Cancellara to the track?

Jun 3, 2009
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Interesting, would be quite interesting if he could stir some things up with the trackies.

(How many road riders have sucessfully make a switch to track, i can list some from Track to road, but the other way round?)
 
doddy13 said:
Interesting, would be quite interesting if he could stir some things up with the trackies.

(How many road riders have sucessfully make a switch to track, i can list some from Track to road, but the other way round?)

Merckx? Shattered the hour record on the track.
 
Mar 18, 2009
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ruamruam said:
Merckx? Shattered the hour record on the track.

Indurain did too I think...I believe that for the endurance records on the track the transition is not as difficult...
 
Jun 3, 2009
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Cancellara would crush and murder Wiggins on the pursuit...

He would probably even lap anyone else :D

I'd laught if i ever saw it. (Oh and I think Phinney is better at pursuiting than Wiggins now!)
 
Apr 22, 2009
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Cancellara would crush and murder Wiggins on the pursuit...

He would probably even lap anyone else :D

Too bad it will most likely not be an olympic event in 2012. I can see Cancellara being successful on the track (maybe), but an Olympic medal in a track event...never going to happen now.
 
May 13, 2009
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Cancellara would crush and murder Wiggins on the pursuit...

He would probably even lap anyone else :D

I think he could beat Chuck Norris as well!
 
Mar 10, 2009
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Hmm. I dunno. Part of Spartacus' TT mystique is his technical ability. He normally corners much faster than his opponents, and makes time on everyone on the descents. He clearly can read the effort required to distance much better too, as he will win 7km prologues and 40km ITTs. I am also inclined to believe that he is a better reader of the art of the timely gear shift than the others too. All these small advantages are missing in track. As is the feel for a varying road surface.

Don't get me wrong, he has an incredible diesel, and I certainly think that in a short-ish spell he could be in the top ten track pursuiters, but it would require a different kind of approach which may not come immediately. Aside from the hour record, I have no idea why he would want to change to a smaller, ultimately less popular and less publicised branch of the sport, aside from getting the hour record.
 
Aug 6, 2009
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doddy13 said:
Interesting, would be quite interesting if he could stir some things up with the trackies.

(How many road riders have sucessfully make a switch to track, i can list some from Track to road, but the other way round?)
As bluebeard says: Road carries bigger money and more prestige than track, there's not much reason why a good road cyclist would want to try to switch.
 
May 27, 2009
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Careful! Behind Chuck Norris's beard...

usedtobefast said:
and chuck norris's beard

Careful! Behind Chuck Norris's beard is not only another fist but also a hidden spare bicycle.
 
doddy13 said:
(How many road riders have sucessfully make a switch to track, i can list some from Track to road, but the other way round?)

I think the main reason that trackies switch to road but the opposite doesn't happen as frequently is down to money. You have to ride tarmac to get the big bucks. Cancellara is already a huge star so he can indulge himself a little.
 

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