn't in the GB squad. A bit more experience than most of the squad and a decent course for him.

    He hasn't got the results to warrant a ride.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Dorset_Boy said:

    c210 kms of boredom, followed by 20 kms of what are the french doing, followed by a good race to the finish.

    The French were softening everyone else up for the last lap. Make the race hard once the 200 km mark is passed and it soon sorts out the wheat from the chaff. Obviously you can't say it was just that, but one of the reasons why WVA couldn't go with Alaphilippe was because of the accumulated fatigue from the French efforts to make it a harder race.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited September 2020
    shirley_basso said:

    Thoughts on it being a good race.

    Switched on for last 60km. Seemed like a good decision...

    Alaphilippe overkill is going to go into overdrive next year
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    ocdupalais said:

    My 8th favourite moment of the day was when I posted "Pidcock looking perky" just before he got dropped and I received a message to say that my post was being assessed before it would be submitted to the forum... It still hasn't appeared.
    I expect that "Pidcock" doing anything is going to be problematic in the future. Both for the forum moderator bots and the peloton.

    Coq and either Pinky or Perky are going to cause issues, mostly because the forum software assumes it's going to be something defamatory against David Cameron...
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    andyp said:

    Pross said:

    Surprised Scott Davies wasn't in the GB squad. A bit more experience than most of the squad and a decent course for him.

    He hasn't got the results to warrant a ride.
    Arguably as good or better as James Shaw.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Shaw has earned some UCI points this season, Davies hasn't, so objectively he isn't.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited September 2020
    Pross said:

    andyp said:

    Pross said:

    Surprised Scott Davies wasn't in the GB squad. A bit more experience than most of the squad and a decent course for him.

    He hasn't got the results to warrant a ride.
    Arguably as good or better as James Shaw.

    In reality selection probably came down to where riders are needed by their pro teams. The Binkity Bonkity Tour starts on Tuesday. He may be need to be there for that
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    It’s hard to accept two silver medals at the World Championships


    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wout-van-aert-its-hard-to-accept-two-silver-medals-at-the-world-championships/

    You did it to MvdP often enough Bro...

    :p
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    MvdP probably misjudged this parcours as too hard. At least in his usual form.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Dorset_Boy said:

    c210 kms of boredom, followed by 20 kms of what are the french doing, followed by a good race to the finish.

    Mollard and Martin bought back Nibali and Landa two others that was critical and a all in effort.Then Martin attacked. Great ds ing from Voekler he read it spot on .
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I was dealing with a rather large weedkiller spillage in the shed, but I caught the last 35km or so and I really enjoyed it.

    For me it made a good case to return the worlds to the week following the Tour. It was really fun to see the main protagonists of the Tour smash it out over one day.
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