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Hello and welcome to the World Championships, the elite have | :00:49. | :00:56. | |
gathered here to tackle the Cowberg Hill. While we are talking about | :00:56. | :01:04. | |
landmark, now is as good a time as any to reflect on what's been an | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
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COMMENTATOR: Cavendish wears green. It's a piece of British cycling | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
history. Cavendish has won the world title | :01:28. | :01:35. | |
for Great Britain. It's a sensational ride by Bradley Wiggins. | :01:35. | :01:42. | |
Wig begins is the winner of the greatest bicycle race in the world. | :01:42. | :01:48. | |
Bradley Wiggins is the Olympic champion! | :01:48. | :01:55. | |
The historic time of valingnberg sits at the foot of the Cowberg and | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
offers a great backdrop to to these worlds. Here are the people | :01:59. | :02:09. | |
whizzing past it to foost to look. Cavendish and co De fending their | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
titles. Highlights tomorrow as the elite women take to the roads. | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
Olympic champion Marian Voss the favourite in front of her adoring | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
public. That race you can see live now on the red button. It's about | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
the Time Trials. Emma Pooley looking to retain her title. | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
Bradley Wiggins is focusing his efforts on the road race. Watch out | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
for the silver medallist from London Tony Martin who won this | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
Championship last year. Returning to the World Championship | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
this is year an old event with a new twist, a team time trial. For | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
trade teams, not national organisations. Riders racing in the | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
colours are the Tour de France, for example. The first race of the week | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
was the women's event with Emma Pooley and Sharon Laws of grun | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
hoping to finish on a high before their trade team falls at the end | :03:06. | :03:16. | |
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of the season. Orica led by Drink to the line and | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
they're going strongly. 22 seconds sliced off the original leader's | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
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time. 21.6 kilometre mark Orica - Ais, quicker becoming the leaders. | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
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Here comes the challenge from Specialized. Orica -Ais, they're | :03:52. | :04:00. | |
fast er. Emma Pooley is on the front here of the AA Drink team | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
squad. As we come back to Team Specialized. They have been setting | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
the road alight through the whole of this test and this is the | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
arrival at the finish for AA Drink, the team that contains Emma Pooley | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
and shash Ron Laws from Great Britain -- Sharon Laws from Great | :04:20. | :04:29. | |
Britain and Rusvelo are the leaders. Two more teams to come in. Half a | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
minute sliced off the time of Rusvelo. Finishing effort here then | :04:35. | :04:45. | |
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for the Australian team of Orica - Ais. They'll push AA Drink into | :04:45. | :04:53. | |
second position. Over a minute and a half faster than their opponents, | :04:53. | :05:03. | |
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very impressive. 300 metres left for Team Specialized. Orica- Ais. | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
The German professional team coming to the line. Top podium position | :05:10. | :05:20. | |
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for Team Specialized. It was a very, very polished performance. The | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
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Must mean a lot to win in the trade colours knowing it's coming to an | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
end sadly Yes, we wanted to show something as a team that we can do | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
a really good result and it's a bit sad that the team's coming to an | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
end, but we made a point so that's good. What does this tell us about | :05:51. | :05:59. | |
your form? Not much. It's a team thing isn't it - I felt rubbish. | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
Emma was absolutely amazing. She was so strong today that we | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
definitely would not have been anywhere close without Emma on the | :06:07. | :06:15. | |
front. In the men's race, Team Skye went out. They were on the back | :06:15. | :06:24. | |
foot losing Thomas to a mechanical and another team-mate to fatigue. | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
BMC Racing Team squad. Young Finney, what a future he has ahead of him. | :06:30. | :06:37. | |
Coming back to the leaders. Silky smooth style slicing into the air, | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
no movement of the shoulders at all. 44 seconds faster than Rabobank. | :06:43. | :06:50. | |
You are looking at a well polished drilled outfit. That's the team of | :06:50. | :06:57. | |
Omega Quick Step. This is the 38 kilometre split for BMC. They won't | :06:57. | :07:04. | |
beat Omega Quick Step, but they'll go second definitely. 8 seconds off | :07:04. | :07:14. | |
the pace. There is a time I didn't expect to see. I thought Orica | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
Greenedge would have been the quickest. Doesn't look as though it | :07:17. | :07:25. | |
will happen for them today. This is the split time for Sky at | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
38 kilometres and they're well shy of the time of the leaders, Omega | :07:31. | :07:41. | |
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Quick Step. 12th place for Sky. Omega Quick Step climbing the | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
Cowberg. This is the final climb and all still together. Remember, | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
they have been setting the markers all the way and the crowd realise | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
they're looking at the possible winners here then of this first | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
ever team time trial for trade teams at the World Championship. I | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
must admit, they look good. The Belgian team and the American team | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
racing and they've both really been the squads of the match. | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
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This is the finishing effort Omega are going to take their time apart. | :08:27. | :08:34. | |
