The Ultimate Guide to Trial Trialling

he definitely did that all right should we talk about let's talk back to the race let's talk about the bike race let's talk about montreal um first of all alex did you love did you like or did you love or did you not love the circuit

I loved it.

I absolutely loved it.

What did I

say?

That's what Pete said.

That's what Pete said

you'd say.

That's what Pete said you'd say, to be fair.

It's like not a clinical...

It's not a clinical one.

Bit of rain in there as well.

That would have been good.

Because I just would have tested, really tested, like the...

When people think time trialling, they think like aero, skin suit, aerodynamics, power, who's done the best maths to get to the finish line.

But when you chuck in a bucket load of corners, some different road surfaces, a couple of climbs into flat, everyone has to think about it a bit more.

And it then rewards the all-round time trialist.

No, big fan of it.

And maybe that is why, in the end, the two champions that were crowned in Montreal were the two defending champions and the two best riders in their disciplines, like Marlon Royce and Redco Evenpool.

So it was a circuit that allowed for the best in their craft to rise to the top.

Is that kind of the point you're making in a way, Alex?

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, the two best time trialists on the planet still consolidated their authority, I guess.

And, you know, Zoe Baxter, like, hats off there.

And she's been world champion in multidisciplines, including cyclocross.