Who will win the Olympic ITT?

[its like that]

It will be a great achievement if any rider gets within 30 sec. I just saw the betting for this and Wiggins is paying $2.00 to win!!!!

Time to remortgage my house

So so easy

Time to get myself a new house

 

[Morbius]

Wiggins interviewed on BBC. At the end he stands up and in the background about 100-150 people cheer. He says, completely deadpan, "now I know how the Beatles felt like"

Made me smile anyway.

 

[williamp78]

Wiggins interviewed on BBC. At the end he stands up and about 100-150 people cheer. He says, completely deadpan, "now I know how the Beatles felt like"

Made me smile anyway.

That was a great interview. So down to earth yet also quite confident. And he really knew his cycling history in regards to indurain winning both le tour and the olympics TT. Bradley quickly pointed out that Riis won le tour in 96.

I liked the bit at the end when gary linekar asks where his medal is and bradley very non-chalant picks it up off the sofa and goes "yeah, here it is, you wanna look?".

And his noddy holder joke after the TT was classic

 

[Opalius]

Schleck missing the tour made as much difference to the result in Paris as Schleck missing today

Do make the same argument with Contador missing the Tour though.

I think the stars and moon aligned for Wiggo, and then add that he can peak for roughly double the time of most of his contenders, let alone his amazing cadence...

Admittedly I have a hard time trying to like the guy.

 

[Morbius]

Do make the same argument with Contador missing the Tour though.

If you are going to say a win was lucky because one key rider was missing then you shoudl take tours away from Coppi, Fignon, Roche.....

I'm sure that Wiggins' personality is not to everyone's taste, but his proper interviews are pretty good

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Leant on a roadside barrier in Esher High St all afternoon. Healthy, but by no means knowledgeable crowds (People nearby realised I had heard of more than two cyclists, I was asked "Has Cavendish got a chance of a medal?", "Do they have a sprint finish?" and, once I had explained to a guy with a Dublin accent that Nick Roche wasn't the Irish representative "So might yer man McCann get a medal?), but they seemed to genuinely enjoy it, good atmosphere, cold beer, decent sunshine, and good sportsmanship towards all competitors.

There was a gasp of "Isn't she tiny?", and possibly a patronising "Ahhhh", as Pooley passed.

 

[williamp78]

Leant on a roadside barrier in Esher High St all afternoon. Healthy, but by no means knowledgeable crowds (People nearby realised I had heard of more than two cyclists, I was asked "Has Cavendish got a chance of a medal?", "Do they have a sprint finish?" and, once I had explained to a guy with a Dublin accent that Nick Roche wasn't the Irish representative "So might yer man McCann get a medal?), but they seemed to genuinely enjoy it, good atmosphere, cold beer, decent sunshine, and good sportsmanship towards all competitors.

There was a gasp of "Isn't she tiny?", and possibly a patronising "Ahhhh", as Pooley passed.

Dare i say i think the same whenever I see Pooley! She's such an odd cyclist to be so good at a TT!

Also, being a belfast guy great to see McCann bow out and retire at the top at the biggest race of his career and in front of an almost home crowd.

 

[Opalius]

If you are going to say a win was lucky because one key rider was missing then you shoudl take tours away from Coppi, Fignon, Roche.....

I'm sure that Wiggins' personality is not to everyone's taste, but his proper interviews are pretty good

Quite to the contrary. I was referring to your statement about Contador, which you have now edited away.

Anyways...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Still the question remains..how will Wiggins do against a 100% Cancellara and 100% Martin. Because Tony said 2 things today, Wiggins is (at the moment) unbeatable, but also, that he himself is not at 100% yet

 

[simo1733]

Still the question remains..how will Wiggins do against a 100% Cancellara and 100% Martin. Because Tony said 2 things today, Wiggins is (at the moment) unbeatable, but also, that he himself is not at 100% yet

You are right.We don't know how it would have been if Cancellara and Martin were 100%.What We do know is that 52 kph is pretty quick by any standard.

 

[Andy99]

Wiggins interviewed on BBC. At the end he stands up and in the background about 100-150 people cheer. He says, completely deadpan, "now I know how the Beatles felt like"

Made me smile anyway.

Yeah was cool that.

Also liked the BBC3 football coverage in the next studio, where Alan Hansen suddenly disappeared so that he could chase after Wiggo to get his autograph.

How things have changed.

 

[Morbius]

Quite to the contrary. I was referring to your statement about Contador, which you have now edited away.

Anyways...

er, no. I didn't make a commen about Contador, so couldn't have edited it away.

Anyways.

