Grindcore wrote:
jackmott wrote:
I hope I didn't come across as suggesting the male ITU athletes are not world class. I was more pointing out how riding in a paceline isn't actually all that easy when you are racing. Any who watches an ITU race should immediately understand how insane what they do is.
BDoughtie wrote:
Your viewpoint on it, is kinda the typical answer/reasoing to why I think people just never really understand/respect ITU. There are defintely some development issues on the women's side, but on the men's side the speed that they achieve is just incredible. It's just interesting how little respect they actually get, and alot of it is pure ignorance for many people.I watched part of the elite men's race yesterday. That was my thought: this is f'ng insane. I'm shocked that no one broke 1:00 yesterday with all that drafting. I guess it's more about keeping the legs fresh than all out speed? Fun to watch, but scary.
Course was 42-44k (new key hole loop added to course). couple guys did go under 1 hour, brownlee did not