Summer Games Paris 2024

[Peyroteo94]

Remco is probably on his way to become the best TT of all times.

 

[kingjr]

Lozcakno? Even ilmaestro and taxus will be envious of that.

ah yes, the famous Polish rider, Łoczcąkno.

 

[kingjr]

We have been robbed of a legendary Remco vs. Tarling duel.

There will be plenty more of those in the future.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Remco is probably on his way to become the best TT of all times.

We will see. He needs more WC titles and Tarling is looming large.

 

[Squire]

Remco is probably on his way to become the best TT of all times.

Needs slightly more than one WC for that. But you could be right, provided Tarling doesn't prove to be a significant obstacle.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I was hoping Evenepoel might be a bit tired from the Tour for Tarkington's sake but it seems not, perhaps some huge supercompensation heading in to his seasonal goal of San Sebastian.

 

[Netserk]

Wout now has a loser medal in both TTs and RRs for Olympics, Worlds, and Euros.

 

[jono]

With his mechanical, Tarling was 6 seconds slower than Ganna to T1.

From T1 to T2 he was 4 seconds faster.

From T2 to finish he was 10 seconds lower.

So he was riding faster than Ganna prior to the flat, lost the time, then continued to ride faster than Ganna, before losing time in the final 10k.

Ganna must have been flying the final 10k, where only Remco was faster. Wout lost 15s to him over that interval!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sorry I was a bit indisposed and unable to catch the broadcast, how many times did Marty MacDonald say his favourite catchphrase, "Anna Henderson"?

 

[Brullnux]

Forum legend Michael Tarling on TV

 

[Brullnux]

With his mechanical, Tarling was 6 seconds slower than Ganna to T1.

From T1 to T2 he was 4 seconds faster.

From T2 to finish he was 10 seconds lower.

So he was riding faster than Ganna prior to the flat, lost the time, then continued to ride faster than Ganna, before losing time in the final 10k.

Ganna must have been flying the final 10k, where only Remco was faster. Wout lost 15s to him over that interval!

Ganna was quicker than Remco in the final split

 

[memyselfandI]

The gap between the both of them is 13s. It doesn't matter whether Ganna started slow and finished fast, or whatever, the only thing that matters is his time at the finish and how much time Tarling lost. So 10-15s (slowing down, getting on the new bike and get going again) seems realistic.

Yeah, pretty even, just looked to my eye really strong Ganna and little bit soft Tarling, maybe he blew mentally a bit with that flat..

 

[Brullnux]

Ganna pretty sanguine about silver, seems happy enough.

 

[memyselfandI]

With his mechanical, Tarling was 6 seconds slower than Ganna to T1.

From T1 to T2 he was 4 seconds faster.

From T2 to finish he was 10 seconds lower.

So he was riding faster than Ganna prior to the flat, lost the time, then continued to ride faster than Ganna, before losing time in the final 10k.

Ganna must have been flying the final 10k, where only Remco was faster. Wout lost 15s to him over that interval!

This.

 

[jono]

Ganna was quicker than Remco in the final split

Thanks for the correction. By 2s.

 

[memyselfandI]

Ladies now dump that handy thingy to the river, not podium stuffffffpffftt..

 

[meat puppet]

Forum legend Michael Tarling on TV

Good. Mou was there yesterday, running with the torch on the rooftops

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Thanks for the correction. By 2s.

Because Evenepoel started dancing the funky chicken in the final 500 meters. Probably took 0 risks in that final corner because he knew he just had to bring it home safely, and had enough to stop pedalling and start cheering before crossing the line.

 

[Penninepeddler]

He has said that the Glasgow TT was one of the worst days in his life so it's not like that's a very likely scenario to happen again.

he has never really had a great flat TT though... even in top form this year he was:

30 seconds behind Ganna on a flat Giro course (similar to today actually length wise) when everyone had 13 days racing in their legs.

1 minute faster than Foss... (who was 1:45 down today)
1:10 faster than Sheffield... (who was 1:53 down today)

the guys he directly competed against in that TT who are here are all roughly a similar amount down vs Ganna as they were today.

my guess is he would have got 5th today, probably ~35-45 seconds down on Evanepoel.

 

[Brullnux]

Because Evenepoel started dancing the funky chicken in the final 500 meters. Probably took 0 risks in that final corner because he knew he just had to bring it home safely, and had enough to stop pedalling and start cheering before crossing the line.

I doubt there was much difference between the two on the final corner, Ganna almost came to a standstill. The ticker went from -12s on WvA at like 800m to go and then -10s at the finish line, Ganna's cornering really not good today.

 

[scribers]

Remco is probably on his way to become the best TT of all times.

Indurain and Merckx

 

[Peyroteo94]

he has never really had a great flat TT though... even in top form this year he was:

30 seconds behind Ganna on a flat Giro course (similar to today actually length wise) when everyone had 13 days racing in their legs.

1 minute faster than Foss... (who was 1:45 down today)
1:10 faster than Sheffield... (who was 1:53 down today)

the guys he directly competed against in that TT who are here are all roughly a similar amount down vs Ganna as they were today.

my guess is he would have got 5th today, probably ~35-45 seconds down on Evanepoel.

He is not a specialist for sure but he still is a top 7 TT in the world in flat TTs.

 

[Unchained]

Congrats Remco! Great ride!
--His legs were better than even he thought.
Great rides from Ganna and WvA as well!
Save of the day by Ganna!

Congrats G. Brown!
Henderson & Dygert too!

Lots of mean spirited posts in this thread, what's up with that?!

Considering the weather conditions, road surface and equipment, w solid disc and TT position you have to reach really deep on the bars in order to grab enough brakes.. Top ten all rode great, and great recoveries after crashing for many riders..overall excellent..
Remco really generates incredible power for such a small person!!

 

[Brullnux]

With the current state of Ineos I wouldn't be too worried about that.

Nah Ineos' TT set-up is still excellent, and they have one of the very best TT nerds working for them too.

 

[Penninepeddler]

He is not a specialist for sure but he still is a top 7 TT in the world in flat TTs.

Oh yeh, but barring a small miracle (which Pogi is a specialist in aha) he would not have medalled here.