 

[Montanus]

Still the question remains..how will Wiggins do against a 100% Cancellara and 100% Martin. Because Tony said 2 things today, Wiggins is (at the moment) unbeatable, but also, that he himself is not at 100% yet

It is clear that Wiggo has improved more than Martin and Canc this year (injuries have hampered further improvement for Martin and Canc). When you compare his performance yesterday and last year at the worlds relative other riders it obvious that he has taken quiet a leap. So imo, he is close to a Martin in 100%. Regarding Canc, it's more difficult to say because it was a long time we saw Canc do a superimressive long TT. Wiggo might actually have surpassed a Cancellara in 100%, or he is at least on the same level I think.

 

[johnnycash]

Still the question remains..how will Wiggins do against a 100% Cancellara and 100% Martin. Because Tony said 2 things today, Wiggins is (at the moment) unbeatable, but also, that he himself is not at 100% yet

It will always remain. You can only beat the field on the day and Wiggo has done that in every ITT this year, discounting the tour's prologue.

Cancellara wll probably never be at 2009 ITT level again. Martin may or may not be at 2011 level in the future, its irrelvant.

Might as well say would an in-form Wiggins beat an in-form Indurain?

 

[Magnus]

Still the question remains..how will Wiggins do against a 100% Cancellara and 100% Martin. Because Tony said 2 things today, Wiggins is (at the moment) unbeatable, but also, that he himself is not at 100% yet

Who says Wiggins was 100%? How would he have ridden if he had prepared specifically for the olympic tt?

For the comparison between Wiggins and Cancellara I think it's worth noting that Cancallara hasn't placed better than Wiggins in a (long) tt since 2010. They were very close to each other in the Copenhagen worlds tt where both were (close to) 100%. I think it's fair to say that Wiggins has improved since then.

As for Martin vs Wiggins it would be interesting to see how the 2011 Martin would do against the 2012 Wiggins.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tony is happy with silver.
He sad after 10km his legs were gone and he barely could reach 450 Watts.
He says when in top shape he rides between 450-500 Watts for the hour in a TT.
But yesterday he couldn't stay in this range after 10km any more.
Given this, he is happy that he could win silver with this limited performance.

 

[Montanus]

Tony is happy with silver.
He sad after 10km his legs were gone and he barely could reach 450 Watts.
He says when in top shape he rides between 450-500 Watts for the hour in a TT.
But yesterday he couldn't stay in this range after 10km any more.
Given this, he is happy that he could win silver with this limited performance.

So if he doesn't get any new injuries, we could expect a real battle in the worlds, given Wiggo can recharge his batteries after some amazing weeks.

 

[Bavarianrider]

So if he doesn't get any new injuries, we could expect a real battle in the worlds, given Wiggo can recharge his batteries after some amazing weeks.

The biger question. Will Wiggins be motivated to prepare for the worlds?
I mean i wouldn't if i was him. He has won so mich this year i don't think thw Worlds are that much of a goal now for him.

 

[rata de sentina]

So if he doesn't get any new injuries, we could expect a real battle in the worlds, given Wiggo can recharge his batteries after some amazing weeks.

No doubt Wiggins will be able to "recharge his batteries", he has showed amazing powers of recovery after the Tour and then flogging himself in the RR for Cav. Froome too, they were absolutely uncredible in the TT.

 

[Montanus]

The biger question. Will Wiggins be motivated to prepare for the worlds?
I mean i wouldn't if i was him. He has won so mich this year i don't think thw Worlds are that much of a goal now for him.

Yeah, his big goals this year was TdF and the Olympic TT, so there is a risk he will not be at is absolute best in the worlds. But on the otheer hand, gold in the Worlds would really be an amazing end to a spectacular season.

 

[greenedge]

If not gold in the ITT- there is always the coveted TTT gold.

I feel that Wiggins owned but i am not particularly happy about it- i have to say I wanted Martin to win.

Froome proved that he can ITT well and if he ever does end up fighting against Wiggins he can limit his losses in the ITT.

 

[Richeypen]

The biger question. Will Wiggins be motivated to prepare for the worlds?
I mean i wouldn't if i was him. He has won so mich this year i don't think thw Worlds are that much of a goal now for him.

Wiggins wont win Gold at the worlds. Bronze at best. I think a long rest followed by a cameo at the TOB will be about all thats left for his season

 

[williamp78]

This was mentioned in another thread but the Tour of Britain overlaps with the early days of the world champs including the TT practice sessions as well as the actual team time trial

 

[iZnoGouD]

So if he doesn't get any new injuries, we could expect a real battle in the worlds, given Wiggo can recharge his batteries after some amazing weeks.

Wiggo recharges his batteries in just one day hehehe