SportingNonsense wrote:
Well as Hoy is the World Champion,surely all the rest are challengers to him?

And Waghlon, dont forget that the Team Pursuit is ridden in a velodrome on the track Results on the road mean nothing.

schleck93 wrote:
[quote]SportingNonsense wrote:
Well as Hoy is the World Champion,surely all the rest are challengers to him?

And Waghlon, dont forget that the Team Pursuit is ridden in a velodrome on the track Results on the road mean nothing.[/quote]

Then why is it that the australian, the british and the danish trackriders, have been teach that road training is very important by Heiko Salzwedel, which have given the respective nations massive results on the track? Road results also shows that are where they should be, and by your "theory" Cavs results in the TdF has nothing to say when it comes for him to perform on the track.

Smoothie wrote:
Im going to have to Burst your bubble a bit SN, Road and track normally have a very good connection together and both of them help each other.

For example i will use Cavendish. First of all the Acceleration. Cavendish himself says that the final kick that he gets in the final 200 m. The training for 6 days and Track endurance has given him that. The Road has given him the endurance to make it through an entire stage. Track riding has also given him a good ability to power round short TT/prolouge course. The same with Wiggins, but wiggins has also used his training with the Team pursuit to get a brillian riding style. Steve Cummings today looks very very smooth on the bike that is definatly down to the work he has put on track Riding the pursuit bike, low profile frame etc. I hope that makes sense because when it comes to long explainations i tend to lose myself

Just ask if you need more

Waghlon wrote:
Well the whole point is that the Brits think their team pursuit have a huge advangtage over the Danes just because they won in Manchester.

brun sweater wrote:
Imagine Cancellara at the tracks

It has been said that as the times for the Team Pursuit go down and the speeds become faster, endurance riders like Steven, and sprinters even, will be needed to handle that speed of the event. There is even a theory that the increase in speed of the Team Pursuit over the years since Athens was the reason why Steve Cummings for example, a Silver medallist in Athens, was unable to make the team for 2008.

But Steven Burke is also a handy Pursuiter as his bronze medal in the Individual Pursuit in Cottbus in 2007 showed. Now, he has his chance at riding that event at the Olympics where there is no pressure or expectations. It will be interesting though to see what he can do in light of the new level he is at now after training with the senior squad for almost a year now. He may not medal but then when Geraint Thomas stepped up to do a trial pursuit in Manchester recently, the odds on him doing a 4.17 before hand were pretty long indeed.

The coaches have done such a great job with these riders who knows what they are capable of and I would not be surprised to see Steven surprise a few people in the Individual effort. When the GB team have gone out and done a flying Team Pursuit effort at 3.50 (six seconds under world record) pace, Steven is in there holding his own. He’s that good!

"We did though spot Theo Bos (Holland) timing Chris's efforts the other day, which is good to see. I think we've cracked him already! Chris has done PB after PB and he hasn't even put the new suit on yet, so watch out!"