Here they go. Their new leaders. What is it going to finish at? It's | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
a stormer of a ride there by omega Quick Step. Here comes the line. | :08:38. | :08:48. | |
Have a look at the clock. One minute and four seconds faster. 50 | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
kilometres per four. Omega Quick Step are the new leaders and I'll | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
tell you what, it's going to take a mighty effort for anybody to beat | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
that. The team they are we are looking at here now could be their | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
new challengers, the BMC American outfit team. The fourth man is in | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
trouble. He'll have to grit his teeth. That is Taylor Finney | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
actually. It's the 22-year-old American becoming detached. Time | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
will be taken on him so the other three need to look back, wait and | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
regroup because if he falls away, then of course he's got to make his | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
way all the way to the line without any help from the other riders, so | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
they need to wait forte lor Finney. I think they've realised -- Taylor | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
Finney. It's quite a long run from the summit to the finish here. Tom | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
puts his thumb up and says "this is ours". | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
Well, I don't believe it. BMC racing. Are they going to topple | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
omega Quick Step even despite the problem when they had to wait forte | :09:56. | :10:04. | |
lor Finney ant final climb. BMC racing -- Taylor Finney. The final | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
metres of the contest. So close, they are getting near tore the | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
line! It's 15 seconds separating them now. Is it going to be the top | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
podium position for BMC racing, the American professional team, or are | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
the Belgian team of Omega Quick Step going to take it? The line is | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
nearer, it's going to be so close. Just slipped away from them. Three | :10:28. | :10:35. | |
seconds only! Omega Quick Step are still in the lead and BMC Racing go | :10:35. | :10:45. | |
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second with Liquigascannondale down into third. That was so close. | :10:45. | :10:53. | |
Orica Greenedge. I must admit, they are looking a little laboured here. | :10:53. | :11:00. | |
Here is a shot of Team Sky. The time split that we saw earlier on | :11:00. | :11:09. | |
the road indicated that they were off the pace. Orica Greenedge may | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
deny Liquigascannondale a podium position here right at the end. | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
They've sat there a long, long time and watched the teams come in. | :11:16. | :11:24. | |
That's how it looks like it's going to finish. Orica Greenedge in third | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
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position. Yes, they go third. Sky are looking to threaten a time of | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
Garmin currently in ninth position. Will they make the top ten? Ninth | :11:50. | :11:53. | |
position. One minute and 32 seconds off the | :11:53. | :12:00. | |
pace of the winning team. There is the official result of the | :12:01. | :12:10. | |
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Congratulations, this has got your week off to a very good start? | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
the gold was there to win today. We were one of the favourites I think | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
and everybody was super motivated and ready to give everything. I | :12:31. | :12:37. | |
think we did a perfect job. Everybody was giving everything | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
100%. The ending was pretty close but we had the lucky team and we | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
are happy now. Take us through the time trial from your perspective, | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
always difficult when you lose a guy? Sergio we lost and then lost | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
another which wasn't ideal. With only four of us, it's disappointing | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
but it was a struggle to get the team together and I think we've | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
done a good performance considering, yes. Stkpwht you have had a very | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
difficult year with ups and downs, can you successfully De fend this | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
title? Yes, it was a great day for me and the whole team and gives me | :13:16. | :13:23. | |
a lot of motivation for Wednesday. I made good preparation for today | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
and Wednesday so I'm really optimistic and hope I can De fend | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
the title. In the women's individual time | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
trial, Emma Pooley was Britain's strong chance of a medal. She would | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
normally be relishing this. A hilly course and the chance to regain her | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
world title. She's currently questioning her stpwier future in | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
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the sport. -- her entire future in the sport. | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
Emma, the last time we talked was in London just after the Olympic | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
time trial. With a bit of distance now, how do you reflect on your | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
performance? Not disastrous. I was disappointed. I don't think I did | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
get to the result I wanted. I did all right, it was just that a lot | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
of people did better. Be your performance have any bearing on | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
your decision as to what you do after this year? Yes, I think so. | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
It could go either way. I haven't decided howiful about racing next | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
year yet and it also De pends on teams and if I get offers from a | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
team, and that partly De pends on how I do this week. What do you | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
make of this course? I like this course. It's tough. Certainly suits | :14:41. | :14:50. | |
me better than the course in London did. It's got a bit of efrl so it's | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
quite open and flat at the start -- everything. The wind will play a | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
