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must have been a really tough call for the mechanics to make, and a real shame that it clearly affected her race, its one thing to have a bad day, but to find that you were having a bad day because of a change brought on by inconsistent comissairing must be frustrating for both her and you.
Sainsburys_Ed-
The setup thing was only part of it, heat affects riders in different ways - a small rider putting lots of power will have issues dissipating it because of a reduced surface area. The more power you put out, the more internal work - it'll be >1000w worth of internal work over the course of the event which is a lot!
Tall rider big power isn't ideal either because w/kg doesn't scale with surface area so the best combo for hot races is small rider low power (eg. Neben).
We're all dead chuffed with Hayley for making it to the Worlds when getting selected and riding for GB is not an easy task. Hopefully she'll get another chance next year too (and beyond)
xavierdisley
The bike setup thing was extremely frustrating and needn't have resulted in the changes that were made. Heat is a big thing and you can see a lot of riders struggling compared with normal, it's a shame that the comparison will be made with V718 times etc. as that's not really relevant. Results in UCI TTs this year (eg. Crono Champenois, which was pre another AeroCoach session where we found her some more speed) show that she's right up there in normal conditions. At CC she finished in between Lisa Brennauer and Sophie-Ann Duyck (6th and 8th yesterday), and ~1min behind Amber Neben (1st) and Ellen Van Dijk (2nd) over a longer distance:
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164896
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=172288