Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's Road Race: One Long, Cold Wet Line

As I have said already, it was not a pleasent day to be out on the roads of Harrogate today.  The peloton looked rather sodden as they rode through the finish line on the first of nine laps through the city.  They had pulled back the earlier break away, there were just too many guys who could take the race to allowed them their lead.  As they splashed past the crowds, it was the French team being lead by Remy Cavagna and Anthony Roux, with Magnus Cort and Kasper Asgreen (Denmark) helping to set a tough pace on the front of the strung out peloton.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Women's Road Race: Thirsty Work

Soraya Paladin (Italy) dropped back from the front chase group to get a bottle and talk race tactics with her coach.  The Italians were in a good position with two riders in this group.  In even better shape is defending World Champion, Anna Van Der Breggan (Netherlands) whose teammate was the one off the front solo.  The American, Chloe Dygert, was the one leading the chase.  It doesn't look like this group is making much of an impression on the former Time Trial Champion, although it is Dygert who is the brand new Champion against the clock.

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Yorkshire 2019 - U23 Road Race: Arms Spread Wide

So it wasn't one of the leading five to take the victory in Harrogate after all.  It was Nils Eekhoff (Netherlands) had bridged across to the leaders and then had the legs to out sprint everyone.  As I am writing this, I am listening to the NBC Sports online podcast and learning that Eekhoff has been disqualified.  I still don't know why.  That means that each of the finishers have been moved up a spot.  Therefore, Samuele Battistella (Italy) wins the race, with Stefan Bissengger (Switzerland) takes Silver and the Yorkshire man, Thomas Pidcock (Great Britain) does make a medal run after all taking the Bronze.  That was a bit strange.

In the end it was determined that Eekhoff had spend to much time drafting off the back of his team car trying to rejoin the race after crashing out on course.

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Yorkshire 2019 - U23 Road Race: Trying to Get Across

With just about three kilometers left to go, this trio of Andreas Lorentz Kron (Denmark), Sergio Higuita (Colombia) and Nils Eekhoff (Netherlands) were desperate to get back onto the wheels of the four up front.  It would take the strength of their legs and those up front starting to trying to out smart each other.  As a foursome approaches the line, they know that one of them will miss the podium, so they won't be willing to go all out.  That lack of committment to pushing on can afford an opportunity for the chasers to rejoin the leaders.

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Yorkshire 2019 - U23 Road Race: Is This the Move?

With 24 kilometers left to race, it looked like these two had made the move that should take the day.  After a bit of cat and mouse, it was Szymon Sajnok (Poland) and Idar Andersen (Norway) who rode off the front of the lead group.  It may have been that they saw the chase group about to catch and didn't like their changes with an increase in numbers.

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Yorkshire 2019 - U23 Road Race: Catching Back On

After a large crash, there was a big split in the peloton.  With several riders ending their hopes and their day early, many others had to get sorted and chase down the peloton.  After a few kilometers the majority were able to catch back on including, Thomas Pidcock (Team GB) the local boy who was carrying the hopes of his team, Jason Costhuizen (South Africa), Martin Bugge Urianstad (Norway) and Colin Heiderscheid (Luxemburg).  It has been rough chase that brought them to the tail of the group just as the climbs were about to start.  How spent was Pidcock and the others?  Only the road will answer that question.

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Yorkshire 2019 - U23 Road Race: Just Off the Front

As is usual, a breakaway formed at the start of the course across the long flat section of the race.  With a couple of short steep climbs ahead of the circuit in Harrogate, the peloton never let this group get much of a gap.  It was Ben Healy (Ireland) leading the group that contained Stuart Balfour (Great Britain) and another of his teammates, along with Marijn Van Den Berg (Netherlands) and Alessandro Covi (Italy).  It was Covi that started the escape.  There are a few others in the group, but since you can't really see them huddling for warmth, I am not sure who is who amongst the others.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's ITT: Looking for the Podium

