Tumbleweed Posted June 6, 2012 Author Posted June 6, 2012 UCI has confirmed RSA qualify 3 women!! Road: De Groot, Moolman Pasio (unless I heard wrong), Van der Winkel. Impey. MTB Neethling. Buys, Stander. Danger Dassie 1
Flemish Lion Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Road: De Groot, Moolman Pasio (unless I heard wrong), Van der Winkel. Impey. MTB Neethling. Buys, Stander. Van De Winkel (we're not Afrikaans ) So they decided to go with two support riders for Ashleigh.
Tumbleweed Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 Van De Winkel (we're not Afrikaans ) So they decided to go with two support riders for Ashleigh. Apologies to you and Jo. Typed that off the TV during the announcement. Congrats. You must be uber-proud! How do you rate Ashleigh's podium chances?
Flemish Lion Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Apologies to you and Jo. Typed that off the TV during the announcement. Congrats. You must be uber-proud! How do you rate Ashleigh's podium chances? No worries - yeah super proud and well deserved The only way Ash can get on the podium is from a small break away group. But if the bigger countries (like Worlds last year) want a sprint finish then that's what we'll get and then it's gonna be very difficult as Italy, Germany, Dutch, AUS etc. have some super fast sprinters. But with a bunch of only 67 it's quite a different race and they will have to be very careful not to miss the right break, because they will never see them again!
Tumbleweed Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 No worries - yeah super proud and well deserved The only way Ash can get on the podium is from a small break away group. But if the bigger countries (like Worlds last year) want a sprint finish then that's what we'll get and then it's gonna be very difficult as Italy, Germany, Dutch, AUS etc. have some super fast sprinters. But with a bunch of only 67 it's quite a different race and they will have to be very careful not to miss the right break, because they will never see them again! Ta for the insight! Good luck to the girls!
SwissVan Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Road: De Groot, Moolman Pasio (unless I heard wrong), Van der Winkel. Oooo so what happened to Cherise Taylor, thought that she had been doing pretty well and would have qualified?
kosmonooit Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Yea Van she thought so too, but it was not to be. There is another thread on this. Cant say I understand the selection or dynamics of the situation it but it seems 'politics' got involved
kosmonooit Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Team GB long list for men’s road race (five to be selected): Mark CavendishSteve CummingsChris FroomeJeremy HuntDavid MillarIan StannardBen SwiftBradley Wiggins Team GB long list for women’s road race (four to be selected): Lizzie ArmitsteadNicole CookeKatie ColcloughSharon LawsLucy MartinEmma Pooley
Tumbleweed Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Team GB long list for men’s road race (five to be selected): Mark CavendishSteve CummingsChris FroomeJeremy HuntDavid MillarIan StannardBen SwiftBradley Wiggins Team GB long list for women’s road race (four to be selected): Lizzie ArmitsteadNicole CookeKatie ColcloughSharon LawsLucy MartinEmma Pooley Hoy on Millar's inclusion: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2158891/London-2012-Olympics-Chris-Foy-handed-drugs-tester-David-Millar-selection.html
SwissVan Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Gotta love these 2 quotes: Gandhi’s aphorism:hate the sin, love the sinner. Hoy said:‘I’ll be 100 per cent standing by whoever is on the team because they are eligible.‘For me, it’s more about somebody could be somewhere sitting thinking about Rio (host of the 2016 Olympics) and believing drugs are a risk worth taking because they could test positive, come back and compete again Edited June 14, 2012 by SwissVan
'Dale Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Nice build-up article: http://redkiteprayer.com/2012/06/tuesdays-with-wilcockson-the-olympics-beckon-beyond-the-tour/
'Dale Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Historical view of MTBing within the Olympic Games: http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/olympic-moments-1996-mountain-biking-comes-of-age
kosmonooit Posted June 23, 2012 Posted June 23, 2012 I hope CAAD4 has been paying attention! http://cdn4.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2012/06/17/2/cdnew_dsc4588_600.jpg "Cycling Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Olympic Committee, announced the nomination of Catharine Pendrel, Emily Batty, Geoff Kabush and Max Plaxton to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team set to compete at the Olympic Games this summer." From Cyclenews
kosmonooit Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 The Canadian mtb team http://cdn2.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2012/06/22/1/mtb_dsc4187_600.jpg Max Plaxton, Emily Batty, Catharine Pendrel and Geoff 'lamb chops' Kabush Canada enjoys strong Olympic mountain bike prospects Catharine won the World Cup XCO #5
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