Geraint Thomas sets fastest Pursuit time...

Geraint Thomas, who didn't do too much on the road this year because of injury, blasted Manchester today for a 4'15'015. That is the fastest time since Boardman and the fastest time since the superman-ban. Be a shame if they cut it out of the olympics now.

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Yup, I'm stuck in the house ill watching it.

He’s just beaten Dominique Cornu pretty convincingly in the final, though since he caught Cornu he didn’t record a time. Pleased for G, he’s a good lad & I’ll be curious to see what Sky have him do on the road next year.

by civetta on Oct 30, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ha

He’s just been interviewed & said that he “forgot” that he didn’t have to sit up once he caught Cornu… he didn’t know whether or not he’d have done a better time though.

by civetta on Oct 30, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was a second up on his qualifying time

Really should have finished that off

by William H on Oct 30, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep except that

he did have go up the banking to get round Cornu, which meant at that point he didn’t have the best line, so I’m not sure in the end whether he would’ve bettered his time or not. He said that he forgot he could keep going because in team pursuit you always sit up when you catch the other team, but maybe he just wanted to win, I don’t know.

by civetta on Oct 30, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice...

I might be able to get a feed for the weekend since it is on BBC.

Hopefully Thomas can fufill some of his promise on the road. I’ll be rooting for him.

by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 30, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He looked in storming form at the Tour of Britain...such a shame he was robbed of most of his season!

"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.

by Albertina on Oct 30, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Sky don't need Wiggins?

On the train to watch the rest of the World Cup as I type – hopefully some more action to match this

by thebongolian on Oct 31, 2009 4:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no pressure, like... ;-)

Enjoy!

by civetta on Oct 31, 2009 6:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ooo you lucky boy!

by Albertina on Oct 31, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

will do a trip report once i've sorted through my pics

by thebongolian on Nov 1, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Video from the BBC site

Thomas’s pursuit win is the first video, scroll down for the end of the points race, the keirin final, and the women’s sprint final (no vid regretably for the scratch and the kilo – presumably as brits didn’t win them)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8334463.stm

Also BBC have a (rare) video interview with Steve Peters (GB cycling psych man) that’s well worth a look. Interesting to see if he can work his magic on Flecha, T Lovkvist and others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tomfordyce/2009/10/the_man_behind_the_medals.html

by andrewp on Oct 31, 2009 4:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs