Very very much.
The Olympics Thread, London 2012, Games of the XXX Olympiad, 27th July - 12th August
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Very very much.
To an extent. The difference between say a £500 bike and a £1000 is quite big, but the differences get gradually less the more you spend. At the pro level there's not a huge difference, although Sky will come out with things that they claim makes a difference, like the helmets with the air vents filled in. Won't turn a no hoper into a champ, but might make the difference between 1st and 2nd.
At the amateur level though it's mostly about your legs.
So Wiggins could ride for pretty much any other team and still be in the top five for example?
makes for good television, very fluid
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Possibly. There's a lot of team work involved in cycling as well. You save a lot of energy by riding behind other people, often as much as 30%. The Sky team at the Tour this year would have around 4 guys doing that up the mountains, with each man going as far as he could, then handing over to the next, and so on. With these guys on the front they ensured the mountains were ridden the way Wiggins wanted.
So he was certainly helped by having a really strong team. But, he was by far the strongest rider in the time trials where it's just man against man, so he'd still have been easily top 5, but his team did help him in the mountains.
Josh Taylor due in the ring at 20.35
Phelps is flying............ come on lad !!
Well in Phelps..... phenomenal athlete.
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