UCI World Championships 2023 (Spoliers)

[Supersuperleeds]

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1688575094174445569
Made me smile the chaps a club mate of a fellow ccer . Only entrant in the 80- 89 yr cat so if he finished he was world champion
Completed the 14 miles in 45 mins or so ,18mph
And before @Supersuperleeds says something , no I'm not entering next year I'm not THAT old and he'd beat me 😂

He'd beat us both and I'm young enough to be his grandson

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Apologies if this has previously been mentioned but have deliberately not read the thread as I am about two days behind watching all the recordings so don't want to know results etc.

But I am compelled to say how humbled I am by some of the para cyclists, I think it was a Japanese track cyclist with one leg who took my breath away, I swear I couldn't have kept up with him with two legs!

Truly outstanding and got a lot of admiration from me.

I watched that too and was in complete awe but I also thought it was a tad unfair to have him race against two-legged competitors but then again, I didn't know what their particular disabilities were.

And a shout out also to the bloke who cycled with one arm meaning he only had one half of a handlebar, he wasn't hanging around either!

 

[BrumJim]

I watched that too and was in complete awe but I also thought it was a tad unfair to have him race against two-legged competitors but then again, I didn't know what their particular disabilities were.

And a shout out also to the bloke who cycled with one arm meaning he only had one half of a handlebar, he wasn't hanging around either!

It is always the problem that there aren't enough para athletes to compete on similar disabilities, so the categorisation has to be loose enough to attract a decent field, but tight enough to make it reasonably fair. For example Dame Sarah Storey's disability had so little effect on her ability that she competed against the best in the world in able-bodied cycling, and is a class above everyone else in her field in the para cycling world. But wouldn't begrudge her privilege to compete on a world stage.

 

[Slick]

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1688575094174445569
Made me smile the chaps a club mate of a fellow ccer . Only entrant in the 80- 89 yr cat so if he finished he was world champion
Completed the 14 miles in 45 mins or so ,18mph
And before @Supersuperleeds says something , no I'm not entering next year I'm not THAT old and he'd beat me 😂

Fantastic.

 

[Jameshow]

He'd beat us both and I'm young enough to be his grandson

Your 55 then!🤣🤣🤣

 

[GuyBoden]

Men's Elite TT Friday 11th Aug.

Too many stupid corners and road furniture on the coarse. The UCI must thinking it looks better for the TV viewers, but a better TT coarse in my opinion is straight with minimum corners and minimum road furniture.

 

[Mike_P]

Men's Elite TT Friday 11th Aug.

Too many stupid corners and road furniture on the coarse.

At least they are not trying to hold it on the Glasgow circuit.

 

[Mike_P]

For straigh(ish) they should be holding the time trials next to Loch Ness. Can Pog outsprint Nessie.

 

[Adam4868]

Men's Elite TT Friday 11th Aug.

Too many stupid corners and road furniture on the coarse. The UCI must thinking it looks better for the TV viewers, but a better TT coarse in my opinion is straight with minimum corners and minimum road furniture.



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Your overthinking it....it's a great course.Theres not as many technical parts as it seems,and a class finish !
Blythe Recon below

View: https://youtu.be/1q5AKoRFdMw

 

[GuyBoden]

Your overthinking it....it's a great course.Theres not as many technical parts as it seems,and a class finish !
Blythe Recon below

View: https://youtu.be/1q5AKoRFdMw

It's rubbish, made for TV.

 

[Adam4868]

It's rubbish, made for TV.

That's usually the aim lol...but it's a course made for the TT specialists 😁

 

[Mo1959]

Loving the Madisons. Really exciting.

 

[13 rider]

Thought GB had just nicked it at the end ,great sprint for 2nd place and 2nd overall

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Loving the Madisons. Really exciting.

That finish was epic - god knows how the commissioners know who is leading!

 

[McNobber]

@rich p your boy done well, Silver for Mark Stewart