Wiggo to ride Titanium for two years

tim_wand
tim_wand Posts: 2,552
edited August 2011 in Pro race
:shock: Jeez, Two years with titanium plates reinforcing his clavicle. and some fat bloke on Purple scooter chasing him. Brailsford's sure got those Sky boys drilled.

Hope its not Russian aerograde titanium or the UCI will ban him as a radiation risk.

Good Luck in the Vuelta, Twiggo.

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  • yakk
    yakk Posts: 589
    Good luck indeed. Wonder how his form is? Apparently was v. good for the tour, so will be interesting to see how he does. I guess the amount of climbing may not fully suit but still....
    Anyone know how his form is at the moment?
    Yak
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Yakk wrote:
    Good luck indeed. Wonder how his form is? Apparently was v. good for the tour, so will be interesting to see how he does. I guess the amount of climbing may not fully suit but still....
    Anyone know how his form is at the moment?
    Yak

    Nobody know's, and nobody will know untill the Vuelta Starts, Even Brailsford says he has no idea what his form is like. He hasn't raced for 7 weeks so he probably doesn't even know himself!
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    he has said that without racing he has no idea hwo he will go - but if he can limit his losses in the mountains he should be able to get some time back in TT - should be good enough for a top ten and will no doubt ride himself into fitness.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    In the Tour a lot seems to rest on what type of mountains a rider can climb. For instance some climbers are good in the Pyrenees (steeper, narrower, shorter (?)) whereas others favour the Alps (longer wider less steep(?)) and moreover some say that success depends upon which comes first for a particular rider.

    If there is any substance in the above does the Vuelta have the sort of climbs which will favour Wiggo and what type are they?
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  • Gingerflash
    Gingerflash Posts: 239
    Both the Giro and the Vuelta usually feature much steeper climbs than the Tour, often exceeding 15% and sometimes even 20%.

    Threse much steeper climbs tend to suit the pure climbers more than riders like Wiggins. Wiggins would be more suited to the longer, less steep climbs that appear more often in the Tour.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    tim wand wrote:
    Two years with titanium plates reinforcing his clavicle. Hope its not Russian aerograde titanium or the UCI will ban him as a radiation risk.

    Does this count towards the 6.8KG limit? :lol:

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