Fab is FAB!

Wow! Grand Chapeau!

And brings out the old Jan Ullrich hands-down front end position for the win!

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Legend is the word that came to mind for me too. Perfect course and conditions for him. Chapeau.

 Great win to top off a great career

Yes, and a triple Chapeau to Kristin Armstrong for an unprecedented 3rd straight ITT Gold Medal win for the women!

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

weird hand position, on some hills he seemed to get leverage from under while on the flats looked pretty normal I am guessing that it all depends where u put your hands.

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

Daaaang! That was a ride!

Dumoulin...is a cracked wrist worth 47 seconds?
And Dennis...a bike change is surely more than the 8 seconds to get a medal... Oy!

A tight grouping for silver and bronze chasing a dominating gold seems to be a trend in these Olympics!

That was the ultimate mic drop. Peace out, peloton!

That was the ultimate mic drop. Peace out, peloton!

Indeed, nothing beats going out on top, in a discipline (ITT) that really defined his career. It was not an enormously deep field, but Fab did have to beat Froome and Dumolin for the win, two very on-form riders, who had clearly shown that great form only a week or so ago at the Tour de France,

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

He'll have fun at Cannondale next year with some buddies and this will all be forgotten. I hope..... damn, what a whuppin'.

damn, what a whuppin'.


Indeed.

Tough day for Taylor Phinney - 4th in London, 4 years ago, and very outclassed here.

But to come back after what he's been through and get back to even this level, is a massive accomplishment.

That was a career-ending crash for most.

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Not deep? Dumoulin, Froome, Panzerwagen, Phinney (fwiw), Thomas, Rohan, Kiryenka, et al.

There are no heavy hitters missing, off the top of my head. Wiggins, of course, but he's making left turns somewhere.

hed on the front, zipp on the back and hand position looks fairly normal :D

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

Not enormously deep? Who wasn't there?

I wouldnt't say ITT defined his career though. For a Tony Martin, yes, but Cancellara to me is equal TT machine and Classics specialist.

Not a good course for Phinney.

I'll predict Worlds TT now: Dumoulin wins, Phinney on podium.

obviously not a fan of bontrager wheels!
i'd really love to see a list of who swapped from and to what wheels when freed from trade team sponsors across RR and TT, might be some interesting patterns there (which some manufacturers might be quite displeased by but others would love)