Six Days Of… The Worlds

Marianne Vos wins in Salzburg 2006. Photo: Bettini

We love our niche categories here at Velominati. Titles such as Reverence, Evanescent Riders, Defining Moments and Anatomy Of A Photo give us the impetus to bring you some entertainment when we may be somewhat low on inspiration, you might say. And if a sub-category can supply us with one article idea, then why not a whole week’s worth? So it is that we introduce our new series, Six Days Of… (Ok, not quite a week, but in homage to the great indoor races we decided to go with it.)

Every month or so, we will pick a topic, be it a rider, a race, a brand, or just about anything that deserves a half-dozen days in the limelight. Because our sense of timing is impeccable, we’ll kick it off with ‘The Worlds’, a celebration of all that is awesome, joyous, heartbreaking, memorable, forgettable, surprising and predictable about the World Road Race Championships. We hope you enjoy the next six days.

Brett

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  • Sweet... btw, Vos is a great rider, but I think she could have been better...

  • Yeah, 6 World titles, 4 European titles, 12 Dutch titles, 3 World Cup overall titles, an Olympic Gold, road, cross, MTB, track... a bit of an under-achiever, that one!

  • The mother lode!!! A riding friend/mentor of mine asked me if I wanted (to keep) some race tapes to watch while spinning on the trainer this winter. He just dropped them off.

  • Brett :

    Yeah, 6 World titles, 4 European titles, 12 Dutch titles, 3 World Cup overall titles, an Olympic Gold, road, cross, MTB, track... a bit of an under-achiever, that one!

    Nice retort. She is an amazing athlete

  • @Brett
    Well being at least part welsh I root for Nicole Cooke, but I still think Vos is a better rider, but Cooke seems/seemed to beat her too often.

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