Elite Men's TT World Championship (Spoiler Alert)

[retrofit]

World champs Wednesday morning -- the 46.4k course (http://www.copenhagen2011.dk/index.php?p=menu/side.php&menu=20&side=64) appears to be very flat.

Any predictions of who will take it? Cancellara, Martin, or Millar? Or perhaps a favorite dark horse?

Live brodcast (http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-6.php) via Steephill.tv

[jlyon]

Definitely Cancellara.

[bobswire]

Martin
Cance
Phinney
In that order.

[retrofit]

link for live coverage (http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-6.php) in English.

[Dave Wages]

Thanks for the link!

[Uncle Jam's Army]

Martin caught David Millar and Ignatiev. Cancellara will have to come up with something special in the second half to win this.

[DRietz]

At least he podium-ed.

[retrofit]

Wow, Martin just killed it. Spain all over again.

[fiamme red]

Jack Bauer finished 19th.

[JMerring]

Wow, Martin just killed it. Spain all over again.

you mean the vuelta or special beef? as i was watching him, i couldn't banish from my mind thoughts of special beef.

[retrofit]

LOL. Vuelta, of course! :)

[bobswire]

Big surprise, Wiggins after losing mass to climb the Vuelta, Big disappointment Phinney after decent performance at Vuelta. Martin has already established himself this year no surprise.

[Elefantino]

I still think Martin is going to turn into a good if not great all-arounder, GC-type guy. Maybe next year with QS.

[eisoh]

cancellara gets dethroned :(. kind of sad about it

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/09/news/cancellara-takes-defeat-with-humility-says-he-has-contract-with-leopard_193096

[gasman]

I still think Martin is going to turn into a good if not great all-arounder, GC-type guy. Maybe next year with QS.

Agreed- he seems to have the motor and the head to win.

[tiretrax]

Expect to see a lot of Martin on the top step in the future, especially since Fabian seems to need get back the mental edge.

[Monthly Payment]

I thought this little nugget from Velonews was interesting.

The U.S. team was hoping that one of the young pair could sneak into the top-10 among nation finishers to assure the Americans two starting positions in next year’s Olympic Games time trial competition.

The top-10 nations in Wednesday’s time trial will be awarded a second starting slot for London.

Phinney’s 15th just fell short of finishing within the top-10 countries, however. Svein Tuft of Canada, 13th at 18 seconds faster than Phinney, captured the 10th-best nation-ranked result on the day.

Bummer to see Levi or Vande Velde couldn't do it along with Phinney to better the odds of a 2nd starting slot for the Olympics TT.

[LegendRider]

Excel Sports "tweeted" that Tony Martin won on clinchers. I recall he used a front clincher for the final TT in the Tour. Interesting - I wonder if we'll see more of that on flat courses.

[Ferrous (Fe)]

Don't get me wrong, I think Cancellara is an epic rider, but I am glad to see Martin get it done today in the TT.

[BillG]

Spartacus is a 0 on the UCI doping suspicion list. Martin is a 7.

[climbgdh]

I was rooting for Spartacus but his 4 WC TT wins is incredible. I expect this loss will only motivate him more next year. With that being said Martin deserved the win today. Cancellara was gracious in defeat.

[JMerring]

Spartacus is a 0 on the UCI doping suspicion list. Martin is a 7.

Why do you say this? On a scale of 0-7, I'd put them both at around 10 (or fabian needs bjarne more than he thought).

[oldpotatoe]

World champs Wednesday morning -- the 46.4k course (http://www.copenhagen2011.dk/index.php?p=menu/side.php&menu=20&side=64) appears to be very flat.

Any predictions of who will take it? Cancellara, Martin, or Millar? Or perhaps a favorite dark horse?

Live brodcast (http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-6.php) via Steephill.tv


OK, I'm lazy..is the Men's road race televised? VS or Universal??

[JMerring]

OK, I'm lazy..is the Men's road race televised? VS or Universal??

tape delayed on universal. for free and live on the interwebs (see steephill.tv for your options).

[BillG]

Why do you say this? On a scale of 0-7, I'd put them both at around 10 (or fabian needs bjarne more than he thought).

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8426/Doping-UCI-Index-of-Suspicion-leaked-from-2010-Tour-de-France.aspx