Cross 20-21 *spoilers* (NOT rider of the year 2020)
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The same could be said of the men's race too. Twas MVDP's descending what won it for him to some extentandyrac said:Was a good contest; a CX rider with MTB experience getting the better of a rider with a road background.
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More MvdP in the world Cup. He's a monster. The battle for 2nd looked interesting for a while between Pidcock and WVA, but it was a lap too long for TomWarning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Fabio Aru finished 5th in an Italian equivalent of the Yorkshire Points Series on his first race for Quebeka"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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Going by his social media, he's enjoying racing CX; as does Haussler......All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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Just watched a replay of the Women'd World Cup race when I was on the turbo today. A cracking blooper by J-Pow when he commented about one of the rider's Mums shouting encouragement from the sidelines in Spanish.ddraver said:I can't say I watch every one but the rate of improvement from J-Pow is pretty rapid though so I have faith he'll turn into a pretty decent commentator
He commented that
"It's nice to hear as you don't often hear people speaking Spanish over here in Europe"
Other than that it was another good race. Looking forward to the return after the Jnauary break.1 -
MvdP is in a league of his own.
I have to admire Pidcock mixing it with the best at the age of 21 and with a much smaller stature than most of his peers.
Will the World Cyclo cross champs. be based on team ranking?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Are any of the National Championships going ahead, there are quite a few countries listed on the UCI calendar. Although there is no Dutch or British one on there.0
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Czech Rep today, France, Denmark, Swiss, Belgium, Italy tomorrow....All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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Cyclocross24 on Twitter is a good resource for info on which races are taking place.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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It would help if I could spell. Either way it wasn't funny. Did=drugwebboo said:"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
I don't know why national championship races are geoblocked; it makes no sense....GCN/Eurosport don't seem to have any of them. Fortunately, there are ways to watch some of them.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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Looking at some of the pictures from what claims to be the Polish Nats, they'll still be finding the bodies in July...
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Poland needs to drain the swamp...PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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I'd say that is unraceable. I'd like to know what the criteria is for calling a CX race off - as there comes a time when it become almost a farce/circus.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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To be fair to MVDP, he did puncture at possibly the worst possible time, meaning he had to do the minute long road then cobbled steep climb on a flat rear tyre. He twice almost closed the gap to WVA, so the form is clearly there.ddraver said:WvA beating MvdP the weekend before the World Champs suggests normal service will be resumed in the CX world next weekend.
ie MvdP wins everything except the one race of the year that really matters0 -
Also he won on Saturday on flatter course which might be more like the worlds course as I can’t imagine there are many hills in Ostend.0
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Looks like another pretty average Worlds course; mainly flat, with the only climbs on bridges. The only difference this year is the sand sections. Both Bogense and Dubendorf were pretty poor for worlds courses.
Would love to see courses like Namur/ Gavere hosting the worlds.....All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0 -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/55815051
BBC website, iPlayer, Red button will have both Elite races. Most probably the UCI feed, as opposed to the GCN/Eurosport commentary, if you find that annoying.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0 -
That's good to know 'cos the Eurosport commentary sometimes lacks.andyrac said:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/55815051
BBC website, iPlayer, Red button will have both Elite races. Most probably the UCI feed, as opposed to the GCN/Eurosport commentary, if you find that annoying.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I've thought the opposite this year, found the Eurosport commentary to be really good.pinno said:
That's good to know 'cos the Eurosport commentary sometimes lacks.andyrac said:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/55815051
BBC website, iPlayer, Red button will have both Elite races. Most probably the UCI feed, as opposed to the GCN/Eurosport commentary, if you find that annoying.
Hopefully there's going to be some good racing this weekend, I'm a little pissed off though as we were going to head over there to spectate but Covid stopped that!1 -
They didn't go to the Richie Benaud school of commentary; were less is more/ let the pictures tell the story.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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Carnage on the first corner for Cant and Alvarado 😁
Evie Richards into 1st!
Team NL swarm to the front tho into the sand
Evie notably not so good in the sand. Guess this is something you have to be BeNeLux to understand (well... not Lux)
Halfway through the lap and the top 10 are all separated by at least 10 each seconds already! NL top 5 to Richards
Alverado starting to pull back some time
Lap 1
Betsema
Brand
Worst
Alvarado
Kestelijn
Richards
all about 5s from each otherWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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