Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Cycling

[FootballingCyclist]

1 hour ago, Vetplant said:

Funny thing where WvA and GvA will be riding for Belgium, but they will be doing so on different machines. WvA on his Cervelo and GvA on his BMC.

Wonder how the trade team dynamics will influence the racing.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/woutvanaert/2622446320990552871/

All the riders ride their own team bikes though, Like with SA Nic is on his BMC, Stefan on his Willier and Gibbo on his Colnago.

[TNT1]

1 hour ago, Vetplant said:

Funny thing where WvA and GvA will be riding for Belgium, but they will be doing so on different machines.

It's been like that forever at worlds and olympics.

[J Wakefield]

They use their own helmets also mostly 

[splat]

38 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

"New Zealand" on that list nudged a memory of mine.

Whatever happened to Sam Gaze? He was on-the-up, winning the Argus a couple of years back... should have been the start of big things for him. ????‍♂️

I cant remember seeing much of him after this incident at the Commonwealth Games

 

 

[Shebeen]

44 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

"New Zealand" on that list nudged a memory of mine.

Whatever happened to Sam Gaze? He was on-the-up, winning the Argus a couple of years back... should have been the start of big things for him. ????‍♂️

he also won the coetzenburg XCO that next week.

he packed it in, then tried road biking. not going to plan, yet.

 

[Vetplant]

2 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

he also won the coetzenburg XCO that next week.

he packed it in, then tried road biking. not going to plan, yet.

 

Yeah.

DQS->Alpecin Fenix->Alpecin Fenix Development Team

That is not the ideal progression route is it.

[TNT1]

48 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

"New Zealand" on that list nudged a memory of mine.

Whatever happened to Sam Gaze? He was on-the-up, winning the Argus a couple of years back... should have been the start of big things for him. ????‍♂️

Looks like his progression is backwards of late:

2019	Deceuninck–Quick-Step (road; stagiaire)
2020	Alpecin–Fenix[2]
2021–	Alpecin–Fenix Development Team

 

I mean you'd expect it to be going the other way...

[Shebeen]

13 hours ago, kosmonooit said:

Further reading:

Tokyo Olympics: Experts warn Games chiefs about extreme heat

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57904094

 

I don't really subscribe to the theory that people from northern europe won't be competetive in the heat/humidity as they are professionals and train accordingly, the list of people coming from a cold european winter and smashing our locals in the march heat of the cape epic is a very very long. but anyway

hot guys in the mens mtb. - that's hatherley, avancini and some frenchies

ladies road, AMP and some aussies

[DieselnDust]

13 hours ago, kosmonooit said:

Further reading:

Tokyo Olympics: Experts warn Games chiefs about extreme heat

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57904094

 

 

 

So that's like Durban in Summer at the moment

[TNT1]

2 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

 

hot guys in the mens mtb. - that's hatherley, avancini and some frenchies

ladies road, AMP and some aussies

That's relative. Besides, I dunno what any of these blokes look like.

For the women, Coryn Rivera does it for me.

[DieselnDust]

2 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

I don't really subscribe to the theory that people from northern europe won't be competetive in the heat/humidity as they are professionals and train accordingly, the list of people coming from a cold european winter and smashing our locals in the march heat of the cape epic is a very very long. but anyway

hot guys in the mens mtb. - that's hatherley, avancini and some frenchies

ladies road, AMP and some aussies

Europe has a few a hot and humid locations in Summer. Its not that big a deal for these athletes as they will also train in a sauna in winter

[DieselnDust]

Just now, TNT1 said:

That's relative. Besides, I dunno what any of these blokes look like.

For the women, Coryn Rivera does it for me.

beat me to it

[Shebeen]

2 minutes ago, TNT1 said:

That's relative. Besides, I dunno what any of these blokes look like.

For the women, Coryn Rivera does it for me.

sure, here's a "hot guy" from Kenya

hot guy from italy

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXLUZJeFutf/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=cf396725-37bf-4df5-803f-d96edf1b8cf8

[DieselnDust]

Just now, Shebeen said:

sure, here's a "hot guy" from Kenya

hot guy from italy

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXLUZJeFutf/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=cf396725-37bf-4df5-803f-d96edf1b8cf8

Would appreciate a Spoiler alert next time.

one cannot unsee

[TNT1]

Just now, Shebeen said:

sure, here's a "hot guy" from Kenya

Like I said, relative.

 

Excuse me whilst I go bleach my eyeballs.

 

 

 

(the italian, can't help you, I has no instagram)

[DieselnDust]

46 minutes ago, FootballingCyclist said:

All the riders ride their own team bikes though, Like with SA Nic is on his BMC, Stefan on his Willier and Gibbo on his Colnago.

Correct and they have a spare that will be loaded on the car. Team mecchie has been a busy bee getting their bikes set up for the weekend. Strained his thumb moving luggage around but I'm available to fly at a moments notice should a new pair of thumbs be needed