"Poor" David Millar

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

Has everyone finished?

Nick Burns said:

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

Has everyone finished?

Yup.

They started at 90 second intervals and Millar not only caught his 90-second man (Nozal, and that
must've been sweet -- Millar didn't even turn his head to look) but also his 3 minute man (Gontchar,
who wears the rainbow stripes, too).

Michael Rogers was very impressive.

IGG fell on the final descent and had to abandon.

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

Has everyone finished?

Yup.

They started at 90 second intervals and Millar not only caught his 90-second man (Nozal, and that
must've been sweet -- Millar didn't even turn his head to look) but also his 3 minute man
(Gontchar, who wears the rainbow stripes, too).

Wow. That is impressive.

Thanks.

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Michael Rogers was very impressive.

IGG fell on the final descent and had to abandon.

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Nick Burns said:

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

Has everyone finished?

Yup.

They started at 90 second intervals and Millar not only caught his 90-second man (Nozal, and that
must've been sweet -- Millar didn't even turn his head to look) but also his 3 minute man
(Gontchar, who wears the rainbow stripes, too).

Michael Rogers was very impressive.

IGG fell on the final descent and had to abandon.

Sorry, should have been "nearly" a minute and a half.

1 David Millar (Great Britain) 51.17.3 2 Michael Rogers (Australia) 1.25.1 3 Uwe Peschel
(Germany) 1.25.6 4 Michael Rich (Germany) 1.35.7 5 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spain) 1.39.5 6 Dario Frigo
(Italy) 1.51.5

Regards! Stephen

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

It just hit me, this is his first World's title, isn't it? After competing as a favorite for so
many years...

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IGG fell on the final descent and had to abandon.

Sorry, should have been "nearly" a minute and a half.

1 David Millar (Great Britain) 51.17.3 2 Michael Rogers (Australia) 1.25.1 3 Uwe Peschel
(Germany) 1.25.6 4 Michael Rich (Germany) 1.35.7 5 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spain) 1.39.5 6 Dario Frigo
(Italy) 1.51.5

Great job by Rogers and Nozal too (though we knew his form was good, still).

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

Also noticed his Nike skinsuit, it looks like the same technology used by USPS at this year's Tour.

Was it this year or last that he had Glandular Fever (Mono))?

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

Nick Burns said:

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

It just hit me, this is his first World's title, isn't it? After competing as a favorite for so
many years...

In light of some past posts on buying a new bike, this was interesting:

From sport.independent.co.ukstory.jspOpen ↗

"A new £15,000 carbon bike, sponsored by the British Cycling Federation and specially designed for
his time trial, had given him extra motivation."

Shayne Wissler

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"A new £15,000 carbon bike, sponsored by the British Cycling Federation and specially designed for
his time trial, had given him extra motivation."

Shayne Wissler

Its good to see the BCF adheres to the same prudent funding/accounting standards as the USCF 😉

Dude would have won it on a Huffy.

- Boyd S.

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"A new £15,000 carbon bike, sponsored by the British Cycling Federation and specially designed
for his time trial, had given him extra motivation."

Shayne Wissler

Its good to see the BCF adheres to the same prudent funding/accounting standards as the USCF 😉

Dude would have won it on a Huffy.

Why not just go all the way and claim that he'd have won it on a Big Wheel?

Shayne Wissler

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Was it this year or last that he had Glandular Fever (Mono))?

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

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cyclingnews.comjan20news.phpOpen ↗

Last year.

Reminds me of the comment back in the late 70s that Merckx could have won his Tours on a bike built
with stovepipes.

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Boyd Speerschneider said:

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"A new £15,000 carbon bike, sponsored by the British Cycling Federation and specially designed
for his time trial, had given him extra motivation."

Shayne Wissler

Its good to see the BCF adheres to the same prudent funding/accounting standards as the USCF 😉

Dude would have won it on a Huffy.

Why not just go all the way and claim that he'd have won it on a Big

Wheel?

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Shayne Wissler

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

I feel like I was in the next room over when my baby took his first step... damn it, OLN, why?

-Sonarrat.

Yeah, what a ride for the new "world champion." He beat everyone in the world except the best time
trialers in the world (Ullrich, Armstrong, Hamilton, Vinokourov).

I told you - the rainbow jersey is a joke because it's held in October and the top pros boycott the
damn race every year. The only thing

Take care,

Racer X

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World Champ. Over a minute and a half up. That was some ride.

Regards! Stephen

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Yeah, what a ride for the new "world champion." He beat everyone in the world except the best time
trialers in the world (Ullrich,

Yes

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Armstrong,

Yes

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Hamilton,

Yes

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Vinokourov).

...No.

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I told you - the rainbow jersey is a joke because it's held in October and the top pros boycott
the damn race every year. The only thing

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Take care,

Racer X

You don't think it's a testament to Millar's strength that he can still compete in October, after a
full season replete with victories? He started as early as Armstrong and earlier than Ullrich and
still kept his form up until WC time.

-Sonarrat.

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Yeah, what a ride for the new "world champion." He beat everyone in the world except the best time
trialers in the world (Ullrich, Armstrong, Hamilton, Vinokourov).

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Dumbass -

He beat all those guys in the last TT of the TdF.

A racer can only beat whomever shows up. Give him a break.

BTW, I've been a critic of Crash/Quitter Millar in the past. But credit's due here.

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Yeah, what a ride for the new "world champion." He beat everyone in the world except the best time
trialers in the world (Ullrich, Armstrong, Hamilton, Vinokourov).

I told you - the rainbow jersey is a joke because it's held in October and the top pros boycott
the damn race every year. The only thing

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Take care,

Racer X

Yeah, what a joke to have a nobody time trialist like Millar win the World's! He could never beat
Armstrong, Ullrich or Hamilton!

PS - Has anyone else noticed that the majority of ITT World's gold medalists have also won TDF ITTs?

Boardman, Ullrich, Botero, Millar...who else?

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Yeah, what a ride for the new "world champion." He beat everyone in the world except the best
time trialers in the world (Ullrich, Armstrong, Hamilton, Vinokourov).

I told you - the rainbow jersey is a joke because it's held in October and the top pros boycott
the damn race every year. The only thing

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Take care,

Racer X

Yeah, what a joke to have a nobody time trialist like Millar win the World's! He could never beat
Armstrong, Ullrich or Hamilton!

PS - Has anyone else noticed that the majority of ITT World's gold

medalists

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have also won TDF ITTs?

Boardman, Ullrich, Botero, Millar...who else?

Indurain (Olympics TT)