part and there's a decent climb then it's bumpy and a very fast bit, | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
then steep to the finish. You have to accelerate so corners like in | :15:06. | :15:16. | |
Copenhagen, that's the only reason You have been quoted as being quite | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
frustrated as far as the situation as women's racing cause. You're not | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
alone in that. It is frustrating. I think the UCI could do more to | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
further our racing. Compared to men's cycling, it is a different | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
level of publicity and it would make it so much more sense if the | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
races were run together, or if the immense stage race also had a | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
woman's race on the same day with the same finish. It is not a huge | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
amount of extra effort for the organiser and I wish the you see I | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
would push that. Bradley Wiggins has said he believes there should | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
be more women's teams and more investment and he would like to get | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
involved in helping to kick-start that. That is really appreciated, | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
because when Bradley Wiggins says something people listen. All the | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
people that watched the women's road race, if they could e-mail the | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
UCI and say, we want to see more! Get it on TV! | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
So all, this is the short distance of Dutch countryside that could go | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
a long way to deciding Emma Pooley's future. 24 kilometres from | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
about as close to Beldam as you can get without crossing the border to | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
Vulcan but -- to Valkenburg. It plateaux, then drops down into | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
Valkenburg, and like all races this week upped the Cauberg, and then | :16:40. | :16:48. | |
around one kilometre to the finish Wendy Houvenaghel, representing | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
Great Britain. The 37-year-old, who has had a very impressive career, | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
she has been four times a silver medal winner in the world | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
championships for the individual pursuit. She has also won a silver | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
medal in Beijing for the individual pursuit, and cheers in good form. | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
She has just clinched an international time-trial in France | :17:10. | :17:20. | |
over 33 kilometres, and this course Ten-second countdown is indicated | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
now to Evelyn Stephens, who also won waddled -- one of the World Cup | :17:27. | :17:33. | |
events earlier in the year. A good strong start by Evelyn | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
Stephens. She really is attacking this. We have not seen a start like | :17:37. | :17:44. | |
this yet. That is good. Let's just told she makes it round this left- | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
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hand bend. She will have to back Emma Pooley, she is in superb form. | :17:56. | :18:03. | |
This kind of course, believe me, with the two claims on it, more | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
importantly the ascent of the Cauberg, will favour Emma Pooley. | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
Emma Pooley has been talking about taking an ear out or even retiring | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
from the sport. Well, I hope that she changes her mind and maybe her | :18:18. | :18:28. | |
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Very strong and determined, this course will suit her, as well. | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
she is determined, two bronze medals and the silver medal last | :18:38. | :18:45. | |
year. Can she do better? De Ibiza to will be next to start. | :18:45. | :18:53. | |
36 years old. -- Judith Arndt. This is a last competitive out in, she | :18:53. | :18:59. | |
is retiring after the road race on Saturday. -- competitive outing. | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
She has been a world champion, Judith Arndt, back in 2004, and she | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
has been a world individual pursuit champion, as well, so she is very | :19:08. | :19:15. | |
talented. Evelyn Stephens has gone through | :19:15. | :19:22. | |
fattest through -- through fattest -- she has gone through fastest | :19:22. | :19:30. | |
She did she she is going quicker than the rest, the American you're | :19:30. | :19:40. | |
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looking at here is the new pace 16 kilometres., Van Dijk is the | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
leader. Dark she is leading, nearly 43 kilometres per hour around the | :19:53. | :20:00. | |
circuit. Emma Pooley, the first claim comes | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
just before 10, muggers. -- just before ten kilometres. I think this | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
is where she can make up the ground because she is probably the best | :20:11. | :20:15. | |
climber on the circuit. She really is, she need to make | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
that time up. I am hoping we will see her pull into that lead when we | :20:20. | :20:22. | |
get to the final ride of the Cauberg. | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
This is the finishing effort of Wendy Houvenaghel, and the leader | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
time is out of each. Quite a surprise, that, because the leader | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
is a sprinter, Wendy Houvenaghel is a specialist against the clock. I | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
thought she might have deterred, thought she might have deterred, | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
but it is fourth for her, and with the competitors still to come and | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
it looks like she will finish somewhere around eight for maybe | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
9th. The leader's time is being put to | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
the sword by Stevens. 17 seconds quicker, this American is flying | :20:59. | :21:07. | |
around the circuit. She has winds on her wheels here. | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
Back to Emma Pooley, look at this, she was coming up to the market at | :21:11. | :21:20. | |
10.7, litters. -- up to the market at 10.7, to us. Seagull 0.56 | :21:20. | :21:29. | |
seconds, Emma Pooley is the leader, faster than Stevens. She will be | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
getting that information in her radio. It is looking good for Emma | :21:32. | :21:42. | |
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Pooley. Villumsen, or only 10.47 seconds of | :21:48. | :21:54. | |
