UCI Road World Championships 2020

velo.2010

I thought the Worlds might derserve a thread of their own.

Thursday: Womens Elite Time Trial 32km

Friday: Mens Elite Time trial 32km

Saturday: Womens Elite Road Race 143km

Sunday: Mens Elite Road Race 258km

258km course profile...


There is full coverage on Eurosport for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but there's only an hour highlights listed for Sunday's road race. The French Open dominates the schedule, but there may well be full coverage somewhere on the player come Sunday.

BBC 2 are just showing the men's race on Sunday. I'm not sure about Red Button coverage for the women's road race on Saturday.

So, who's yer money on?
My shouts...
Dygert W TT
Ganna M TT
Vos W RR
Majka (ew) M RR

Has AVV ruled herself in or out with the dodgy wrist from the Giro Rosa? Last I heard she was thinking about it. If she turns up I wouldn't bet against her broken wrist or not. Either way a Dutch win for the women, no question.

The men , Pog is on the procyclingstats start list can lightning strick twice in a week? I'd love to see Richie Porte do it be honest.

Inquitus

Bookies odds, Mens Road Race, note not all may be riding.

Rider Odds
Wout Van Aert 7/2
Julian Alaphilippe 5
Jakob Fuglsang 9
Tadej Pogacar 12
Michael Woods 12
Primoz Roglic 14
Marc Hirschi 14
Alejandro Valverde 16
Michal Kwiatkowski 18
Tom Pidcock 20
Davide Formolo 22
Diego Ulissi 22
Vincenzo Nibali 28
Tom Dumoulin 28
Michael Matthews 33
Max Schachmann 28
Richard Carapaz 33
Sepp Kuss 50
Alexy Lutsenko 66
Wilco Kelderman 80
Alexander Vlasov 80
Tim Wellens 66
Greg Van Avermaet 66
Richie Porte 80
Andrea Bagioli 100
Daniel Martinez 100
Gianni Moscon 100
Thibaut Pinot 100
Sergio Higuita 100
Miguel Angel Lopez 125
Peter Sagan 100
Mikel Landa 150
Alex Aranburu 150
Enric Mas Nicolau 150
Tiesj benoot 125
Nairo Quintana 150
Valentin Madouas 150
Fausto Masnada 150
Jhonatan Narvaez 150
George Bennett 150
Rigoberto Uran 125
Dan Martin 125
Wouter Poels 150
Ruben Guerreiro 150
Matej Mohoric 150
Rui Costa 125
Michael Valgren 150
Pello Bilbao 150
Pavel Sivakov 200
Bob Jungels 200
Damiano Caruso 200
Simon Clarke 200
Jasper Stuyven 250
Michael Albasini 250
Markus Hoelgaard 250
Enrico Gasparotto 250
Eddie Dunbar 250
Guillaume Martin 250
Alberto Bettiol 300
Sergio Luis Henao 300
Simon Geschke 300
Gorka Izagirre 300
Gianluca Brambilla 250
Daryl Impey 300
Adam Toupalik 300
Oliver Naesen 300
Emanuel Buchmann 300
Omar Fraile 350
Toms Skujins 300
Hugh Carthy 300
Marc Soler 300
Antwan Tolhoek 300
Warren Barguil 350
Giovanni Visconti 400
Matteo Fabbro 400
Kasper Asgreen 400
Johan Esteban Chaves 400
Dion Smith 400
Jesus Herrada 400
Nicola Conci 400
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 400
David de la Cruz 400
James Knox 400
Loic Vliegen 500
Tanel Kangert 500
Nans Peters 500
Quentin Pacher 500
Nicolas Roche 500
Petr Vakoc 500
Xandro Meurisse 500
Krists Neilands 500
Alexis Vuillermoz 500
Jai Hindley 600
Nico Denz 600
Kenny Elissonde 600
Pascal Eeenkhorn 600
Casper Pedersen 600
Jonathan Castroviejo 600
John Degenkolb 600
Patrick Bevin 600
Lukas Postlberger 600
Andreas Leknessund 600
Luka Mecgez 600
Dylan Van Baarle 600
Attila Valter 600
Pieter Serry 600
Rudy Molard 600
Damien Howson 600
Jan Polanc 600
Sam Oomen 600
Hermann Pernsteiner 600
Neilson Powless 600
Tobias Foss 750
Odd Christian Eiking 750
Mikkel Honore 750
Paul Martens 750
Brandon McNulty 750
Georg Zimmermann 750
Maciej Paterski 750
Jesper Hansen 750
Jaakko Hanninen 750
Kevin Rivera 750
Jonathan Klever Caicedo 750
Silvan Dillier 750
Benjamin King 1000
Tsgabu Grmay 1000
Merhawi Kudus 1000
Andrey Amador 1000
Lawson Craddock 1000
James Shaw 1000
Ben OConnor 1000
Carl Fredrik Hagen 1000
Louis Meintjes 1000
Nikolay Cherkasov 1000
Mark Padun 1000
Jan Hirt 1000
Kamil Malecki 1000
Niklas Eg 1000
Rein Taaramae 1000
Sergey Chernetskiy 1000

velo.2010

Deleted User wrote: »

Has AVV ruled herself in or out with the dodgy wrist from the Giro Rosa? Last I heard she was thinking about it. If she turns up I wouldn't bet against her broken wrist or not. Either way a Dutch win for the women, no question.

