Hour record attempt
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nip and tuck - though I think he will just slip below.bobmcstuff said:Could still get Wiggins British record... Will be close.
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I stand corrected, think he will manage it.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
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54.555, slightly better than Wiggins 54.526.daniel_b said:
nip and tuck - though I think he will just slip below.bobmcstuff said:Could still get Wiggins British record... Will be close.
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Faster than his last attempt and Wiggins, but not as quick as Dan Bigham0
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Ah big ride, good effort Alex. He looks really upset.0
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Quite a pleasing final distance too - though 55.555 would be preferable of coursebobmcstuff said:
54.555, slightly better than Wiggins 54.526.daniel_b said:
nip and tuck - though I think he will just slip below.bobmcstuff said:Could still get Wiggins British record... Will be close.
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That's a man in pain.0
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Helluva effort.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Very professional interview, considering how upset he is2
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Wonder if, once you know the record is out of reach, you start hoping for a puncture just to end the pain...0
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Brilliant effort 54.555km so close to the 55.089km record
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Heartfelt.diplodicus said:Very professional interview, considering how upset he is
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I have caught myself doing this during time trials that aren't going wellJimD666 said:Wonder if, once you know the record is out of reach, you start hoping for a puncture just to end the pain...
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So sorry he did not get the record but Alex is a great ambassador for the haemophilia society.
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Currently rereading Hutch's "The Hour", and if there's one thing that sums up Dowsetts attempt it's the following "If the hour goes wrong, the best you can hope for is that you fail with some dignity"
He did that.3 -
Yeah and good to acknowledge Bigham's British record too. Just caught up on it.daniel_b said:
Heartfelt.diplodicus said:Very professional interview, considering how upset he is
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And over £32k for the haemophilia society too.2
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That's just spooky!0
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A valiant attempt, but I would like the Hour to be the pinnacle of professional cycling... I would like to see an athlete in his prime having a go (eg Ganna or Van Aert), rather than a last hurrah before retirement, as it has often been the case.left the forum March 20230
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I think if/when Ganna does it he will put it out of reach for a while.ugo.santalucia said:A valiant attempt, but I would like the Hour to be the pinnacle of professional cycling... I would like to see an athlete in his prime having a go (eg Ganna or Van Aert), rather than a last hurrah before retirement, as it has often been the case.
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Improbable, given how much organisation and time out from the road scene a rider has to take, plus the risk of failure, getting DS's to agree to it and finding sponsorship, facilitators etc etc etc.ugo.santalucia said:A valiant attempt, but I would like the Hour to be the pinnacle of professional cycling... I would like to see an athlete in his prime having a go (eg Ganna or Van Aert), rather than a last hurrah before retirement, as it has often been the case.
As Dowsett underlined - he admitted that the prep went well, he was feeling confident, he had done it before and he still came up short.
There are only a handful pf people who have the physiology required to have a realistic chance and it is getting harder and harder to do.
Pray Ganna doesn't do it and blow it out of the water to the extent he sets a virtually impossible mark (bar changes in UCI rules) because we won't see and attempt for eons.
Unless of course you go WBA style rules starting with flyweight going up to super porky.
'The pinnacle of professional cycling'. What is that? In cyclocross, the World Time Trial Championship, one of the GT's, the track league, race across America, an Olympic gold medal in whatever discipline, one of the monuments?
Not sure I understand your statement.
What percentage of youth cyclists aspire to the World hour record over say, a GT or a monument?
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Campenaerts did outline some reasons why Ganna may have some issues with the hour compared to him and Dowsett - Ganna is a much bigger guy so he would have issues with heat buildup/dissipation in the velodrome. There's also some stuff about G forces in the corners and power modulation through the corners which is again a bigger issue the more mass you have.
But in the end I think it's academic - Ganna is such a beast that if he does it the record will be gone for a while (and that's basically what Campenaerts said too).1 -
I think we all agree that Ganna is capable of putting down a quite mind-blowing marker.Ben
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Ugo is saying he'd like it to have that status, not that it does. So the best time triallists of their day would all want to have a go while in their prime . As Merckx, Moser, Rominger, Indurain and Boardman did, but now it's lesser riders and those near retirement. Ganna can change that.pinno said:
'The pinnacle of professional cycling'. What is that? In cyclocross, the World Time Trial Championship, one of the GT's, the track league, race across America, an Olympic gold medal in whatever discipline, one of the monuments?
Not sure I understand your statement.
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