Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Cycling

[DJuice]

  On 7/21/2021 at 9:42 AM, dsw said:

I Just read an article on netwerk24 in which they listed the SA athletes who they reckon have best chances for a medal. The names mentioned are: Tatjana Schoenmaker, Akani Simbine, Blitzbokke, Chad, Wayde, and Men's rowing.

Not a word about Alan or Ashleigh.

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No word on the triathlon front.

Henri is a medal hope.

Not sure about Richards health, on good health outside chance.

[Jewbacca]

Yeah, I agree with Shebeen.

Alan is not expected to medal, he has not placed top 3 in Elites yet. It would be unexpected. I suppose when one considers 'medal hopefuls' one would include him as, well, there IS hope, but he wouldn't fall under the 'likely medalist' list.

 

[Eldron]

  On 7/21/2021 at 10:19 AM, DieselnDust said:

Indeed, king of the slam stem setup. Miss that guy

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And that negative 25 degree saddle! Not a conventional guy that - made the bike fitter in me cringe every time I saw him ride.

Random thought - I wonder if that nose down saddle was the cause of his knee issues? Makes sense - it rolls the pelvis forward and puts more pressure on the knees - combine that with a crazy drop....

[FootballingCyclist]

  On 7/21/2021 at 7:48 AM, J Wakefield said:

They use their own helmets also mostly 

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Cool to see Tadej and Jan Polanc wearing plain white Met helmets and not their red and black UAE helmets which would look abit funny with their green and blue kit.

[Chris_]

  On 7/21/2021 at 11:14 AM, Eldron said:

And that negative 25 degree saddle! Not a conventional guy that - made the bike fitter in me cringe every time I saw him ride.

Random thought - I wonder if that nose down saddle was the cause of his knee issues? Makes sense - it rolls the pelvis forward and puts more pressure on the knees - combine that with a crazy drop....

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Richard Murray disapproves of your knee-injury-saddle-tilt theory ????.

(His old bike, yes I know)

[Shebeen]

  On 7/21/2021 at 11:02 AM, Jewbacca said:

Yeah, I agree with Shebeen.

Alan is not expected to medal, he has not placed top 3 in Elites yet. It would be unexpected. I suppose when one considers 'medal hopefuls' one would include him as, well, there IS hope, but he wouldn't fall under the 'likely medalist' list.

 

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We'll move onto our chances in the men's road and women's mtb next.

the fact that we aren't discussing them kind of shows you where they are, unfortunately.

 

  On 7/21/2021 at 11:01 AM, DJuice said:

No word on the triathlon front.

Henri is a medal hope.

Not sure about Richards health, on good health outside chance.

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Actually watched full replay (with skipping) of the Rio men's tri the other day.

Henri did bloody well there, murray with a decent swim and it would have been spicy of note. 

[Danger Dassie]

  On 7/21/2021 at 8:22 AM, DieselnDust said:

YEah except when you ride for Sweden and you're the only female representative for your country. Then you get caught up in the most awful politics this sport can throw at you

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One of sport administration's worst failures and a complete betrayal of care to the athlete. I'm certain this played a large role in Rissved's break from the sport. 

[TNT1]

  On 7/21/2021 at 11:31 AM, Chris_ said:

Richard Murray disapproves of your knee-injury-saddle-tilt theory ????.

(His old bike, yes I know)

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Dunno who Bill Murray's brother is, but he must have painful nuts after a ride on that. 

[samson99]

  On 7/21/2021 at 11:17 AM, FootballingCyclist said:

Cool to see Tadej and Jan Polanc wearing plain white Met helmets and not their red and black UAE helmets which would look abit funny with their green and blue kit.

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Where would i find a photo?

[TNT1]

  On 7/21/2021 at 10:08 AM, dsw said:

On the subject of American female cyclist I see Chloe Dygert is entered for road and track. Taking into consideration the extend of her injuries any success in Tokyo will be remarkable. If she is fully recovered it will probably be nearly impossible for anyone to beat her in the road ITT.

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Good, good, she can close gaps all day for Coryn.

[Chris_]

  On 7/21/2021 at 11:32 AM, Shebeen said:

murray with a decent swim

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... would probably be one of the best triathletes of all time. 

(read in a different font if you like but its not far off)

[Jewbacca]

  On 7/21/2021 at 12:13 PM, Chris_ said:

... would probably be one of the best triathletes of all time. 

(read in a different font if you like but its not far off)

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This is so true!

[dsw]

  On 7/21/2021 at 12:13 PM, Chris_ said:

... would probably be one of the best triathletes of all time. 

(read in a different font if you like but its not far off)

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He was a world champ in the duathlon before he switched to tri.

[dsw]

Irrelevant but just for the record:

When tri's it became popular in SA it was completely dominated by a big ex navy diver and swimmer who also had frightening power on the bike and was after the bike leg so far ahead that none of the better runners had a chance to get close to him. 

No drafting was allowed back then.

I doubt whether Richard would have ever caught him.

 

 

[TheoG]

  On 7/21/2021 at 12:39 PM, dsw said:

Irrelevant but just for the record:

When tri's it became popular in SA it was completely dominated by a big ex navy diver and swimmer who also had frightening power on the bike and was after the bike leg so far ahead that none of the better runners had a chance to get close to him. 

No drafting was allowed back then.

I doubt whether Richard would have ever caught him.

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Drafting should still not be allowed in TRI, it should be "time trial" scenario, but that's just mho.

[dsw]

  On 7/21/2021 at 12:54 PM, TheoG said:

Drafting should still not be allowed in TRI, it should be "time trial" scenario, but that's just mho.

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The "new" rules probably make for better tv viewing but I fully agree with you.