Glasgow Worlds 2023 *spoiler thread*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    Danish dynamite in the team pursuit, smashed it.
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  • mr.b-campag
    mr.b-campag Posts: 414
    Vinokourov won the mens' 50-54 Gran Fondo!
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    mr.b-campag said:

    Vinokourov won the mens' 50-54 Gran Fondo!

    I whose blood he was using!
    Does seem more than a little unfair that ex-pros can enter.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited August 2023
    Team GBarker stomp the Team Pursuit

    (all 5 pretty good tbf...)

    (Jo Rowsell has matured into a very good commentator too.)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    mr.b-campag said:

    Vinokourov won the mens' 50-54 Gran Fondo!

    2nd place will be enjoying a holiday in the Seychelles next week?
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 403
    Not sure who of you are into having a flutter but I would definitely advise against a bet on Michael Matthews tomorrow. Boy's on a mad wan.




  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Fair play to Clare Balding and Chris Hoy for not piling straight into Katie Archibald earlier to try and get her to cry on camera for the impact. I know Hoy asked about the emotions of today, but he did it in a way that left her plenty of escape routes (and signalled them clearly) to talk about those emotions in terms of the cycling and not Rab.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Rab would have nailed the Marathon too. Course was his.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited August 2023
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Fair play to Clare Balding and Chris Hoy for not piling straight into Katie Archibald earlier to try and get her to cry on camera for the impact. I know Hoy asked about the emotions of today, but he did it in a way that left her plenty of escape routes (and signalled them clearly) to talk about those emotions in terms of the cycling and not Rab.

    I didn’t see the interview, but during the Tour, the incessant ‘was this for Gino’ questioning to any Bahrain rider did seem unfair to those riders who were then expected to show grief on demand (even if they didn’t know him that well)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Fair play to Clare Balding and Chris Hoy for not piling straight into Katie Archibald earlier to try and get her to cry on camera for the impact. I know Hoy asked about the emotions of today, but he did it in a way that left her plenty of escape routes (and signalled them clearly) to talk about those emotions in terms of the cycling and not Rab.

    I think it was Chris Hoy who did a pre-champs interview with her that’s on the BBC site so he’d covered everything then. He presumably knows her well. Someone must have restrained Balding as it is exactly the sort of thing I would have expected her to do.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    On the roll out. Great crowds in Edinburgh.
    Pinno and co will need to mute the sound as they are kicking off with Rob "hyperbole" Hatch on comms.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Almedia on the deck already
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited August 2023
    He's not rushing to get back to the bunch.

    Edit:
    The race is underway without him.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Flag dropped with him out the back. Bit rude.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    Lux rider with a flat back wheel still riding on it is doing my head in, looks soooooooo sketchy
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Just switched to the BBC red button which also has whole race coverage, to hear Ned Boulting on commentary.
    Hayley somebody is co commentator, but I haven’t heard her before.
    Chris Boardman too.
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Watching on bbc too - I miss Brotherton. Have a soft spot for his understated comms.

    Wonder if Boulting will rein it in a bit
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    What time is the race likely to finish?
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    About 4pm uk time I think
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Latvia winning best kit for me
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    That's a fairly strong group they've let go 4'30" up the road

    32 DOULL Owain GBR
    71 DINHAM Matthew AUS
    75 TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso COL
    82 VERMAERKE Kevin USA
    112 GAMPER Patrick AUT
    118 TOWNSEND Rory IRL
    134 CHRISTENSEN Ryan NZL
    141 NEILANDS Krists LAT
    150 KELEMEN Petr CZE
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    poweredbyidris said:

    Latvia winning best kit for me

    Agreed. Hands down.
  • stage_hunter
    stage_hunter Posts: 325
    I know he was never going to win, but wtf is George Bennett doing? Sat in no mans land between a breakaway he was never going to catch and the peloton. I can understand the guys with him getting some TV time but not Bennett.

    Am I missing something?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I agree with the commentators over not allowing this break too long a leash.
    They are definitely not the usual suspects one finds in a world championship breakaway.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Race neutralised for protesters. Bring on Hinault.
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,065
    edited August 2023
    Does the breakaway get it's lead back when race restarts?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Flipping protesters again.
    For folks who want to stop people having the ability to travel, they don’t half get around this country.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,691
    Leaders stopped - looks like a protest
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    They should just drive the lead vehicles straight over the tw@ts.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    BBC commentary team suggesting such circumstances are a good reason for race radios.

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