Road Cycling UCI World Championships 2021

[heywoodu 14,911]

Looks like Edgaras Zekas and Jomantas Venckus might have overslept....both DNS, but here they are.

 

[Agger 1,653]

I really fear that the Danes are using too much energy trying to get into a break!

[Agger 1,653]

Ugh. 3 Danes crashing during the race including Dalby who was a damn strong medal contender (and he wasn't even to blame).

Those tight corners with old-fashioned barriers will be a big factor in all the races!

[heywoodu 14,911]

What a show by Hagenes, by far the strongest when it mattered. Let's see, in a few years, if this is the one who can make the next step  

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Looks like Edgaras Zekas and Jomantas Venckus might have overslept....both DNS, but here they are.

 

That would be crazy... More likely it's some covid bureaucracy.

[heywoodu 14,911]

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During UCI Congress, Australian officials confirm the elite men's and women's time trials will be contested on the same course and same distance and on the same day; the opening day of the 2022 road worlds.

About time, but too bad it's only 37km..

[Grassmarket 3,362]

Bermudan U-23 rider’s bid to recreate Flora Duffy’s success falls 156km short: unable to get past the Antwerp ring road.

[heywoodu 14,911]

Mixed feelings about Baroncini winning:

 

Cool to see an Italian win by actually winning this time, after the 2019 debacle  

 

Sad to see he stayed ahead of the group, because Eritrea's Biniam Girmay pulled yet another fantastic sprint out of his legs and took silver  

 

I mean, that is definitely awesome and no doubt historic, but it'd have been even more awesome and historic if Baronicini wasn't ahead of them 

 

Obviously it's not at all like Girmay is a huge surprise or anything, he has shown for quite a while already that he is a seriously talented rider worthy of riding in the World Tour, but it's still really cool to see Eritrea get a medal.

 

And just to clarify: Baroncini absolutely deserved the win, that was perfect timing!

[Olympian1010 7,943]

A flurry of news out of the Congress being held at the World Championships today: https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/press-releases/2021/09/24/190th-congress-of-the-uci-david-lappartient-re-elected-to-the-head-of-the-uci-2025-uci-road-world-championships-to-take-place-in-kigali/

 

David Lappartient remains UCI President, Kigali confirmed as host of 2025 Road World Championships,  added as member federations. I’m still checking around, but I believe this is the first time the Vatican has held full membership in a IF.

[Grassmarket 3,362]

38 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

A flurry of news out of the Congress being held at the World Championships today: https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/press-releases/2021/09/24/190th-congress-of-the-uci-david-lappartient-re-elected-to-the-head-of-the-uci-2025-uci-road-world-championships-to-take-place-in-kigali/

 

David Lappartient remains UCI President, Kigali confirmed as host of 2025 Road World Championships,  added as member federations. I’m still checking around, but I believe this is the first time the Vatican has held full membership in a IF.

Yeah, I’m  as one of those teams that goes all-out in the first 5km of the World Champs, gives up at the first railway bridge.