mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Hahahahahahahaha. Dennis swears on BBC1 at 5pm (it's after midnight in Sydney).
2016 Olympic Road Races and Time Trials *Spoilers*
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HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
(just to use the rest up)
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Sorry, got my seconds confused - saw the 1-12 and 1-13
What comes of trying to watch it on the sly at work with distractions and the volume turned down
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Looks more like mixed emotions to me. I'm sure he'd preferred to have been first, but he's not in bits about it (well, except his wrist... sorry). He should be able to have another go in Tokyo if he wants and probably more after that.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Fab Fab
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Great effort by Dumoulin, all things considered, but what a ride by Cancellara. Awesome. Clearly super motivated today.
Froome probably a bit off the boil after the Tour.
Great ride by Castroviejo too, and Dennis was incredibly unlucky.
Froome probably a bit off the boil after the Tour.
Great ride by Castroviejo too, and Dennis was incredibly unlucky.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Bronze is a disappointment from a British cycling point of view but as half my family is from Bern I'll take that great bit of cycling from the Bernese.
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
If it hadn't been Cancellara with the Gold maybe.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
If only he hadn't wasted all that energy riding around France for three weeks!
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
That seems distinctly suspicious. Maybe they should have checked if he was wearing a jetpack rather than worrying about whether his bike had a motor...
Seriously, though - fantastic result and the perfect way to end a career.
oldroadman
Veteran
- Location
- Ubique
Thoughts from the ITT.
Masterful performance from Spartacus. His descending in the wet alone was worth some seconds, showed how to do it with great lines, touches of brakes in the right time, and keeping it all smooth. Rohan Dennis probably got a bit wound up and started too fast, unless it was a strategy to panic the opposition, which was not going to work with the quality of riders at the top of the field. The bike change was worth about 16 seconds by my count.
Froome pacing strategy was good, he executed well, and in the end simply didn't quite have the power. The Tour takes it toll.
G making 9th when he only came in to the race at 24 hours notice - well done to him, still sore from that nasty crash on Saturday.
Dumoulin may have been closer without the injury and he'll be one to watch, there are plenty of big performances to come from him.
Phinney, five minutes lost, enough said.
So far as the women were concerned, it was interesting to see a 42 year old beat a (just back from a ban) 36 year old. In fact I was very pleased, there is no need for a repeat of 2012 when another eastern ex-doper won a race. The faces on the podium said it all.
And GB selection of Pooley? Didn't work, just because she was good in 2008(!!) does not mean she should be able to go away, start triathlon, then wander back in and take a place which should have gone to a younger and more committed rider. I wonder how Molly Weaver and Dani King feel seeing that result, 14th and over 2 minutes adrift. Just not good enough, and GB coaches need to be asked some hard questions. Hope they have actually learned a lesson.
Let's hope that the track team produce some wins. More medals, more controllables, and less risk, if the coaches are to be believed. Good luck folks.
Masterful performance from Spartacus. His descending in the wet alone was worth some seconds, showed how to do it with great lines, touches of brakes in the right time, and keeping it all smooth. Rohan Dennis probably got a bit wound up and started too fast, unless it was a strategy to panic the opposition, which was not going to work with the quality of riders at the top of the field. The bike change was worth about 16 seconds by my count.
Froome pacing strategy was good, he executed well, and in the end simply didn't quite have the power. The Tour takes it toll.
G making 9th when he only came in to the race at 24 hours notice - well done to him, still sore from that nasty crash on Saturday.
Dumoulin may have been closer without the injury and he'll be one to watch, there are plenty of big performances to come from him.
Phinney, five minutes lost, enough said.
So far as the women were concerned, it was interesting to see a 42 year old beat a (just back from a ban) 36 year old. In fact I was very pleased, there is no need for a repeat of 2012 when another eastern ex-doper won a race. The faces on the podium said it all.
And GB selection of Pooley? Didn't work, just because she was good in 2008(!!) does not mean she should be able to go away, start triathlon, then wander back in and take a place which should have gone to a younger and more committed rider. I wonder how Molly Weaver and Dani King feel seeing that result, 14th and over 2 minutes adrift. Just not good enough, and GB coaches need to be asked some hard questions. Hope they have actually learned a lesson.
Let's hope that the track team produce some wins. More medals, more controllables, and less risk, if the coaches are to be believed. Good luck folks.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
More proof that Phinney is a never-was-been
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
He was very much on an upward trajectory when he had his crash. Alas, I think we've seen the best of him.
