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UCI World Championships 2016 - Doha
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 12:46
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ringo182 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
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Outdoor sporting events shouldn't take place where your can't grow grass 
*looks at Mont Ventoux*
*looks at snow covered mountains in the Alps*
*looks at the beach*
*looks at lakes*
*looks at paved roads*
I don't quite get your post.
Are you saying we should have races on the beach or in a lake?
No, you said outdoor sporting events. Beach volleyball, waterskiing, wakeboarding, etc. 
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 12:53
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jandal7 wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
Outdoor sporting events shouldn't take place where your can't grow grass
*looks at Mont Ventoux*
*looks at snow covered mountains in the Alps*
*looks at the beach*
*looks at lakes*
*looks at paved roads*
I don't quite get your post.
Are you saying we should have races on the beach or in a lake?
No, you said outdoor sporting events. Beach volleyball, waterskiing, wakeboarding, etc.
Oh. What I meant was that if a country is too hot to naturally grow grass, it's sure as hell going to be too hot to hold competitive sporting events.
Obviously there may be exceptions, like water sports. But 99% of outdoor sports will be unsuitable for Qatar. Especially cycling 250km.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 13:31
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I heard in german TV today, that they'll probably cut the race down to 106 KM. If that's really the case, Kittel should have this in the bag. Or Cav.
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 13:47
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Paul23 wrote:
I heard in german TV today, that they'll probably cut the race down to 106 KM. If that's really the case, Kittel should have this in the bag. Or Cav.
So the World Championships will be the same length as an amateur race. Great.
Well done UCI.
It might make it a bit more exciting as a break could stay away. Then again they might just not let a breakaway go away in the first place.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-10-2016 14:22
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ringo182 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
I heard in german TV today, that they'll probably cut the race down to 106 KM. If that's really the case, Kittel should have this in the bag. Or Cav.
So the World Championships will be the same length as an amateur race. Great.
Well done UCI.
It might make it a bit more exciting as a break could stay away. Then again they might just not let a breakaway go away in the first place.
Does the UK have 9 riders? You can shut down a 106 KM race with 9 riders, and Germany will probably add a few as well. Maybe even France will settle for a controled race.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-10-2016 14:28
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Amber Neben with the win out of nowhere!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 11-10-2016 14:31
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Damn you TMM! I was about the post the same thing. So close to a zabel
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 14:41
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Ollfardh wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
I heard in german TV today, that they'll probably cut the race down to 106 KM. If that's really the case, Kittel should have this in the bag. Or Cav.
So the World Championships will be the same length as an amateur race. Great.
Well done UCI.
It might make it a bit more exciting as a break could stay away. Then again they might just not let a breakaway go away in the first place.
Does the UK have 9 riders? You can shut down a 106 KM race with 9 riders, and Germany will probably add a few as well. Maybe even France will settle for a controled race.
Yeah, GB have a full team I think. Although Cavendish has been saying he's ill. Not sure if that's a bit of psychology or not. If he can recreate his TdF form he will be hard to beat with a full team behind him.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 11-10-2016 14:53
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ringo182 wrote:
Although Cavendish has been saying he's ill. Not sure if that's a bit of psychology or not.
I'm sure Brailsford has the TUE already arranged 
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 14:55
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the_hoyle wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
Although Cavendish has been saying he's ill. Not sure if that's a bit of psychology or not.
I'm sure Brailsford has the TUE already arranged
Probably. But then again there is nothing illegal about it so Team GB can be TUE'd up to their eyeballs
Edited by ringo182 on 11-10-2016 15:03
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| Dusen |
Posted on 11-10-2016 18:31
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If Bouhanni doesn't win the WC road race, he is for the fourth time in a row, gonna finish his season with 11 wins.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-10-2016 19:04
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ringo182 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
I heard in german TV today, that they'll probably cut the race down to 106 KM. If that's really the case, Kittel should have this in the bag. Or Cav.
So the World Championships will be the same length as an amateur race. Great.
Well done UCI.
It might make it a bit more exciting as a break could stay away. Then again they might just not let a breakaway go away in the first place.
Gaviria taking it from the break.
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 11-10-2016 19:07
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Now that is the definition of being consistent
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-10-2016 19:07
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
What i found strange is fact that extreme weather protocol can stop the riders from riding in 10degrees, while nobody cares much about 40 degrees with no humidity? I am not a doctor, but i guess that second option is more dangerous for body already pushed to the limit...
Pretty much this all the way. Then again, Qatar pays UCI air conditioner, so they probably don't care about the riders..
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 19:08
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If we live in a world where the WC are barely longer than a hometown amateur race or a post tour crit, it's not a world I want to live in anymore.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 11-10-2016 20:07
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Shonak wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
What i found strange is fact that extreme weather protocol can stop the riders from riding in 10degrees, while nobody cares much about 40 degrees with no humidity? I am not a doctor, but i guess that second option is more dangerous for body already pushed to the limit...
Pretty much this all the way. Then again, Qatar pays UCI air conditioner, so they probably don't care about the riders..
But as far as I did read, the 106ish km will be ridden, if it's hotter than 40°C.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-10-2016 20:18
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Just to provide an actual source to this discussion, otherwise anyone could make up any numbers they like
https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/r...eat-288396
106.4km would come from cutting the 150km countryside run-in to the main area of the worlds. For other events it woul be about reducing laps.
Not only would the actual shorter distance changed things, but putting more emphasis on the twisty nature of the laps would also change things given the vastly increased number of riders making it the laps.
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 11-10-2016 21:12
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Shonak wrote:
ringo182 wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
I heard in german TV today, that they'll probably cut the race down to 106 KM. If that's really the case, Kittel should have this in the bag. Or Cav.
So the World Championships will be the same length as an amateur race. Great.
Well done UCI.
It might make it a bit more exciting as a break could stay away. Then again they might just not let a breakaway go away in the first place.
Gaviria taking it from the break.
Gaviria doesn't need a break to win this.
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| DiCyc |
Posted on 11-10-2016 21:24
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The cycling season 2016 will not be a season I will remember for a long...except if there are echelons!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-10-2016 22:15
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DiCyc wrote:
The cycling season 2016 will not be a season I will remember for a long...except if there are echelons!
Did you not watch 2016 Paris-Roubaix?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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