Patchelicious Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 Guess MvdP should avoid the Zwift ramp test. TNT1, DieselnDust, Gnarly and 2 others 4 1
100Tours Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 29 minutes ago, Tim Brink said: Dutch BMX team "Hold My Beer" a queue of riders and officials crossing the track. None of them should have been there Vetplant 1
Jewbacca Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Patchelicious said: Guess MvdP should avoid the Zwift ramp test. He doesn't know whether Zwift has one or not.... Headshot, Long Wheel Base, Scary Rider and 1 other 4
DieselnDust Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: He doesn't know whether Zwift has one or not.... It appears the Dutch have taken "shut up and ride" quite literally Jewbacca and justinafrika 2
Puncture Kid Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 Anywhere where a reply is available? Useless DSTV has no replays as far as I can find
dsw Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Puncture Kid said: Anywhere where a reply is available? Useless DSTV has no replays as far as I can find Try 23h00 on Ch 202 DSTV Puncture Kid 1
OVERDRIVE Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 4 hours ago, DieselnDust said: He says he wasn't told it wouldn't be there. No one has admitted to telling him directly it would be gone for the race. Lots of members of the Dutch team figured he knew it wouldn't be there. What they forget is that he didn't ride the test race in 2019 and everything he got back from the team was hear say. His only experience of riding the course was on Saturday and Sunday with the bridge in place. He didn't read the race manual and his team manager didn't attend the race briefing and/or didn't inform him appropriately assuming he knew because well he's Mathieu van der Poel. his team mates likely didn't tell him either because, well, you know, he's Mathieu van der Poel and why should they tell a cycling God anything. Lesson for Mathieu. Be like Anna, Anna doesn't trust those who say they know because likely they don't know or people who do know because they wont say they know. Get the information yourself and trust only yourself Been ignoring all news and social media to watch that race. Respect to Tom firstly, and the man is a beast. We'll never know what we don't know, but no guarantees MVDP would have caught him anyway. Based on form alone, Matias was best placed to see him and he also didn't. I have a few questions. If we were never going to use the ramp why was it there in the first place. Different sports I know, but MotoGP/F1 do not place certain obstacles for whatever reason and remove them on the day. It is, what it is. Why put it on? Surely Dutch communication is at an all time low, but as you clearly said, they "figured". Pretty sure a drop like that was NB to make sure everyone on the same page. Really disappointing the way that ended. Nino battled, just the end of an era? Alan did good! Rant over. Zatopek, DieselnDust and justinafrika 3
OVERDRIVE Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, Puncture Kid said: Anywhere where a reply is available? Useless DSTV has no replays as far as I can find Olympic Games Tokyo 2021 – MTB XCO [FULL RACE] – Tiz-Cycling Only 480p unless you can wait for DSTV
DieselnDust Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 51 minutes ago, OVERDRIVE said: Been ignoring all news and social media to watch that race. Respect to Tom firstly, and the man is a beast. We'll never know what we don't know, but no guarantees MVDP would have caught him anyway. Based on form alone, Matias was best placed to see him and he also didn't. I have a few questions. If we were never going to use the ramp why was it there in the first place. Different sports I know, but MotoGP/F1 do not place certain obstacles for whatever reason and remove them on the day. It is, what it is. Why put it on? Surely Dutch communication is at an all time low, but as you clearly said, they "figured". Pretty sure a drop like that was NB to make sure everyone on the same page. Really disappointing the way that ended. Nino battled, just the end of an era? Alan did good! Rant over. An insider (in the village) mentioned that some of the teams, although empathising with the Dutch riders, are wondering if karma is at play because last week the Dutch Team managements was walking about super confident and farting arrogance. So far they only have one Silver for their efforts and lot of questions around what could g.o wrong next. The atmosphere isn't a happy one. Meanwhile over in the SA camp there's a bunch of happy people but two riders feeling a little bummed that luck didn't go their way. But at least no ones pointing fingers at CSA (except on social media). Also our riders and the team admin were informed about the bridge being removed for the race. What went wrong on the way to the Dutch camp well, we'll never know as its all a bit of who didn't say what. Good news is that MVDP didn't fracture anything in the fall. What's next? Well I guess we'll have to ask his agent but rumour is that they lost the dart board with the UCi calendar printed on it and the ambidexterous dart chucker ended up taking a detour to Thailand instead of Japan. So I guess its regrouping proper now. Back to the road and no more MTB for MVDP which is as annoying as it is disappointing. This lack of focus is starting to cost results. Lets hope he wakes ups and sees the wood from the fire Danger Dassie, justinafrika and OVERDRIVE 2 1
jdwet1980 Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Tim Brink said: Dutch BMX team "Hold My Beer" Proper Japanese Kamikaze. Someone should tell him the war is over. Him and the captain of the boat at the triathlon. Sydd and DieselnDust 1 1
OVERDRIVE Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, jdwet1980 said: Proper Japanese Kamikaze. Someone should tell him the war is over. Him and the captain of the boat at the triathlon. Order! Order! ????
Patchelicious Posted July 26, 2021 Posted July 26, 2021 3 hours ago, DieselnDust said: It appears the Dutch have taken "shut up and ride" quite literally He seems to have taken the Dutch pastime of getting stoned to new level. 6AL4V and DieselnDust 2
Zatopek Posted July 27, 2021 Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said: Been ignoring all news and social media to watch that race. Respect to Tom firstly, and the man is a beast. We'll never know what we don't know, but no guarantees MVDP would have caught him anyway. Based on form alone, Matias was best placed to see him and he also didn't. I have a few questions. If we were never going to use the ramp why was it there in the first place. Different sports I know, but MotoGP/F1 do not place certain obstacles for whatever reason and remove them on the day. It is, what it is. Why put it on? Surely Dutch communication is at an all time low, but as you clearly said, they "figured". Pretty sure a drop like that was NB to make sure everyone on the same page. Really disappointing the way that ended. Nino battled, just the end of an era? Alan did good! Rant over. I agree, why even have it there? If it was for safety, then why remove it... surely safety would not reduced in exchange for nice video/photos right? That said, what a mamparra not to make sure that you know what is coming. Edited July 27, 2021 by Zatopek justinafrika 1
TNT1 Posted July 27, 2021 Posted July 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Puncture Kid said: Anywhere where a reply is available? Useless DSTV has no replays as far as I can find BBC.
lechatnoir Posted July 27, 2021 Posted July 27, 2021 seems the start on GCN had no commentary, but 10min in, Aussie woman and Gerald have made an appearance.
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