World's 2017

cunavalos

Approaching the last 10km and looking like ending up in a sprint finish with a small group 10 seconds up the road from the peloton including Sam

cunavalos

Looks like Kristoff from Viviani, Bennett probably just inside the top 10

Actually sam outside top 10, had to start from too far back and sat up

lennymc

koutoubia wrote: »

Has anyone ever held the rainbow jersey for 3 years?

Peter Sagan, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 etc.

dastardly00

Allocations have been decided for the World Championships. Ireland will have 6 riders for the elite men's events

CrowdedHouse

I see Dan the man scored more than half of the total ranking points

gordongekko

Team is being announced tomorrow

dastardly00

gordongekko wrote: »

Team is being announced tomorrow

No announcement yet?

MPFGLB

what about Dunne for the RR team ?

Mullen & Roche doing the ITT


Bennet & Martin also

Plus Dunbar or Teggart ?

dastardly00

MPFGLB wrote: »

what about Dunne for the RR team ?

Mullen & Roche doing the ITT


Bennet & Martin also

Plus Dunbar or Teggart ?

What would be purpose/benefit of bringing Bennett?

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

What would be purpose/benefit of bringing Bennett?

Emmmm to race ...you've got me

Pudsy33

Dunbar is out for the season so it won't be him. Martin Roche Brammier Dunne Mullen O'Loughlin would make sense to me

dastardly00

MPFGLB wrote: »

Emmmm to race ...you've got me

You cheeky f**ker MPFGLB
What I mean is that the course wouldn't suit Bennett

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

You cheeky f**ker MPFGLB
What I mean is that the course wouldn't suit Bennett

I know :D:D

But would it really not suit him ? (Asking for a friend )

Kristoff , EBH, etc going ....Bennett surely could ride it better than many

Macy0161

MPFGLB wrote: »

I know :D:D

But would it really not suit him ? (Asking for a friend )

Kristoff , EBH, etc going ....Bennett surely could ride it better than many

Lots of supposedly selective worlds courses haven't turned out to be that selective come race day, so I'd be tempted to bring Sam. He'd get over the climb as good as Kristoff wouldn't he?

Some countries opting not to bring sprinters, course profile below. Sorry for the big version

dastardly00

So they have to ascend Salmon Hill 12 times in total - 1.5 km @ 6.4%?

dastardly00

The British RR team is kinda.... crap!

Owain Doull, Pete Kennaugh, Adam Blythe, Mark Christian, Jon Dibben, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Scott Thwaites

Is Cummings still out injured? He had a great run in the Nationals in June with the RR and TT wins.

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

The British RR team is kinda.... crap!

Owain Doull, Pete Kennaugh, Adam Blythe, Mark Christian, Jon Dibben, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Scott Thwaites

why no Thomas ?

Ben Swift can do best of that lot imo ....good on the long hard stuff
Not sure about Officer Dibble and Owen Doll

But Swift & Blythe selection make a case for Bennett surely

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

The British RR team is kinda.... crap!

Owain Doull, Pete Kennaugh, Adam Blythe, Mark Christian, Jon Dibben, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Scott Thwaites

No Yates brother

Pudsy33

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is Cummings still out injured? He had a great run in the Nationals in June with the RR and TT wins.

He's riding the TT exclusively

Weepsie

MPFGLB wrote: »

I know :D:D

But would it really not suit him ? (Asking for a friend )

Kristoff , EBH, etc going ....Bennett surely could ride it better than many

It's the World Champsionship in their home country. They'd not want to miss that you'd think

Macy0161

Weepsie wrote: »

It's the World Champsionship in their home country. They'd not want to miss that you'd think

But also, Norway probably isn't setting up a course they have zero chance for. Too hard for a pure sprinter but not so hard for Kristoff and EBH.

Thud

around 8km flat between Salmon hill and the finish, Salmon Hill not that long either so unlikely anyone will get a big gap in on it, would think there should be time to regroup after it, so likely bunch sprint .....Sagan winning it

dastardly00

Will Nico be picked for the TTT for BMC I wonder?

Dennis & Kung you would expect to be certainties.

Then you the likes of Brookwalter, Oss, and De Marchi and Quinziato who all preform very well in TTTs with BMC.

There is Rosskopf who is the current US ITT champion.

What about TvG?

Are there any stipulations about the selection process? for example, do they have to be picked to race for their countries in the ITT or RR? I can't think off the top of my head.

gordongekko

My memory of Bergen is that its full of cobblestones so there will be part of the course going over that as well.

gordongekko

dastardly00 wrote: »

No announcement yet?

I was only going by what they said themselves. But i suppose they didnt say which monday

http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/team-announcement-world-road-championships-2017/5710

Cycling Ireland has named the Junior and U23 team for the 2017 UCI Road World Championships, which takes place in Bergen, Norway, from the 17-24 September. Racing for the Irish team will commence on Monday 18th September with the Men’s U23 Time Trial.

The Elite Women's Team and Elite Men's team will be named on Monday following the conclusion of some events which are currently in progress.

Irish Junior & U23 Team:
U23 Men
Mark Downey (TT and Road)
Daire Feely
Michael O’Loughlin (TT only)
Darragh O’Mahony
Adam Stenson
Matthew Teggart


Junior Men
Luke Smith
Ben Walsh (TT and Road)
PJ Doogan
Xeno Young (TT Only)

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

Will Nico be picked for the TTT for BMC I wonder?

Dennis & Kung you would expect to be certainties.

Then you the likes of Brookwalter, Oss, and De Marchi and Quinziato who all preform very well in TTTs with BMC.

There is Rosskopf who is the current US ITT champion.

What about TvG?

Are there any stipulations about the selection process? for example, do they have to be picked to race for their countries in the ITT or RR? I can't think off the top of my head.

No it seems they are staying with the team of last year which included Oss & Quinziato who are leaving
Rosskopf , Dennis & Kung also

And Diller or TJ probably coming back in from 2015 wining team to replace Phinney

No stipulations for TTT and country selection

ednwireland

dastardly00 wrote: »

The British RR team is kinda.... crap!

Owain Doull, Pete Kennaugh, Adam Blythe, Mark Christian, Jon Dibben, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Scott Thwaites

was thinking that
froome only doing the tt, lizzie deignan selected after appendix out at the end of last month

MPFGLB

I guess today is Monday

ELITE WOMEN:

Eileen Burns (TT)
Lydia Boylan (RR)


ELITE MEN:


Conor Dunne
Dan Martin
Ryan Mullen
Nicolas Roche (TT and Road)
Damien Shaw
Sean McKenna