contador is a very different rider from cancellara.­ weight has no impact on gravity (physics 101) so fabian­ has no advantage in that respect. he is just a better­ technical rider, hence faster corner speed than­ contador. alberto could NEVER have beaten him over any­ course bar uphill all the way

cancellara has made me admire him more than my first­ admiration for the sport...ullrich. fabian is­ unbelievable. unlucky wiggins with the mechanical or as­ us electricians call it the electrical!!! i'm sure­ electric gearing will come on leaps and bounds over the­ coming years but for now, keep it to r and d and the­ prototypes. it just doesn't work as well as a cable­ yet

I seem to remember a rather large hill on the olympic­ course. Power hills don't bother time trialers. ­ Maybe Fab was tired but I can't believe Conti­ wasn't. There was no blasting up big hills for Fab­ remember. It just seemed to me a result too good to be­ true, and you know what they say.

Maxx92, I agree,

Funny how generally healthy living­ cyclists having been found with tiny amounts of coke­ etc. in their bodies, yet these party mad footballers­ never show up for any party nor performance improving­ substances.

It all comes down to money, bribes and­ business interests. There is a volcano of a story there­ just waiting to erupt.

Contador lost advantage 40 seconds over Fabian on that­ ITT on TDF in last part of track, but Alberto and­ Wiggins is only 2 riders who could beat Fabian in ITT.­ Fabian is a big guy, and he had advantage over Alberto­ in downhills because his weight, but Alberto is small­ guy, his front is blocking a wind with a smaller body,­ and that is his advantage over Fabian, and Alberto­ wasnt specialist for ITT but he could get another level­ of that kind of ride (remember last 2 years his­ training for ITT), but Fabian is on his top in that­ kind discipline. Fabian cant be better, but Contador­ can, with training, next year he would beat­ him.

Fabian is great champion, for me his best­ performance was on Olymic games 2008, but in road race,­ when he alone get breakaway riders, unbelievable ride

contador's win in the TdF TT over cancellara was­ all about the cat 3 hill on the course.
there was a­ really good website that analyzed the TT and showed­ that were it not for that hill, cancellara would have­ won.....

so if that final TT says, to you, that­ contador was doped, it turns out that (in this case­ anyway) it was more about the course design.....

apparently, because of contador's slim build, he­ can tuck in more than other riders and get's an­ aerodynamic advantage over them.
i remember the­ commentators on itv4 talking about it during the­ coverage of the stage.

Don't forget the hill. If it was smaller or if­ there was another kilo of flat, Cancellara would have­ caught him.

@si1268 - easy answer. Contador had measured his­ efforts carefully and reacted/worked when he had to in­ the final week - he won the Tour at Verbier. Where as­ Cancellara had been riding on the front of the peleton­ for 100s of kms in support of the Schlecks. In short -­ Cancellara was knackered by the time the final TT came­ around.

If I may bring to your consideration, Reyros, that for­ what we have witnessed in the past, even those that­ have been detected, come through huffing and puffing,­ so in Fabian's case it must be something else.!?

Maxx92, haha that's a good one :-) but if you want­ to watch soccer you better not do that. The headline­ would be "Soccer leagues on holiday, check back in­ 2 years".

Let's put Real Madrid, Inter, Bayern, & Man­ City through a cyclists doping tests and see how they­ come out. Why is it that only the 50 or so cyclists in­ Puerto were a big deal, but none of the other 150­ athletes have been followed up on? Could it be that­ only cycling is trying to fight doping? Maybe Real­ Madrid paid off the police to not investigate them.­ Let's stop judging cyclists because along with­ track & field, they are the only sports doing­ anything about doping. Cycling's done a great job­ of raising the bar in terms of finding cheats.­ Let's take Guti, CR9, that criminal Pepe and the­ rest of La Liga and put them through doping screens.­ Half the teams wouldn't be able to field a side­ this weekend.

How on earth did Contador beat Cancellara in the final­ TT. It raises an eyebrow at least.

In terms of justifying Cancellara's performance,­ you have to just look at trends/pattern over a career. ­ It's not like a Schumacher type of situation. This­ is not the first time that Cancellara has blitzed the­ opposition, when all the other contenders have been­ bunched within a few seconds. Bottom line is, he is­ made for TTing and when everything comes together,­ he's just head and shoulders above the rest. Shame­ Contador didn't take part though.

Cancellara had the race won after 10kms, such was his­ dominant display. Wiggins was never really in it to­ win it - both Cancellara and Larsson had passed him by­ the time he had is 'mechanical'. Apparently,­ the brake caliper/block was rubbing - why didn't he­ just push to one side and/or loosen the cable and carry­ on? And these custom bike paint jobs are getting silly­ now...

At the finish Cancellara looked as if he's just­ cycled down to the local corner shop to buy a pint of­ milk....superhuman performance...hope he's clean!!

I dont want to start about doping again cause its not­ fair to always accuse everybody of doping if they do a­ great performance.
These are the World Championships­ where the best start. I just dont believe that one guy­ can be so much faster than all the rest. In my opinion­ its not possible, sorry.

cancellara is in a different league to these lads.­ These lads are the best cancellara is just god!!

This is not just doping, he must have a motor...

Most formidable time trial display of all time? ­ Arguably yes.

I would love to see him have a crack­ at the hour, surely he'd breeze it?