World Cycling Championship Florence 22 - 29 September 2013
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Flying_Monkey
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With Cancellara really wanting the road race it's definitely between Wiggins and Martin. I think Wiggins will win it - just a feeling. And I just can't see why the course suits Martin more: it's long, pretty much pan-flat with only one tiny lump. As Wiggins said in the interview on cyclingnews - because of the length it will just come down to who can best sustain the power and overcome the boredom!
smutchin
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It's going to be close, I know that much. But the fact that Tony Martin sets off three minutes after Wiggo, and 1.30 after Spartacus, gives him a slight advantage, so I'm backing him to retain the title.
Are we ruling Taylor Phinney out of contention? He was only six seconds off first place last year, and he's still only 23... I wouldn't be too surprised if he comes second to Martin again. Tbh, after the season Phinney has had, I'd love it if he won almost as much as if Wiggo won.
Are we ruling Taylor Phinney out of contention? He was only six seconds off first place last year, and he's still only 23... I wouldn't be too surprised if he comes second to Martin again. Tbh, after the season Phinney has had, I'd love it if he won almost as much as if Wiggo won.
l'Equipe article in English on TTing
http://www.lequipe.fr/explore/clock-hunters/
there's an amazing photo of Anquetil in action that I've never seen before
http://www.lequipe.fr/explore/clock-hunters/
there's an amazing photo of Anquetil in action that I've never seen before
A few ramps and corners would play into Bradley's hands. But I do agree it's going to be close between these two.
In other news: Kreuziger and Konig both pull out due to infections picked up at the Vuelta developing further complications.
No we shouldn't rule Phinney out.
smutchin
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Slightly surprised his name hasn't come up in discussion already, tbh.
thom
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Fair point - I forgot him.
I think though that Martin will have better form than last year (he'd been badly injured earlier in the season) and so Phinney will have to step up again to make an appearance on the podium given the increased competition.
deptfordmarmoset
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I don't know if anybody else was struck by Wiggins' interview on telly after winning the ToB. There was no air of ''Great, I've done it!'' It seemed a bit churlish at first but it became clear that he was fully preoccupied with today's race. He wasn't in a mood for celebrating a few days before the big one. He's completely focused on this race and when he's that focused....
smutchin
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Yes, great pics of Anquetil.
Looking at the Espada now, one thing strikes me as odd, and dates it somewhat - external cables!
smutchin
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True - no Wiggo or Cancellara last year, so we don't really know how hard Martin was pushed...
I was just looking at the records to see if anyone had won the TT three times in a row before. Mick Rogers has done it, though the first of the three was 2003 when Millar finished first but was retrospectively disqualified. And Cancellara may well have won it five times in a row if he'd defended the title in 2008 - he didn't because he was worn out after a long, hard season, though he did win the Olympic TT and came a close third* in the road race, which shows he's quite capable of living up to his stated ambition for this year.
Correct, he had the nasty fall hurting his wrist in the Tour de France... if I am not mistaken, he is still having some small troubles with it and is planning to get it operated (again, I assume) when the season is done
(Don't know where I read this, but I'm pretty sure about it)
But.. if what I recall is correct... Martin is still not 100% free of it (although I am assuming pretty close to it, otherwise he wouldn't wait until the end of the season) and could still be stronger.
I believe Martin is considered by most the big favourite (on the Belgian "Sporza" website, he gets 62% of the surfer votes)... but if I would be a betting man, I'd go for Wiggo (the Brit is a bit underappreciated on Sporza and only gets 10% votes
)FYI:
Fabian gets 22% votes
Then again, the voters could be easily questioned since 2.5% of voters believe in Thomas De Gendt and 1.5% in Kristof Vandewalle, while only 1% in Phinney
totallyfixed
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The lack of response to your question is indicative of all that is wrong with British Cycling, something that a lot of us are trying to change both at amateur and pro level. The whole sport is discriminatory in the deliberate and non deliberate sense.
Not strictly on subject but the OP deserved a response.
deptfordmarmoset
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I think I just saw a clip of a TTer being attacked today by a cat. Tell me I'm not alone, please!
