The Official UCI 2019 Yorkshire road World Championships ***Spoilers***
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Gweeds wrote:Carlton Kirby calling Bob Jungels 'Mr Bojangles'
EVERY. SODDING. TIME.
Simon Brotherton on BBC actually showing how to commentate for all viewers irrespective of their knowledge.0 -
Shirley Basso wrote:Dennis vindicated? Favourite for Olympics surely.
Not sure his weight - but does this form put him in GT contender territory?PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
Rohan Dennis wrote:“I didn’t go without a lot of preparation: a lot of time at home, a lot of work on my head to get myself mentally prepared for today. It’s been a lot tougher than what it looked out there for me. There’s a lot of people to thank, and, look, it’s just good to repay then on a day that really matters.
“I knew what pace I went out with last year, so I just stuck on that and got into my rhythm. I knew I was 20 seconds up at the first check and I knew I had more to give, that I wasn’t going to die on the climbs. I had Brad McGee in my ear and my coach in the passenger seat the whole time talking me through it. It was absolutely perfect today.
“Look. it’s been a tough year. Obviously, there’s been a lot of talk since the Tour de France about what I’m doing. It’s really special to back up this year and come here in the best possible shape to defend this title and show that I haven’t hung up the bike. I’m here to race and I’m here to win. I’ve got more to show in this sport yet. It was good to really get out there today and hit it out and smash it.”0 -
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Tashman wrote:
It’s Dennis though.....0 -
M.R.M. wrote:Shirley Basso wrote:Dennis vindicated? Favourite for Olympics surely.
Not sure his weight - but does this form put him in GT contender territory?0 -
Nice little chat with Keith Lambert the u23s coach who is retiring straight after the champs, interestingly the year he was 46th in the mens WC Mandy Jones was winning the ladies race, which was over a ridiculously short 61km!0
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Will be interesting to see which bike manufacturer claims their bike 'won' the ITT World Title......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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Remember when Dowsett finished ahead of Dennis in the 2014 Commonwealth Games ITT (1st / 2nd)? Or, for that matter, the 2010 equivalent (2nd / 6th; Durbridge 3rd)?
How times have changed.0 -
AndyRAC wrote:Will be interesting to see which bike manufacturer claims their bike 'won' the ITT World Title......
The mechanics had a spare BMC TT bike (still branded) with Aus colour go faster stripes at the Aus team bus. Thy hid it behind some wheels after a while. Didn’t notice what was on top of his team car.
https://twitter.com/the_rawman/status/1 ... 13505?s=21
Guess he (or cycling Aus) hung on to his BMC bikes when he left for Bahrain, or someone had a word with Cadel Evans who is a brand ambassador for BMC.
Dennis hasn’t raced for Bahrain since the tour - is he leaving or waiting for Ellingworth and McLaren to arrive? Would he have had to forego salary if he’s chosen not to race for the team?0 -
notquite6foot wrote:Remember when Dowsett finished ahead of Dennis in the 2014 Commonwealth Games ITT (1st / 2nd)? Or, for that matter, the 2010 equivalent (2nd / 6th; Durbridge 3rd)?
How times have changed.Twitter: @RichN950 -
YorkshireRaw wrote:AndyRAC wrote:Will be interesting to see which bike manufacturer claims their bike 'won' the ITT World Title......
The mechanics had a spare BMC TT bike (still branded) with Aus colour go faster stripes at the Aus team bus. Thy hid it behind some wheels after a while. Didn’t notice what was on top of his team car.
https://twitter.com/the_rawman/status/1 ... 13505?s=21
Guess he (or cycling Aus) hung on to his BMC bikes when he left for Bahrain, or someone had a word with Cadel Evans who is a brand ambassador for BMC.
Dennis hasn’t raced for Bahrain since the tour - is he leaving or waiting for Ellingworth and McLaren to arrive? Would he have had to forego salary if he’s chosen not to race for the team?
Saw team car afterwards close up. Clearly branded BMC bike on top. Raised a knowing smile.
