There is a British cyclist mentioned in Faster who a number of people talked about having the potential to be a world beater if he’s trained properly. I wondered if there had been any clues as to who this may be or if anyone would hazard a guess as to their identity.

Molgrips

Hora

Smurf Mat (he’s Awesome, you know)

It’s not me.

Augustus Windsock

Ok Ok enough, it’s me but I’m of for a pint.

When was this written? I’m asking because this was the considered opinion of a few folk about Froome, before he was properly sorted by Sky.

Nah, can’t be Froome, Faster was only published six months or so back.

I suspect if Hutchinson did reveal who it is, most of us would never have heard of him (on account of how he doesn’t train and therefore doesn’t win stuff).

Not read the book, but was listening to the Cycling Podcast this morning and Adam Blythe seems to fit the profile of a very talented rider without the discipline/desire/single-mindedness to achieve his full potential. Choose to walk away from BMC with a year left on his contract and drop out of the world tour, though maybe now wants to get back in at a different team.

I don’t think it’s Froome, it was written to recently. Blythe isn’t a bad shout thought the wording suggests it isn’t a very recent rider, I was thinking it would be from Dan Lloyd/Roger Hammond type era.

A little bump for the morning. Come on, I’m intrigued!

Wayne Randle

Wayne Randle

article about him here (with a mention of Planet X):
http://www.timetriallingforum.co.uk/?showtopic=42107