Fabian Cancellara Wins Gold

If like me you didn't get a chance to see the elite mens World Time Trial Championship yesterday from Geelong, Australia then take a look at the 15 minute YouTube clip at the bottom of this post.  Not only do we get to see the master Fabian Cancellara take a record 4th gold in the discipline but we also get to see the final big efforts from David Millar, Tony Martin and Richie Porte.

Very well done to Britain's David Millar for taking silver, by all accounts he rode a flawless race but what could he do against the might of Spartacus?  Tony Martin took a well earned bronze with Richie Porte finishing fourth.

In Martin and Porte I think we are looking at future world TT champions in the making.  Both of them are young lads and both still have plenty of room for improvement even though they are already posting some of the quickest times in the business.  The exciting thing is they can both also climb very well too.  Martin has established himself as HTC-Columbia's prime stage racer while Porte held the Pink jersey in this years Giro d'Italia from stages 11 to 13 finishing the race in an impressive 7th overall and winning the Young Rider Jersey competition.  With the mass exodus of riders currently taking place at Saxo-Bank Porte may well prove the shining light for Riis's team next season.