Race 3 - January 11: Elite Men's Time Trial, 40 km
Results
Unofficial
1 Nathan O'Neill (Qld) Navigators
2 Luke Roberts (SA) CSC
3 Ben Day (Qld)

Race 1 - January 11: Elite Women's Time Trial, 27 km
Results
1 Kathy Watt (Vic) 40.23.82
2 Sara Carrigan (Qld) 0.32.75
3 Natalie Bates (NSW) 0.41.29
4 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 1.56.08
5 Oenone Wood (ACT) 2.18.89
6 Amanda Spratt (NSW) 2.50.01

Dammit...I was close!!


What are the time gaps?

none listed yet, have a guess.

why hasn't a monster like O'Neill done better in mass start races?

less than 15 seconds

Dunno....maybe he's the Aussie Chris Boardman?

I still remember him telling the AIS to jam it as their training methods weren't helping.....so he went off, found his own sponsors and trained himself (and got anorexia in the process). Gutsy move in the cliquey world of Aussie elite cycling.

wow!! Didn't know that.
He must've really struggled then when he had his injuries.

in the Vuelta on '01 O'Neil was in the top 10 in both tt's. I think the highest was 6th.

Yeah....the details are hazy, but I think he got really into weighing food, proteins/carbs/fats etc like a bodybuilder and he went a bit too far.

Training 1100km a week can't be sustained on skinless chicken breast and steamed veg.

More Peschel or Rich than Boardman. He can climb but struggles against the climbers to defend.

See Rich, huge physique, O'neill is cut from similar cloth. Maybe he could have made a name fore himself in a leadout train. Not the last man off, but one of the engines like Rich in the saeco express for Cipollini.

I assume that was you who started the Tomilaris poll on the SBS forum?

https://www8.sbs.com.au/sbsforum/viewtopic.php?t=9252


Also, is there a lot of Aussies on the Daily Peloton forum? Here seems to be a bit of local racing discussion
https://dailypelotonforums.com/ibb/

yep im in, will check with Niqs.

Michael Rich is certianly stamped from that East German cookie-cutter for athletes....

BANG! One swimmer....

BANG! One nordic skier....

BANG! One cyclist...

speaking of big miles, who was the Aussie rider you said reckons he needs at least one big ride a week (150+km) to get any form? Roberts? Wilson? Dunno

Registered User hahaha, you will get in trouble there, alot of Tomalaris loyals and sycophants, I don't/can't understand it...

The dailypeloton has some good discussions occasionally, Mapeifan and Smug are two posters that rival Ed for knowledge. Good forum, I am the resident smartarse. I don't think anyone takes me seriously.

see Is Simoni a Dutch sea restraining wall?

My memory is shrinking at the same rate my gut is expanding.....can't recall.

Crowey did tell me once on a hurt session out behind Cockatoo that I should be doing a 200km ride at LEAST twice a week......


Err.....

Shouldn't be too hard....

HA!

Maybe the SBSophiles are just so grateful for a cycling show that they give Tommo credit for getting it up

yeah, about one dozen Aussies on the forum, but only about 3 regular posters. We could do with some more. Especially ones with Ed's knowledge

"CRIKEY"!!!!!

I would have thought Jamieson would have snagged a podium. I think his tting has gone backwards since his stint in France, or it has not progressed in a linear frame for someone at that age. He did he best 4000ip time almost 2 years ago I think.

Might he still feel the after effects of this move away from the Aus cycling clique today?

I had some correspondence with Dave Towle from America, he was managing O'Neil (i think i read he has a new manager) and he seemed to intimate that he was not happy with the lack of acknowledgement that O'Neil gets from the Aus cycling community.

Anyone know why Mcgee was riding a Specialized in Brisbane crits last month.

I figure he got up too lat in Sydney and could not be bothered bike baggin his Lapierre or he had a problem in transit with it. Thus he borrowed the Specialized steed in Brisbane. What is the potential for a fragile athlete like Mcgee to do some structural damage in a crit with a bike that is fit in haste.

He was blocked in his new postion in the 20 km tour timetrial this year. And he often has back problems. Any expert opinions folks?

he did !

Race 2 - January 11: U23 Men's Time Trial, 40 km
Results
Provisional
1 Shaun Higgerson (NSW)
2 Mark Jamieson (Tas)
3 Miles Olman (Qld)