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  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    Loving the quote by Jens on his top tube "I am Mother F**king Jens Voigt" ought to be enough to inspire himself.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Bobby Julich's dutch is surprisingly good.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I'm actually nervous for this
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    He's off, settled into sub 18 laps.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I found myself strangely emotional at the start
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    It actually looks more boring than being on a turbo trainer for an hour.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Somebody explain the timing of the whistle every lap?
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Gained a lap on Sozenka already
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Somebody explain the timing of the whistle every lap?

    Perhaps to do with how his pacing is in terms of the schedule rather than the usual stepping forward or backwards?
  • xavierdisley
    xavierdisley Posts: 159
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    90% of success is showing up. If hundreds of other guys could do it, then they should. The fact that onll one guy has the motivation and nerve to try shouldn't count against him.

    It's not as easy as that unfortunately - the amount of hassle the UCI created when we tried to organise Bottrill's attempt was laughable. They want the Hour to be the Fabian/Tony/Brad show, gone are the days of the plucky amateurs like Obree and Boardman. MB would have been looking at high 52s and much further than Voigt.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I'm watching on the UCI channel and really enjoying it. Great effort by a non trackie. Very impressed by his smoothness
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    This is awful. Where is the technical descent? Or the steep hill to shake things up a bit?

    Can't believe they are making the same mistake as the Vuelta making a circuit stage...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Some sharp-eyed chap has noticed that his wheels have 72 second divisions rather than 60. Doh!

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  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    xavierdisley wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    90% of success is showing up. If hundreds of other guys could do it, then they should. The fact that onll one guy has the motivation and nerve to try shouldn't count against him.

    It's not as easy as that unfortunately - the amount of hassle the UCI created when we tried to organise Bottrill's attempt was laughable. They want the Hour to be the Fabian/Tony/Brad show, gone are the days of the plucky amateurs like Obree and Boardman. MB would have been looking at high 52s and much further than Voigt.

    What other problems were there, other than the bio passport troubles? Would have loved to see Bottrill have a go.
  • wardieboy
    wardieboy Posts: 230
    Any predictions on how long it will take him to finish?
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    He hasn't started yet, the track is still running away from him.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Generous assessment of his career from Belgian Eurosport... 'Not the top sprinter, not the top climber, not the top time triallist'
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Generous assessment of his career from Belgian Eurosport... 'Not the top sprinter, not the top climber, not the top time triallist'
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • xavierdisley
    xavierdisley Posts: 159
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    xavierdisley wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    90% of success is showing up. If hundreds of other guys could do it, then they should. The fact that onll one guy has the motivation and nerve to try shouldn't count against him.

    It's not as easy as that unfortunately - the amount of hassle the UCI created when we tried to organise Bottrill's attempt was laughable. They want the Hour to be the Fabian/Tony/Brad show, gone are the days of the plucky amateurs like Obree and Boardman. MB would have been looking at high 52s and much further than Voigt.

    What other problems were there, other than the bio passport troubles? Would have loved to see Bottrill have a go.

    They wouldn't even clarify what bike we were allowed to use (ie. whether it was aerobars or athletes hour) as the updated rules still weren't clear. It was obvious they were just stalling and stalling and it culminated in one of the sponsors being told at the UCI headquarters that they just wouldn't let him ride. Jens Voigt's bike had all sorts of bits filled in (brake holes etc. as it was a road version of a Trek Speed Concept), Matt's Giant was a road version too but we were told no mods/hole coverings were allowed at all.

    51.115km is not bad though - I think if Cancellara has a go it'll be interesting to see whether he does it at proper altitude (Aguascalientes) or sticks with this track.
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  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Xav, did Matt go on the Bio Passport? It's my understanding that riders have to be on it for 9 months so he may still get a chance especially now the rules have been clarified with this new ride...
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Pleased he got it.
    Just a shame Boardman never got a crack at it with the current regs.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    What did he get?? Sorry I'm on my phone, Google is being useless!
  • bigcgilmour
    bigcgilmour Posts: 106
    zammmmo wrote:
    Xav, did Matt go on the Bio Passport? It's my understanding that riders have to be on it for 9 months so he may still get a chance especially now the rules have been clarified with this new ride...

    I notice he tweeted the other day it was some crazy amount 7000/9000 pounds to get on it, so not as straightforward as saying go for it... I think he also of the opinion by the time 9 months are up wiggins canc etc will probably have done it
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    What did he get?? Sorry I'm on my phone, Google is being useless!

    Knackered.

    And as I get my coat - 51.115km
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Hope he holds it for a while.
    Pi$$ing the usual suspects off no end.
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  • qube
    qube Posts: 1,899
    That was grand.... not even breaking a sweat.
  • xavierdisley
    xavierdisley Posts: 159
    bigcgilmour wrote:
    zammmmo wrote:
    Xav, did Matt go on the Bio Passport? It's my understanding that riders have to be on it for 9 months so he may still get a chance especially now the rules have been clarified with this new ride...

    I notice he tweeted the other day it was some crazy amount 7000/9000 pounds to get on it, so not as straightforward as saying go for it... I think he also of the opinion by the time 9 months are up wiggins canc etc will probably have done it

    Yep exactly, the days of the amateur hour record are gone. Just a show now (for better or for worse)
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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Slightly facetious but wouldn't twitter go wild if a 'plucky amateur' such as MB hired out the London Velodrome (got the air conditions right) battered JV record and stuck it on strava?
    Throw in a charity donations element and you have big exposure for both matt and his sponsorsand a lot of egg on the face of the UCI. Admittedly it won't go in the record books but it wouldn't be too costly to Matt's training schedule I wouldn't have thought?
    He needs to get it in before Wiggins/Canc/ martin batters that and does a mid 53.
  • LEGSTRONG
    LEGSTRONG Posts: 4
    Daz555 wrote:
    Term1te wrote:
    Grenchen is not that far from me, should have really made the effort to get over there for this evening, guests only I guess. I think Voigt is pretty much a stalking horse to draw out the big guns, or maybe just having a go before they do. I'd love for Cancellara, Wiggins and Martin to all go for it over a fairly short time period, ideally it would end like the kilo at the Sidney Olympics with the top four breaking the (Olympic) record one after another.
    If Wiggo has a proper go at it Canc will get nowhere near it, leaving Martin remaining as the only man on the planet with the legs and lungs to have a go.

    NOPE, not the only ones I'm afraid: if the sport was more affordable to mere mortals (like athletics) , any record could have been REALLY exciting as opposed to BATTLE OF (FINANCIAL) TITANS exciting, so to speak.

    I testify, in this case, that I have achieved more than all mentioned in this post, and having in mind that the TRUE 1 HOUR RECORD will settle just below 55 km/h by Die Panzer or Wiggo, given the finances i would look at 55 + km/h , with great confidence.
  • cesco
    cesco Posts: 252
    A bit of a farce really, as Sosenka rode it on a traditional bike. Taking current rules in mind, he should have challenged Rominger's attempt. Good for him though.

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