Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2020

[heywoodu 16,007]

7 hours ago, dcro said:

But why is WvA ahead?

I must be missing the joke here  

[Grassmarket 4,042]

It’s the World’s most mis-named race this week, the Driedagse Brugge-De Panne

 

Starts in Bruges 

Finishes in De Panne 

Does NOT last three days! 

[heywoodu 16,007]

4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

It’s the World’s most mis-named race this week, the Driedagse Brugge-De Panne

 

Starts in Bruges 

Finishes in De Panne 

Does NOT last three days! 

Yeah, if you change the length and the length is a prominent part of the name...I'm fairly sure one would have to change to name  

 

Then again, in car racing the DTM (German Touring Car Championship) will move from touring cars to sports cars next year, yet keep the DTM name. Brugge isn't alone  

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

[Grassmarket 4,042]

51 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

That’s true.  Hasn’t been to Dakar for about 20 years.  At least they dropped the Paris bit.  Come to think, the Paris-Roubaix doesn’t go near Paris either.

[heywoodu 16,007]

Historic moment: at this very moment, two Grand Tours are being held, the Vuelta has started.

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Historic moment: at this very moment, two Grand Tours are being held, the Vuelta has started.

In translation it means they will be some of the weakest GTs on record.

 

I mean, the whole one-day classics season has turned into track cycling sprint at this point...

[heywoodu 16,007]

23 minutes ago, dcro said:

In translation it means they will be some of the weakest GTs on record.

 

I mean, the whole one-day classics season has turned into track cycling sprint at this point...

Not really though. The Vuelta has a strong field in terms of GC riders, the Giro has a decent field but with Yates and Kruijswijk out one can forgive the field for not being as strong as it could be and with Ackermann, Bennett (Vuelta) and Demare (Giro) the world's best sprinters are in them. The likes of Van der Poel, Van Aert and Alaphilippe were in the classics which is by far their strongest point anyway.

 

All together, it's just not really noticeable that the peloton is a bit stretched.

[Grassmarket 4,042]

Always the same: 80-90% of the world’s best do the Tour.  40% are in either the Giro or Vuelta.

[Grassmarket 4,042]

On 20/10/2020 at 08:51, Grassmarket said:

It’s the World’s most mis-named race this week, the Driedagse Brugge-De Panne

 

Starts in Bruges 

Finishes in De Panne 

Does NOT last three days! 

Didn’t realise It but with the cancellation of the Compiègne-Roubaix that’s the last one-dayer (and indeed three-dayer ) of the year.  Just the Giro & the Vuelta (inc women’s mini Vuelta) to go.