Tony says his performance today was supported by a new position on the bike. He says they worked in the wind tunnel and found a few watts.
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will10 said:There's several guys who certainly wouldn't be crushed for a 1 min+ in 35km. Wiggins, Froome, Contador, Cancellara, Phinney, Evans, hell even Tejay.
LaFlorecita said:Hmm don't know about Alberto in a flat 35 km tt. I would say he'd lose 1'30"-2'00"
Netserk said:It's a perfect ITT for Contador though.
I'm almost certain (as certain as you can be even though that Contador hasn't won an ITT in ages...) that Contador will win the ITT.
He will beat Froome. He will beat everyone.
Netserk said:
More like <1 min
Dazed and Confused said:will anybody be able to beat Martin this year (longish TT)?
LaFlorecita said:Berto hasn't done many great tts lately though so I wouldn't be so sure.
Remember this thread: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18314LaFlorecita said:Berto hasn't done many great tts lately though so I wouldn't be so sure.
Froome19 said:Martin was in pretty good form at the World ITT champs as shown by the way he stormed Beijing and CDS after that and yet young Taylor Phinney gave him more than just a race for his money. Phinney is still young but he is an incredibly talent
Bradley Wiggins beat Martin in Algarve, PN, Olympics and Tour last year.
Albeit in every one of those situations Martin was either injured or handicapped in some way yet Wiggins did earmark himself as the best ITT rider of 2012 and I wouldn't automatically give that title back to Martin considering Wiggins's improvement over the past couple of years.
Fabian Cancellara is still racing and is still a beast I wouldn't discount a rider who has won 4 WC ITT.
Cycle Chic said:JTL on twitter. Looks like he was TOLD to be bottle carrier...sounded a bit miffed that he,s being held in the blocks.
Dazed and Confused said:The question I have about Wiggo is his focus. Last year he had a unique opportunity with the London TT. Once in a lifetime and he delivered. I think he would need to train for TT'ing in a similar way this year to reach '12 level. Why would he do that? Giro GC? Worlds TT? Maybe. For Martin its business as usual on the TT front. He wants to be the best at that. Anyway we shall see.
LaFlorecita said:Hmm don't know about Alberto in a flat 35 km tt. I would say he'd lose 1'30"-2'00"
Froome19 said:Martin was in pretty good form at the World ITT champs as shown by the way he stormed Beijing and CDS after that and yet young Taylor Phinney gave him more than just a race for his money. Phinney is still young but he is an incredibly talent
Bradley Wiggins beat Martin in Algarve, PN, Olympics and Tour last year.
Albeit in every one of those situations Martin was either injured or handicapped in some way yet Wiggins did earmark himself as the best ITT rider of 2012 and I wouldn't automatically give that title back to Martin considering Wiggins's improvement over the past couple of years.
Fabian Cancellara is still racing and is still a beast I wouldn't discount a rider who has won 4 WC ITT.
Froome19 said:Well he came 7th in the Eneco Tour ITT which considering it was his first race after his comeback is pretty good. He came 2nd in the Vuelta ITT, though that was pretty hilly, yet still a good result. He may have come 9th in the Worlds ITT but he may have been having an off day and still 9th in the worlds isn't half bad. This year his 13th in Sans Luis was obviously down to the fact he wasn't in top form. He has a good enough base to climb competitively even when not trimmed down but his ITT does seem to slide a bit, just see last year's Sans Luis ITT where similar occured I think.
I think Uran's is a decent TT. The Youngest is just trying to diminish his results. For whatever reason he always like to **** Ryo off. I think The Youngest is off a little here.Duartista said:I think Ryo means it is a good TT by Uran's standards. Which it is.
Bavarianrider said:Tony says his performance today was supported by a new position on the bike. He says they worked in the wind tunnel and found a few watts.
iZnoGouD said:where do you get that kinda of info?
No, I'm not trying to p.ss him off, I'm just pointing out his double standards. If this TT were done by a Belgian he'd think it was nothing special.Escarabajo said:I think Uran's is a decent TT. The Youngest is just trying to diminish his results. For whatever reason he always like to **** Ryo off. I think The Youngest is off a little here.
theyoungest said:No, I'm not trying to p.ss him off, I'm just pointing out his double standards. If this TT were done by a Belgian he'd think it was nothing special.
It was an okay TT, indeed. But losing 3 minutes in a 30 k TT is hardly earth shattering.
SafeBet said:How bulky is he? Impressive.
Can't wait to see him kick Wiggo's *** in the Giro.
In 2011 Uran got 18th in the Dauphine ITT, so I wouldn't say he sucks.Ryo Hazuki said:if it was a belgian who usually sucks in itt's then no