Porte wins Aus TT title

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited January 2015 in Pro race
Somehow beating some serious time trial specialists:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cyclin ... al/results

Bodes well for this year I suppose.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,643
    I was surprised, esp given that the two behind him are lining up for the hour so should be on decent form...

    Points to hopefully a better year for Richie
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    He's not got pneumonia anymore and he's been doing what he's told by Kerrison rather than freestyling his training. He looks super lean too, been staying off the Toblerone. Bodes well, let's hope he doesn't get sick again.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Pretty impressive. Hopefully bodes well for a better year. Froome's going to need him.
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Very hilly course? I know they said it was wet but it must have been otherwise 51mins for essentially a 25m TT is slooooow for men of this calibre. Maybe the elevation played in to his hands over the traditional TTers.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    ignore.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Very hilly course? I know they said it was wet but it must have been otherwise 51mins for essentially a 25m TT is slooooow for men of this calibre. Maybe the elevation played in to his hands over the traditional TTers.

    There was a hill in the closing kms which is where Porte made his time back to do a negative split, which Sky seem to train to do anyway on any course. He said himself that the hill was perfect for him.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Good win, as Frenchie says bodes well for his year.

    He's spent the winter training and riding with Froome, maybe a bit more structured for him.

    Does anyone know why Sutton isn't riding the RR? Not mentioned in the Sky release but is in the TDU squad.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Aussie national jersey will be on display in the Pro Tour Series as Von Hoff retained his title in the Crit champs.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Very hilly course? I know they said it was wet but it must have been otherwise 51mins for essentially a 25m TT is slooooow for men of this calibre. Maybe the elevation played in to his hands over the traditional TTers.
    My feelings exactly.
    Maybe It's what we call a "Sporting Course"
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Not your average drag strip.

    CANRC_Elevations_EliteMenTT.jpg
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Decent form but then he had a really good win the TdU last year as I remember
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    That's what I was thinking iain - That and his opponents are practising riding round and round in circles for an hour at the moment too...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    It was reported a couple of weeks ago that Froome couldn't keep up with him in training. It's the last year of his contract too so he's obviously on for it this year.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    Didn't Porte win the TT in the Tour of Romandy in 2010? He's no slouch
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    4th in the 2010 World's TT and 6th in 2011. He's got a decent record.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    inseine wrote:
    Not your average drag strip.

    CANRC_Elevations_EliteMenTT.jpg
    No worries, with less than 140 m variations, the map exaggerates the climbs that is little better than a drag strip. (closed roads so no vehicles)
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Just going to throw it out there, I think 51 on that course is pretty slow for UCI pros unless conditions were nothing short of horrendous. I reckon any of the 3 big boy TTers would do a 48 or better
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Just going to throw it out there, I think 51 on that course is pretty slow for UCI pros unless conditions were nothing short of horrendous. I reckon any of the 3 big boy TTers would do a 48 or better
    There was quite a lot of rain.

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'm suprised people are surprised at Porte putting in a good TT. He's a good TT/climber, that's why Sky wanted him. He won the Criterium International TT in 2013. He was 4th in the first TT in the 2013 Tour.

    As for the time I don't know, but it was raining, maybe that made a difference.

    I am a bit confused by that profile though. It was an out and back course, surely both sides should be a mirror image of the other? It's not important but it is bugging me.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    45 minutes of highlights (including the other TTs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuamXLXwkOg

    This comes with a Phil warning.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I

    I am a bit confused by that profile though. It was an out and back course, surely both sides should be a mirror image of the other? It's not important but it is bugging me.

    It is more or less the same, so I imagine it's just a shit profile. Unless the gradients really were affected that much by being on the opposite side of the road :D.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,536
    The_Boy wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I

    I am a bit confused by that profile though. It was an out and back course, surely both sides should be a mirror image of the other? It's not important but it is bugging me.

    It is more or less the same, so I imagine it's just a shoot profile. Unless the gradients really were affected that much by being on the opposite side of the road :D.

    You'd certainly want to choose your line with care on the corners...
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The_Boy wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I

    I am a bit confused by that profile though. It was an out and back course, surely both sides should be a mirror image of the other? It's not important but it is bugging me.

    It is more or less the same, so I imagine it's just a shoot profile. Unless the gradients really were affected that much by being on the opposite side of the road :D.

    Surely the difference is, coming out the ones you descend are the ones you go up on the way back, so slight differences?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Definitely out and back

    CANRC%20-%20TT%20map_FINAL.jpg
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Porte appears on one of my sufferfest videos from a few years back and is high up the ranking I seem to remember so he's obviously been alright at TTs for a while ;-)
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Porte appears on one of my sufferfest videos from a few years back and is high up the ranking I seem to remember so he's obviously been alright at TTs for a while ;-)

    Geelong 2010, he finished 4th.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    inseine wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Porte appears on one of my sufferfest videos from a few years back and is high up the ranking I seem to remember so he's obviously been alright at TTs for a while ;-)

    Geelong 2010, he finished 4th.
    Ah thanks, Cancellara obliterated everyone that day by the looks of it!
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  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    Joelsim wrote:
    It was reported a couple of weeks ago that Froome couldn't keep up with him in training. It's the last year of his contract too so he's obviously on for it this year.


    Is Porte a Winter Pro/ Winter racer? lol
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Paul 8v wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Porte appears on one of my sufferfest videos from a few years back and is high up the ranking I seem to remember so he's obviously been alright at TTs for a while ;-)

    Geelong 2010, he finished 4th.
    Ah thanks, Cancellara obliterated everyone that day by the looks of it!

    2010 was peak Cancellara.
    _
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    End of peak, which started in TdS 09, through to E3 2011

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