that moment was nuts, how stupid steep, I was thinking also how long they've been on the bikes too! and somehow he still managed to catch them!

So many riders with Cramps , Woods included

Seems like Valgren blew the race with poor gear selection, Valverde and co. were running 34s!? Woods raced out of his skin, also almost chopped Dirty Valverde on the last descent, now that would have been funny.

Cosmo for the commentary win. Gotta love "his own personal Brexit..."

https://cyclocosm.com/2018/10/how-the-race-was-won-uci-world-championships-mens-road-race-2018/

Mark Taylor said:

I heard an interesting comment from him ,that he feels so much more comfortable when he's standing , he says he feels it's more like running , which  is why he excels on the super steep stuff.

Also Dumoulin , Zig zagging up that climb was mental!

In his second book, Phil Gaimon calls Woods' out of the saddle riding as "running with a bike"; seems that it astounded him the first time he saw it, which was battling Woods on the Gibraltar climb out of Santa Barbara during a team training camp.

Good long form article on the Valverde conundrum, best summarized by this tweet:


https://cyclingtips.com/2018/10/the-weekly-spin-the-alejandro-valverde-conundrum/

My money is on Greg Van Avermaet

Predictions?

Poupou grandson.

for the men race, heed to the new sheriff, same as the old sheriff. I'll miss that wout wont be there, because I could have put money in the one two.

for the women, the winner last name is likely to include "van" or "dygert"

Can you imagine the strength of the Belgium team if Wout was fit 

I don't know if I want him to win, but I think MVDP has it in the bag. I am rooting for GVA or Degenkolb 

I so want MVDP to win. cx powah. 
(caveats for doping)

I want MVDP to win also , i just think the Belgians are so strong , and it's a long long race 

so... I think drafting after a mechanical should be oki, and don't quite understand WTF UCI

They actually did that. Sock height fuckwittery strikes again. Thank GOODNESS we have these clowns setting an example for everyone about fair play, consistent rule application and transparency. I shudder to think what the sport would look like without them.

Jules said:

They actually did that. Sock height fuckwittery strikes again. Thank GOODNESS we have these clowns setting an example for everyone about fair play, consistent rule application and transparency. I shudder to think what the sport would look like without them.

I have seen some shit in my day but wow...

are you kidding me ! 
They should all hand there medals back in protest

UCI has also apparently deleted all of the social media posts they had about the men’s U23 race 🤔

my prediction was close, van van spratt dygert

Some ride🚴‍♂️

“It was quite strange to sit in the back in the worlds and just watch it,” van der Breggen said. “

Epic is overused 
but oh man

all the world championship road races looked rough af

Quinn Simmons posted his world championship ride on Strava, power numbers and all.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2743091622/analysis

Velonews did a pretty ok analysis of the ride, as well as the strava rides leading up to worlds

https://www.velonews.com/2019/10/analysis/power-analysis-quinn-simmonss-world-championship-ride-in-yorkshire_501262

Interesting for many reasons.

Getting to this type of form is more art than science, the level of trust required to properly taper is crazy-town, but then too, always found it amazing that if it all works, the numbers/speed could be faster or higher than ever, which too is hard to manage during the one race that matters! kudos to anyone that honestly puts it together!

2020 just keeps putting the boot to people. 

Dygert was ahead, but oh man... that sucks.

just watched the footage from NBC Sports, this crash is way worst than I imagined. Christian Vandelvelde honest heartfelt reaction makes even more heartbreaking, makes me wonder if they know each other.

Seriously nasty crash. Just read an update from her dad that her quad was sliced from end to end and a ligament was completely severed