the time of Emma Pooley. -- 0.47 seconds. | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
Back to Judith Arndt, the defending world champion. Still waiting for | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
her first time split. Emma Pooley is under pressure, and Judith are | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
not, pulling the curtains down on a star-studded courier, is 6.33 | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
seconds faster than Emma Pooley. A blistering start by the defending | :22:13. | :22:21. | |
champion. She looks supreme, doesn't she? | :22:21. | :22:31. | |
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This is an impressive time, very impressive by Van Dijk. She get out | :22:33. | :22:36. | |
of the saddled a sprint for the line. The partisan crowd aren't | :22:36. | :22:44. | |
really supporting her, 39.7 seconds quicker. | :22:44. | :22:54. | |
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Terrific style by Emma Pooley, the former world champion, so | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
economical with her efforts. But she has some work to do, because | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
she is 11.8 seconds off the pace of Stevens of the USA at the second | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
time split. She has eight kilometres to wipe a way that | :23:13. | :23:19. | |
deficit. This is Stevens, threatening the time of the Dutch | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
woman. I tell you what, it looks like Stevens will become the new | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
leader. Here she comes, Stevens our bags at the line. Cheers 20 seconds | :23:29. | :23:39. | |
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faster than the leader and is in Let's have a look at this time at | :23:42. | :23:47. | |
16 kilometres. Only five seconds off the pace of Stevens, which | :23:47. | :23:54. | |
means Emma Pooley is in the bronze- medal position at that split time. | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
Judith Arndt is six times a medallist in the time-trials, so | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
she knows her way around the time- trial course better than most. | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
impressively approaching the 16 kilometres split, and the | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
American's type is under threat. 10 seconds taken off it, so Judith | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
Arndt is, at the moment, showing that the rest of the way here. | :24:17. | :24:23. | |
Emma Pooley, taking that left-hand turn in Valkenburg, and this is the | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
climb where we will see what Emma Pooley has got left. Can she see -- | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
can she get herself on the top spot? This is the style we | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
associate with Emma Pooley, dancing on those paddles, and she is one of | :24:37. | :24:47. | |
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the greatest climbers on the women's circuit. Look at Villumsen, | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
the Kiwi is absolutely flying. Nobody has the power to beat | :24:55. | :25:03. | |
today's art, but she is going well. -- the power to beat Judith Arndt. | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
She is taking the turn that Emma Pooley just took. Slowly, very | :25:07. | :25:15. | |
steady, cautious. On to the Cauberg, one more rider to take that left- | :25:15. | :25:21. | |
hander, Judith Arndt. It looks like a strong finish from Emma Pooley. | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
The does look like a strong finish, but she will need it, she will | :25:24. | :25:31. | |
really have to apply it. And look at this, absolutely reduced almost | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
to a standstill on the climb up. This is the difference, she is in | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
the saddle, I don't think she is covering as much ground per pedal | :25:39. | :25:46. | |
Rev atoll as Pooley was. Emma Pooley is getting to the line, is | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
she going to get a medal? She is not going to deny Stevens. | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
Can she put the Netherlands cyclist down into the bronze medal | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
position? A big effort for Emma Pooley, it is going to be closed. | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
Emma Pooley is in the silver-medal position, 15 seconds off the pace | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
for Stevens, but there are still two water, and they are dangerous | :26:11. | :26:21. | |
competitors. -- two more It is looking like a successful | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
defence for the German, and Stephens knows that she is under | :26:25. | :26:34. | |
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There is the time that Emma Pooley has put in, Stevens is looking at | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
the Big Clock, she is wondering if our effort will be good enough to | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
give her the gold medal. I think it could slip a way here, or is she | :26:48. | :26:55. | |
still going to be in gold? That is exactly how it is going to be, she | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
:27:05. | :27:06. | ||
comes up to the line, Villumsen in silver medal position. Emma Pooley | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
is in the bronze at the moment, but I think she is going to have to | :27:10. | :27:12. | |
settle for fourth because we have the defending world champion, | :27:12. | :27:18. | |
Judith Arndt, on a blistering ride today. She is eating up the final | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
metres. Here she comes inside the concluding 300 metres, a cracking | :27:23. | :27:32. | |
ride, also by Stevens, who will settle for silver. Here she comes, | :27:32. | :27:37. | |
the 36-year-old the defending world champion is going to take the gold | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
medal again. Terrific piece of riding, Judith Arndt takes the gold | :27:42. | :27:50. | |
medal, Stevens get the silver. For Emma Pooley, one shy of the podium, | :27:50. | :27:57. | |
she will finish today in fourth Let me come from the positions | :27:57. | :28:07. | |
:28:07. | :28:17. | ||
Wendy Houvenaghel having to settle for 14. | :28:17. | :28:21. | |
It is a bit disappointing. And hindsight you look at it and think, | :28:21. | :28:27. | |
it was quite close. I could not have gone faster than the wider. | :28:27. | :28:34. | |
They were much faster. There was naught one point that I could say | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
they were faster, I must have been slow all the way around. It was a | :28:39. | :28:43. | |
very fast race, there was a tailwind almost the entire way, so | :28:43. | :28:50. | |
it was quite fast. I tried to go hard in the beginning because the | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
start is sometimes my problem, I am too slow, then I tried to call | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
really hard before the last descent down to Valkenburg, because on the | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
descent you get a little bit of a rest so you can go hard before that. | :29:04. | :29:08. | |
It helps that then you have the stage that flattened out at the top, | :29:08. | :29:11. | |
