2023 UCI Road World Championship Thread

It doesn't look like a great course tbh. Very technical circuit

I've only been to the Worlds once (Innsbruck 2018) and I always tell people who would like to see elite level racing that the Worlds are the best event to go to as you will see multiple races on consecutive days (never mind the beer, excellent viewing points and general party atmosphere around the host city). Even the order of races from junior-U23-senior made it easy to remember when races would be on. This timetable is crap and a bit difficult to understand the logic.

Edit: OK, the logic is they want all road races on the weekends (maybe to attract bigger local crowds) but that makes it unlikely for travelling fans to see more than 2 races unless they hang around Glasgow for 9 days...

Current odds

You would LOVE to see Sam pull the performance of a lifetime out of the bag.

It would be some story.

Can't see it coming close to happening but it might just be my favourite ever win if it did.

Seems to be conflicting stories. Possibly still injured too.

Fair comment 😁

British city centres generally are not great places to plan a race.

Traditionally full of right angles and made worse by psychotic town planners. Generally pretty ugly places too by European standards.

Much like Yorkshire it's only the rain will make a race of this.

Who actually picks the course. If it's British Cycling is a surprise they keep making these almost sprinters courses.

I've taken a look at parts of the finishing loop on Streetview and I can't decide on which is my favourite bit:

Sauchiehall street, ideally sized for a 150+ rider bunch

Cathedral street, which is far too wide so they are putting a barrier down the middle with the race in contraflow on the two sides

Rottenrow, with a fast, blind 90 degree turn onto this downhill cobbled section, with another 90 degree turn at the bottom

Or the access road to the Kelvingrove museum carpark

Ireland got a bronze in the para individual pursuit today.

GB are out of the men's team pursuit after a crash in qualifying which is a pity because they have had some epic battles with Italy recently.

I don't think corners are enough to swing it towards cyclocross riders. Would need to be a bit more attritional as well as bendy. WvA has a great chance but he is so much more than a CX rider.

Top level Sagan would have loved this course.

Anyone else find it weird when a stadium is named after an alive person like the Chris Hoy Velodrome ?

No he died before the name change.

I just find it odd that a guy can race in a stadium named after him.

Worse still is the Court Arena tennis stadium. Should have been called the Court court for the laugh. Man City had a vote to call the home section the "insert name" End but had to change it when the fans voted for the Bell End after Colin Bell 🤣

Caleb Ewan is out of the championship citing poor form.

Would have been a favourite only a few years ago.

That sounds like a lot of fun. The Recce not the course.

Did Ala win on a course like this or was it just a dodgy finale ?

MVDP stretching the legs

Unlike Father Ted's cows, the climbs are too small and too far away, IMO.