World Championships Montreal 2026 ***SPOILERS***

[mididoctors]

I saw reports of Matthews joining in, the same Bling who did nothing to close any gaps whatsoever.

Yeah he's got nothing to complain about. Good ride though

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Yup. There's some guy on a forum saw much the same thing https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/world-championships-montreal-2026-spoilers.312452/post-7705239

"Who said that? Internet forum people?"--Mark Cavendish

 

[Animo]

Seems crazy if he does

He's not

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Are the riders mentioning Del Toro's allegiances in the race actually "having a pop", or just noting the facts of their tactical conundrums?
I mean it's fairly well accepted that if you're in the world's and your nation isn't going to get a result and you aren't going to get a result you might help out a teammate, isn't it? Nobody's actually surprised by it, and I assume nobody's actually outraged by it either

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

I wonder if Sexias, Remco or MVP had won would we be still discuss the tactics of the race several days later.

Now I don't follow pro racing much at all, but that chase group was loaded and I've barely heard of McNulty, shirley they should have caught him and probably would have if it wasn't for that ridiculous freewheel stall when 10-15secs behind the American.

 

[Pblakeney]

Are the riders mentioning Del Toro's allegiances in the race actually "having a pop", or just noting the facts of their tactical conundrums?
I mean it's fairly well accepted that if you're in the world's and your nation isn't going to get a result and you aren't going to get a result you might help out a teammate, isn't it? Nobody's actually surprised by it, and I assume nobody's actually outraged by it either

I’ve been reading some posts as surprised, and outraged. Pidcock too, amongst others.
I may have been misreading.

 

[yello]

You can be p*ssed off but still get it. The former particularly after a race that you see could well have gone differently. In a couple of days, when all's cooled down, it's "just racing".

 

[Dogtrousers]

"Who said that? Internet forum people?"--Mark Cavendish

So, I went off on a Cav quotes search and I got this hilarious bit of AI gobbledegook.

I'm pretty sure that "Soylent green is people" has never been attributed to Cav, other than by Copilot.

Someone else called Timothy Cavendish, in an entirely different world, maybe ...

Charlton Heston, definitely

Cav? nope

Maybe I'm wrong