you are able to reserve a little bit for that last pushed to the | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
finish? A yes, I think that has had duly the hardest part of the race, | :29:16. | :29:20. | |
when you come to the flat part, in your head you think, OK, decline is | :29:20. | :29:24. | |
over, but it is still very hard. Then it is a mental thing. | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
course, the road race to come, the form is there, can you said this to | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
one side and concentrate on that? Yes, I hope so. The time-trials is | :29:34. | :29:38. | |
a good indicator, but there are a few people who did not rate in the | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
time-trial, like Marianne Vos, obviously. We will see, I am a bit | :29:43. | :29:47. | |
disappointed at the moment, but we will see. How does it feel to be | :29:47. | :29:51. | |
back in this wonderful rainbow jersey? I don't really know what to | :29:51. | :30:01. | |
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Jennifer Arndt, a worthy champion? I think she is, five or six times | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
now. If anybody knows how to time trial, she's the rider to do it, on | :30:10. | :30:14. | |
this circuit as well, it's technical and she measured it | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
perfectly. Retiring at the end of this. We'll see her in the road | :30:18. | :30:21. | |
race but she's been a worthy champion? She really has and she | :30:21. | :30:25. | |
went out there and it showed what it meant as well to everyone around, | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
the way that she finished. She didn't know she'd finished by the | :30:30. | :30:38. | |
way she was looking and asking there. She was probably relieved | :30:38. | :30:45. | |
and she'll be looking goord to Saturday's road race as well -- | :30:45. | :30:51. | |
looking forward. She benefitted from the wind didn't she? From the | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
commentary it doesn't seem too bad but once the circuit opens up, a | :30:55. | :30:59. | |
rider like that would benefit with the wind, especially someone like | :30:59. | :31:02. | |
Emma Pooley there, she wouldn't have had much benefit from the wind | :31:02. | :31:07. | |
like that. What did you make of Emma Pooley's performance today? | :31:07. | :31:11. | |
For me I was really disappointed for her. I know she came into this | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
race, she was really going for it, she had good form, fantastic many | :31:16. | :31:20. | |
the road race and the Olympics and the course would have suited her a | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
lot more than it did in London. Ten, 15 clom terse where we have the | :31:25. | :31:30. | |
tail wind, that was where she seemed to lose the time - tsh | :31:30. | :31:36. | |
kilometres. I thought she was able to bring it back, but she ran out | :31:36. | :31:41. | |
of legs, disappointed and I'm sure upset. Great Britain's Eleanor | :31:41. | :31:46. | |
Barker was bidding to upgrade her silver from last year to gold. The | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
18-year-old was the enultimate cyclist to tackle the course and | :31:50. | :31:55. | |
was up at every time check. She stormed home to win by an | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
impressive 35 seconds following in the fat steps of fellow Welsh rider | :32:00. | :32:05. | |
Nicole Cooke who won this very title 11 years ago. How does it | :32:05. | :32:13. | |
feel to wear the rain po jersey? hasn't sunk in yet -- rainbow | :32:13. | :32:16. | |
jersey? But to absolutely emphatically win it in a quality | :32:16. | :32:20. | |
field. When you look at the times, you are obviously in the form of | :32:20. | :32:28. | |
your life? Oh, yes, I didn't feel it, you know, for the first couple | :32:28. | :32:32. | |
of K I felt it was hard and finishing was a long way away but I | :32:32. | :32:36. | |
got into a rhythm and had no idea what the time gaps were or anything, | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
just rode my hardest. Barker provided the perfect lead-out for | :32:42. | :32:48. | |
Lucy Garner. Having crested the Cowberg with 100 metres to go she | :32:48. | :32:55. | |
broke clear of the sprinting group of around 20 riders. She celebrated | :32:55. | :33:00. | |
her 18th birthday on Thursday and becomes the only woman to win back- | :33:00. | :33:03. | |
to-back junior titles following in the footsteps of Nicole Cooke. | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
year when I won was a dream come true and to win it again on the | :33:07. | :33:12. | |
course it was, I just am really speechless, I just can't believe | :33:12. | :33:16. | |
it's happened. The team that I had around me, all the girls just | :33:16. | :33:20. | |
worked so hard to help me defend my title so this jersey isn't for me | :33:20. | :33:24. | |
really, it's for the whole team because they helped me so much, I | :33:24. | :33:28. | |
can't thank them all enough. wondered whether the lumps and | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
bumps on this course would end up with a sprint finish but you looked | :33:32. | :33:36. | |
super strong at the start there? was training for the hills because | :33:36. | :33:40. | |
I knew it would be hilly. The last climb I enjoyed it, the amount of | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
people cheering you on gives you that edge. You have to keep digging | :33:44. | :33:48. | |
deep and making sure you stay right near the front. That's what I did | :33:48. | :33:55. | |
and luckily I managed to hold it over the top. Heerlin is the town | :33:55. | :34:00. | |
where a young Belgian rider with a big future won his first ever | :34:00. | :34:06. | |
professional road race title, his name of course was Eddiemm Merks | :34:06. | :34:10. | |
and the year was 1967. It serves as the starting point for the time | :34:10. | :34:18. | |
trial for the men's Championships. Britain's sole representative is | :34:18. | :34:22. | |
Alex Dowsett looking to get over the disappointment of missing the | :34:22. | :34:27. | |
Games entirely. I had a nasty accident in March. I | :34:27. | :34:32. | |
broke my Elle low. In an operation I got a bug which means I spent a | :34:32. | :34:37. | |
lot of time off the bike, having four operations. I had a good team | :34:37. | :34:41. | |
trial so surprised myself a bit. Hopefully go out there, do the best | :34:41. | :34:46. | |
I can and see what happens. It must have been frustrating to be off the | :34:46. | :34:49. | |
bike for so long, this year particularly knowing there were so | :34:50. | :34:53. | |
many opportunities around and not being able to grab them? For sure, | :34:53. | :34:58. | |
the Olympics was a real kick in the teeth for me. When I first broke my | :34:58. | :35:03. | |
elbow I still thought I could do it and as things got progressively | :35:03. | :35:09. | |
worse I knew it was ruled out. I still watched it and supported them | :35:09. | :35:13. | |
100%, didn't take anything away and I've set my sights for Rio now. If | :35:13. | :35:16. | |
I would have been in London, I would have been there to raid and | :35:16. | :35:20. | |
support, I think in Rio I can be a medal contender. Could you see a | :35:20. | :35:24. | |
time when you wouldn't get on the bike or this year might have had to | :35:24. | :35:33. | |
have been written off? No. My view and my parents' view are quite | :35:33. | :35:39. | |
different. I was just going to think about it being a they. My arm | :35:39. | :35:44. | |