The men , Pog is on the procyclingstats start list can lightning strick twice in a week? I'd love to see Richie Porte do it be honest.

Van Vleuten had the operation and now has 'no pain' according to her. TBH, I think she is just desperate to race.

Many of the experts (or people that George Hincapie has spoken to) think the winner of the mens RR won't come come from the Tour!

Inquitus

velo.2010 wrote: »

Van Vleuten had the operation and now has 'no pain' according to her. TBH, I think she is just desperate to race.

Many of the experts (or people that George Hincapie has spoken to) think the winner of the mens RR won't come come from the Tour!

Almost all of the bookies major favourites raced the tour, that said I don't disagree, there could be value in finding a few longer priced e/w bets of non TDF riders.

neris

There's alot of uppy downy stuff for the men and I think after tdf alot will bollixed and won't have the teams. Not necessarily a breakaway group rider but a rider who can stay in the bunch without a team as the race goes on.

Kwiatkowski

dastardly00

Inquitus wrote: »

Bookies odds, Mens Road Race, note not all may be riding.

Tom Pidcock 20

I know he won the baby Giro... But 20/1 odds for the Men's Elite RR... that seems bizarre

We have Ben Healy in the mens elite as they have no U23 race this year. He's had a great run in France last week but is it a mistake entering him in this ? It will rule him out of U23 in the next few years.

Inquitus

dastardly00 wrote: »

I know he won the baby Giro... But 20/1 odds for the Men's Elite RR... that seems bizarre

Agreed, bet365's odds.

dastardly00

[Deleted User] wrote: »

We have Ben Healy in the mens elite as they have no U23 race this year. He's had a great run in France last week but is it a mistake entering him in this ? It will rule him out of U23 in the next few years.

How many places were we allocated in the men's race?

Inquitus

dastardly00 wrote: »

How many places were we allocated in the men's race?

We qualified 6, its based on the Paddy's day national rankings and structured as follows, we were 16 at the time, not sure if Covid had any impact mind:

1. Qualification through the UCI World Ranking by nations on 17 March 2020 (200 riders to start)
A. Nations ranked 1 to 10 may enter 8 riders to start (80 riders to start)
B. Nations ranked 11 to 20 may enter 6 riders to start (60 riders to start)
C. Nations ranked 21 to 30 may enter 4 riders to start (40 riders to start)
D. Nations ranked 31 to 50 may enter 1 rider to start (20 riders to start)

neris

#nostalgia


https://twitter.com/ClipsCycling/status/1308879836723716096?s=19

All My Stars Aligned

Can find any info on Irish team, are we sending anyone?

ednwireland

All My Stars Aligned wrote: »

Can find any info on Irish team, are we sending anyone?

http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/ireland-squad-for-road-world-championships/28578

fat bloke

Is it this weekend?

lennymc

Deleted User wrote: »

We have Ben Healy in the mens elite as they have no U23 race this year. He's had a great run in France last week but is it a mistake entering him in this ? It will rule him out of U23 in the next few years.

I believe UCI issued something recently saying that any U23 competing in this years worlds will not be excluded from future u23 world championships.

Melodeon

velo.2010 wrote: »

There is full coverage on Eurosport for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but there's only an hour highlights listed for Sunday's road race. The French Open dominates the schedule, but there may well be full coverage somewhere on the player come Sunday.

The GCN app is showing full coverage of the men's road race: 27 Sep 2020, 08:40 - 15:50
I'd be amazed if the same wasn't available on the Eurosport player too.

redlead

Someone like Hirschi wouldn't be a bad darkhorse for the RR. Hes just in great form at the moment. Okay, fair enough, not a real dark horse but still ...

Inquitus

Melodeon wrote: »

The GCN app is showing full coverage of the men's road race: 27 Sep 2020, 08:40 - 15:50
I'd be amazed if the same wasn't available on the Eurosport player too.

The whole race is live on BBC2 I think.

dastardly00

Inquitus wrote: »

The whole race is live on BBC2 I think.

They normally show the last 2 hours or so on the TV channel but the rest is on the Red Button. I'd guess it's the same for Sunday?

Tim76

fat bloke wrote: »

Is it this weekend?

Starts today

Inquitus

dastardly00 wrote: »

They normally show the last 2 hours or so on the TV channel but the rest is on the Red Button. I'd guess it's the same for Sunday?

Aye this is the schedule

Thursday, 24 September

13:30-16:00 - Women's individual time trial, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website & app

Friday, 25 September

10:45-13:15 - Women's individual time trial (rpt), BBC Red Button

13:15-16:00 - Men's individual time trial, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website & app

Saturday, 26 September

08:35-11:25 - Men's individual time trial (rpt), BBC Red Button

11:25-16:20 - Women's road race, BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website & app

21:50-02:40 - Women's road race (rpt), BBC Red Button

Sunday, 27 September

08:35-16:30 - Men's road race (uninterrupted), BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website & app

12:00-16:20 - Men's road race, BBC Two

19:35-03:30 - Men's road race (rpt), BBC Red Button

Oymyakon

Why are we not sending any women to these World Championships?

