…1st at the TT at the World’s in Hamilton, Ont. This is the guy I would pick to ride the bike section at IM Kona if they allowed teams.(Paul Turget from Kenya would be my runner).
http://www.cyclingnews.com/worldsphotos03.php?id=photos/2003/worlds03/emtt/JDmillar_gbr
Dude - he blew the crap out of the competition winning by more than a minute and a half over 42km.
He’s always been a top-notch TT’er
"he blew the crap out of the competition "
Millar is quite consistant on the TT. He had excellent results at the TDF this year.
And at the Vuelta
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Anyone know what kind of bike he was riding? From the few pictures I’ve seen it’s been tough to pick out.
It wasn’t “off the shelf”. It is the road version of the carbon pursuit bike built by the British Cycling Federation.
http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/story.jsp?story=451754
From that article:
“A new £15,000 carbon bike, sponsored by the British Cycling Federation and specially designed for his time trial, had given him extra motivation.”
Ouch what a price tag
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Millar is a great TT guy, but come on. I would pick him at least 4th after Lance, Ulrich, and Botero. By the way, I question his heart after he quit on the Angliru at last year’s Vuelta.
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“I would pick him at least 4th after…”
As an over all cyclist I agree, but I picked him for an IM “dream team” because of his TT abilities. I went with Paul Turget for the run, but any one of a half dozen fellow Kenyans would also do the job. There is a lot of cycling talent to chose from. I’m sure anyone of those guys mentioned and several others would have no trouble breaking four hours for the bike at Kona.