Just for anyone going along at the weekend, I couldn't see any screen on the finishing straight other than the one opposite the VIP tent which is impossible to see from virtually anywhere else. Tannoy system was pretty good at relaying the same commentary that was being heard on the screens in the fanzone, as far as I could tell - we certainly knew who was up and who was down, although Lawson Craddock suddenly smashing it was a surprise.0 -
OCDuPalais wrote:Nobody seems to have much to say about the most dominant WC TT display today since Candelabra in his prime... it was akin to some of the greatest rides of the last 20 years.0
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Shirley Basso wrote:Dennis vindicated? Favourite for Olympics surely.
Not sure his weight - but does this form put him in GT contender territory?
No.0 -
Also some people on social media whingeing about the weather, and how they shouldn't have held it there because rain in september etc etc.
Last year it was in Bergen!! Bergen receives nearly 3x the annual rainfall of Harrogate (2250mm vs 742mm apparently), it's so wet that even other people in Norway refer to Bergensers as having webbed toes. They were just lucky last year/unlucky this year. Daft argument.0 -
Last year it was Innsbruck. Bergen was two years ago.0
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bobmcstuff wrote:Also some people on social media whingeing about the weather, and how they shouldn't have held it there because rain in september etc etc.
Last year it was in Bergen!! Bergen receives nearly 3x the annual rainfall of Harrogate (2250mm vs 742mm apparently), it's so wet that even other people in Norway refer to Bergensers as having webbed toes. They were just lucky last year/unlucky this year. Daft argument.Twitter: @RichN950 -
PoweredByIdris wrote:Gweeds wrote:Carlton Kirby calling Bob Jungels 'Mr Bojangles'
EVERY. SODDING. TIME.
Simon Brotherton on BBC actually showing how to commentate for all viewers irrespective of their knowledge.
yeah but I cant cope with Rochelle Gilmour, where every sentence, sometimes every word, ends in an upward inflection :roll:0 -
andyp wrote:Last year it was Innsbruck. Bergen was two years ago.
The Bergen one was more memorable for me, I'm there for work several times a year (there next week actually) so it seems a lot more familiar.
Point still stands.0 -
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bobmcstuff wrote:Also some people on social media whingeing about the weather, and how they shouldn't have held it there because rain in september etc etc.
Last year it was in Bergen!! Bergen receives nearly 3x the annual rainfall of Harrogate (2250mm vs 742mm apparently), it's so wet that even other people in Norway refer to Bergensers as having webbed toes. They were just lucky last year/unlucky this year. Daft argument.
Come at it with yer “annual rainfall” figures all you want - but if all that rain happens when yer on yer bike, like it seems to, then what?
Also, the rain in Harrogate is grittier and more character building than naff Norwegian rain.0 -
As my grandad said; “I don’t care about statistics - Summers were definitely hotter when I were a lad”.0
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OCDuPalais wrote:bobmcstuff wrote:Also some people on social media whingeing about the weather, and how they shouldn't have held it there because rain in september etc etc.
Last year it was in Bergen!! Bergen receives nearly 3x the annual rainfall of Harrogate (2250mm vs 742mm apparently), it's so wet that even other people in Norway refer to Bergensers as having webbed toes. They were just lucky last year/unlucky this year. Daft argument.
Come at it with yer “annual rainfall” figures all you want - but if all that rain happens when yer on yer bike, like it seems to, then what?
Also, the rain in Harrogate is grittier and more character building than naff Norwegian rain.0 -
Am really not a fan of Dennis.
He’s like those awful guys on the embankment commute (I guess I need to include myself in this, in part anyway).
Kit obsessed, ragey, delusions of winning the Tour0 -
What helmet model did Dowsett don in today's race? I remember the GB trackies had them on during Rio 2016.0
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Decided to go to Northallerton for the start and then headed over to Masham. There was a great atmosphere in Masham - the school kids were being told who the next rider was and chanted their name as they passed by.
Jos van Emden by Alan Gibworth, on Flickr
They had a big screen in the square too so a fair number of folk stuck around and watched the rest of the race, although it was clear by that point that Dennis had it in the bag.
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Nice pic!
Dennis has a surprisingly upright position for someone that good at TT's (I'm aware that that is van Emden).PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230