Cycling live blog 30 September 2024
Fine Young Cannibal: Is Tadej Pogačar the greatest cyclist of all time? Eddy Merckx thinks so; “Not normal” world champion’s 100km “stupid attack”; Flimsy new bike racks ignored; Michael Woods eats gel from a box with a spoon + more on the live blog
Michael Woods breaks the cycling internet after eating bicarbonate gel with spoon during world championshipsEddy Merckx could be on to something, you know: Majority of road.cc readers agree with the Cannibal and reckon Pogačar is already the GOATPOLL: Is Tadej Pogačar the greatest male cyclist of all time?
Halfway through the final lap of Sunday’s men’s world road race championships in Zurich, Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch summed up the Pogačar paradox with one pithy remark: “He may be dominant, but he’s never boring”. 23 wins . Strade Bianche. Four wins and the overall at the Volta a Catalunya. Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Six stage wins and the pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia. Six stages and a third GC win at the Tour de France. The GP de Montréal. And now the world championships.
Well there you have it, stop the count – Eddy Merckx has already admitted defeat in cycling’s never-ending Greatest of All Time debate . “Obviously, you can never compare eras, but this is an incredible rider. I didn’t attack with 100 kilometres to go in a world championship, but what he has done is unimaginable. It’s something we’ll remember for a very long time.
> “The truck driver actually tried to kill me”: Lachlan Morton forced to “bail off the side of the road” as lorry driver “kept going directly at me” and “didn’t move his truck one inch” during monster ‘Lap of Australia’ effort See, this is what happens when cycle facilities aren’t designed by cyclists. Though I suppose, judging by recent incidents involving bike stands in Hackney, it could be worse…
The sight of the Canadian tucking away into what at first appeared to be a late breakfast, or maybe even a nice hipster brunch, during the early stages of the 273km race, like an office worker dashing off the train, was a new one for many cycling fans, and conjured images of former world champion Paulo Bettini working his way through a tray sandwiches just like mama used to make, while taking it easy at the back the peloton.
Yes, that’s right – Pog’s UCI points over the past two seasons would be enough to secure the Slovenian, if he were his own cycling team a place in the WorldTour, just below Biniam Girmay’s Intermarché-Wanty and their 30 riders: A proposed cycle lane expansion in Swansea has been brought to a screeching halt, after the local authority claimed policy and priority changes announced by the new administrations at Westminster and in Cardiff would need to be considered before work commenced on the scheme, which has proved controversial with local business owners alarmed about the potential “disruption” it would cause.
However, the council have insisted that the scheme has not been scrapped, but that a new report on the issue will be considered in due course. “However, there are some broader considerations. Cabinet will need to take into account before making a decision on whether to proceed with the scheme.”267km, six hours and eighteen minutes , 4,369m in elevation, an average speed of 42.4kph, a max speed of 91.4kph, and a bucketload of KOMs, including one for the entire 26.7km finishing circuit, which he covered in 34.44 .
“Not normal”, “absolutely mind blowing”, “the beginning of the Pogačar era”: World champion’s rivals react to Zurich demolition “Tadej was on a special day. In some races you would say this was easily controlled, but the moment he went I was saying to Mathieu that it was a suicide move and that everything was going to come back together.“In the end, he rode as fast as we did at the back,” the Belgian said, before evoking the kind of language historically used during the Lance Armstrong era to describe extraterrestrial performances –“It was a very long way to go,” Evenepoel added.
“I did 7,000 kilojoules today, so you tell me if the race was difficult. My teammate Matteo told me before the race that he tried to follow Pogačar once and said that ‘when you go too close to the sun you get burnt, and today I got burnt.’” “He is a deserved world champion. If you see his season, he’s the one who deserves to wear it. It's going to be good to watch. After the race, I told him he was crazy. But everyone is happy with him as a world champion and for me, it’s nice for the best rider in the world to wear the jersey.
“It was a bit early, but I knew once I had a solid gap, 30 or 40 seconds, there were no big teams to pull at the back. You never know when you can turn on the engine. I never gave up believing to the finish line.”“It wasn’t the plan,” he continued. “Like I said before, it was a stupid move. When I saw Jan in the front, he’s such a machine, he can pull super strong, and that’s what he did. He gave me hope, he gave me motivation.
“But inside of me I wanted to perform well, and this year was the perfect opportunity. It was a good parcours for me. I gave it all today, and it’s more than a dream come true. I can’t wait to start the next races in this jersey. I hope it’s going to be cool and I hope I can have fun in this jersey at races.
Commercial areas, like shops? Which seemingly always do much better after a cycle lane has been installed?The evidence that properly designed cycle facitlities result in more people cycling is overwhelming, and only a fool would argue against it. Mills was leaving a bridge club when she lost control of her Vauxhall Corsa, killing 76-year-old Brenda Joyce and injuring Jennifer Ensor, 80, on 2 August last year.
I was just reading that. She immediately surrendered her license and she did plead guilty, so at least she recognises the folly of her continuing to drive. Maybe some kind of driver re-testing is required so that at least drivers can get some kind of feedback. My simple suggestion to eliminate"pedal confusion" in automatic cars. Place a vertical divider between the two pedals, and require the driver to press each pedal in turn when prompted before starting the car. Or at least the brake. Yes, they now have to drive with both feet, but I don't think that's a big problem.My simple suggestion to eliminate"pedal confusion" in automatic cars.
Whilst Judges are afforded some discretion, they are also required to sentence in line with the Sentencing Guidelines. A five year disqualification is mandatory. So the Judge had to include that, whether or not he actually felt it was necessary. Imposing a longer disqualification, when not obviously indicated by the sentencing guidelines, may therefore have been of dubious legality, and have served no real benefit. .
I think that being found at fault for causing someone's death through careless/dangerous driving means that you are not suitable to hold a driving licence ever again.Remember, pro cycling isn't just road, there are other disciplines - and Tadej even admitted MvdP would probably lap him in a CX race......
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