Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Cycling

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, J Wakefield said:

Alan bought and paid for his own kit from Bioracer 

Yes most of then did so I'm wondering what caused the delay in delivery. On Thursday I asked him why he was still in trade kit and he said he still hadn't received his race kit but he knew what the design looked like I. E. Like Ashleighs.

But it's history now. Looking forward to the ladies race tomorrow and men's xco on Monday. I hope Candice has a good result on Tuesday.

[Underachiever]

What happened to the other great Belgian hope - Evenepoel?

I'm not the greatest fan.... perhaps it's the media keep making him better than he really is?

[JCA12]

I see Stefan De Bid finished 52nd ahead of Nibali and Quintana, among others. Decent result. 

Gibbons and Dlamini DNF

[JCA12]

2 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

What happened to the other great Belgian hope - Evenepoel?

I'm not the greatest fan.... perhaps it's the media keep making him better than he really is?

Evenepoel 49th

[dsw]

So Mr Gritty himself takes it ahead of all the rock stars.

Only the second gold medal ever for Equador at the Olympics.

They had only 2 riders in the field so Richard was really up against it.

What a rider!!

 

 

 

 

 

[DieselnDust]

Ryan and Nic =DNF

Pretty high attrition rate that includes many notable Pro tour riders

[kosmonooit]

19 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Ryan and Nic =DNF

Pretty high attrition rate that includes many notable Pro tour riders

Something to do with the heat and humidity I mentioned?

[kosmonooit]

What a brilliant result - I have been rooting for Richie since he ever showed himself as a bike racer. Its just so amazing what cycling can do for a person who comes from such humble and hard working origins.

Very clever riding and did so well to keep the chasers at bay, although if they had rode with Wout he might have been caught. Whatever ... I am very happy with the podium.

[DieselnDust]

20 minutes ago, kosmonooit said:

Something to do with the heat and humidity I mentioned?

Commentary team seems to think it played a role. Nic was in the break for a long time and they did expend a lot of energy to keep it that way. Could simply be a matter of too many matches burned. The race pace was pretty high

[Plentipotential]

4 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

 

Have the commentators missed that Gee has a massive hole in his shirt and a bit of road rash on his right shoulder?

Standard kit issue for that lad. ????

[Chris_]

I hope its been discussed at length already, but as a sports fan, let alone cycling fan, I feel I need to add to the melee.

That was ... without doubt ... the worst commentary ... in the history of sport.

Its like those two had no names on hand, they'd never seen nor heard nor recognized these riders (except that ballbag Yates), its like they had no timing - which nor did we for most of the time, its like they had no history, no data, no f*ing idea at all.

[Jewbacca]

I enjoyed the commentary. I mean, the name butchering was cringy, but if you turned that into 12th man mode you could start appreciating how animated and excited the dude got every time anyone did anything. 

I'm looking forward to the skateboarding and surfing if he is commentating on that.... 'OOhh, look at that! A wee spin thingymabob followed by a heaps exciting kicked flop!' 

[Vetplant]

Wout can be happy with silver, he really gave it his all. But, being so good in the Sprint means nobody wants to help you to the line. 

Carapaz winning gold is great for Equador, so I'm happy for him. At least he didn't feign fatigue like a week ago He went ahead and raced away from them. 

TT is going to be good. Hope Wout can convert to take the gold. Less stress about the tactics of others, just lay it all down and reap the rewards. Filippo Ganna will obviously bring everything he has to deny Wout. 

[dsw]

1 hour ago, Plentipotential said:

Standard kit issue for that lad. ????

Yeah, as per usual he went down. As did Tao G Hart, who has clearly taken lessons in the art of crashing from G..

I wonder if Ineos will even offer G a new contract as has just become too much of a risk.

 

[Jewbacca]

3 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Wout can be happy with silver, he really gave it his all. But, being so good in the Sprint means nobody wants to help you to the line. 

Carapaz winning gold is great for Equador, so I'm happy for him. At least he didn't feign fatigue like a week ago He went ahead and raced away from them. 

TT is going to be good. Hope Wout can convert to take the gold. Less stress about the tactics of others, just lay it all down and reap the rewards. Filippo Ganna will obviously bring everything he has to deny Wout. 

Where now? ????

Jokes aside, it's an awesome result for Carapaz and Ecuador... He rode a fantastic race and his timing to attack and drop McNulty was perfect. 

I'm always astounded how the chasing group just sits up and lets the attack go up the road and win like they did today. It just seems so negative. Like they are happy to see Carapaz (insert another name here) win rather than chase super hard and get beaten by Wout (insert another name here) in the sprint. I say this every time it happens. It seems dumb

[Vetplant]

10 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

Where now? ????

Jokes aside, it's an awesome result for Carapaz and Ecuador...

Didn't even for a second consider writing it like that. My reference is the equator, so ja, lesson learnt for the day, thanks.