World Championships - Men's TT *SPOILER*

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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    edited September 2009
    Wiggins still in 21st spot. Even after the mechanical.
  • Quite Frankly
    Quite Frankly Posts: 386
    calvjones wrote:
    Sonny73 wrote:
    Absolutely staggering performance!!!!! Bravo Cancellara...one of the best TT's and the best TT'er ever?

    Well, I suppose he can only beat what's in front of him; we'll never know what would have happened if Mick Rogers was there.

    :lol:
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    extra terrestrial
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Pokerface wrote:
    Wiggins still in 22nd spot. Even after the mechanical.

    How many PTP points do I get for 22nd?


    Not bothering to finish properly will hurt Brad's starting position next year....
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    For the other riders it must be like being thrown to the lions having to TT against Cancellera. It's almost not fair to let him compete against them :D. How demoralising must it be for the rest of the worlds top TTers having to line up against him?
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    mididoctors wrote:
    extra terrestrial

    Behave!
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    calvjones wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    No medal now.

    No medal anyway? Wouldn't have beat Martin?

    He'd just reduced the gap to Martin from 12 seconds to 3 seconds between the two previous checks when the mechanical occurred.
    @stagehopper
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    LangerDan wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    extra terrestrial

    Behave!
    :lol:
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Tostaryman
    Tostaryman Posts: 89
    Cancellera had it won from the very first turn of his cranks - he looked in a totally different universe right from the first 5 seconds. Amazing.
  • pat1cp
    pat1cp Posts: 766
    mididoctors wrote:
    extra terrestrial

    Yes, I suspect if you cut him half loads of green stuff would spill all over the pavement. Awesome !!!

    You don't often see someone riding the last 300 yards of a time trial with their hands in the air. :lol:
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    stagehopper wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    No medal now.

    No medal anyway? Wouldn't have beat Martin?

    He'd just reduced the gap to Martin from 12 seconds to 3 seconds between the two previous checks when the mechanical occurred.

    A surprise ending followed by a 7km warm down. Character-building stuff.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    pat1cp wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    extra terrestrial

    Yes, I suspect if you cut him half loads of green stuff would spill all over the pavement. Awesome !!!

    You don't often see someone riding the last 300 yards of a time trial with their hands in the air. :lol:

    I don't think mididoctors meant it as a compliment, pat :wink:
  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    An awesome ride by Spartacus. The ultimate display of pure power
    Let's close our eyes and see what happens
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Very predictable.

    Shocking when it looks like the guy in 2nd is slow :wink:

    I'm sure all the Vino fans are pleased with his ride.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    stagehopper wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    No medal now.

    No medal anyway? Wouldn't have beat Martin?

    He'd just reduced the gap to Martin from 12 seconds to 3 seconds between the two previous checks when the mechanical occurred.

    i thought Dave Harmon was gonna cry on air there when he saw Wiggins' misfortune, he had a mechanical Dave they happen to the best of them no need to get all watery eyed.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Cancellara's average speed was 32.1875mph - astounding, inhuman even!
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Disappointed with Wiggo's half-hearted attempt at a bike fling, too. He needs to ask Millar for some tips.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    KING FABIAN

    Breathtaking, regardless of how predictable it was. The best time tiraller ever.

    Why he hasn't gone for the hour record yet I don't know. He has to do it at some point.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • eh
    eh Posts: 4,854
    What was Wiggos mechanical then?

    Report on front page just says, front mech issues, which is odd one, there isn't that much that can go wrong, and what does can normally be fixed pretty sharp-ish.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    EBH well off the pace. Tony Martin excellent.

    1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0:57:55.74
    2 Gustav Larsson (Sweden) 0:01:27.13
    3 Tony Martin (Germany) 0:02:30.18
    4 Tom Zirbel (United States Of America) 0:02:47.12
    5 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 0:03:02.88
    6 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) 0:03:08.49
    7 Koos Moerenhout (Netherlands) 0:03:11.59
    8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) 0:03:20.95
    9 Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania) 0:03:33.88
    10 Bert Grabsch (Germany) 0:03:37.39
    11 David Mc Cann (Ireland) 0:03:40.61
    12 Jean-Christophe Peraud (France) 0:03:43.95
    13 Lars Ytting Bak (Denmark) 0:04:07.66
    14 Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 0:04:09.40
    15 Svein Tuft (Canada) 0:04:24.25
    16 Lars Boom (Netherlands) 0:04:24.85
    17 Artem Ovechkin (Russian Federation) 0:04:27.64
    18 Christopher Froome (Great Britain) 0:04:34.55
    19 Frantisek Rabon (Czech Republic) 0:04:39.67
    20 Sebastian Lang (Germany) 0:04:40.97
    21 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:04:50.39
    22 Serpa Perez J R (Colombia) 0:04:56.25
    23 Thomas Danielson (United States Of America) 0:05:09.45
    24 Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 0:05:12.60
    25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) 0:05:16.82
    26 Paulinho S M M (Portugal) 0:05:25.86
    27 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) 0:05:28.44
    28 Jay Robert Thomson (South Africa) 0:05:28.71
    29 Eugen Wacker (Kyrgyzstan) 0:05:31.07
    30 Adam Hansen (Australia) 0:05:33.54
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    afx237vi wrote:
    pat1cp wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    extra terrestrial

    Yes, I suspect if you cut him half loads of green stuff would spill all over the pavement. Awesome !!!

    You don't often see someone riding the last 300 yards of a time trial with their hands in the air. :lol:

    I don't think mididoctors meant it as a compliment, pat :wink:

    it was awesome to watch.......... one hell of a TT

    the comment was in jest to a certain degree (OTOH etc)

    but I go with langerdan's comment
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Too one sided for words. Ridiculous power.
    Cancellara sits up 200m from the line.
    It's a pity he left it that late!

    Saxo dominate the Columbians, for once.
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  • Chip \'oyler
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  • patchy
    patchy Posts: 779
    eh wrote:
    What was Wiggos mechanical then?

    Report on front page just says, front mech issues, which is odd one, there isn't that much that can go wrong, and what does can normally be fixed pretty sharp-ish.

    a trad shifter, easy to fix. An electronic shifter, not quite so easy...
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    frenchfighter wrote:
    EBH well off the pace. Tony Martin excellent.

    Has EBH much form in the longer TTs? I know he's good at the shorter ones but OTOH he doesnt do that well in the longer ones - he came 24th in the Giro long TT
  • rockmount
    rockmount Posts: 761
    Bad luck Brad, but on the other hand ....

    11 David Mc Cann (Ireland) 0:03:40.61

    Well done brilliant performance !!
    .. who said that, internet forum people ?
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Very dominant. By catching Larsson, he gave the Swede a target. Initially Larsson looked set to lose a lot of time but used Cancellara to up his game. Or I wonder if there was any Saxo co-operation in terms of pacing and time setting? Probably not.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    EBH well off the pace. Tony Martin excellent.

    Has EBH much form in the longer TTs? I know he's good at the shorter ones but OTOH he doesnt do that well in the longer ones - he came 24th in the Giro long TT

    Maybe, but then in 06 he was 5th, in 07 6th in 08 21st.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    I'm hoping EBH was saving something for Sunday.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Comments from Wiggins

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins ... d-by-chain

    I'm sure Tony will be pleased he considers him the silver medal :wink:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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