Who will win the Olympic ITT?

[The Hitch]

Such a shame we missed the chance to see a duel between canc and wiggins.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

A good year for Wiggins, now he just needs to do the time trial/ road race double at the worlds to top it all off.

 

[taiwan]

I take it Wiggins isn't riding the Vuelta? That would be ridiculous.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Years of intense pursuit/team pursuit training 'in the
position' laid the base for a dominant time-trial
victory today by BigWig. Well done, lad!

well played

 

[webvan]

Just watched the medal ceremony and Wiggo didn't even look at Froome, he even turned to Martin to get him to step up the podium for the photos.
Maybe I'm reading too much into a nothing situation?

They hugged when Wiggo arrived near the "thrones"...having said that it seemed a bit "cold" to me, like on the Champs-Elysées, a lot more than at the Planche des Belles Filles, I think Wiggo hasn't quite gotten over the ridiculous show Froome show on Peyragudes (he didn't seem to care on the spot, but must have gotten tired of being asked about it), not to mention CF's girlfriend's silly tweets.

 

[Magnus]

Such a shame we missed the chance to see a duel between canc and wiggins.

I don't think it would have made much difference. Fabian hasn't won a long tt since '10 worlds.

Edit: my bad, he won the long tt in TdS in '11 and the national tt in '11 (but neither in a dominant manner).

 

[Montanus]

Such a shame we missed the chance to see a duel between canc and wiggins.

I still think a Tony Martin without the severe accident in April and hand injury in TdF would have been the greatest threat to Wiggins to today. Martin was not in the same form as in the Worlds last year, and Martin dethroned Canc as TT king last year. But sure, maybe a Canc without the crash saturday would have been a bigger threat to Wiggins today than Martin was.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

I take it Wiggins isn't riding the Vuelta? That would be ridiculous.

Nah, Tour of Britain as prep for the worlds.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Stars aligned for Wiggins; Tony and Fabian are both better TTers (although Fabian is getting near to borrowed time on saying that).

Worlds will be interesting this year.

 

[The Hitch]

I don't think it would have made much difference. Fabian hasn't won a long tt since '10 worlds.

What did canc do to you? A lot of your posts are very anti spartacus.

The theory is absurd though. Did wiggins ever win a long tt before this year? Cancellara will be 3 years from a monument by cobbles 2013. Does that mean he will be a total outsider for the win?

One could argue that canc hasn't focused on a long tt since tdf 10 or even worlds 09. I think this was a little bit.more important to.cancellara tan the other tts he's had this year, or last even

 

[kurtinsc]

Funny, but not true. Phinney was 1:09 ahead of Wiggins on the RR but 1:59 down on the ITT. He gets a silver on GC ahead of Froome by about 20 sec

Green Jersey then.

 

[Panda Claws]

So Wiggo gets the Vélo d'Or for sure now.

 

[Montanus]

I take it Wiggins isn't riding the Vuelta? That would be ridiculous.

But I think Froome will, he is in the preliminary startlist! Seems insane because it's only 4 weeks between end of TdF and start of Vuelta. And Froome wasn't exactly chilling in TdF.

 

[JibberJim]

Worlds will be interesting this year.

Nailed on for Froome I'd've thought - fresh from the Vuelta training whilst Wiggins won't have done that much, and it's in Limburgh so got enough gradients that Martin and Cancelara won't have a chance? Doesn't it finish up the Cauberg or something?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nailed on for Froome I'd've thought - fresh from the Vuelta training whilst Wiggins won't have done that much, and it's in Limburgh so got enough gradients that Martin and Cancelara won't have a chance? Doesn't it finish up the Cauberg or something?

it finishes after the cauberg

and what i've seen from froome/wiggins i don't think they are good 'classics/1-day' racers

 

[patrick767]

Stars aligned for Wiggins; Tony and Fabian are both better TTers (although Fabian is getting near to borrowed time on saying that).

Wiggins is undefeated in long ITTs this year. That's more than the "stars aligning". He's very convincingly the best time trialist in the world this year.

 

[El Pistolero]

What did canc do to you? A lot of your posts are very anti spartacus.

The theory is absurd though. Did wiggins ever win a long tt before this year? Cancellara will be 3 years from a monument by cobbles 2013. Does that mean he will be a total outsider for the win?

One could argue that canc hasn't focused on a long tt since tdf 10 or even worlds 09. I think this was a little bit.more important to.cancellara tan the other tts he's had this year, or last even

Just like Boonen Cancellara is going through a crap 2 year. He'll be back next year.

 

[will10]

Such a shame we missed the chance to see a duel between canc and wiggins.

Yes, that's the biggest disappointment for me today. Fabian got through the first 20 minutes on adrenaline and then was really struggling to get comfortable, was shifting on the bars a lot before eventually sitting up

 

[Catwhoorg]

Wiggins is undefeated in long ITTs this year. That's more than the "stars aligning". He's very convincingly the best time trialist in the world this year.

Just as Martin was last year.

The Worlds is going to be a real fight.

 

[piemonster]

Just as Martin was last year.

The Worlds is going to be a real fight.

Hopefully, as much as I'd like to see an British'ish rider win, I'd much rather see it with a fierce contest to get there

 

[webvan]

Is Wigging really going to be racing until the Worlds? I think he deserves a good break now until next year!

 

[Magnus]

What did canc do to you? A lot of your posts are very anti spartacus.

I like Fabian as a rider. Even though he hasn't gotten the results he should after the 2010 season. When did I make a post that was very anti Cancellara? Unless of course stating the facts of his results is being anti spartacus.

The theory is absurd though. Did wiggins ever win a long tt before this year? Cancellara will be 3 years from a monument by cobbles 2013. Does that mean he will be a total outsider for the win?

One could argue that canc hasn't focused on a long tt since tdf 10 or even worlds 09. I think this was a little bit.more important to.cancellara tan the other tts he's had this year, or last even

What theory?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Always nice to hear a fair answer..
Westra said he thought he went very well and could turn the big gears well. "It's a bizar idea that the others went even way faster. I thought I was going really fast. But that means there's still a lot of work to do to go to the absolute top"

 

[Catwhoorg]

Presumably Tour of Britain with Cav to bring the crowds out, then the Worlds.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Presumably Tour of Britain with Cav to bring the crowds out, then the Worlds.

Then a 150km turn on the front in Paris Tours to prevent any breakaways so that Cav can win.