2025 Races with Spoilers.

[Adam4868]

Good spot, though that was where Van Aert went absolutely bonkers on the descent and he thought "be a shame to lose a TdF twenty minutes from the end"

Great final stage though....chapeau to Wout but who else is going to risk his yellow jersey attacking like that,all he had to do is cross the line.
Class to watch though 😁

 

[mididoctors]

Van Aert Montmartre....

Correct 💯

 

[Gweeds]

He’s obviously human. It’s a turn of phrase YOU KNOW.

 

[Cathryn]

Bitter taste from the women’s gravel world champs. Shirin van Anrooj was about to win but compatriot Lorena Wiebes got a trade teammate to chase her down and pipped her at the line. I know that gravel isn’t done as country teams, that everyone’s basically independent but the optics weren’t good. Lorena’s getting a lot of heat on social media and it’s a very shallow victory at best! Lorena may be an incredible cyclist but I don’t think she’s an incredible person!

 

[misforturob]

Bitter taste from the women’s gravel world champs. Shirin van Anrooj was about to win but compatriot Lorena Wiebes got a trade teammate to chase her down and pipped her at the line. I know that gravel isn’t done as country teams, that everyone’s basically independent but the optics weren’t good. Lorena’s getting a lot of heat on social media and it’s a very shallow victory at best! Lorena may be an incredible cyclist but I don’t think she’s an incredible person!

Watching it I couldn't work out why Kopecky was pulling the chase group when she will always get out sprinted by Wiebes and Vos. The big hug between her and Wiebes after made it pretty clear though! Still no idea what Yara Kastelijn was up to. Wiebes really isn't interested in being liked is she

 

[Cathryn]

She’s not a girls’ girl, is she! That jersey must feel very hollow! Poor Shirin.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Bitter taste from the women’s gravel world champs. Shirin van Anrooj was about to win but compatriot Lorena Wiebes got a trade teammate to chase her down and pipped her at the line. I know that gravel isn’t done as country teams, that everyone’s basically independent but the optics weren’t good. Lorena’s getting a lot of heat on social media and it’s a very shallow victory at best! Lorena may be an incredible cyclist but I don’t think she’s an incredible person!

Are they not national teams competing? I thought the Netherlands riders were all wearing Orange?
I know gravel is a lot more individual than road, but still... It looked really, really bad - especially as a Netherlands 1-2-3 was otherwise a possibility - the chase group brought Silvia Persico with them who took bronze.

All in all it looked stereotypically Oranje

 

[AndyATB]

Bitter taste from the women’s gravel world champs. Shirin van Anrooj was about to win but compatriot Lorena Wiebes got a trade teammate to chase her down and pipped her at the line. I know that gravel isn’t done as country teams, that everyone’s basically independent but the optics weren’t good. Lorena’s getting a lot of heat on social media and it’s a very shallow victory at best! Lorena may be an incredible cyclist but I don’t think she’s an incredible person!

It's not road racing - it's Gravel - forget road racing tactics; you ride for yourself, despite your jersey.......People need to take off their road racing goggles when watching other disciplines.......

 

[rich p]

Vine, Sivakov and Yates, to name but three, are all racing again today just 24 hours after Lombardia. In a race with a long name.
They're tough cookies are cyclists.

 

[misforturob]

It's not road racing - it's Gravel - forget road racing tactics; you ride for yourself, despite your jersey.......People need to take off their road racing goggles when watching other disciplines.......

Did you watch it? Yesterday's race was won with road tactics. UCI gravel is closer to road than US gravel

 

[Cathryn]

It's not road racing - it's Gravel - forget road racing tactics; you ride for yourself, despite your jersey.......People need to take off their road racing goggles when watching other disciplines.......

This is true. But it's still unpleasant to watch. Doesn't endear Lorena to the fans.

 

[rich p]

And Yates and UAE take another win.
Too late for the 100?

 

[Pross]

With their lack of success on the road this season it was nice to see UAE take the gravel worlds.

 

[Pross]

Course didn’t look very gravelly

 

[misforturob]

Course didn’t look very gravelly

As some wag put it yesterday World Bike Path Championship