Cycling World Champs Time Trial

Haven't had a close look at this, but T. Martin has been
targeting it for a while, and as an evolving rider I'd
expect him to give it a fair shake, and on that basis
had a bet on him.

Cheers,
SP

Haven't had a close look at this, but T. Martin has been
targeting it for a while

Dont you think Cancellara might have considered this as a target??

Well I don't know, has he? If he has considered
it, he hasn't been very vocal about his
"consideration". One thing to consider it, and
another thing entirely different to actually
come out in the media and be vocal about what
then becomes more than a consideration, a real
and direct target.

Don't think Cancellara will get the job, done.
I think it's T. Martin's race, comfortably.

Cheers,
SP

Why would he need to be vocal?
If you think this hasnt been a target for Cancellara your watching the wrong sport.
That doesnt mean to say he will beat Martin but im sure as soon as "Spartacus" knew the course he would have marked that down as his target for the year.
Will be close run but I think his raw power on this coure will see him thro.

I would suggest he would need to be vocal
to make his intentions clear, taking them
from considertaion to assertion, from the
backroom to the front yard. In any case, I
don't like to operate in such hypotheticals.
Anyone who is getting enthused about the
chances of a rider in bicycle race on no
evidence other than a hypothesis that he may
have considered the race as a target, doesn't
just need to start betting on a different
sport, they need to stop betting. Otherwise
the house is at risk of going. Ha-ha!

Cheers,
SP

Bert Grabsch @27-1 is a good rough
chance, btw. SP.

Tuft fastest on the road, catching riders
as the rain begins to fall and only now his
price is gobbled-up from 59-1 to 19-1.

Cheers,
SP

That rain was just on the helicopter's
camera, no sign of rain on the course
as the young Brajkovic gets underway.

Cheers,
SP

Grabsch looks like a track rider,
hugely massively thighs, looks a
bulging beast on his bike. SP.

Tuft faded for 3rd. SP.

Millar goes, Dyachenko still the fastest,
Porte and Grabsch need to find something.
SP.

T. Martin goes, Cancallera looks
very nervous at the start. SP.

Bobridge. Aussie. Doing well. SP.

Grabsch goes faster than Bobridge after
one lap, he is now 1st. SP.

Loving this GPS TIME COMPARISON feature,
trust the Danes to get things done properly,
although I'm sure the UCI people had some say
in this high level of professionalism.
SP.

Grabsch beats Bobridge on the line,
they finish 1. 2. Bobridge is a young
track rider, haven't heard about
him before, but the kid is good.
SP.

Wiggins beats Grabsch. Great ride.
SP.

Cancellara fading to sixth on the road.
SP.

Cancellara, awkward corner, would have
lost more time there. The Danes doing
the cycling world proud though. Plenty of
spectators on the course, people riding
their bikes on cycleway beside a stretch
of the course. Great atmosphere!
SP.

Cancellara is going to be out of a medal
here if he doesn't get a move on. SP.

T. Martin has won this. Cancellara into
a barrier when struggling. SP.

Cancellara finishes in bronze, great ride
by Wiggins for silver. T. Martin obliterated
the opposition passing Millar on the course
who is no slouch in the time-trial.
What a great ride by T. Martin, humble in
the interview and all.

Bad luck, geoff m.

Cheers,
SP

I can't see any "bounce back" for
Cancellara now, he won't win
another time-trial in his career,
I don't think. Not with the amount
of talent out there, and T. Martin
in the same race.

Cheers,
SP

I knew Martin would smash this but alas didn't have the funds on here to get involved :( What prices were Cancellara and Martin available at?

Good ride by Wiggins though. Wouldn't have had him second after the Vuelta.

Millar came out prior to the race with a big wrap on Wiggins so I wasn't that surprised myself,
but definitely a top ride coming so soon to the conclusion of the Vuelta as you say. Just before
the start Cancellara was about 2.40+ and Martin was 2.10- I got matched @ 2.20 although he was
over 2.50 at one stage just after the market was put up. After the first time-check Martin
became 1.60 and then followed the 1.01 train to the Copenhagen finish, whilst Cancellara's
price was going the other way. It seemed like Cancellara was friendless in the market prior to
the race start so I was surprised by geoff m's comment about "bounce back" and what not.
Like I thought after he won the ITT in the Vuelta, he was never going to be 3.50 here and wasn't.

Bad luck about the funds issue, BlockingBug mate.

Cheers,
SP