Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Cycling

[lechatnoir]

4 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Neff waaaaay upfront.

Swiss are in with a chance of a 1, 2, 3 here.

she's on fire. she's been spectacular and will have to do something really spectacular to lose it from here.

['Dale]

Skills, strength, skills, coordination, skills. What a beautiful course.

Edited July 27, 2021 by 'Dale

[100Tours]

16 minutes ago, Eldron said:

I see the MvdP ramp is in place for the women's race. Anyone know if that is because of the weather or that was always the plan?

Nah - they do stuff like that just to spite the Dutch ????

[shaper]

too soon?....

[TNT1]

6 minutes ago, shaper said:

too soon?....

 

It's never too soon.

 

BTW, I watched the race last night, and every single other rider there knew there was no ramp.

 

Van Der Poel is going to need some thick skin to live this one down.

[DieselnDust]

10 hours ago, jdwet1980 said:

Proper Japanese Kamikaze. Someone should tell him the war is over. Him and the captain of the boat at the triathlon. 

The Dutch didn't participate in WWII officially. So the kamikaze is a about 80 years too late ????

[DieselnDust]

53 minutes ago, Eldron said:

I see the MvdP ramp is in place for the women's race. Anyone know if that is because of the weather or that was always the plan?

It was always the plan 

[TNT1]

Just now, DieselnDust said:

It was always the plan 

And women want equal prize money. Pffftttt.

[DieselnDust]

46 minutes ago, geomark said:

If run like normal XC then yes, often before they are lapped, the are constantly culling slower riders from the back each lap to stop congestion in bottlenecks by slower riders.

Hopefully not culling but maybe that's what the Dutch BMXer was practicing?

[J Wakefield]

It is / was run like a normal xc with lapped riders being pulled. 

[splat]

47 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Neff waaaaay upfront.

Swiss are in with a chance of a 1, 2, 3 here.

Got my timing totally wrong and switched on just in time to see that. Missed the whole bloody race!

Nice for Jolanda!
Long recovery road since her big injury a while ago.

[splat]

1 hour ago, samson99 said:

anyone know where candice is in the race?

Finished 24th 

[DieselnDust]

24th for Candice 10min 34 down. Good going to come in ahead of Eva Lechner

Yolanda road like her old self today. Looked so comfortable and confident through the rock gardens. The French ladies spent too much time and energy during the first two laps racing each other releasing Yolandie. She didn't even need the ramp. MVDP should take some lessons from her.

 

<Lapped riders getted pulled form the course at the end of the lap>

['Dale]

The Swiss leader spent 7 weeks training on the course before the Olympics was postponed. Dialled it in. ????

[DieselnDust]

7 minutes ago, TNT1 said:

And women want equal prize money. Pffftttt.

Most of them didn't need it though. Only PFP and Loana of the front runners were using the ramp probably to safe energy. Its there so why not

 

Great ride by Kata Blanca-Vas

[Mntboy]

What a race by the Swiss ladies. A clean sweep of the podium and very well deserved. Just loved the way the ladies came to congratulate Jolanda as soon as they crossed the line, shows in what regard she's held by the others. A fantastic race today in tough, almost brutal conditions.