Road Cycling UCI World Championships 2019

[dcro 10,210]

No wonder the commentators have been hyping US results all week.

Edited September 27, 2019 by dcro

[heywoodu 14,940]

22 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

 

I’ve noticed that the African Nations with well-known reputations in cycling - like Eritrea, Rwanda, Ethiopia - have got riders.  Also some African riders who are probably already British citizens or residents.  But there are some nations we have had trouble with in the past where athletes have been given visas for big events and have disappeared without even competing. So if your list includes Sierra Leone, Cameroon & Nigeria....

Yeah there are apparently more Africans than I'd feared a few days ago, that's excellent news  

[hckošice 14,787]

Jastrab is in slovak language a "Hawk". Any info about her origins ?

[TomJa 64]

1000 m to the finish. It promises to be a thunderous finish.

[TomJa 64]

They charmed and charmed, and from this magic Nils Eekhoff() became the champion !! In addition, on the podium Samuele Battistella () and Stefan Bissegger ()

[TomJa 64]

 

Men's  U-23 Road Races

 

                                                                                                       1. Samuele Battistella

                                                                                 2. Stefan Bissegger 

                                                                                 3. Thomas Pidcock 

 

Edited September 27, 2019 by TomJa

[Andry84 102]

It looks like Battistella is the world champion, they are on the podium just now, probably DSQ for the the Dutch guy

[Gianlu33 4,528]

19 minutes ago, TomJa said:

 

Men's Junior Road Races

 

                                                                                                               1. Nils Eekhoff

                                                                                2. Samuele Battistella

                                                                                3. Stefan Bissegger

 

Battistella won the gold medal 

[TomJa 64]

56 minut temu, Gianlu33 napisał:

Battistella won the gold medal 

When I watched the finish live, the Dutchman won.  Apparently something happened in the meantime.

[phelps 7,657]

Just now, TomJa said:

When I watched the finish live, the Dutchman won.  Apparently something happened in the meantime.

 

I saw that someone got closed against the barriers during the final sprint...probably that was judged an illegal move by the Dutch and he was DSQ...

 

and tbh, if Battistella wasn't trapped and could start his sprint finish when he actually wanted, he would have won quite easily...in the last 50m he was flying double the speed of the Dutchman...

 

p.s. it's the men's U-23 race, not the Junior's (which was raced yesterday)...

Edited September 27, 2019 by phelps