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[Closed] The mystery British cyclist in Faster by Michael Hutchinson

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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.


 
Posted : 18/08/2014 3:48 pm
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Molgrips


 
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Hora


 
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Smurf Mat (he's Awesome, you know)


 
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It's not me.


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


 
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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.


 
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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).


 
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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.


 
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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.


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


 
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Wayne Randle


 
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Wayne Randle

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


 
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