Cancellara missing the Tour
The worlds TT should be a good battle with Canc, Wiggins and martin.
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Yup - I suspect he won't be bothered with TT.
Road Race looks like his kind of thing if he's on form
Chinny vs Sagan v.autumnFckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
No point in Canc going for TT if either Wiggo or Martin are even at 90%.
He wants the rainbow in the RR.You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.0 -
Daz555 wrote:No point in Canc going for TT if either Wiggo or Martin are even at 90%.
He wants the rainbow in the RR.
Obvious really :oops:0 -
That's a shame. They're a bit of a mess heading into the Tour.0
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There's going to be nine Colombians there who are going to be as easy to control as a class of primary school kids after a Sunny Delight drinking contest.iainf72 wrote:Yup - I suspect he won't be bothered with TT.
Road Race looks like his kind of thing if he's on form
Chinny vs Sagan v.autumn
Right here, right now, I'm predicting a Colombian World Champ.Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:
There's going to be nine Colombians there who are going to be as easy to control as a class of primary school kids after a Sunny Delight drinking contest.iainf72 wrote:Yup - I suspect he won't be bothered with TT.
Road Race looks like his kind of thing if he's on form
Chinny vs Sagan v.autumn
Right here, right now, I'm predicting a Colombian World Champ.
Would be fun to get an outsider win it, out of the Colombians you'd have to fancy Uran."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
RichN95 wrote:There's going to be nine Colombians there who are going to be as easy to control as a class of primary school kids after a Sunny Delight drinking contest.
Wonderful! And your prediction is a pretty good shout too.It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
inkyfingers wrote:RichN95 wrote:
There's going to be nine Colombians there who are going to be as easy to control as a class of primary school kids after a Sunny Delight drinking contest.iainf72 wrote:Yup - I suspect he won't be bothered with TT.
Road Race looks like his kind of thing if he's on form
Chinny vs Sagan v.autumn
Right here, right now, I'm predicting a Colombian World Champ.
Would be fun to get an outsider win it, out of the Colombians you'd have to fancy Uran.
To win or receive cash to the value of?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
No reason for Cancellara to go to the Tour. No Prologue, unlikely to get in yellow and no GC leader to work for.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNLMYpr2TMTailWindHome wrote:No reason for Cancellara to go to the Tour. No Prologue, unlikely to get in yellow and no GC leader to work for.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNLMYpr2TMTailWindHome wrote:No reason for Cancellara to go to the Tour. No Prologue, unlikely to get in yellow and no GC leader to work for.
What a great clip, requiring some suspension of disbelief, but great all the same.
From before I got back into cycling in recent years....
Without looking at the profiles in any detail it seems like 3 sprints and a TTT to start.
That looks like Cav to lead the tour from day one and try to keep up with Der Panzerwagen on stage 4.
An oversimplification?
EDIT Having just looked up the 2007 on wiki it seems it started with a prologue, won by Cancellara, giving him yellow until the mountains ---- just his sort of Tour. (presumably he worked for Sastre thereafter)“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
I don't think it requires any suspension of disbelief. The sprint was completely disorganised (I can't remember why) which makes something like this possible (especially which a group to bridge to).TailWindHome wrote:
What a great clip, requiring some suspension of disbelief, but great all the same.Rick Chasey wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNLMYpr2TMTailWindHome wrote:No reason for Cancellara to go to the Tour. No Prologue, unlikely to get in yellow and no GC leader to work for.
Back in the 80s before sprint trains were the norm, there used to be a rider called Jelle Nijdam who used to specialise in doing exactly the same thing - attacking with about 1km to go. (And like Cancellara he was a cracking prologue rider)Twitter: @RichN950 -
For those that use Martin as the Wiggins yard(wank)stick ... A motivated Fab would leave them looking considerably Mickey Mouse ...
It's all about the challenge ... Fab was one corner away from single handedly winning the Olympic Gold ... No team, no nonsense, just a marked man showing his legs ...
Wiggins is 3rd rate in proper cycling terms, deal with it and move on ...0 -
I didn't realise we were discussing Wiggins?
