Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

Lots of skill on display yesterday.

From the excellent Dave Hayward. Seniors.

Lots of skill on display yesterday.

Boastpost?

Hardly, given the amount of time I spent on the deck

Can anyone recommend some good rims/wheels... might be looking into getting some in the near future... would prefer clinchers.

Got a half decent picture of you going up one of the humps.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPm5JmyhFCa/

edit: not techy, can't figure out how to put picture up...

Here you go

Cleanest kit eva!

I gained a place because one my fellow v40s went beyond his skill level and stacked it there on the last lap.

I stacked it twice on the last lap but managed to hold off a chap from Crawly who was clearly coping better with the muddification of the course better than I was.

Some snippets of the upcoming Worlds course with Sven Nys here;

http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/2884/Wielrennen/article/detail/3059753/2017/01/23/Waaghals-Nys-verkent-besneeuwd-WK-parcours-met-onze-camera-op-zijn-helm.dhtml

Looks very technically challenging, even without the snow (which is forecast to have gone by the weekend).

some good rims

I've been using the WTB i-19. Reasonable weight, reasonable price (£25 at CRC), and go up tubeless pretty easily.

Slow and steady may not win the race, but it does keep you looking clean.

Worlds course looks interesting

That off camber, oofff! It'll thaw by race day though, so will be very different then.

they have just widened that part because 'too dangerous', now includes a flatter bit. SAD!

Is Quinten Hermans running slicks here?

Turbo tyre? Challenge reported that they'd seen their full range of cross tyres on the course during practice today but it seems unlikely a fully slick tread would be any use.

Elite cyclocrossers

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2johqjMoeyI&feature=youtu.be

Hope the mechanics have got their hanger straightening tools! There's a video on Jeremy Durrin's instagram of a Swiss rider flying down there.

A video posted by Jeremy Durrin (@jeremydurrin) on Jan 26, 2017 at 7:58am PST

Looks like no brakes and absolute commitment is the key.

Lots of willy waving today. It won't be anywhere near as treacherous come the weekend, so spend time looking at lines that will work on race day rather than playing to the crowd.

A decent preview of the Elite Men's race here;

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/01/cyclocross-worlds-preview-in-bieles-a-new-chapter-will-be-written-between-the-sports-two-young-stars/

And the Elite Women's race;

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/01/cyclocross-worlds-the-highly-anticipated-finale-to-a-crescendo-season/

hooray, the races tomorrow will also be on the UCI channel. I assume Tom Pidock's in the Juniors?

full list of links here in case anyone doesn't know http://www.uci.ch/cyclo-cross/news/article/live-181564/

Full lap of the course here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMWNSO6uxw4

The UCI channel is here - https://www.youtube.com/user/ucichannel

They will be streaming but some races, probably the Elite Women and Men races, might be geo-restricted if a broadcaster has bought the UK rights for them. You can, of course, circumvent this if required.

Tom Pidcock is in the Junior race and I think he's starting as the favourite, justifiably. The other chance of a British medal will come in the U23 Women's race where Evie Richards defends her title. That should be a cracking race as both Annemarie Worst and Laura Vanderschot have been riding well in recent weeks, as have Richards and Ellen Noble, who won the U23 World Cup.

They're also doing Mens Junior and U23 Mens and Womens so that's something to do at work tomorrow :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BofMvMgToo0