GLASGOW : Glasgow's usually busy streets were becalmed ahead of the weekend with cars banished from the city centre and only the occasional whirr of expensive bicycle wheels raising the volume.It will be a far more manic scene on Sunday, however, when the men's road race of the UCI World Championships rea
GLASGOW : Glasgow's usually busy streets were becalmed ahead of the weekend with cars banished from the city centre and only the occasional whirr of expensive bicycle wheels raising the volume.
Crow Road, the one categorised climb, will not shred an elite peloton featuring Grand Tour and Classics winners, but once it rolls into Glasgow, battle will truly commence.Throw in the predicted rain, slippery road markings, some short and punchy climbs up some of Glasgow's steepest streets, and all the ingredients are in place for a wildly unpredictable fight for gold in front of an expected huge crowd.
Dutch master Mathieu Van der Poel, one of the big favourites, was among those out on Glasgow's closed off streets on Friday, running the rule over the layout alongside some awe-struck local riders revelling in the car-free zone. "It will be an accumulation of efforts," Van der Poel, who will share the Dutch leadership with Dylan van Baarle, said on Friday."Positioning is very important. If you only turn into some corners in 100th position, you are half a minute behind without being able to do anything.
Unlike in Grand Tours or WorldTour racing, teams will have no earphones connecting them to team cars so in the heat of battle it will be very much every man for himself.
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