UCI World Road Race Championships Copenhagen

Carpenter

Irish team for UCI world road race championships, September 19 – 25:

Senior (M)

Daniel Martin (RR)
Nicholas Roche (RR)
Matt Brammeier (TT & RR)
David McCann (TT & RR)

U23 (M):

Sam Bennett (RR)
Philip Lavery (RR)
Felix English (RR & TT)

Junior (M):

Jack Wilson (RR)
Ryan Mullen (RR & TT)

So how are we looking folks I do know Felix is well up for this

Junior

Pity Sean Downey didn't get selected.

RobFowl

Junior wrote: »

Pity Sean Downey didn't get selected.

+1 but it looks like it was a hard choice. Great for the sport to have so many good quality U23 riders. And good to see us qualify for the U23 worlds again.

Saw Sean Downey at the RAS and he rode superbly. Hope he gets a good team for next year and wouldn't be surprised to see him turn pro..

Junior

RobFowl wrote: »

+1 but it looks like it was a hard choice. Great for the sport to have so many good quality U23 riders. And good to see us qualify for the U23 worlds again.

Saw Sean Downey at the RAS and he rode superbly. Hope he gets a good team for next year and wouldn't be surprised to see him turn pro..

He smashed the National TT Course also..

Carpenter

This is on in 2 days

Carpenter

LQQk,s like Mr English was not on his best today

GlennaMaddy

good effort by

Downey, English

had nearly twice the deficit of Downey.

morana

Its a good ride by

Downey

50 secs off top ten is very good.

English is only a first year U23

sohe will improve a good bit.

Beasty

Highlights from 8pm tonight on Eurosport

A reminder to everyone to use spoiler tags for same-day race information - there will be no more warnings, just infractions (and bans for repeat offenders)

Thanks

Beasty

morana

Thans for that timely reminder Beasty!

Also the coverageis on Rai sport 2 on 13E on sat. I watched the junior womens this morning tomorrow we have an entry in the junior men the British and Irish TT champ ( i know, I know before youse jump in!) Ryan Mullen

Beasty

In case anyone's confused (as I was;)):

Downey and Horgan successfully appeal and are selected

Full team is now:
Junior (M)
Jack Wilson (RR)
Ryan Mullen (RR & TT)

U23 (M)
Sam Bennett (RR)
Philip Lavery (RR)
Felix English (RR & TT)
Sean Downey (TT)

Senior (W)
Siobhan Horgan (RR)

Senior (M)
Daniel Martin (RR)
Nicholas Roche (RR)
Matt Brammeier (TT & RR)
David McCann (TT & RR)

sy

Interesting to see how good this young Ryan Mullen is. Eligible to ride again next year as just turned 17! His TT starts early Tuesday morning so wishing him the best of luck and of course all the guys not forgetting Siobhan.

Carpenter

Beasty wrote: »

In case anyone's confused (as I was;)):

Downey and Horgan successfully appeal and are selected

Full team is now:
Junior (M)
Jack Wilson (RR)
Ryan Mullen (RR & TT)

U23 (M)
Sam Bennett (RR)
Philip Lavery (RR)
Felix English (RR & TT)
Sean Downey (TT)

Senior (W)
Siobhan Horgan (RR)

Senior (M)
Daniel Martin (RR)
Nicholas Roche (RR)
Matt Brammeier (TT & RR)
David McCann (TT & RR)

I,m a little late

Beasty

Official Website here

Today's events:

Junior Men's TT this morning (Ryan Mullen)
Elite women's TT this afternoon

Also, I've changed the thread titlle - we may as well use this thread for all things World Championships related. If anyone wants to start any specific event threads that do not require spoilers feel free (but remember no current day race info in the opening post)

Carpenter

Very solid ride by Ryan Mullen

Junior

Not a good day for Matt Brammeier abandoned at half way point with sore throat, unlikely to ride Sunday as well

