WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 REVIEW

Paolo Bettini World Championships 2007

published 1 October 2007

Sunday's Elite Men's Road Race was the finale of the 2007 Road World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. This year's edition was fairly typical of racing over the past six months: rather unspectacular and overshadowed by political manoeuvring and tainted by the fall-out from doping investigations.

Months before the event had even started, there were strong rumours circulating that the event wouldn't take place at all, the German cycling scene having collectively had enough of all of the doping scandals in professional cycling.

In the Elite Men's Time Trial, the Bradley Wiggins-David Millar rivalry failed to materialise, or at least produce a podium position, something which disappointed both riders. Wiggins posted Britain's best time in tenth, 2-10 adrift of winner Cancellara and Millar was 18th at 2-40. Those positions were enough to ensure that Britain has two places at the Beijing Olympics time trial next year though, a great result in itself.

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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 REVIEW

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