Womens race about to start on the red button.
Actually, coverage about to start. Race itself might be a bit later
Dutch are quite good at this aren't they
Great race.... In fact all of them have been today.
Cheers for the heads up. Great race.
WU23 tomorrow should also be excellent, then the elite men to follow
What a brilliant race, one of the best I've seen. No mud at all, that was just like a dirt crit. Looking forward to the rest of the weekend racing.
Seems alien watching cx worlds without any mud!
Shame BBC aren't showing junior men tomorrow - really wanted to see how Nathan gets on.
Elite Men at 20:20.
Shame BBC aren’t showing junior men tomorrow – really wanted to see how Nathan gets on
Junior men was yesterday. I tried to find it, but couldn't. BBC didn't show it. Good friend from home, his son Dean Harvey was racing for Ireland. I did a ride with him and his brother a few years ago. That was an eye opener! Watched them start out on basic bikes and hand-me-down kit when they were little kids.
Agreed on the mud thing, it should be mandatory!
Was it not u23 men, junior and elite women sat?
Then u23 women, junior and elite men on Sunday?
Sorry, it was the U23 mens I was after which wasn't shown, but the womens was.
Definitely a bit frustrating where we have medal prospects in all those races they aren't showing.
But it is great seeing people you knew as "kids" doing well 🙂
GCN+ have all the races probably Eurosport do too?
Yeah, I watched it on EuroSport.
They only showed the Elite Women's race live yesterday, the other races from yesterday (Junior Women, U23 Men) are available on a highlights coverage.
As far as I know, the racing today will be the same, think it's about 8.15pm UK time for live coverage of the Elite Men. Today's schedule is Junior Men, U23 Women, Elite Men.
It's live on Eurosport today from 1625 until 2220
I watched yesterday's races on a Belgian stream via VPN.
In the Elite Womens yesterday, I think it was Lucinda Brand who was carrying a bottle, normally unheard of during a CX race, I tend to find myself flagging at the 25-30 minute stage, no matter what my fueling strategy. Has anyone managed to carry a bottle during a CX race and used it successfully to prevent yourself from die-ing a death part way through? (Not loosing the bottle on various drops, jumps, hurdles etc. excepted of course).
Alvarado was super unlucky on the last lap 🙁
No idea about actually drinking on a cx race but fidlock bottles stay put when mountain biking. That's not something I could say for traditional bottles.
In the Elite Womens yesterday, I think it was Lucinda Brand who was carrying a bottle, normally unheard of during a CX race,
Vos definitely had a bottle.
You're not allowed to take food/drink as a hand-up during the race but you can start the race with gels, a bottle etc. Normally, if you're on a super muddy course, changing bikes every lap there's no point carrying a bottle, it just gets covered in shit very quickly plus you're sliding around, your hands/gloves will be caked in crap too.
For a course like that which more more or less bone dry and pit stops aren't required, it would make sense to have a small bottle maybe only 1/3rd full.
going to blisteringly fast race! the u23 are ripping it up! it's not the same without the slop
oops pre race fave has dropped it on the off camber corner Mr Smith for GB doing well on the front
It’s live on Eurosport today from 1625 until 2220
Only showing from 8.15pm on TV - is it different to the online feed?
tail whip from the swiss
Great race. Did they say what the problem with Smith's bike was? It seems he might usually ride a Ribble so I wonder if there's a rule problem with the frame?
Wow. WU23 was also an incredible race!
This is a cracking course - whoever designed it has done a really good job.
Pidcock going well at the moment.
mental pace!
Its insane - I'm not sure I could hold this pace on road!
All races been great so far, and elite mens shaping up to be a good one as well!
Come on Pidcok
This is just a dirt crit!
Whole different set of skills to the usual mudfest, looks amazing on TV.
lots of overshooting on the corneers
Belgians are quite good at this aren't they?
Amazing race, but I expect the Belgians to game up on him.
This is a cracking course – whoever designed it has done a really good job.
Pidcock going well at the moment.
There's a GCN video on YouTube about the riding scene there and they have a play on the course. Does look a very nice gravel scene round there
Tom's gone! He's got a decent gap pretty quickly!
Come on Tom! He’s left the building!! 💪🏼😁
There's literally no-one else in shot!!
come on tom!!!
He's just on another level isn't he! Best all round cyclist on the planet imo.
As someone that doesn't follow much cx.....where are MVDP and WVA?
That flight of stairs alone would do me in. Actually I'd probably not get to the top without falling up them 3 times.
Bloody hell, went for a pee and it had all kicked off!
where are MVDP and WVA?
ones got a dodgy back the others going all in for the classics
As someone that doesn’t follow much cx…..where are MVDP and WVA?
Injured and training for road respectively.
As someone that doesn’t follow much cx…..where are MVDP and WVA?
MVDP has a bad back injury, he's taking an extended break from cycling to recover.
WVA, not sure.
**** me!