were out here and my parents were worried about me keeping my arm. It | :35:44. | :35:49. | |
was never a question for me as to whether I would get back on the | :35:49. | :35:55. | |
bike. I can see why your parents were worried with the infection. | :35:55. | :35:59. | |
You have other health problems as well? Yes, I suffer from | :35:59. | :36:03. | |
haemophilia, that should have been the main factor but was a minor | :36:03. | :36:07. | |
issue in the elbow break. I was just very unlucky to pick up the | :36:07. | :36:17. | |
:36:17. | :36:18. | ||
bug. Yeah, my mum worries. She thinks all mothers of eem fill yaks | :36:18. | :36:28. | |
:36:28. | :36:32. | ||
should get free face-lifts on the Wiggins and Froome winning medals | :36:32. | :36:35. | |
in the time trial in London. How much inspiration do you take from | :36:36. | :36:40. | |
the fact they've been able to perform so well? It's mad that I'm | :36:40. | :36:45. | |
watching it on telly doing these amazing things and they are my | :36:45. | :36:51. | |
team-mates. Last time I was there. Lance Armstrong and the under 23 | :36:52. | :36:57. | |
team, that was me last time that they were riding it in the Olympics, | :36:57. | :37:02. | |
it's a bit crazy, but, you know, hopefully I'll take it in my stride. | :37:02. | :37:11. | |
The riders turn out of Heerlen and wind through vineyards to volcano | :37:11. | :37:21. | |
:37:21. | :37:24. | ||
volcano. -- Valkenberg. There is a head wind awaiting them at the top. | :37:25. | :37:28. | |
Alex Dowsett, the current national time trial champion got a silver in | :37:28. | :37:33. | |
the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and he's a former under 23 European | :37:33. | :37:43. | |
:37:43. | :37:43. | ||
champion. 23 years of anal, Dowsett. So down the ramp safely. Just | :37:43. | :37:48. | |
starting his test against the clock. These cobbles very, very greasy | :37:48. | :37:52. | |
indeed. He's approaching the first left hander and he needs to be | :37:52. | :38:00. | |
vigilant here. Haven't seen a faller yet. He's setting off. | :38:00. | :38:04. | |
Dowsett. Difficult conditions out there for all these riders but | :38:04. | :38:09. | |
Dowsett, a nice easy, gentle start. He was checking out the course | :38:09. | :38:15. | |
yesterday and let us see how he goes. | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
Kiryienka who has been a world champion on the track in his career. | :38:20. | :38:26. | |
Had one or two good stage victories on his CV as well. Not quite quick | :38:26. | :38:36. | |
enough to deny the lead of Gruzdev but may post a time quicker than | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
Zoidl of Austria. Yes, second place. | :38:43. | :38:52. | |
Here we are. Van Garderen. What a future he has ahead of him. He gets | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
under way, only 24 years of age, this American. Saturated with | :38:56. | :39:02. | |
talent, rode very, very well in the team time trial last Sunday. A | :39:02. | :39:07. | |
member of the BMC squad. They got pipped to the top podium position | :39:07. | :39:15. | |
by a tad over three seconds. Takes that left hander very comfortably. | :39:15. | :39:19. | |
Here is Alex Dowsett approaching the summit. 38 kilometres. Let us | :39:19. | :39:25. | |
have a lack at his time. He's not going to deny Gruzdev the lead but | :39:25. | :39:35. | |
:39:35. | :39:43. | ||
he'll be ahead of one or two other Settles down for the run to the | :39:43. | :39:47. | |
Cowberg. Good riding by Dowsett. He's here as more of a learning | :39:48. | :39:51. | |
ground really and we'll be looking for him over the next two or three | :39:51. | :39:57. | |
years to be really pushing forward. Marco Pinotti from Italy. A veteran | :39:57. | :40:03. | |
at 36, but I'll tell you what, he's a brilliant time trialer. He won | :40:03. | :40:08. | |
the final time trial actually. I've read a few things that he's been | :40:08. | :40:14. | |
saying in the last week or so and all his numbers and figures are | :40:14. | :40:19. | |
right up there better than they were before. An outside chance for | :40:19. | :40:26. | |
a medal here for Pinotti. First glimpse of the defending world | :40:26. | :40:32. | |
champion, Tony Martin. Silver medal winner in London to the great | :40:32. | :40:38. | |
Bradley Wiggins. He's quietly prepared. Phinney rolls away out of | :40:38. | :40:41. | |
the starting house carrying on the family tradition. His father was | :40:42. | :40:47. | |
the second American to win a stage in the Tour de France. Of course, | :40:47. | :40:53. | |
his mother was the first ever road race champion for women in Los | :40:53. | :40:58. | |
Angeles in 1984 when she beat Rebecca Twigg to the line by a | :40:58. | :41:06. | |
whisker. This is the man! Alberto Contador. | :41:06. | :41:11. | |
He was suspended this summer with a drug issue but he's now back, and | :41:11. | :41:17. | |
believe me,s if Contador has turned up to a time trial he will have | :41:17. | :41:22. | |
done his homework and must seriously think he has a chance | :41:22. | :41:25. | |
here. Really aggressive riding. He won't be here just to fill the | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
numbers, that's for sure. Contador already showing he wants to to a | :41:31. | :41:35. | |
ride. The defending world champion now. Tony Martin. He's won the tour | :41:35. | :41:41. | |
of Belgium this year and he was a member of the Pharma Queen | :41:41. | :41:49. | |
Elizabeth Step squad that clinched the medal in the time trial. | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
Had a puncture last time out. Let's hope that doesn't happen. | :41:53. | :42:01. | |
He was third in 2010, third in 2009 and has a long list of impressive | :42:01. | :42:09. | |
time trial victories in different stages. Had success in Paris and | :42:09. | :42:16. | |
the Algarve. What a two minute man to chase, none other than Alberto | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
Contador. We'll see the difference in styles of these riders. Tony | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
Martin a big gear merchant, strong powerful rider. Dowsett comes to | :42:25. | :42:30. | |
the finish now. Here is Dowsett approaching the finish and this is | :42:30. | :42:37. | |
a respectable time for Dowsett. He won't deny Gruzdev the overall lead. | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
He's ridden consistntly throughout the test here -- consistently. Alex | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
Dowsett of Great Britain, the man that took the silver in the | :42:48. | :42:55. | |
Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Dowsett will stop the clock now and | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
his time is 29 seconds shy of the leader. At the moment he's second. | :43:00. | :43:04. | |
That is a good ride by Dowsett. Solid performance. This is what we | :43:04. | :43:11. | |
wanted to see. That's the first shot we've seen of Tony Martin. | :43:11. | :43:15. | |
Doesn't look like he's going very fast there, probably on a bit of a | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
drag, but the pedal stroke is very, very slow. He really does turn a | :43:19. | :43:29. | |
:43:29. | :43:32. | ||
big, big gear and grind it round. Now, Kiryeinka takes 11 seconds off | :43:32. | :43:40. | |
Gruzdev to become the new leader. This competition is hotting up. 7.6 | :43:40. | :43:44. | |
seconds faster than Gruzdev of Kazakhstan. | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
Still quite a way to go, but it's an impressive display many the | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
