Montello":2s1lvls3 said:
Indeed - TT courses in continental Europe tend to be technical and challenging rather than going for sheer flat-out speed on busy roads with artifical "draft" effects. Middling overseas performances by Brits who clocked fast rides at home only served to highlight that particular gulf although there were odd exceptions, usually from riders who had adapted well to the road scene on the continent (didn't Vin Denson secure a top-10 berth in the GP des Nations back in the 60s?).
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definitely, but these weren't only exceptional athletes......Montello":26nqe7i7 said:
Boardman had peter Keen behind him, who for me was the father of modern (and clean) bike performance training. Keen ditched all the "miles, miles and more miles" philosophy that appears to have been prevalent in uk coaching to that point and applied cardio vascular science.
Obree was just an awkward bugger (and i mean this in a loving and complimentary sense) who thought out of the box and flew in the face of convention cos he knew he could do better.
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