Beasty

Men's TT Results

1. Martin (Ger) 53:43.85; (51.8 kph)
2. Wiggins (Gbr) 54:59.68;
3. Cancellara (Swi) 55:04.44;
4. Grabsch (Ger) 55:15.61;
5. Bobridge (Aus) 55:57.71;
6. Porte (Aus) 56:13.39;
7. Millar (Gbr) 56:29.47;
8. Westra (Ned) 57:01.82;
9. Dyachenko (Kaz) 57:03.61;
10. Fuglsang (Den) 57:14.44;

ednwireland

mcann 27th
brammier DNF

Hungrycol

Junior wrote: »

Not a good day for Matt Brammeier abandoned at half way point with sore throat, unlikely to ride Sunday as well

That's a big blow for the Irish team

Beasty

I've removed the spoiler tags for yesterday's racing - don't forget to use them for today'stomorrow's though

ednwireland

if you have sky dont forget most of the worlds is on the red button the TT was on a permanant loop last night (i was watching it at about 11pm)

Hungrycol

Nice little article about a few selected World C'ships by Cycling News:

Top Ten World Road Races

RobFowl

Best of luck to Sam, Philip and Felix in the mens U23 RR today. Definite medal chance here but one thing for sure all 3 will ride their hearts out. Nothing will be left on the road.

Junior

Looks like another bad day at the office for Felix English - he abandoned, Lavery was mentioned in one attack - Sam finished 95th 37 Seconds down and Lavery finished in the bunch in 57th. Andrew Fenn from An Post took a bronze

I don't want to get all SSB here, nor do I want to seem like I have an axe to grind, but if the U23 Team was selected on performance based criteria, why did Sean Downey have to appeal to get selected - and what benefit was Felix English to the team considering what's mentioned above ?

I'd understand it say if it was amateur times, and Downey was in his 30's and English in early 20's, it makes sense as English is being developed but I think Downey would have been a better rider for this sort of race, no disrespect to Felix, he's a decent rider (a f*ckin hell of a lot better than I'll ever be, or expect to be).

Slideshowbob

Junior wrote: »

Looks like another bad day at the office for Felix English - he abandoned, Lavery was mentioned in one attack - Sam finished 95th 37 Seconds down and Lavery finished in the bunch in 57th. Andrew Fenn from An Post took a bronze

I don't want to get all SSB here, nor do I want to seem like I have an axe to grind, but if the U23 Team was selected on performance based criteria, why did Sean Downey have to appeal to get selected - and what benefit was Felix English to the team considering what's mentioned above ?

I'd understand it say if it was amateur times, and Downey was in his 30's and English in early 20's, it makes sense as English is being developed but I think Downey would have been a better rider for this sort of race, no disrespect to Felix, he's a decent rider (a f*ckin hell of a lot better than I'll ever be, or expect to be).

I'm an adjective now wow! Impressed.

The late selection of Siobhan Horgan and SD was strange alright.

dastardly00

I only got a chance to see the Men's TT highlights on BBC this afternoon.
I was amazed by the amount of mistakes made by Cancellara during the last section of the TT. He messed up a couple of corners and basically stopped at a barrier at one stage. He was never going to catch Tony Martin but he probably would have finished 2nd ahead of Wiggins. It was very uncharacteristic from Spartacus!

ednwireland

as he said in the interview his head just wasnt there (and the pressure martin put him under meant he was chasing the race all the way which forced him into mistakes)

womens road race on red button at the moment

Morrisseeee

ednwireland wrote: »

as he said in the interview his head just wasnt there (and the pressure martin put him under meant he was chasing the race all the way which forced him into mistakes)

womens road race on red button at the moment

Highlights will be hard to find, just turned on to hear the boys talk about the weather, shopping, TV, jokes etc, ie. anything but the 'racing' :pac:
Kelly is being so diplomatic, it's hilarious (he's dying to say, "it's fceking crap".

I hear the French are being investigated, looks like they cheated !! (ie, used a tandem ).

ednwireland

vos second again every year since 2006 she was so p***ed off

Slideshowbob

OK the main event is on today!

