2016 Olympic Road Races and Time Trials *Spoilers*
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Flying_Monkey
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Pooley did a reasonable job in the road race, but given that she was in it primarily to be in the TT, it wasn't really the point. This isn't just an argument against Pooley's selection, it's also an argument (once again) against the regulation that TT participants should also be part of the RR team.
Dogtrousers
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Looks like a still from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
oldroadman
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I'm not sure she actually did. She did not act as a climbing domestique which was needed, and at one point managed to cause Harris to be dropped with a pointless hard turn at the head of the peloton, after which, not seen a lot. Poor show.
If she was there for the TT why bother, 2 minutes off the pace after being pushed in as a "specialist", not acceptable.
Anyone who had watched any of the Women's Tour stages could see that she was climbing poorly, rarely got engaged in the racing, and was poor on descents, which considering the Rio course, was always going to be a problem. This bit of info came from an acquaintance who was on the race and couldn't believe she was selected for Olympics before being seen in any sort of high level action.
I stand by my comment, the GB coaches/selectors have questions to answer about that particular pick. One of the other candidates would have been a better pick in the road race. They actually understand what they are doing and are current pro team riders.
Dogtrousers
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Have we had this story?
Dan Craven from Namibia riding the time trial having been given a place at the last minute ...
http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/08/news/dan-nam-accidental-time-trial_417779
Dan Craven from Namibia riding the time trial having been given a place at the last minute ...
http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/08/news/dan-nam-accidental-time-trial_417779
Flying_Monkey
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You do know that I was agreeing with you, right?
coffeejo
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oldroadman
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Oh yes, and I was agreeing with you. We'll have to stop this immediately!
mjr
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Well, I recorded the "highlights" from the BBC red button - what a joke! A clip of Armstrong crossing the finish line, a similar clip of Froome and a clip of the men's podium and that's your lot 
Supersuperleeds
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Well, I recorded the "highlights" from the BBC red button - what a joke! A clip of Armstrong crossing the finish line, a similar clip of Froome and a clip of the men's podium and that's your lot
You should be able to see more than that on iplayer
mjr
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Well, yes, there's the full 315 minutes which is rather a lot to download and edit down. Bizarrely, the BBC has a better set of highlights on Youtube, but only for the men:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg10nzDIsnw
Supersuperleeds
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deptfordmarmoset
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Until I see an Olympics Track Cycling thread near the top of the ''new posts'' here's a link to the stream for today's events:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/36774439
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/36774439
HF2300
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You were, didn't you notice?I'm only sorry I didn't get the last two in. Nearly managed with Cancellara slowing down but it didn't really work, and unfortunately the commentators talked reasonably common sense most of the way through, so no joy there.
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mjr
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And why weren't you watching the BBC?
