2020 UCI world road championship

[Adam4868]

Ganna won that convincingly ! Good ride and looking good for Thomas also.

 

[Adam4868]

Imagine if he'd had his Garmin...
"So I was kind of treating it like that, attacking it, but obviously, without the Garmin, I wasn't too sure of how hard I was actually going". 🙄 Geraint Thomas

 

[ColinJ]

Imagine if he'd had his Garmin...
"So I was kind of treating it like that, attacking it, but obviously, without the Garmin, I wasn't too sure of how hard I was actually going". 🙄 Geraint Thomas

I missed the explanation for why he DIDN'T have his Garmin...!

 

[matticus]

I missed the explanation for why he DIDN'T have his Garmin...!

Frustrating, isn't it?!?

My guess is a team fuc*-up, but he's too nice/pro to moan about it.


So, Road-races:
I'm prepared for another weekend of excitement then frustration. The on-screen data and info from the commentators is always dire compared to the regular pro race coverage in the 21stC. Which is a shame, because they're often much better races than the GT stuff we see on free TV, and these are supposed to be the pinnacle of the sport

 

[Adam4868]

Frustrating, isn't it?!?

My guess is a team fuc*-up, but he's too nice/pro to moan about it.

Though he about summed it up.He would have been good in the Tour I think....😁
From Thomas.
'Someone farked up, but that's the way it goes'

 

[matticus]

Oh OK - I missed that comment!

 

[mjr]

A risk assessment by Captain Hindsight suggests that they should have put the big crash barriers all the way to the exit from the bend.
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Boardman disagreed and thought continuing the barriers onto the straight would narrow the exit and cause more crashes, while Dygert's crash was primarily a bike failure which resulted in an unpredictable line.

 

[mjr]

I'm not going to argue with Mr Boardman.

Best not. He blocks you on social media if you try!

 

[rich p]

Just watched the women's race on fast forward and didn't bother slowing it down till the sprint for 2nd and 3rd.
Let's hope the mens race is a bit more competitive!

 

[Adam4868]

Just watched the women's race on fast forward and didn't bother slowing it down till the sprint for 2nd and 3rd.
Let's hope the mens race is a bit more competitive!

To be honest there's been some sh1te men's world road races in the past few years.Austria springs to mind as a 6 + hour borefest ! Can't remember the others.
Recording tommorow and watching last hour,to much cycling coming up !

 

[matticus]

Men's Odds:

2020?
Odd unit: EU | UK | US
Highest
oddsLowest
odds
Wout Van Aert4.003.75
Julian Alaphilippe8.008.00
Jakob Fuglsang10.009.00
Marc Hirschi13.0012.00
Primož Roglic13.0012.00
Tadej Pogacar15.0013.00
Michal Kwiatkowski15.0015.00
Michael Woods17.0017.00
Maximilian Schachmann21.0021.00
Michael Matthews21.0021.00
Alejandro Valverde23.0023.00
Diego Ulissi23.0023.00
Thomas Pidcock34.0026.00
Vincenzo Nibali34.0034.00
Richard Carapaz41.0034.00
Tom Dumoulin41.0041.00
Alexey Lutsenko51.0041.00

 

[Eziemnaik]

Hmmmm Hirschi seems like a nice punt...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Mens race live on bbc website for those interested

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/53770624

 

[Eziemnaik]

No favs in the breakaway...

 

[matticus]

Mens race live on bbc website for those interested

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/53770624

Thanks, but I've got a telly.