Worlds TT *spoiler*

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited September 2007 in Pro race
I bet you're all really surprised to hear that Chinny went through the first check fastest.

Maybe we should have a guess how much he'll win by instead of "will he win?"
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

Comments

  • Do you think that Chin (with a capital C) provides some sort aerodynamic advantage?

    How else does he take sooo much out of other TT specialists in the first 11 k??

    He's probably going to win by 3 minutes in the end!!

    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • He's already overtaken the Goose! :shock:

    Unbelievable.

    Not looking like the British boys are going to trouble the medal presenters. Shame. :(

    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Clement is doing a ride!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Have any of our lot started yet?
  • Wiggins is 9th apparently at 40 ish k. 5 seconds behind 6th place apparently. over 1minute 20 behind Fabian

    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Millar is way, way, way down.
  • Dave is saving himself for Sunday I reckon, which begs the question why was he riding the TT as well.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Do you think that Chin (with a capital C) provides some sort aerodynamic advantage?

    How else does he take sooo much out of other TT specialists in the first 11 k??

    He's probably going to win by 3 minutes in the end!!

    Fabian Cancellara tries out his new aero helmet and skinsuit (yesterday)-

    http://tinyurl.com/2cymdf
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/livematch/191103.html

    Bit late for it but here is the live coverage link...

    You can watch it live via the BBC website too.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Results
    1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 55.41
    2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary) 56.33
    3 Stef Clement (Netherlands) 56.39
    4 Bert Grabsch (Germany) 56.39
    5 Sebastian Lang (Germany) 56.53
    6 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia) 57.01
    7 Andrey Mizurov (Kazakhstan) 57.44
    8 Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 57.52

    Not as dominant in the latter stages, though 52 seconds is still quite a margin. I bet Grabsch isn't happy - denied a medal by fractions of a second.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    RichN95 wrote:
    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/livematch/191103.html

    Bit late for it but here is the live coverage link...

    You can watch it live via the BBC website too.

    And cycling.tv at 400kb/ps. And BBCi via the red button when Eurosport is showing something else.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    A friend of mine was talking to Bradley at the Duo Normand last weekend and was told, from the horse's mouth, that he was good for a medal today.

    Good job I'm not a betting man - I could have lost a bit there.
  • afx237vi wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/livematch/191103.html

    Bit late for it but here is the live coverage link...

    You can watch it live via the BBC website too.

    And cycling.tv at 400kb/ps. And BBCi via the red button when Eurosport is showing something else.

    cyclingtv doesn't work in our office :roll:
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    andyp wrote:
    A friend of mine was talking to Bradley at the Duo Normand last weekend and was told, from the horse's mouth, that he was good for a medal today.

    Good job I'm not a betting man - I could have lost a bit there.

    Maybe there is a special medal for the highest placed rider Paul Kimmage believes to be clean.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    LangerDan wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    A friend of mine was talking to Bradley at the Duo Normand last weekend and was told, from the horse's mouth, that he was good for a medal today.

    Good job I'm not a betting man - I could have lost a bit there.

    Maybe there is a special medal for the highest placed rider Paul Kimmage believes to be clean.
    Untarnished gold? :wink:
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    That would be one short list!
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    LangerDan wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    A friend of mine was talking to Bradley at the Duo Normand last weekend and was told, from the horse's mouth, that he was good for a medal today.

    Good job I'm not a betting man - I could have lost a bit there.

    Maybe there is a special medal for the highest placed rider Paul Kimmage believes to be clean.
    Untarnished gold? :wink:

    Who's cleaner though - Chinny with his CSC monitoring programme or Wiggins (I won't call him Wigger because it makes him sound like some kinda white b boy) who can't provide that kind of data?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    iainf72 wrote:
    Who's cleaner though - Chinny with his CSC monitoring programme or Wiggins (I won't call him Wigger because it makes him sound like some kinda white b boy) who can't provide that kind of data?
    They could be the same, i.e. they are both clean.

    However, as you point out, only Cancellara can prove it.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    afx237vi wrote:
    Millar is way, way, way down.

    He's clean and that's good enough for me though. And Wiggins...quite a good ride by Wiggins I think. His 2nd at the TDF TT is clear evidence clean wins are possible
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Dave_1 wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Millar is way, way, way down.

    He's clean and that's good enough for me though. And Wiggins...quite a good ride by Wiggins I think. His 2nd at the TDF TT is clear evidence clean wins are possible

    But if you take the Worlds as an example, Cancellera is in a very good independant anti-doping system etc, so shouldn't he be held up as an example of someone who can win (rather than come 10'th) clean.

    The 2 German fellows also performed well and surely if we assume Dave and Brad are clean we'd assume the same for them?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.