smutchin
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Don't know about slowmotion, but speaking for myself, I ride in all weathers. However, I don't very often take sharp right-handers in a bunch going at racing speed in heavy rain.
d.
Olympic RR - Women (spoilers etc)
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Don't know about slowmotion, but speaking for myself, I ride in all weathers. However, I don't very often take sharp right-handers in a bunch going at racing speed in heavy rain.
d.
To be fair, they had the benefit of seeing how sticking to plan went wrong for the men.
True.
But Brailsford in unrepentant about the tactics for the men's race and still says "If we could have our time again, we'd do exactly the same thing”
Thanks, I've just found that quote on the BC page. Puzzling, to say the least.
cd365
Guru
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- Coventry, uk
Being someone who hasn't really watched a lot of womens cycling I really enjoyed that race
Chuffy
Veteran
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- On the banks of the Exe
But that's the problem you have when you've got the worlds fastest sprinter on your team, it pretty much dictates your tactics and everyone knew it from the day the course was announced. The only other option would be to use Cav as a decoy/Plan B or even leave him out altogether, in which case you'll have an incadescent Manxman on your hands and an even bigger pack of armchair DS's ripping you a new hole for ruining Our Cav's Golden Parade.
The women's team didn't have that imbalance, which meant that their chosen plan (Pooley shreds legs and marks moves, Cooke lurks and Armistead follows Vos) had much more chance of success.
Why? What else could they have done? If they'd have put a man in the 30 man break, they probably wouldn't have got a medal anyway, and then they would've been criticised for being a man short for Cav.
Far too easy to lambast tactics in hindsight from the comfort of an armchair.
tigger
Über Member
Agree wholeheartedly Raindog. They had a plan, they stuck to it... and it appeared to be working until the break just wouldn't come back in that last hour. Hindsight is wonderful...
But that's the whole point. Brailsford now has the benefit of hindsight, the original plan didn't work, but he says he'd do the same again.
No, the point is that backing Cav 100% was the best plan and still would be.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Yes I do. A tad slower though...
Chuffy
Veteran
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- On the banks of the Exe
I wonder if the Germans would say the same...
lordloveaduck
Well-Known Member
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- Birmingham
The mens team is like the England Football team, They see it as there right to win, then are totally
perplexed when they don't.
News Flash, "Your not that great chaps!".
perplexed when they don't.
News Flash, "Your not that great chaps!".
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
But the problem with that plan is it is the easiest to spoil. Most of the competitors know they have almost no chance of a medal, but are sufficiently competitive ego-wise not to do anything to help the favourite win.
lordloveaduck
Well-Known Member
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- Birmingham
Was the TDF part of the Olympics?
No you silly sausage....shakes head walks away
