The Prophet has spoken
The last time the US hosted a World Championship, it was for the Cyclocross and it was totally badass. But potholes are part of the fun in CX; we’ll have to see how a speeding peloton deals with them.
My Pedalwan Nephew will be roadside watching this weekend in Richmond, and I have to say I hate him a little bit for having that opportunity at such a young age; he better be wearing Velominati gear or I’m disowning him. I also now realize in a face-palm moment that I should have sent him the V-Flag. What day is it? Can I still overnight it? Is that even worth it?
Ok. Back on message. I really hope the police don’t shoot any of the riders, or arrest the peloton for speeding. Assuming that doesn’t happen, I suggest you meditate on the start list, pull a few aces out of your sleeve, and lay down your picks. Good luck!
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Am I the only one watching NBC Universal sports? They essentially show the last hour of the race, the last 30km. Fucking losers.
Still, Sagan pulling that off. Genius. What a worthy winner. I wish I had picked him. Zero f'ing points.
@wilburrox
Amen to that, fella.
@Gianni
There was a live stream of the whole thing on the uci YouTube channel. I think it's globally available, I'm in Indonesia at he moment and it worked fine. One for next time maybe...
http://youtube.com/ucichannel
@brett said it all. So great to see Sagan disappear down the road on the descent...skill, balls and gutting it out to the end. Fabulous.
Great, great finish. That was a our-of-your-chair and on-your-feet-finish, two feet from the TV screen, yelling, "Go, go, go!"
Didn't pick him to win, but there wasn't a rider I wanted to see win more than Sagan. That heart vs brain thing. He'll be a good champion and ambassador for the sport. Lot's of attitude, flashy, great to watch, but enough common sense not to wheelie across the finish line. And he appears to honestly have fun racing bikes.
Okay, enough with the man crush stuff. What the fu@& was Boassan Hagan doing and where the he!! was Kristoff?!?!
@Geraint
Cheers. I am a moron. I should have known US TV might do a half assed job.
Have to admit not being Sagan's biggest fan - I think he too often races for a result rather than a win.
But that was a fantastic effort and he put it all on the line. I hope it encourages him to do it more often and that he will end up with the palmares his talents deserve.
@Gianni The US coverage was awful - they provided the international feed so we were lumped with it as well. Constant picture breakup from the moto cameras, terrible directing ignoring what was going on, and at the end they just kept repeating the Sagan footage without even showing the bunch sprint for second.
Presumably it was a director who had only ever done football coverage and assumed the winning touchdown was all we needed to see, not the backplay.
It seems like a great example of Rule 85 in action. What a class! After more than 6 hours he showed guts, legs and heart.
You can't imagine what was going on here in Slovakia during the race. My wife started to cry when Peter commenced his attack and didn't stop for another 10 minutes after the finish. Memorable day for all of us, proud Slovakians :)
@ChrisO
But if you're going to win one, that's a pretty good one to win.
BBC covered all of the World Champs live, so good commentary from Boardman etc, but I think we had the same pictures as you.
@Minnesota Expat
no way he could pop a wheelie after that finish - just getting his arms up was an effort!
This.
Sagan goes sur la plaque with every fibre of his being.