Elite men's road race (266km) started at 9am

On Eurosport live all day

I see Dan Martin sitting at the back of the bunch.

Looks like he has Irish shorts on and from what I can see, I could be wrong, but looks like the manfacturer's name blacked out!

I know his dad is

involved with the team and very hands on with the team (even made them dinner last night!!).

PS Yeah - again just saw two Irish riders beside each other

at the back of the bunch

. Could clearly see DM has Santini logo blacked out just above his s$$ to one shide on the shorts and other guy didn't . I know Dan would have Castelli as clothing sponsor with Garmin but I always thought for Worlds etc, the Federation's sponsor got some exposure on the rider and that was accepted practice. Wonder what it's all about!!

Morrisseeee

Mmmmm.............what to do, what to do, put €20 on Cav @ 4/1 or Sagan @ 13/2 ??!! or is the Thor worth a punt @ 7/1..........or Degenkolb EW @ 60/1. It should be an interesting finish anywayz

el tel

Anyone else find theses world champs courses utterly tedious? Today is so awful.

Roll on giro Di lombardy

Captain Havoc

Is there a twitter feed or somewhere else I can follow on my mobile?

Colmo52

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Is there a twitter feed or somewhere else I can follow on my mobile?

Try live.cyclingnews.com

Lumen

Masterful.

lennymc

brilliant!!

Beasty

Team GB absolutely buried themselves - Wiggo's performance was incredible to rein in the break on his own, and giving Cav the chance for the final glory - absolutely fabulous!!

Lusk Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

Masterful.

lennymc wrote: »

brilliant!!

+1

JacksonHeightsOwn

fair play to him

i thought he bottled it, he looked pegged in for the best part of that finishing straight, but credit where its due, he's a serious talent

Carpenter

F#####g great finish

Hungrycol

Fully deserved win. Great finish.

niceonetom

Skinsuit and aero helmet is a bit try-hard though, isn't it?

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

Skinsuit and aero helmet is a bit try-hard though, isn't it?

Only if you lose.

nitrogen

Such a farce of a World Championship race with a flat circuit resulting in the inevitable sprint finish.

What's the point? If you don't know the result, why are you reading a thread about it?!

Beasty

If you don't want to use spoiler tags, start a specific race thread - this thread covers the whole championships

Beasty

Raam

nitrogen wrote: »

Such a farce of a World Championship race with a flat circuit resulting in the inevitable sprint finish.

What's the point? If you don't know the result, why are you reading a thread about it?!

Why is it a farce? It can't be a hill fest every year.

nitrogen

Beasty wrote: »

If you don't want to use spoiler tags, start a specific race thread - this thread covers the whole championships

Beasty

But what sort of idiot not wanting to know the result would be viewing a thread about the Championship, a couple of hours after it finished. It's like as if I taped the world cup final, and instead of watching it, I decided to browse forums discussing the world cup.

Use your head instead of getting off on your power trip with mod warning.

niceonetom

I don't find spoiler tags annoying ion the slightest. CTRL + A = No more spoiler tags.

People moaning about spoiler tags? Now that is irritating and there is no keyboard macro to make the moaners disappear.



We've had the discussion about their application. A policy was adopted after quite a lot of thought and consultation. Let's just get on with it.

Beasty

nitrogen wrote: »

But what sort of idiot not wanting to know the result would be viewing a thread about the Championship, a couple of hours after it finished. It's like as if I taped the world cup final, and instead of watching it, I decided to browse forums discussing the world cup.

Use your head instead of getting off on your power trip with mod warning.

If you have a problem with mod actions, PM the mods or report the post. Do not challenge them in-thread

We have done the spoiler tags to death in the past. The curremt rules were established based on the consensus of users who expressed views on the issue

el tel

[QUOTE=Beasty;745

88416]If you don't want to use spoiler tags, start a specific race thread - this thread covers the whole championships

Beasty[/QUOTE]

As a championship thread, is it the correct forum to suggest the courses have been boring this year?

Lusk Doyle

Anyone know how to view spoilers on a smart phone? No ctrl function and all that.