It seems quite likley that AB will obliterate that field, or am I wrong? Giardini could hang well on for the swim and bike, but struggle on the run? Perhaps also Manuel Kung? I dont see anyone matching AB once they start running - and perhaps AB will (intentionally) take this one a bit easy before St. George next weekend?
So tomorrow Alistair Brownlee makes his debut on the 70.3 distance? Start list shows a pretty thin field (or I could be wrong, but not many pros I am familiar with)? http://challengegrancanaria.com/...stration/start-list/
It seems quite likley that AB will obliterate that field, or am I wrong? Giardini could hang well on for the swim and bike, but struggle on the run? Perhaps also Manuel Kung? I dont see anyone matching AB once they start running - and perhaps AB will (intentionally) take this one a bit easy before St. George next weekend?
Is the prince of Bahrain really racing pro? Will he still be allowed the armored SUV with guards and submachine guns to drive next to him on the course like he did on Florida?
Boardman are sponsoring a cycling team for the first time this year - One Pro Cycling. Presumably that didn’t leave any spare cash for Skipper, Gossage and now the Bs.
Ali and Jonny did say that post London 2012 lots of manufacturers offered them huge deals but they wanted to stay with Boardman as he’d been there with them since the start. Boardman have tended towards Brits inevitably, they sponsored Nicole Cooke when she won Beijing Road Race 2008 for example.
Obviously as they are moving towards the mid point of their careers, they’ve decided they’d like a bit of a payrise. Can’t blame them.
The weather forecast for tomorrow looks like a comfortable one with ~18C at the start and only 21C for the high. That along with partly cloudy skies should make for pretty ideal race conditions. I’m excited to see what sort of run split Alistair puts up.
He will probably win by 5-10 mins looking at the field. True test will come at St George
Ladies field looks much deeper, at least i recognize the names on the list, Ryf, Gossage, Abraham,
He will probably win by 5-10 mins looking at the field. True test will come at St George
Ladies field looks much deeper, at least i recognize the names on the list, Ryf, Gossage, Abraham,
Yea I think so too (though win-margin of 5 min or smth, thats still huge on the pro levle. I would also suspetc he doesn’t go to deep on the run today, if he doesnt have to. As I noted above I think Giardini could hang on until T2 (atleast he’s had some amazing swim/bike splits in the past!)
