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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Long way off, but this bodes well for next year's Tour.
    Sunweb's TTT maybe suggests he could have some team support too.


    Let's hope
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Good take out by the security than!
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Good on Tony Martin
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    I know I'm biased but I think that's a great ride from Froome given his efforts this year.

    Dumoulin though - woof
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    No messing with the security ...made the Spanish guys look tame ...
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Dav1d1 wrote:
    Good take out by the security than!
    That was glorious, more of that please.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    That was a really good event.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Ha ha - fan running up the road gets totaled by the Norwegian police
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    type:epyt wrote:
    No messing with the security ...made the Spanish guys look tame ...
    I'm going to phone Cardiff Blues and tell them I've found a player for them.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    r0bh wrote:
    Ha ha - fan running up the road gets totaled by the Norwegian police

    Several small children taken to hospital having been used as a convenient crash barrier. :lol:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    inseine wrote:
    Martin on a good one. will he loose it all over the last few Km?
    Yep, he popped
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    type:epyt wrote:
    No messing with the security ...made the Spanish guys look tame ...
    I'm going to phone Cardiff Blues and tell them I've found a player for them.

    The Pieman wouldn't pay enough.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    I like TT's generally, but that was a great competition :)
    Phil

    www.philwinterbourne.co.uk
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    great course. Whoever thinks that's a bad course is mad - it was ace, both in terms of pacing and bike choice/tactics, and opening it up to more styles of riders.
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    I'm watching the BBC stream and the Brotherton/Boardman/Gilmour triumvirate have been really good.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Na nah, Na nah, Na nah, Na nah nah nah nah
    Tommy Dumolin, Dum-o-lin...etc
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    Pity about the rain a bit but a great ride by Dumoulin. I hope he targets the Tour next year as it will be great to see how he goes against Froome et al. Hopefully also the TdF will set a decent course this time round and make it a good spectacle.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Great ride by Dumoulin, but great from Froome too. He didn't need this but put on a good show
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    rower63 wrote:
    My outside long-odds worth-a-bet tip for the men's ITT: Hamish Bond
    39th.......
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Interesting time splits for the climb. Roglic absolutely flying, Froome running on fumes

    From @velofacts

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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    All the more impressive that Dumoulin almost matched him given Roglic was the only one of the last few to go who switched bikes for the climb.
  • okgo
    okgo Posts: 4,368
    I think that really paints the picture of Froomes fatigue there.

    For all the moaning from Tony Martin, he was better up the climb than he was on the flat ha
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    I really enjoyed that. I was a bit dubious about the course beforehand, but it provided a fantastic spectacle. In the end, one of the best TTers in the world won it and the reigning champion finished just outside the medals. It was dominated by pedigree TTers.

    Dumoulin didn't just give it some beans, he gave it all the beans. Heinz are ceasing baked bean production until next harvest.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Kiryienka made the top five for the sixth year in a row.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Think it's ultimately good for the sport Froome didn't smash the Worlds TT after winning 2 GTs. Shows how difficult it is to stay on top of your game for so long - and makes him look a bit more "human" (OK he still looks like a comic book alien, but you know what I mean).

    Dumoulin, what a hero :)
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    57 seconds between first and second, 46 seconds between second and tenth.
    Dumoulin in interview with Sporza said his power meter numbers were off the charts.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Bergen is nice.
    I'm a huge fan - I like all of Norway but Bergen is especially picturesque and has a lot of decent bars/restaurants. The company I work for is headquartered there, I always make an excuse to visit!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    TOM!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    My man Dumoulin! Yay!

    Surprised that Roglic switched onto the XR4 and not the specialissima... given that the later is Bianchi's claimed lightweight climbing bike.
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Think it's ultimately good for the sport Froome didn't smash the Worlds TT after winning 2 GTs. Shows how difficult it is to stay on top of your game for so long - and makes him look a bit more "human" (OK he still looks like a comic book alien, but you know what I mean).

    Dumoulin, what a hero :)

    The thing is neither the Tour or the Vuelta were big on ITTs this year either so Froome wouldn't really have been doing a lot of TT training I think. He'd also said he did a fair bit of training at altitude after the Tour to prepare for all the climbing in the Vuelta as well.

    Not to take anything away from Dumoulin's perfomance though. Even if Froome was trained and ready for the TT I think he would have still struggled to beat Dumoulin who had obviously focussed and prepared for this event for a long time after the Giro.

    I hope we get to see them both go head-to-head in the Tour next year with a decent parcours as well. The time trialer who can climb versus the climber who can time trial. :D

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