Bobke,
Cancellara won 2 u19 world tt champs.
The second, his average speed was faster than Ullrichs. Say what you want about dope, but this guy showed his chops early.
Phinney on the other hand, he was 3rd in national tt, he was 2nd in Tour of Alibiti tt (Canadian jnr race) to Tom David, a 17yo phenom who came 5th in the world tt. David is a bit of a climber too I think.
So, Cancellara is freakish.
There is another young guy, Marcel Kittel, German, from Thuringer Energie team who won the 05/06 jnr tts. He has not been so dominant in the espoir tts yet, but only is 19.
Phinney is good, but lets wait and see. His mum is a former pursuiter, and I think she has a bit of an input. If jnrs configure their training just so, for either workload, or specialising, it can do wonders for their temporal position on the curve. However, it can compromise their future potential.
See Volodimyr Dyudya, Milram leadout man, a young Ukraine. Rode about 4'18" in the pursuit in Athens. As a 19yo. Amazing. Lets see Phinney do something like that at the same age before you mark him.
Lets see him back up in jnr worlds this year. He has two riders who will be gunning for him, Rohan Dennis a young Australian, 10th last year, and Tom David the young New Zealander.
Both guys ride different seasons in the lower hemisphere and are considerably disadvantaged.
Stop overrating Americans you flag waving, banner covering bigot.
Cancellara won 2 u19 world tt champs.
The second, his average speed was faster than Ullrichs. Say what you want about dope, but this guy showed his chops early.
Phinney on the other hand, he was 3rd in national tt, he was 2nd in Tour of Alibiti tt (Canadian jnr race) to Tom David, a 17yo phenom who came 5th in the world tt. David is a bit of a climber too I think.
So, Cancellara is freakish.
There is another young guy, Marcel Kittel, German, from Thuringer Energie team who won the 05/06 jnr tts. He has not been so dominant in the espoir tts yet, but only is 19.
Phinney is good, but lets wait and see. His mum is a former pursuiter, and I think she has a bit of an input. If jnrs configure their training just so, for either workload, or specialising, it can do wonders for their temporal position on the curve. However, it can compromise their future potential.
See Volodimyr Dyudya, Milram leadout man, a young Ukraine. Rode about 4'18" in the pursuit in Athens. As a 19yo. Amazing. Lets see Phinney do something like that at the same age before you mark him.
Lets see him back up in jnr worlds this year. He has two riders who will be gunning for him, Rohan Dennis a young Australian, 10th last year, and Tom David the young New Zealander.
Both guys ride different seasons in the lower hemisphere and are considerably disadvantaged.
Stop overrating Americans you flag waving, banner covering bigot.