early stages. You would expect this from a former world individual | :43:53. | :43:58. | |
champion. The crowd recognise the class of the ride. Phinney looks | :43:58. | :44:03. | |
ahead to see how far to go. Only two more riders to go quicker than | :44:03. | :44:09. | |
him, that's Martin and Contador. 15 seconds faster. He wanted a good | :44:09. | :44:19. | |
:44:19. | :44:21. | ||
start, couldn't have asked for much better than that. You can see that | :44:21. | :44:25. | |
Contador is whizzing up the mountains. Tell you what, he's | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
certainly not setting the road alight here and look how slow he is | :44:29. | :44:36. | |
compared with Phinney after 14 kilometres. He's lost 40 seconds. | :44:36. | :44:44. | |
It's possible that he's not recovered from Spain. A mountain | :44:44. | :44:50. | |
climb tour this with the crowd packing in on both sides. The echo | :44:50. | :44:56. | |
of applause is certainly helping Tony Martin here as the final | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
metres to the line are being wiped away. It's going to be close. It's | :45:00. | :45:04. | |
going to be very close and these two have certainly put the markers | :45:04. | :45:10. | |
down in the early stages and it's Martin of Germany vPhinney of the | :45:10. | :45:18. | |
US. Is he going to pip the time of Phinney? No, look at this, there it | :45:18. | :45:28. | |
:45:28. | :45:30. | ||
At the moment, Marco Pinotti is going well, but really at the | :45:30. | :45:33. | |
moment the gold and silver medals are between Taylor Phinney and | :45:33. | :45:43. | |
:45:43. | :45:43. | ||
Tommy Martyn. Look at that! -- Tony Martin. | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
D was certainly eight inches away from that exit there. | :45:48. | :45:54. | |
A we have a crash! Marco Pinotti has gone down. Marco Pinotti, who | :45:54. | :45:58. | |
was threatening the bronze medal on the last time split as hit the dip | :45:58. | :46:05. | |
quite heavily. That is going to be crushing for his morale, there. | :46:05. | :46:09. | |
That is a disaster. Here is a chance to see it, there must be a | :46:09. | :46:15. | |
wet patch there. Yes, he got his weight backwards. He was out of the | :46:15. | :46:20. | |
saddle, he got his weight over the back, slightly too quick, hit the | :46:20. | :46:27. | |
white line at his front wheel went down from under him. Marco Pinotti, | :46:27. | :46:32. | |
with that very heavy fall has it that -- decided to abandon. They | :46:32. | :46:38. | |
will take that bike, put it on the back, and there will be some tears | :46:38. | :46:42. | |
there, he was going well. That will be disastrous, I am wondering about | :46:42. | :46:49. | |
his collarbone. He has had his shoulder, definitely. -- he has | :46:49. | :46:55. | |
injured his shoulder. Tony Martin has Alberto Contador in his sights | :46:55. | :47:01. | |
now. The clock is ticking away, I think | :47:01. | :47:08. | |
that is going to be faster, 13.26 seconds faster than Taylor Phinney | :47:08. | :47:15. | |
at the 27 kilometres split. Gold and silver medals now to Tony | :47:15. | :47:21. | |
Martin and Taylor Phinney of the USA. Tony Martin is going to make | :47:21. | :47:27. | |
the catch here within the next ten metres. Here he comes, the German | :47:27. | :47:32. | |
defending world champion at 27 years of age, Tony Martin, about to | :47:32. | :47:38. | |
catch Alberto Contador. He goes past Alberto Contador, who started | :47:38. | :47:48. | |
ahead of them. Here comes Taylor Phinney, look at his style! Will he | :47:48. | :47:53. | |
is absolutely flying. He is going to catch this week by the end of | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
this. He is going to be one minute quicker. No hint of weakness, at | :47:58. | :48:08. | |
:48:08. | :48:08. | ||
all. One minute six seconds faster than Gruzdev. Martin, looking as | :48:08. | :48:12. | |
though he is going to be 20 seconds or something like that ahead of | :48:12. | :48:17. | |
Taylor Phinney. The crowd closing and a little bit, giving the Ryder | :48:17. | :48:24. | |
a corridor to go through. That look at this, how much will lead does he | :48:24. | :48:29. | |
have? It will not be quite as much as I thought. He is starting to | :48:29. | :48:35. | |
lose that advantage, it is down to 8.6 seconds. I was estimating 20, | :48:35. | :48:40. | |
but that is obviously crumbling away. We're in for a grand | :48:40. | :48:44. | |
Phoenicia. That is going to be all about the Cauberg, who can get up | :48:44. | :48:53. | |
the Cauberg quickest? Here comes Tejay van Garderen. Can he beat the | :48:53. | :48:59. | |
time of Vasil Kiryienka? What is a long way, kilometres from the | :48:59. | :49:07. | |
centre of the Cauberg. The young American looks as though it is | :49:07. | :49:13. | |
within his ability to topple Vasil Kiryienka. Nor, it not! It is very, | :49:13. | :49:20. | |
very close the door. Second spot for Tejay van Garderen, only 4.3 | :49:20. | :49:26. | |
seconds slower than Vasil Kiryienka. I have been working it out, Rob, I | :49:26. | :49:29. | |
think that Alex Dowsett is guaranteed a top-ten finish, and | :49:29. | :49:33. | |
that is brilliant in the world elite time-trial championship. | :49:33. | :49:40. | |
this course that certainly was not predicted. This is Taylor Phinney, | :49:40. | :49:45. | |
and that indicates he is 17 seconds back, meaning he lost nine seconds | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
since the last time split over Maarten. He is seated on the try | :49:51. | :49:56. | |
bars. It looks like he has lost a bit of power and emptied himself | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
out on the road. He possibly has a few of who is ahead of him and that | :50:00. | :50:04. | |
possibly pulled him out a bit too much, maybe. This could certainly | :50:04. | :50:09. | |
helped Taylor Phinney, 1.7 kilometres from the top of the | :50:09. | :50:14. | |
claim, and it is a flat, rolling approach to the finish line. Being | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
a former world pursuit champion he could really close down. He will | :50:19. | :50:24. | |
chase him down, but 17 sift -- 17 seconds deficit is a lot to ask | :50:24. | :50:31. | |
over such a short distance. Tony Martin, trying to take every single | :50:31. | :50:36. | |
advantage, maximum aerodynamics. obviously reckons that is more | :50:36. | :50:42. | |
profitable than trying to lever the big gear. There is his running time, | :50:42. | :50:46. | |
he is not going to be to Vasil Kiryienka, so Vasil Kiryienka is | :50:46. | :50:55. | |
still bleeding. There is Taylor Phinney's time, the new tank to | :50:55. | :51:00. | |
beat his 58 minutes 44 seconds. Vasil Kiryienka is in the silver- | :51:00. | :51:04. | |
medal position. A great ride by Taylor Phinney. It will be very | :51:05. | :51:09. | |
tight on the line, and I bet Taylor Phinney cannot look at the big | :51:09. | :51:14. | |
screen on the clock. He is nearing the finishing funnel. There is the | :51:14. | :51:21. | |
time ticking away, 58.44 is the mark to beat. It is getting nearer | :51:21. | :51:25. | |
and needed, and I don't think Taylor Phinney can look at the | :51:25. | :51:31. | |
clock, this is the finishing effort. Tommy Martyn is gulping in the air. | :51:31. | :51:36. | |
The race face is on as he looks ahead to the gantry and the line. | :51:36. | :51:40. | |
The crowd is warming to them, it is going to be inside 10 seconds on | :51:40. | :51:44. | |
the line. You becomes, Martin wins the world title for the second gear | :51:44. | :51:51. | |
