World Championship 2019 - S-P-O-I-L-E-R-S__A-L-E-R-T

[kramnnim]

MVDP just needs to be near the front at the last turn and he'll run away with it.

[herb5998]

If the Belgian team can be cohesive, I could see Gilbert or GVA pull it off, same goes for the Spanish team though, lots of options, but when crunch time hits, can they make it work?


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[kramnnim]

There's Italy and Trentin, too. But MVDP can outpower them all...and won't wait around to see who goes first.

[Jaybee]

So just for the sake of discussion...

... is this course actually hilly enough to eliminate the 1-day specialists that we'd call "real sprinters"? Sagan, Kristoff, Matthews, Bennett those guys? If not, can we expect MVDP to win an actual drag race?

[chiasticon]

Originally Posted by kramnnim

There's Italy and Trentin, too. But MVDP can outpower them all...and won't wait around to see who goes first.

that's his secret weapon on the road. a super strong sprint for a long time.

Originally Posted by Jaybee

So just for the sake of discussion...

... is this course actually hilly enough to eliminate the 1-day specialists that we'd call "real sprinters"? Sagan, Kristoff, Matthews, Bennett those guys? If not, can we expect MVDP to win an actual drag race?

there's some pretty legit climbs: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/r...onships-437933

the final circuit has some kickers and is technical. not sure if mvdp has beaten a pure sprinter yet. I'd imagine his approach would be not to let it come down to that though!

[nooneline]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

So just for the sake of discussion...

... is this course actually hilly enough to eliminate the 1-day specialists that we'd call "real sprinters"? Sagan, Kristoff, Matthews, Bennett those guys? If not, can we expect MVDP to win an actual drag race?

I don't think it's hilly enough, but it's long enough. The final circuits are a little bit lumpy; from my read, I don't think any are coherent launch pads, but since the race is gonna be ~280km, well, anything happening in that last hour is going to expose fatigue HARD. the race will be an elimination - tired riders slowly trickling off the back until a small group is left to race the last lap.

[Jaybee]

Finally found the profile. The distance is brutal. Though the major climbs are early, the grades are brutal. Never having a moment of flat is brutal. Attrition it is.

[FlashUNC]

He who Hennie Kuiper's best wins.

[Malinois]

Y’all, Chloe Dygert just absolutely destroyed the Women’s ITT. Passed like 8 riders on the course, closest time was over a minute and a half behind (van der Breggen). Well done!

[FlashUNC]

The water in the road is just brutal. Atrocious conditions for a TT.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2y0AgWl...d=9iemh7yj78cu

[Alan]

If you have the NBC tour app you need to watch the women's time trial. I have been watching racing for a long time and don't recall anything similar to Chloe Dygart's ride. At least watch the highlights. She would have been 11th in the U23 mens race. Quite a big deal!!

[fa63]

Recalling her performance in the Colorado Classic last month, that performance in the World's TT makes sense. Will be interesting to see how she fares in the road race.

[denapista]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

The water in the road is just brutal. Atrocious conditions for a TT.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2y0AgWl...d=9iemh7yj78cu

I watched that live and I'm still puzzled why he felt that was the best line.. I would have went wide to the left..

[nooneline]

Dygert! Amazing. Recall that a couple of years ago she smashed the 3km IP world record twice in one day - at sea level (the previous record was set at altitude).

[Elefantino]

Best American time trial in 30 years, since LeMond/Paris. Maybe the best time trial, period, since then.