Olympic TT picks

1. Ullrich
2. Rich
3. Gonzales de Galdeano

in article [email hidden], Donald Munro at
[email hidden] wrote on 8/16/04 3:25 AM:

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The profile gives the impression it might suit the strong riders
(http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=stages/road_tt), and
there could be quite a bit of wind along the shore.

Ullrich or Rogers spring to mind as favorites but what about
Voigt or even Botero (after finishing with the leading bunch in the RR
possibly indicating some return to form) as dark horses (after all
dark horses must have a good chance if they have access to equine growth
hormone).

I have another idea: Serhiy Honchar, who also finished in the lead group.

-Sonarrat.

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in article [email hidden], Donald Munro at
[email hidden] wrote on 8/16/04 3:25 AM:

Quoted message said:

The profile gives the impression it might suit the strong riders
(http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=stages/road_tt),

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

there could be quite a bit of wind along the shore.

Ullrich or Rogers spring to mind as favorites but what about
Voigt or even Botero (after finishing with the leading bunch in the RR
possibly indicating some return to form) as dark horses (after all
dark horses must have a good chance if they have access to equine growth
hormone).

I have another idea: Serhiy Honchar, who also finished in the lead group.

-Sonarrat.

My picks were about the same, but also keep in mind Cancellara, rogers or
Moreau.

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in article [email hidden], Donald Munro at
[email hidden] wrote on 8/16/04 3:25 AM:

Quoted message said:

The profile gives the impression it might suit the strong riders
(http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=stages/road_tt),

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

there could be quite a bit of wind along the shore.

Ullrich or Rogers spring to mind as favorites but what about
Voigt or even Botero (after finishing with the leading bunch in the RR
possibly indicating some return to form) as dark horses (after all
dark horses must have a good chance if they have access to equine growth
hormone).

I have another idea: Serhiy Honchar, who also finished in the lead group.

-Sonarrat.

My picks were about the same, but also keep in mind Cancellara, rogers or
Moreau.

Why not just pick the whole field?

Candyass.

-RJ

1. Jan Ullrich
2. J.I.Gutierrez
3. M. Rich

BTW: Does anybody know exactly how the starting times have been assigned? I
checked the UCI pages but I could not find it.

It seems that it correlates to the UCI ranking, but... Does it not introduce
an element of seeding in the competition that normally favours the last ones
(barring weather variations)?

"Donald Munro" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

The profile gives the impression it might suit the strong riders
(http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=stages/road_tt), and
there could be quite a bit of wind along the shore.

Ullrich or Rogers spring to mind as favorites but what about
Voigt or even Botero (after finishing with the leading bunch in the RR
possibly indicating some return to form) as dark horses (after all
dark horses must have a good chance if they have access to equine growth
hormone).

Michael Rogers - the reigning world champion of the ITT!