in a role. Only 5.3 seconds faster than Taylor Phinney. He knows he | :51:51. | :51:57. | |
has certainly been in a scrap. Here comes Alberto Contador. Will he | :51:57. | :52:04. | |
need that time of the British rider, Alex Dowsett? Law! Role what a | :52:04. | :52:12. | |
scalp that is -- no! What a skulk that is for Alex Dowsett. A great | :52:12. | :52:16. | |
ride for Alex Dowsett, but what a great ride by the defending | :52:16. | :52:20. | |
champion. He was in absolute purgatory for the last couple of | :52:20. | :52:25. | |
kilometres, he really did empty the tank. He got absolutely everything | :52:25. | :52:29. | |
tank. He got absolutely everything out. The race of his life, there is | :52:29. | :52:32. | |
the official result, Tony Martin wins the world title for the second | :52:33. | :52:37. | |
year running. Taylor Phinney, after a fourth and the Olympic Games and | :52:37. | :52:41. | |
fourth in the time-trial, gets the silver medal in the world time- | :52:41. | :52:46. | |
trial championships. Vasil Kiryienka gets the bronze. The a | :52:46. | :52:47. | |
Kiryienka gets the bronze. The a brilliant ride by Alex Dowsett to | :52:47. | :52:52. | |
place eighth. I heard that Taylor Phinney was | :52:52. | :52:54. | |
always between 10 seconds in front always between 10 seconds in front | :52:54. | :52:59. | |
of me or behind me. I always had to keep on fighting. Even on the | :52:59. | :53:06. | |
Cauberg, I heard he was quite close, I had to go full risk at the end, | :53:06. | :53:09. | |
and the last 500 metres were anxious for me. I could not | :53:09. | :53:13. | |
continue sitting on the bike after the finish, I just wanted to lay | :53:13. | :53:18. | |
down and take a minute's rest. That was one of my hardest finals are | :53:18. | :53:23. | |
over. It is another bullet -- unbelievable week for me. If you'd | :53:23. | :53:26. | |
told me this morning that I would be a silver medallist in the time- | :53:26. | :53:29. | |
trial I would have been really happy, but at the moment I am not | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
really feeling the happiness. I probably look a little bit angry on | :53:35. | :53:38. | |
the podium, I definitely shed a couple of tears after the finish. | :53:38. | :53:43. | |
It is just when you have an event that is an hour long you can look | :53:43. | :53:48. | |
back and see five-second pretty easily, one corner here or there, | :53:48. | :53:53. | |
may be an acceleration, maybe a spot where you peaked too much. | :53:53. | :54:01. | |
That is cycling, and I have to just accept it. Two years ago you want | :54:01. | :54:06. | |
the under 23 world title in Australia. -- you took the under 23 | :54:06. | :54:10. | |
world title. He and now you have a silver medal, you must believe you | :54:10. | :54:20. | |
:54:20. | :54:20. | ||
can become a world champion? Will - - our world champion? A deux was a | :54:20. | :54:24. | |
big confidence booster for me going into this race, and even the races | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
into the upcoming years. I am excited for the next couple of | :54:29. | :54:33. | |
world-championships and the chances I will have come at but -- but it | :54:33. | :54:38. | |
is difficult to think a year ahead now. I thought of tenth yesterday, | :54:38. | :54:43. | |
but that was ambitious. We went out on the road race, stuck to a our | :54:43. | :54:49. | |
plan and I managed to pace the race really well. I finished quite | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
strongly, with a couple of claims there, and I felt as strong at the | :54:55. | :55:02. | |
end as I did at the start. I learnt a lot. I have shone, Rod and Bobby | :55:02. | :55:08. | |
to thank for that. You look down the time she can see the likes of | :55:08. | :55:12. | |
Alberto Contador below you, you must take confidence from that? | :55:12. | :55:17. | |
have not had an ideal here this year, so this is really encouraging. | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
But I am pleased with this result, there is room for improvement, so | :55:21. | :55:25. | |
next year, if I am selected, I'll be coming here with aspirations of | :55:25. | :55:30. | |
a podium. What an exciting finish. You must have enjoyed that. | :55:30. | :55:34. | |
last part of that race, nip and tuck with Tommy Martyn, that was | :55:34. | :55:39. | |
great. Taylor Phinney distraught at the finish, but it really was tough | :55:39. | :55:43. | |
racing. The head wind, as well, of the finish, it really did play a | :55:43. | :55:49. | |
part, I think. It was etched on their faces. The effort that the | :55:49. | :55:53. | |
riders put it was great to see. the end, it did Sue Dettori Martin, | :55:53. | :55:58. | |
because of the wind and the nature of the course, it was a time | :55:58. | :56:04. | |
trialist course, wasn't it? Yes, we saw it catching Alberto Contador, | :56:04. | :56:07. | |
and at the end we saw Taylor Phinney also get a catch, very | :56:07. | :56:14. | |
nearly, which helped to pull them out. It was swings and roundabouts, | :56:14. | :56:19. | |
fortunately neither of the riders took punk tunes, as they did in the | :56:19. | :56:24. | |
Tour de France, and the conditions took up -- played a part. -- took | :56:24. | :56:28. | |
punctures. The Italian, Marco Pinotti, again going for the bronze | :56:28. | :56:33. | |
medal, so close for him, distraught, but a fantastic race. The weather | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
played its part, but in the end to the best man won. Alex Dowsett had | :56:37. | :56:41. | |
mixed conditions on the road, but for him to finish in eighth place | :56:41. | :56:46. | |
is very impressive, isn't it? coming into a time-trial at world | :56:46. | :56:50. | |
level like this, top 10 would have been more than we could ask for. | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
One discourse, as well, top 15, sought to get eighth place, that | :56:54. | :57:02. | |
really was good at. It is a good sign for him. People be looking to | :57:02. | :57:05. | |
get up there in two or three years' time, so to be doing that already | :57:05. | :57:08. | |
in this class of race is great. let slip a little into the future, | :57:08. | :57:13. | |
the road race tomorrow. Huge excitement to see Mark Cavendish | :57:13. | :57:17. | |
back again. It seems like yesterday we were in Copenhagen celebrating | :57:17. | :57:21. | |
that win. What are your thoughts? Time has gone so quick over the | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
last year. In the British team, we have a strong team on paper, but it | :57:26. | :57:31. | |
is certainly going to be different to last year. They had one that | :57:31. | :57:38. | |
really strong goal and that was to be set three years ago. This time, | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
we have a new rider, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, who want the tour of | :57:43. | :57:46. | |
Britain last week. Why are not going to put too much pressure on | :57:46. | :57:49. | |
him but I think he is going to be one of the stronger riders of the | :57:49. | :57:54. | |
team, he ably looked after by the likes of Chris Froome, murk | :57:54. | :57:58. | |
Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins, if that is to the goal for. -- Mark | :57:58. | :58:06. | |
Cavendish. Spain, they really do have all the cards, they have a | :58:06. | :58:12. | |
really strong team, possibly too strong. Against them is the fact | :58:12. | :58:15. | |
that they are all team leaders, and that is not good. | :58:15. | :58:20. | |
Albs thank you. Albs thank you. | :58:20. | :58:22. | |
A you can join us tomorrow morning for live coverage of the men's road | :58:22. | :58:26. |