Chris Froome with his Olympic medal. |
The Olympic
course was super flat and even though Chris Froome has been great against the
clock ever since the Vuelta España last year, it still came as a surprise to
see the ex-Kenyan beat time trial
specialists like Marco Pinotti, Michael Rogers and young-gun Taylor Phinney with
a minute. Also Fabian Cancellara (injured, but still...) got beaten with more
than a minute by Chris Froome.
As you
could read in the preview. I asked Chris Froome about his ambitions for the time trial and he didn't
really think he had much to say in the fight for medals. "It's too flat
for me. This course is for the real time trial specialists", he explained.
So I guess we can conclude that Chris Froome now is a 'real time trial
specialist' - even on a pancake flat course.
It will be
very interesting to see if Chris Froome can keep his amazing shape for the Vuelta
España starting in only 2½ weeks. If so we are in for a real treat as Contador
and Froome goes mano-a-mano which very well could be a test-run for the Tour de
France next year!
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