2023-08-06 11:14:56
13:14
191 km – The race finally resumes, after a 55-minute break
After more than 55 minutes of interruption, the breakaways are back on the road. The peloton will start again in more than 6 minutes to respect the gap when the race is stopped.
13:03
191 km – Resumption at 1:15 p.m.
The UCI announces that the race will resume at 1:15 p.m., nearly an hour after its neutralization.
12:49
191 km – Meanwhile, Alaphilippe is taking selfies
We have been witnessing lunar images for a few tens of minutes…
12:45
191 km – The race still stopped, the organization is looking for a solution
According to the exchanges between the organization and the runners of the peloton, four demonstrators would have “stuck” to the road, preventing in particular the passage of vehicles. The race has now been interrupted for almost half an hour.
The runners are stopped during the road race of the world championships. © capture EurosportMathieu Van der Poel chats during the race interruption. © shot by Eurosport
12:30
191 km – Frozen gaps
If the riders of the peloton have finally dismounted after having taken over the pursuers, they will leave with a delay of 6’30 on the breakaways.
12:27
191 km – The peloton continues to roll
Since there is no headset on the race, the pursuers and the peloton, where a fall occurred, did not stop, obviously not aware of the incident.
12:22
192 km – The race neutralized!
The head of the race must stop due to the presence of demonstrators on the course.
More information here.
12:02
205 km – Belgium starts (a little) to ride at the head of the peloton
While the gap with the breakaways is now 7’30”, the Belgian Frederik Frison starts riding at the front of the peloton, to start controlling the race. On the French side, even if Thomas Voeckler has warned that he will leave this work to the nations they deem better equipped to win, Rémi Cavagna has nevertheless taken over.
11:50
210 km – Another fifty terminals before entering the maze of Glasgow
After this introduction to the Scottish moors, the riders will have to do, as we recall, ten laps of a 14 km circuit in the streets of Glasgow, with a multitude of turns on the program (48 per lap). That is approximately 140 km in urban terrain.
11:48
216 km – The gap widens
The breakaways are now more than 6 minutes ahead of the peloton.
Two minutes from the nine leading men, we still find the Bennett-Fagundez-Schuurhuis trio, who will have a hard time coming back.
And at five minutes, a José Alarcon-Hasani Hennis duo also tried their luck by leaving the peloton.
11:17
240 km – 4 minutes ahead for the breakaways, and three men on the counterattack
One minute from the nine leading riders, three men tried to come back: George Bennett (NZ), Eric Antonio Fagundez (URU) and Rien Schuurhuis (VAT).
11:16
242 km – This time a small group broke away
A group of nine riders, with Owain Doull (GBR), Matthew Dinham (AUS), Harold Tejada (COL), Kevin Vermaerke (USA), Patrick Gamper (AUT), Rory Townsend (IRL), Ryan Christensen (NZ), Krists Neilands (LET, prominent in the Tour de France) and Petr Kelemen (TCH) managed to escape. And they already have more than 3 minutes ahead of the peloton. There it is, the morning escape.
11:00
255 km – Still no breakaway to report
The first attempts of Silvan Dillier (Switzerland) or Lukas Postlberger (Austria) fell through. For the moment, it rolls grouped.
10:45
267 km – No headsets this Sunday
Who says Worlds, says racing without a headset. This always complicates the control of the race, especially on the part of large formations.
10:42
271 km – Let’s go for this world championship!
Despite a technical glitch from Portuguese Joao Almeida after the fictitious start, the real start of the world championship has just been given! Let’s go for 271 km and more than six hours of suffering.
9:09
What you need to know about this long-awaited online race
Belgium will have the keys to the race this Sunday with defending champion Remco Evenepoel but also Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen, while the Netherlands will play the Mathieu van der Poel card. France will bet on Christophe Laporte. But the other actor is this very particular route.
>>> The favourites, the route, the French… Discover here our presentation of the event
The profile of the elite men’s race at the 2023 World Cycling Championships © DR
7:00
Can France do it?
World champion thanks to Julian Alaphilippe in 2020 and 2021 and second with Christophe Laporte last year, the French team will still have a great role to play with its two men but also Valentin Madouas or Benoît Cosnefroy. “The Belgians are favourites, we leave that role to them but we also have ambitions,” coach Thomas Voeckler told RMC.
But we must not forget Tadej Pogacar, no doubt revengeful after his second place in the Tour de France, behind an untouchable Jonas Vingegaard.
6:47
Julie Bégo champion in the Juniors
Thirteen years after Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, the Frenchwoman Julie Bégo became junior world champion in road cycling by winning after a solo raid of more than 20 km on Saturday in Glasgow.
>>> We tell you everything here
6:20
A course that makes a lot of talk
“The guy who designed it may have hung around the pub too long”: with 271 km on the program and above all its countless turns, the street circuit of the world road championships in Glasgow confuses the stars of the peloton who compete on Sunday on a disconcerting and criticized course.
>>> Our paper: why the course confuses the peloton
6:00
Hello everyone and welcome to the live of the road cycling world championships
While the track events have started for three days, the road is taking up residence in the multidisciplinary world cycling championships in Glasgow. This Sunday, it’s time for the big explanation for men.
Departure at 10:30 a.m. for the race, with an expected arrival, a priori, between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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