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Nearly Sane

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Cycling World Championships 2023
« on: August 02, 2023, 07:51:26 PM »
I'll get to see quite a lot of this as I'm cut off for a total of 7 days with roads being closed.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66367635
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2023, 09:49:44 PM »
Might have to watch some of this. Love cycling. Used to compete back in the early 90's at club level.
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2023, 01:31:07 PM »
View from balcony
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2023, 02:11:06 PM »
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View from balcony

Are you at the velodrome? If you are, enjoy!
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2023, 02:12:21 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 05, 2023, 02:11:06 PM
NS,

Are you at the velodrome? If you are, enjoy!
No, the road race goes past my flat.
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2023, 02:15:54 PM »
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No, the road race goes past my flat.

Ah right - enjoy nonetheless. Hopefully a bit drier than God's own county of Essex where it's raining sideways just now.
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2023, 09:00:36 AM »
Men's Road Race at the World Championships. Be interesting to see the crowds.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23701203.uci-men-elite-road-race-closures-times-riders/


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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2023, 11:36:58 AM »
And race stopped because of protestors
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2023, 12:15:01 PM »
And restarted
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2023, 02:03:50 PM »
Big crowds
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2023, 03:04:27 PM »
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And race stopped because of protestors

So environmental protestors disrupted an event involving one of the least polluting modes of transport yet invented?   
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2023, 03:49:48 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 06, 2023, 03:04:27 PM
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So environmental protestors disrupted an event involving one of the least polluting modes of transport yet invented?
They would argue that cycling has a lot of greenwashing such as Ineos.
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2023, 04:04:37 PM »
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They would argue that cycling has a lot of greenwashing such as Ineos.

Makes sense I guess, though inspiring others to take up the sport seems like a worthy ambition to me too. Watching it now (having just got back from my bike ride). Looks great even though chucking it down, esp with top Tour riders competing too.     
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2023, 04:24:14 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 06, 2023, 04:04:37 PM
NS,

Makes sense I guess, though inspiring others to take up the sport seems like a worthy ambition to me too. Watching it now (having just got back from my bike ride). Looks great even though chucking it down, esp with top Tour riders competing too.   
Van Der Poel fell just before where my flat looks out on.
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2023, 09:37:57 PM »
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Re: Cycling World Championships 2023
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2023, 09:05:19 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 06, 2023, 04:04:37 PM
NS,

Makes sense I guess, though inspiring others to take up the sport seems like a worthy ambition to me too. Watching it now (having just got back from my bike ride). Looks great even though chucking it down, esp with top Tour riders competing too.   
Would appear one protestor was also protesting about men not being able to race in women's races.


 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/protesters-halt-cycling-world-championships-road-race-in-scotland/ar-AA1eRleb
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