2013 Pro-cycling season thread

Hutch reckons Martin was putting out 10 watts more than Wiggins.

Which is basically bollocks because he has no idea about either rider's aerozzzz.

Road World Championships: Near cat-astrophe in men's time trial

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/24261861

Infantino Versus the Cat! - Elite Men's Time Trial - 2013 UCI Road World Championships - YouTube

cat thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

;-)

This. For a course like that you want a big front ring, so you can smash the whole ride on 58x11

FTFY, this is Martin we're talking about

Which is basically bollocks because he has no idea about either rider's aerozzzz.

I assumed he meant all other things being equal.

58x14 is 32.4mph (circa) @ 100rpm

;)

Doesn't Tony Martin usually TT at around 80rpm though? And 58x11 at 33mph is... 80rpm.

Commentators stated he was at 86 rpm iirc. How they new that, I don't know.

Cancellara *looks * fat.

He's not unlike hippy in that respect.

Such bonkers numbers from de Panzerwagon, he's an outlier, a complete freak of machine-like turbo diesel power

Shame for Wiggins but as he acknowledged he was completely outclassed. Lucky for him he was injured last year else he wouldn't have won the Olympic gold, just a beast on the flat.

FTFY, this is Martin we're talking about
I assumed he meant all other things being equal.

All other things being equal save for 10W I could be racing the Worlds. Unfortunately my father wasn't Wiggo's father and my mother wasn't Wiggo's mother and I didn't grow up bike racing, etc, etc.

Not digging at you, just calling bollocks on Hutch 'eyeballing' wattages.

Commentators stated he was at 86 rpm iirc. How they new that, I don't know.

You watch tv and a watch and count pedal strokes. #rocketscience

Based on their commentary as a whole I would take anything they say with a pinch of salt.

Dowsett in very poor form at this stage of the season

He's been I'll recently, plus he clearly planned to peak for the giro and (as has been discussed ad nauseam in the wake of Horner beating Nibali) it's nigh on impossible to achieve a double peak in a single season now.

You watch tv and a watch and count pedal strokes. #rocketscience

He's been I'll recently, plus he clearly planned to peak for the giro and (as has been discussed ad nauseam in the wake of Horner beating Nibali) it's nigh on impossible to achieve a double peak in a single season now.

He's a decent time triallist, not a GC rider. Of course he can have more than one peak.

3 though? Looked like his second was at the nat champs..

Well in his post ride interview he looked and sounded like he was very disappointed. It's a one off TT and it's the Worlds, you would expect better from a specialist like him

Meh - it was a bad day after a disrupted build up. The best he could have hoped for was top 5, and if you are off the podium no one cares where you came anyway.

Winning a TT in a grand tour made Dowsett's year, so he didn't really have to do much else.

Talk on Twitter that Wiggins' Hed 3 was on the wrong way round. Could it have cost him the gold? Probably not, but a bit of error from Team Sky...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2013/elite-men-time-trial/photos/280642

Portes looked the same. No valve hole on drive side.

Would make no difference.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2013/elite-men-time-trial/photos/280687

All the Russian team's bikes were stolen from their hotel overnight.

Stolen bike thread >>>>>>>

Talk on Twitter that Wiggins' Hed 3 was on the wrong way round. Could it have cost him the gold? Probably not, but a bit of error from Team Sky...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2013/elite-men-time-trial/photos/280642

Ha, and I thought that sort of thing only happened to Jan Ullrich ... would be very surprising if it was true.