Nelson Oliveira (Portugal) had been on a great ride.  As he turned to climb up the hill to the finish line it looked as though he might have a chance at making the podium.  There were some great rides going on behind him, but if he could come in in the top two positions, he may just have a chance at the podium.  Unfortuately, he faded on the long ride up Parliment Street and finished his ride at fourth and the day in eighth.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's ITT: Off the Radar

Lawson Craddock (USA) showed, yet again, his strength of character.  No one seemed to be paying any attention to his ride despite his posting great times all along the route.  There was plenty for commentators and TV cameramen to focus on, but it was dedication to craft that brought Craddock to the line in second at the time he finished.  He later dropped to 6th overall.  Not a bad ride at all, and the best posted by an American in the Men's ITT.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's ITT: On a Good One

Rohan Dennis (Australia) was clearly on a good ride today.  He was posting substantially better times than everyone to go before out on the course.  On the other hand, it was a truly bad day for Victor Campenaerts (Belgium).  Campenaerts had crashed which necessitated a bike change.  A little later, he had to change bikes again due to a mechanical.  The two incidents set up this catch by Dennis and left him well out of the medal hunt.  Surprisingly, Campenaerts did finish 11th as he rode across the line in Harrogate almost four minutes behind the time of Rohan Dennis. 

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's ITT: On the Rise

I am having a little fun with this title.  Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) is on a small rise out on course as he rides in the Elite Men's ITT.  Evenepoel rode in 2018 as a Junior, but in Yorkshire he is riding with the elite men of the sport.  I am not sure if there has been a rule change, but it does make sense that if a rider has a Pro Tour team contract, then they must ride at the level of all of the other Pro Tour riders.  Normally, at the age of 19, Evenepoel would be competing in yesterday's U23 ITT, but opted instead to ride today.  He was posting best times at every point of his time trial, but dropped to second as the last man to start crossed the line in Harrogate.  Not to shabby!

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's ITT - What Can He Do?

As you may have figured out, I use the TV broadcast to find these images to paint.  I usually just take images that I could physically see if I was on a motorcycle at the race.  That being said, I was intrique by this boom shot as Chad Haga (USA) rolled down the start ramp in Northallerton.  There was a strong possiblity that Haga would be able to lay down a great ride today.  Given the field of competitors, it was unlikely he would pull on a rainbow jersey at the end of the day, but a podium finish wasn't out of the question.  He did manage to finish inside of the top twenty on the day.  Perhaps his Tour de France ride left his too spent to deliver the ride he hoped for.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Men's ITT: Every Twist and Turn

The crowds out enjoying the UCI Road World Championships in and around Harrogate have been amazing.  And they are continuing to build as we move towards the road races starting tomorrow.  Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan) was cheered through every twist and turn of the 54 kilometer course.  Lutsenko has quite a few thousand race kilometers in his legs already, so he didn't produce the ride he would have hoped for.  He finished his day at 25th in the overall standings.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Women's ITT: Getting It Right

Lisa Klein (Germany) already has a Silver Medal from the Mixed Relay, but I am quite sure she was planning on adding to her medal count today.  She did stay on course as she turned on to the final climb up Parliment Street.  It seems that the course officials learned from their and Aigul Gareeva's (Russia) mistakes from the Junior Women's ITT with a marshal blocking the possiblity of going the wrong way.  Klein just missed the podium at her finished, but dropped to fifth with the bronze medal ride of Annemiek Van Vleuten.

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Yorkshire 2019 - Elite Women's ITT: She Has Some Work to Do

Two time reigning Elite Women's Individual Time Trial Champion, Annemiek Van Vleuten (Netherlands) has some serious work to do if she was going to win her third Rainbow Jersey.  Van Vleuten was running around a minute and a half behind the American Chloe Dygert who had already compelted her ride.  In fact, it was going to be and effort to better her countrywoman, (and Road World Champion) Anna Van Der Breggen.  At the end of the day, Van Vleuten captured Bronze on the day with Van Der Breggen claiming Silver, continuing the overall dominance of Dutch Women in the world of cycling.

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