With just minutes to go before the start of the women's time trial in the Commonwealth Games, red hot favourite Sarah Ulmer has pulled out, citing back problems.
At a pre-race press conference, a clearly upset Ulmer said, "This is what we train for and to not be able to race is gutting. But that's sport; you have extreme highs and lows."
Being forced to dropout of the time trial was dounbly disappointing for Ulmer because she has recently had excellent form. "I had a really good race in New Zealand," she said, referrring to her dominating victory in the Wellington women's World Cup on March 5.
Ulmer said she still hopes to be able to ride Sunday's road race, "and I'm very angry [about missing the time trial] so look out!"
One can but hope ... The kiwi female squad was at Glenvale on Sunday .... not bad wheels to follow (but they don't ride friendly lines through corners ... expect the RR to have some .. clashes ..)
Ok, who won the girls? Kathy Watt? Nothing on CN yet and they'll be finished very very soon ....
1. Oenone Wood 2 Kathy Watt 3. Sarah Carrigan
Time checks :
Oenone's time was 37.40.87 for 21km. ~36km/h. Is it very windy today? Wind speed/gust 5/13km/h (av/gust) at Mentone, due easterly (crosswind). 36km/h seems pretty slow for 21km on a flat, fast course?
Ok, who won the girls? Kathy Watt? Nothing on CN yet and they'll be finished very very soon ....
1. Oenone Wood 2 Kathy Watt 3. Sarah Carrigan
Time checks :
Oenone's time was 37.40.87 for 21km. ~36km/h. Is it very windy today? Wind speed/gust 5/13km/h (av/gust) at Mentone, due easterly (crosswind). 36km/h seems pretty slow for 21km on a flat, fast course?
The girl who came last, from Malta, 45:59, that's ~27km/h. Was she on a hybrid?! That's sub E1 recovery pace.
Ok, who won the girls? Kathy Watt? Nothing on CN yet and they'll be finished very very soon ....
1. Oenone Wood 2 Kathy Watt 3. Sarah Carrigan
Time checks :
Oenone's time was 37.40.87 for 21km. ~36km/h. Is it very windy today? Wind speed/gust 5/13km/h (av/gust) at Mentone, due easterly (crosswind). 36km/h seems pretty slow for 21km on a flat, fast course?[/QUOTE] 29 km course
45.869 kmh
carrigan was flying but started slowing around Brighton. Carrigan and Wood were 0.91 sec different at turnaround, with Watt 20 sec behind. Channel nine bozzo had to bring up Amy Gillet in post race interview and brought Oenone to tears.
Bleve Wrote: > warrwych wrote: > > [chomp] > > Ok, who won the girls? Kathy Watt? Nothing on CN yet and they'll be > finished very very soon ....
1. Oenone Wood 2 Kathy Watt 3. Sarah Carrigan
Time checks :
Oenone's time was 37.40.87 for 21km. ~36km/h. Is it very windy today? Wind speed/gust 5/13km/h (av/gust) at Mentone, due easterly (crosswind). 36km/h seems pretty slow for 21km on a flat, fast course?
The girl who came last, from Malta, 45:59, that's ~27km/h. Was she on a hybrid?! That's sub E1 recovery pace.
Ok, who won the girls? Kathy Watt? Nothing on CN yet and they'll be finished very very soon ....
1. Oenone Wood 2 Kathy Watt 3. Sarah Carrigan
Time checks :
Oenone's time was 37.40.87 for 21km. ~36km/h. Is it very windy today? Wind speed/gust 5/13km/h (av/gust) at Mentone, due easterly (crosswind). 36km/h seems pretty slow for 21km on a flat, fast course?
The girl who came last, from Malta, 45:59, that's ~27km/h. Was she on a hybrid?! That's sub E1 recovery pace.
Mea Culpa. I've posted approx speeds in another thread with 29km as the right distance... I thought it didn't pass a sanity check 🙂[/QUOTE] Maybe you can make up for it by providing some free training to the young Maltese girl 😄
she might not be super fast, but she average almost 38km/h.
When Wood passed, the 10km/h difference was noticable.
Stephanie Magri has been racing locally in Melb for last few months (C grade). The women's comp in Malta is very limited (ie non-existent), the men's is not much stronger, so she has done a bloody good job considering where she has come from. She has worked hard training & racing here in Melb over the last few months. All credit to her. She was there competing - we weren't.
One can but hope ... The kiwi female squad was at Glenvale on Sunday .... not bad wheels to follow (but they don't ride friendly lines through corners ... expect the RR to have some .. clashes ..)[/QUOTE]I don't race and never have, so I write from a genuine point of ignorance. Can you expand on what make a line frinedly, or otherwise please Carl.
I was commenting at the time that some of the spectators (probably more than some) had better bikes than the competitors, several of them on bikes without any kind of aero bar.