Anyway, do we think Cancellara can hack it in the Worlds this year, isn't it more suited to somebody like Nibali? Looking at the course i'd say the latter, but the Fabs has ridden well on other, tough Worlds courses in the past and if he makes something a target then he has a habit of achieving it."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
inkyfingers wrote:Anyway, do we think Cancellara can hack it in the Worlds this year, isn't it more suited to somebody like Nibali? Looking at the course i'd say the latter, but the Fabs has ridden well on other, tough Worlds courses in the past and if he makes something a target then he has a habit of achieving it.
I think it's going to be pretty tough for him given that what Rich said about controlling the race is right. I think the peloton will be split up all over the place and given that he won't have a particularly strong team he'll have his work cut out. I wouldn't put it past him though.0 -
Says more about the state of RSNT than anything else. Shame tho.
As others have said I wouldn't put the worlds past him, but surely that climb is too long? 4k or so isn't it? He'll need to lose a couple of kilo's.0 -
welshmessenger wrote:Says more about the state of RSNT than anything else. Shame tho.
As others have said I wouldn't put the worlds past him, but surely that climb is too long? 4k or so isn't it? He'll need to lose a couple of kilo's.
Interesting tweet from vetooo on Cancellara's plans. Not sure of his source.
vetooo @ammattipyoraily 1h
Fabian Cancellara will participate in Tour of Pologne, Vuelta a España and World Champs. His big target is to break the world hour record.0 -
DeadCalm wrote:welshmessenger wrote:Says more about the state of RSNT than anything else. Shame tho.
As others have said I wouldn't put the worlds past him, but surely that climb is too long? 4k or so isn't it? He'll need to lose a couple of kilo's.
Interesting tweet from vetooo on Cancellara's plans. Not sure of his source.
vetooo @ammattipyoraily 1h
Fabian Cancellara will participate in Tour of Pologne, Vuelta a España and World Champs. His big target is to break the world hour record.
Though as others have pointed out on Twitter, he's been saying he's going to give it a go for years without actually doing anything about it.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
No tA Doctor wrote:DeadCalm wrote:welshmessenger wrote:Says more about the state of RSNT than anything else. Shame tho.
As others have said I wouldn't put the worlds past him, but surely that climb is too long? 4k or so isn't it? He'll need to lose a couple of kilo's.
Interesting tweet from vetooo on Cancellara's plans. Not sure of his source.
vetooo @ammattipyoraily 1h
Fabian Cancellara will participate in Tour of Pologne, Vuelta a España and World Champs. His big target is to break the world hour record.
Though as others have pointed out on Twitter, he's been saying he's going to give it a go for years without actually doing anything about it.
I've seen him quoted before along the lines of 'one day I'd like to take a crack at that'. I don't think he's ever described it as his main target before (if indeed he has now) and frankly, if he doesn't do it soon, he never will.0 -
Wasn't he going to win Olympic Gold in the pursuit at the Beijing Olympics, only to discover that he wasn't actually competitive when he had a go at riding a pursuit?0
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Indeed. No-one was ever going to get close to Wiggo in 2008 anyway.andyp wrote:Wasn't he going to win Olympic Gold in the pursuit at the Beijing Olympics, only to discover that he wasn't actually competitive when he had a go at riding a pursuit?You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.0 -
I think I've heard Chris Boardman (or maybe Hugh Porter) say that when Cancellara tried riding the boards he really struggled. I guess if you've not grown up doing it as a junior it must be quite weird riding on a banked wooden oval on a fixie.andyp wrote:Wasn't he going to win Olympic Gold in the pursuit at the Beijing Olympics, only to discover that he wasn't actually competitive when he had a go at riding a pursuit?0 -
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FJS wrote:
Haven't you heard, Wiggins is finished.
Seriously though, a Wiggins/Cancellara battle would have the potential to make the hour record a matter of real interest again."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
inkyfingers wrote:
And the Panzer.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:inkyfingers wrote:
And the Panzer.
He'd be too busy winning all the TTs on the road while the other two have their eye off the ball."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
