European Championships 2018 Glasgow *Spoilers*

[brommers]

Cycling is one of the features of this new event. Hoping to see a good British contingent involved.
https://www.glasgow2018.com/
ps. Does anyone know whether the road cycling in this replaces the events won last year by the likes of Kristoff?

 

[smutchin]

ps. Does anyone know whether the road cycling in this replaces the events won last year by the likes of Kristoff?

According to Wikipedia, yes, it does:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Road_Championships

Glasgow is seniors only though. The U23 and Junior races will be held in the Czech Republic.

 

[smutchin]

Looking at the information on the website about the route, it only shows a 14km city circuit, but presumably that's just for the finishing laps and there will be some open road stuff away from the city centre.

The elite men's race was 241km last year.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Looking at the information on the website about the route, it only shows a 14km city circuit, but presumably that's just for the finishing laps and there will be some open road stuff away from the city centre.

The elite men's race was 241km last year.

16 laps of the circuit for the men, 9 laps for the women.

The TT course goes out of the city.

 

[Va Va Froome]

Last time I went to a cycle race in the streets of Glasgow it was absolutely lashing down with rain, and some Welsh boy won.
I wonder whatever happened to him?

 

[smutchin]

16 laps of the circuit for the men

That'll be... interesting.

 

[viniga]

Last time I went to a cycle race in the streets of Glasgow it was absolutely lashing down with rain, and some Welsh boy won.
I wonder whatever happened to him?

I was there too that day... cats n dogs... its the same course.

 

[Va Va Froome]

This is different to The European Games which has been at Baku, Azerbaijan (2015) and will be at Minsk, Belarus (2019) the next time

I wonder why they are having cycling and other sports in two separate "every 4-years" European events. Will it be a battle to become most prestigious European multisports competition?

 

[brommers]

Looking at the information on the website about the route, it only shows a 14km city circuit, but presumably that's just for the finishing laps and there will be some open road stuff away from the city centre.

The elite men's race was 241km last year.

No it's a Crit

 

[brommers]

Sorry if this is a bit OT but I've never heard of this European Championships thingy before. (other than reading here) It's on a four year cycle, so it's like a kind of European Olympics, (or European Commonwealth Games). But where the individual sports already have an annual european championships it takes the place of these.

I'm a bit confused. For instance there's already an annual European <insert sport here> Championships. So every four years it will be hosted as part of the multi-sport "European Championships". And on the other three years it won't, and will be back to the usual European <sport> Championships?

This is a totally new event, but not sure whether it's annual or 4 yearly - I would guess annually.

 

[Va Va Froome]

Velodrome-talk!

Watched all the qualifying for the Team Pursuits.

The girls went really well.
The guys set such a high standard that they looked disappointing/poor.
Great Britain in semi-finals for both though.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Claire Balding is getting on my tits already. Hopefully she'll bugger off soon.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I've switched it off. Too much Balding wittering and too much soundbite magazine pieces and interviews.

 

[Va Va Froome]

The evening session last night was just team after team hitting the track to do pursuit times.

There was no filler or other crap.

Hopefully with a busy night of pursuit/scratch/sprints, tonight is more of the same!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

"Oh gosh, look at the chalk on her hands..." P*ss off, Balding!!