"On paper" - which paper is this please?
Why do you think "going full gas for 40km - see chase in Bermuda - or indeed St George last year and just now in Boulder, means "she isn't used to going full gas"? She averaged 43kph on a road bike with clip-ons at the 2021 Collins Cup and is now obv a lot better than she was there (Aug 2021).
Listen to the ProTriNews interview - her set up on her TT bike is either UCI legal or very close to it. Who would have even thought of that as an issue? ;)
As others have offered for national TT champs:
Findlay ITT, Norden ITT, Matthews 100mile, and go and look at Thürig's record for TT as well as tri (spoiler multiple ITT world champ), Spirig was second in SUI ITT in 2018.
Start list has not yet been published but Knibb has been assured of a place (field limited to 35) . Here's last year's result (Leah Thomas ftw, only 23km (why not the same length as the men?)) https://www.procyclingstats.com/...s-we-itt/2022/result ITT won in 46kph both in 2021 and 2022.
Knibb'll be cycling/racing for Lidl-Trek next month.

The Olympics are for athletes, not fitness influencers.

According to Jack Jelly from HTT she will dominate the world of cycling; ITT and Grand Tours.
I don’t agree with the GT prediction, but I think she’ll do great in the ITT. Very excited for her.

The USA ITT is on Thursday morning and she then has to hop it to Montreal in time for the 6pm race brief (miss it and that'll be a 10 sec penalty taken in T1).
https://s3.amazonaws.com/...ro-Road-Schedule.pdf

According to Jack Jelly from HTT she will dominate the world of cycling; ITT and Grand Tours.

I don’t agree with the GT prediction, but I think she’ll do great in the ITT. Very excited for her.

Paula Findlay won the Canadian TT National Title last year. And she's coming back to defend it this year. She's talked about going to the Olympics to race the TT, but I don't know what exactly the qualifying looks like for that.

Athletes will be nominated in the following order of priority until Canada’s quota has been filled:
Individual Time Trial:
1. Best performance in the Elite Individual Time Trial at the 2023 Road World Championships, or equivalent result*.
2. Additional starters, if applicable, or alternates may be named at the discretion of the Nomination Panel considering Section C, Clause 3.


3. OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN NOMINATION In addition to the Specific Nomination Criteria, nomination may take into consideration any one or more of the following additional factors, in no particular order:
• Past Individual performances and/or results in international competition;
• The rider’s potential to contribute to future World Championship, Olympic or Paralympic performances;
• The rider’s technical ability;
• The rider's tactical ability;
• The rider’s physical ability / fitness;
• The rider’s suitability for the course / venue / environmental conditions of the event;
• The rider’s attitude, composure and behavior in high-pressure competitive environments;
• The results of any of the rider’s sport science tests conducted by CC, including biomechanical and physiological;
• The rider’s consistency and reliability in competition;
• The ability of the rider to contribute to a team result;
• The rider’s attendance, performance, attitude and conduct in training whilst a member of national team program (DTE, training camp or competition);
• The rider’s level of communication with CC, including sharing training programs and reports with the relevant National Coach.

Why is it in 2023 that the women and men still race different distances in bike racing? Doesn't this seem a bit archaic? Why isn't it a 40k for all?

I'm happy to be proven wrong but I also don't see it. the Dutch alone could field a dozen girls that outride her at the moment. if she's just doing TT stuff that could be a good shout. but I'm thinking of famously strong tri cyclists (Andrew johns, Spencer smith) who moved over to cycling and had middling success.

I'll happily be wrong, and wish her the best, but I don't think she has the power to keep up with Chloe or Leah if they're motivated. Even Chloe at far less than 100% will be tough to beat...if she's motivated. Certainly Taylor's aerodynamic setup is not on par with either of them. Unless something has changed, there's a lot of work to be done there.

I note you cover your bets by being "happy if I'm wrong" but.
Have you any basis (quantative) to "think" that Dygert's and Thomas' (motivated) power is greater than Knibb's? Assume this is really just a 'guess' or 'hunch'.
Will be great to see on Thursday.

I note you cover your bets by being "happy if I'm wrong" but.
Have you any basis (quantative) to "think" that Dygert's and Thomas' (motivated) power is greater than Knibb's? Assume this is really just a 'guess' or 'hunch'.
Will be great to see on Thursday.

How technical is the USA ITT ?

More technical than 95% of USA triathlons, with a steeper climb and one major descent into a turn, plus 3 hairpins, all done twice by the women. (2 climb/descents, 6 hairpins) But not that technical. The descent into a turn can be done in aero position, but a lot of folks will come out of aero momentarily and many will scrub some speed with a quick brake.

What is that, about a 3 hour flight or so? That would be cutting it super close depending on the flights available. Do they ever give dispensations to athletes for this sort of thing, persona reasons, etc? Or is it black and white, miss it and you are screwed?

She needs that jet of Ryf's to be on stand by, really hope she can do the double without any hiccups..I know you can get those private charters, just need a sponsor to pick up the tab..

Dygert isn't racing?

Steady rain on-course..