Road Cycling UCI World Championships 2021

[Agger 1,700]

17 minutes ago, dcro said:

Via the WCC, yes, but still listed as Syrian in the start list. As he was for the 2020 ITT Worlds, among other events.

 

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So what?

[Olympian1010 8,230]

7 hours ago, dcro said:

Tokyo 2020 Refugee, Ahmad Wais, reverted back to representing Syria.

I don’t think the UCI has a mechanism for allowing refugee/stateless persons entry. I’m aware of another rider with refugee status cycling for Syria as well. I’m not sure what the exact arrangement/rules are, but that’s what I’m aware of.

[intoronto 6,410]

1 hour ago, Agger said:

So what?

If he was representing Syria he would not have qualified...

[heywoodu 16,004]

The 2025 world championships, as was expected (and hoped), have been awared to Kigali  

 

Sure, politically it's not exactly great that another (semi?)dictatorship gets it, but for the people in a cycling-crazy country it is absolutely fantastic and the atmosphere will no doubt be truly magical!

 

Plus it could simply be a great race, which can be incredibly hard. Twelve times a 21km lap would be perfectly possible with over 5000 'altitude meters'.

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Dunadan 1,103]

Announced by the Rwandan but not yet by the UCI? Not shady at all.

[heywoodu 16,004]

27 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

Announced by the Rwandan but not yet by the UCI? Not shady at all.

Not like it's likely to change or be different though. They've been the huge favourite ever since it was clear that 2025 would go to Africa and only Rwanda and Morocco were candidates.

[dcro 10,210]

Yay. Can't wait for a road race to be abandoned due to a race doctor missing.

[heywoodu 16,004]

15 hours ago, dcro said:

Yay. Can't wait for a road race to be abandoned due to a race doctor missing.

Super likely indeed !

[heywoodu 16,004]

Men's junior race is underway for barely 40 meters and we've got quite a large crash.

[heywoodu 16,004]

Not even 10km in and after the restart we've already got two more significant crashes. Come on guys