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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!
Is there anyone watching this on GCN/Eurosport? I've got no commentary!
Is there anyone watching this on GCN/Eurosport? I’ve got no commentary!
You need the "includes live show" version on GCN
Bloody missed him finishing! Anyway, what a ride!!
Whoop whoop! Was that a tail whip I spotted on the jump after the stairs too?!
Tail whip + superman across the line! He made it look easy
DQ for an illegal aerodynamic position?
Yep. Whip off the jump. Superman over the line! 💪
That was a brilliant ride and a very convincing victory.
That was great! Definitely needed a bit of mud though...
Outstanding ride! Hope he continues his form into the Spring Classics.
Is there anyone watching this on GCN/Eurosport? I’ve got no commentary!
They generally have 2 feeds on Eurosport: one with, and one without. The don't generally tell you which one is which...
Love the way he effortlessly "stole" places up the inside on some of those tight corners, real cheeky! 🙂
That meant a lot to him. Was his bottom lip going towards the end of his interview?
I switched on a few seconds before he launched his attack. So good
Eurosport coverage was great. Pidcock rode a stormer. Really enjoyed that.
going to be pretty downbeat @ the Belgium team hotel tonight 🙂
Much as I wish MVDP was racing, that was a great victory. Gold medal MTB and CX, will have to check where Road Worlds is being held this year.
MTB Worlds in Les Gets before the Road Worlds.....You wouldn't bet against him winning that.
A golden era for MTB XC, and CX...who'd have thought it a few years ago? Men's Olympic MTB Champion, Women's XCO MTB World Champion, and now the Men's CX World Champion.
Great race there and pretty much in a class of his own of those that turned up. He has the hallmarks of a proper cycling allround mega star in the making.
GCN - don't use it much but the quality of the feed in terms of picture quality was dire today. Almost unwatchable at times. Streaming from Netflix and iplayer to the same device was perfect so assume it was their end. Was it just me?
GCN picture quality was fine here though at the moment the app won't cast to Airplay (they acknowledge the problem) so I was watching on the computer.
Coverage was very enjoyable, they need to get their act together on audio though. I thought every race was "super great".
Great race there and pretty much in a class of his own of those that turned up.
Yep, you can only play the cards you are dealt but it is obvious that if Wout had turned up it probably would not have gone the same way.
Exciting race, but that course was crap and spoiled the racing for me. Not enough technical aspects, no mud or sand, no barriers, just an off road crit. May not have changed the results but a poor ad for Cx.
Fantastic racing from Lars as well, loved watching him stick it to Eli. Wonder if her could've gone with Pidcock when he attacked?
Exciting race, but that course was crap and spoiled the racing for me.
I dunno, made for very very fast racing, which still requires huge levels of skill and lots of attacking.
I was astounded to see at times how Pidock seemed to be cruising..... just like a Sunday afternoon jaunt.. no puffing, panting, his recovery must be incredible... or he's got a cracking no pain face.. But it just looked all pretty comfortable at times.
Exciting race, but that course was crap and spoiled the racing for me. Not enough technical aspects, no mud or sand, no barriers, just an off road crit.
For me, that's what made it good! It was a great bit of course design (and don't forget, it has to comply with strict UCI rules about features, elevation etc while still being crowd and TV friendly) but it did showcase a different set of skills to the normal mudplugging.
I guess it's like the difference between a wet and a dry Paris-Roubaix. Everyone loves to see the mud-covered faces, the "epicness" of it all but actually a dry one is still a great race full of attacking and just a different style of technical riding.
no mud
odd that they couldn't control the weather, the warm up/test race in October was a muddy affair.
I thought the course was pretty good - they can't do anything abotu the weather, the world cup last year was very muddy. Seemed to have lots of variation in effort and requirments to sprint out of corners etc. Not sure offcamber woudl ahve been a challenge in that weather either. I did wonder about no barriers but that step of stairs was huge and barriers seem larely inconsequential in a men elite race thses days as they jump them (until you get a crash like TA last weekend of course)
GCN – don’t use it much but the quality of the feed in terms of picture quality was dire today.
Mine was very good
odd that they couldn’t control the weather,
That’s why I put “mud or sand” but well done on selective quotes.
The PR analogy is probably apt.
I was astounded to see at times how Pidock seemed to be cruising…
Thought the same. His body gave the impression he was cruising along, his speed and distance from the others suggested otherwise.
or sand
i guess they could have moved it when it turned out dry.
Tom-B, injured and looking forward and concentrating on other races
Zoe won the female junior race too 👍
I was astounded to see at times how Pidock seemed to be cruising…
I think part of this is his corner speed, he seems to be able to carry speed round the corners better than others so can ease up, rest and carry that speed round rather than being on the brakes and then having to sprint out back up to speed.