Wiggins 4/9

Froome can't beat Wiggo. Spartacus and especially Martin could, if fit.

4/9 seems far too skinny for someone who peaked for TDF.

Aug 1, 2012 -- 9:29AM, marychain1 wrote:

Froome can't beat Wiggo. Spartacus and especially Martin could, if fit.

both are not fit

I can't remember but I don't think he was as short as 4/9 for either of the TT stages in TdF. Still, he's the man to beat.

SJ as short as 1.25

a shower after the early riders finish could be a skinner for the books, whats the forecast ???

otherwise it looks game over

for the 1st ITT in the Tour Cancellara was favourite.

more realistic price than Cavendish the other day - less variable elements outside his control.

Thanks for the tip lads. In response here is a gd arb for ye. Individual Time Trial - Forecast Wiggins / Froome Skybet offering 8, its here to lay for around 50euro 6.8 and below

Taylor Phinney to medal.

Have backed Phinney for my sins. Maybe a bit of localised rain will stir things up a bit

Some huge prices - Pinotti, Rogers, Chavanel and Grabsch

Wiggins really ought to be on the slide now although he seems confident

Going to be windy, although from what I remember of that part of the world it's quite sheltered

Women's race is on now. Might give an indication of any problems or localised weather.

There seems nowhere to find times on the web - even the Olympic site and the BBC pictures are so amateurish compared to the tour and Eurosport.

decent crowds... no rain where i am in london

The only thing the bbc controls are the comms. None of the pictures are bbc, unfortunately.
I would imagine the splits are deliberately limited. This is the Olympic time trial one off, not a tour stage.

when is 70s wiggo off?

Start times:



14:15:00     Morocco LAHSAINI Mouhcine
14:16:30     Venezuela GIL MARTINEZ Tomas Aurelio
14:18:00     Islamic Republic of Iran HAGHI Alireza
14:19:30     Turkey AKDILEK Ahmet
14:21:00     Brazil NAZARET Magno Prado
14:22:30     Japan BEPPU Fumiyuki
14:24:00     Kazakhstan BAZAYEV Assan
14:25:30     Ireland McCANN David
14:27:00     Denmark BAK Lars Ytting
14:28:30     Switzerland ALBASINI Michael
14:30:00     Colombia DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
14:31:30     Netherlands BOOM Lars
14:33:00     New Zealand BAUER Jack
14:34:30     Slovenia BRAJKOVIC Janez
14:36:00     Poland BODNAR Maciej
14:37:30     Belgium GILBERT Philippe
14:39:00     Kazakhstan VINOKUROV Alexandr
14:40:30     Canada HESJEDAL Ryder
14:42:00     Spain CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan
14:43:30     Denmark FUGLSANG Jakob
14:45:00     Portugal OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe S. Simoes
14:46:30     Norway BOASSOH HAGEN Edvald
14:48:00     Lithuania NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
14:49:30     Russian Federation MENCHOV Denis
14:51:00     Netherlands WESTRA Lieuwe
14:52:30     Belarus KIRYIENKA Vasil
14:54:00     Sweden LARSSON Gustav
14:55:30     Australia ROGERS Michael
14:57:00     Germany GRABSCH Bert
14:58:30     France CHAVANEL Sylvain
15:00:00     Great Britain FROOME Christopher
15:01:30     Italy PINOTTI Marco
15:03:00     Spain SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
15:04:30     United States of America PHINNEY Taylor
15:06:00     Germany MARTIN Tony
15:07:30     Great Britain WIGGINS Bradley
15:09:00     Switzerland CANCELLARA Fabian

punting on cycling very dodgy imo

thanks biscuit

Inept coverage by the BBC - prefer showing slow motions and riders coming into the slow down area than live action.

bbc are not controlling the pictures bilbo

Except the pics are not controlled by the bbc.

As posted above.

Armstrong defending her crown after that nasty fall , it is a great omen for Cancellara to do exactly the same .

Tony Martin Top 3 for me at 1.55. Finished the road race 50 miles earlier and at the odds prefer that than a Wiggo straight win. Good luck, lets hope Wiggo does the business

Got Wiggins at around 1.9.
Would usually think about laying stake off with good move before the off. Not this time.

Strongly believe in Wiggo for this.

Taylor Phinney = +£51.30
Sylvain Chavanel = +£316.06
Michael Rogers = +£560.50
Bert Grabsch = +£669.75
Marco Pinotti = +£710.60

Can I ask a stupid question

How come Cavendish doesn't go for this?

yep that is a stupid question

Not sure if trolling....

but...

It would be a bit like Bolt entering the 10,000m.

because he is a sprinter, not a time triallist. It's a bit like saying Usian Bolt is quick, why can't he run the 5000m

Whats the olympic record for this?

That's not a fair comparison though, because the general public will see Cavendish sprinting at the end of very long races....

The reason Cavendish doesn't enter this race is because his ability to execute a sprint finish is totally dependent upon him being shielded and protected by his team throughout the race, and then, that team aggressively pace setting for him in the closing stages. That isn't available in the individual time trial, therefore it would be pointless him entering.

thank you inner city

wasn't getting the Bolt stuff when his tour wins are over longer distances than this

TBF BOLT COULD PROBABLY WIN THE 5KM

does 100m in less than 10 seconds so would imagine he would complete 5000, in around 8 minutes :)

I WAS THINKING 9 MINS... HE'D WALK THE LAST THE 50m

Yeh I suppose he has to save some energy for the 10k

When will this finish???

Thanks

they will complete it in about 50mins ish. Does anyone know all the checkpoints?

finish approx at the full hour

Should be finished around 4pm.

so if cavendish is just an all out sprinter, whats the point of having him in the team,  and what is a sprinter in cycling terms, 100, 200m a mile out? ps people were saying that the dutch girl who won the gold on sunday was a sprinter but she took up the running miles out .

reckon this is a better test of a top cyclist though, everyone all out no messing .

Wiggins crusing it

The point of having a sprinter is stage wins which confer financial prizes in the major tours and races. Stage wins also satisfy sponsors as their name is seen everywhere.

Cancellara 30 seconds off the pace

looking good for Froome medal now as well

looks nailed on 2 medals now

4/9 was a gift

4/9 a good bet if you knew the fitness of Martin and Cancellara. I got 1.67 for Wiggins to win and topped up at 1.8 when Martin was faster through the first checkpoint but my main bet in this is a 90% fit Martin w/o Wiggo at 2.7.

yes goooooooooo Wiggo

LL Sanchez hates Wiggo and Sky. He will not be impressed by this catch at all

didnt Martin pull out of the TDF to focus on the olympics with a broken bone in his hand

hardly a fitness worry ffs

Wiggins is just quicker

well you arent 100% fit if you've got a broken bone in your hand are you ffs?

Martin had another fall in training 1 week ago too

he did it a month ago.

Well it was still bad enough for him to pull out of the road race on saturday

he seems to like pulling out of races he doesn't think he can win

go on Froome get in there

good time from Froome

enough for silver?

He wasnt there to win it he was there to work for Griepel

Don't think the gold thrones at the finish are quite Wiggo's style.

As if Phiney was ever in contention ffs he's a Prologue rider.

Wiggo has Martin in sight

Gold and bronze damn good effort

martin takes silver

GOLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD WIGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Martin and Cancellara clearly not fit, cyclists are truly the hardest athletes there are. They're ****ing nails

just spotted Waynetta Slob leading the cheering.

gotta feel for Cancellara - clearly in pain

oi oi double joy