World Champs U23 Men's TT *SPOILER*

Bronzie
Bronzie Posts: 4,927
edited September 2010 in Pro race
Phinney takes it (narrowly)

1 Taylor Phinney (United States Of America) 0:42:50.29
2 Luke Durbridge (Australia) 0:00:01.90
3 Marcel Kittel (Germany) 0:00:24.01
4 Nélson Oliveira (Portugal) 0:00:27.96
5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 0:00:46.87
6 Matteo Mammini (Italy) 0:00:49.88
7 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 0:01:06.55
8 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spain) 0:01:18.48
9 Andrei Krasilnikau (Belarus) 0:01:35.62
10 Geoffrey Soupe (France) 0:01:38.21

Bad luck for Alex Dowsett who was up on Phinney's time at the first time check and then punctured and had to ride the rest of the event on a spare road frame. Shame Team GB couldn't have a spare TT bike available for him.
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Not actually a puncture - but the tub rolled off the rim on a corner I thought.

    And when he stopped to take the rear wheel off - they gave him a new bike instead. Still - by that point he was going to be out of it anyway - especially with so little in it at the top.



    Anyone see Phinney descending? Never seen that on a TT bike before!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Phinney is ridiculously good. I am keen to see the descending - apparently he even scared himself:
    "I had heard that Durbridge went out a little bit too hard and his second lap was considerably slower than his first lap," said Phinney, "so I was okay coming through the first lap coming in a bit slower than him. I just knew that I had to keep my pace. In that first lap I was definitely trying to conserve but once I got into the second lap I was pretty much giving it everything I had. It was such a hard course with a lot of lactate in the legs and I knew that I had the best time with about five kilometres to go but I didn't know how close it was. But by then you are giving it everything you got anyway.

    "The first climb was just brutal. You just start it and I was just focused on staring at the ground because I didn't want to look at the climb in the distance. Then you crest over that one and keep going to finish on it, and the descent was something I could look forward to, scaring myself and the people in the car behind me. But that second climb on the second lap was just brutal and I just pushed myself really hard over to the top and tried to keep my speed up. I was hurting.

    "I was very relieved. I had a lot of people telling me I was a shoe-in for the win here, which is almost the worst thing to hear coming into the race, because you feel like you have to win or you are going to disappoint. I knew that I had a chance, but I knew that there is so much talent in the U23 field right now that it was going to be difficult. It is also not exactly a course that suits us big guys up here, but somehow we all came out on top. I really had to dig deep but I am really happy to come away with the win even if Durbridge has an excuse because he finished in the rain."

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-ro ... en/results
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Can someone tell me why the replacement bike was a standard road bike with disc wheel? What was that all about?
  • BlackdownBuzzard
    BlackdownBuzzard Posts: 30
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Can someone tell me why the replacement bike was a standard road bike with disc wheel? What was that all about?

    Marginal gains.

    Haven't you been paying attention all season? :lol:
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  • SeadooXP
    SeadooXP Posts: 28
    I think Taylor Phinney is on his way to greatness.

    As for the elite mens time trial, is there going to be live video for that?

    Looks like it starts tonight around 11 pm EST.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Phinney is already amazing and imagining what he'll be like in 4-5 years is insane. He was actually 17 seconds behind after one lap and ended up winning by 1.9 seconds!
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Can someone tell me why the replacement bike was a standard road bike with disc wheel? What was that all about?



    Cost of transporting bikes to Aus would mean they would only have 1 road and one TT bike in all likelihood.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    SeadooXP wrote:
    I think Taylor Phinney is on his way to greatness.

    As for the elite mens time trial, is there going to be live video for that?

    Looks like it starts tonight around 11 pm EST.


    Live video on the BBC red button or 301 on freeview.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    What was hanging off his back seat? Must have cost him some seconds!

    http://www.universalsports.com/video/as ... orlds+gold
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What was hanging off his back seat? Must have cost him some seconds!

    http://www.universalsports.com/video/as ... orlds+gold


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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    SeadooXP wrote:
    I think Taylor Phinney is on his way to greatness.

    He's clearly talented, but it's a little early to speculate about "greatness", no? Scroll down and take a look at the past winners of the U23 races, both TT and RR:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-ro ... ce-history

    Most have had decent pro careers, but only Basso and Hushovd have gone on to become anything approaching great.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Cancelara was 2nd in the U23 TT wasn't he?
  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    I missed it and can't see it on TV, what did Phinney do on the descent that was unusual?
  • SeadooXP
    SeadooXP Posts: 28
    afx237vi wrote:
    SeadooXP wrote:
    I think Taylor Phinney is on his way to greatness.

    He's clearly talented, but it's a little early to speculate about "greatness", no? Scroll down and take a look at the past winners of the U23 races, both TT and RR:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-ro ... ce-history

    Most have had decent pro careers, but only Basso and Hushovd have gone on to become anything approaching great.

    Its fun to speculate about young riders hence I said he is "on his way to greatness" given this seasons results, not just based on the U23 TT. He edged out GC condender Levi Leiphiemer in the National Time trials earlier in the month as well as in the prologue and stage 3 TT of the Tour of Utah. He's performing at a pro level at 20 years of age. Now its just a matter of filling out his form. His hill climbing is horrendous but I think if he rounds out his potential he could have a career similar to David Millar or Michael Rogers.

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