Road Cycling UCI World Championships 2018

[heywoodu 15,152]

50 minutes ago, dcro said:

Balmer beating Mr "There is no I in team" Evenepoel? Right...

Vacek could do it, he already beat him on an uphill finish this year and today it's harder in terms of climbing. 

 

 

Or of course REV rides away after 2km again and wins with 10 minutes like at the European championships. I'm almost back home, hopefully I won't miss the deciding attack

 

[Wumo 3,002]

It has been announced that Mixed team time trial will feature at 2019 UCI Road Cycling World Championships.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070428/mixed-team-time-trial-to-feature-at-2019-uci-road-cycling-world-championships

 

The race, which will be reserved for national teams, will feature six riders from the under-23 and elite categories. MIxed team time trial will see three male riders complete a lap, then hand over to three female riders to finish.

 

I need to mention @heywoodu 's comment

 

UCI wants to be IOC's best friend 

[dcro 10,210]

So organizing 3-members team time trials for separate genders was more complicated than this farce?

[AlFHg 330]

I think that it's not a bad idea to eliminate the TTT (where team is a "club"), but obviously I had preferred its exchange with national teams time trial. The idea for a sort of cycling relay... maybe not that bad, (I know this is going to be quite unpopular), according to the previews of the event it could have been thought better, but still it may be good.

[heywoodu 15,152]

37 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

It has been announced that Mixed team time trial will feature at 2019 UCI Road Cycling World Championships.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070428/mixed-team-time-trial-to-feature-at-2019-uci-road-cycling-world-championships

 

The race, which will be reserved for national teams, will feature six riders from the under-23 and elite categories. MIxed team time trial will see three male riders complete a lap, then hand over to three female riders to finish.

 

I need to mention @heywoodu 's comment

 

UCI wants to be IOC's best friend 

Wait, what? Six riders per team, made up from U23 and elite male and female riders?

[heywoodu 15,152]

28 minutes ago, AlFHg said:

I think that it's not a bad idea to eliminate the TTT (where team is a "club"), but obviously I had preferred its exchange with national teams time trial. The idea for a sort of cycling relay... maybe not that bad, (I know this is going to be quite unpopular), according to the previews of the event it could have been thought better, but still it may be good.

It's just a shame that this circus stuff is added right in a time where the TTT is actually relatively close  

[heywoodu 15,152]

Evenepoel crashed (apparently due to some Czech, but I didn't see it), several crashes before that as well, showing juniors are not very technical yet

 

Now there's a lead group and Evenepoel is riding towards it with the entire peloton in his wheel.

[heywoodu 15,152]

German Mayrhofer and Italian Piccolo in the lead group.

 

Spoiler

Watch out for Piccolo's special beam cannon.

 

 

[heywoodu 15,152]

RIP

 

[Wumo 3,002]

This is how UCI President, David Lappartient, got the idea for mixed team time trial.

 

"I got this idea during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. I was watching the biathlon – the team relay – with my brother, and I thought, 'Why can't we have this in cycling?' 

 

 This must be the first time biathlon has inspired anything in cycling 

Edited September 27, 2018 by wumo26