Watching the TT now, I reckon Dygert's got this one.

The Buster

anyone havig problems with the GCN app. Not working for me today

slow

Ben Healy can ride U23 next year if selected.

Tombo2001

Is there a reason Sam Bennett isnt there?

Tim76

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Is there a reason Sam Bennett isnt there?

He's on the lash down in Carrick.

On a more serious note, I'm guessing it's cos be wouldn't be strong in a classics style race or ITT so probably not much point in competing.

Oymyakon

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Is there a reason Sam Bennett isnt there?

The course is far too difficult for sprinters, and I am sure his team have a race programme mapped out for him.

Inquitus

Oymyakon wrote: »

The course is far too difficult for sprinters, and I am sure his team have a race programme mapped out for him.

Sam himself said he's be useless on the parcours, even on bottle duty.

slow

slow wrote: »

Ben Healy can ride U23 next year if selected.

Can he though? Maybe there is an exception this year but usually the rule is if you ride elite you can't go back to under 23.

Chris871

Really nasty crash there for Dygert, hope shes alright. She was cruising to victory too.

triggermortis

Oymyakon wrote: »

Why are we not sending any women to these World Championships?

Watching the TT now, I reckon Dygert's got this one.

And...... maybe not. Hope she’s ok after that

neris

Magnus bagstedt on eurosport would put you to sleep

neris

Chris871 wrote: »

Really nasty crash there for Dygert, hope shes alright. She was cruising to victory too.

That was some crash

I think he's good when he's on with Stevens.

Just saw the replay of the crash looked like a lock up.

TheBlaaMan

Deleted User wrote: »

Just saw the replay of the crash looked like a lock up.

I though the rear flatted (or the tub started to come loose...)as she went into the corner. Looked nasty. Hope she is OK , she looked to be on a very good run

edit: NBC are broadcasting that she is conscious and talking . Looks like she fell/rolled 10m or more below the road into shrubbery along the field.....

Seeing it again I think it's like you say re: the tub, front end was twitching like mad. The good thing though if that can be said was the fact the car and moto were right there with her and saw her go over so help was on hand right away.

lennymc

Deleted User wrote: »

Can he though? Maybe there is an exception this year but usually the rule is if you ride elite you can't go back to under 23.

yes, exception made this year

who_ru

difficult one to call - belgium will be very strong so WVA could do it. Nibali is on home soil. i've heard Michael Matthews tipped. if Big Tom is riding he might be in with a shout too.

dastardly00

If only the protective padding was extended for a few metres more

TheBlaaMan

The indications online are that Chlie Dygert has suffered a pretty horrific injury to her left leg, knee. I've not looked for images and have no wish to.
I bet they 'fix' the padding on that corner after this...

dastardly00

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

The indications online are that Chlie Dygert has suffered a pretty horrific injury to her left leg, knee. I've not looked for images and have no wish to.
I bet they 'fix' the padding on that corner after this...

I accidentally saw a photo of her knee after the crash. It's really, really not nice. Be careful if you're on Twitter etc.

dastardly00

dastardly00 wrote: »

I accidentally saw a photo of her knee after the crash. It's really, really not nice. Be careful if you're on Twitter etc.

I had the misfortune also, no reason to take that photo in the first place let alone share it on social media. People need to take a good hard look at themselves.

Hopefully thats not career threatening, poor woman.

velo.2010

Awful crash and injury for Dygert. Poor positioning on the bike (arms still in the aero bars) and hitting a bump most likely contributed to the crash. Hopefully, she makes a full recovery, but it will be a long process.

Tiesj Benoot was fortunate not to have similar injuries after an almost identical crash into a barrier at the Tour.

Refractions

Fuglsang for the RR. He's done shag all since winning the Tour of Lombardy, flew under the radar at Tirreno-Adriatico, but I think he will have been focused on this one for a long time.

dastardly00

Dan has pulled out of the RR due to 'team commitments'

http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/dan-martin-out-of-world-championships/28585

So now it's just Nico, Mullen & Ben Healy.

Think Dan is down for Fleche and LBL next week.

wirelessdude01

dastardly00 wrote: »

Dan has pulled out of the RR due to 'team commitments'

http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/dan-martin-out-of-world-championships/28585

So now it's just Nico, Mullen & Ben Healy.

Has been called up to ride the Giro?

wirelessdude01

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Has been called up to ride the Giro?

He's riding La Vuelta

dastardly00

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Has been called up to ride the Giro?

I don't think so. His plan is to ride La Fleche Wallonne on next Wednesday and then LBL on Sunday week

magicbastarder

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I had the misfortune also, no reason to take that photo in the first place let alone share it on social media. People need to take a good hard look at themselves.

She's tweeted it herself.