Summer RIO 2016 - Cycling (Track and Road) 11th to 16th Aug

[Old_Man_James]

Grrrrr

 

[catstorm]

Had mechanical errors all week with our equipment, maybe something to look at.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Left time trial bar broken of all things!

 

[BobbyMorri]

probably made in china by Sun Yang

 

[BobbyMorri]

So Dennis lost time on the last climb. u think that bike change would have hurt him in the next sector. Froome creeping up. Fab is got his engine working.

Bronze best hope?

(i am talking negative to keep my hopes down)

 

[Old_Man_James]

Yeah bronze at best now i think

 

[BobbyMorri]

almost a min down now.....

oh well. gave it your best shot Dennis. Come on Fab.

 

[catstorm]

It's gone he won't medal, climb hurt but the bike change just destroyed him.

 

[BobbyMorri]

I dont think he was going to medal even without the mechanical. just think he went too fast too early. who knows. those time gaps for Froome/D look big so perhaps it did.

CANCELLARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didnt think the course would suit him. u would think he has it.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Couldnt be happier with the winner(apart from Porte/Dennis)

shame for Dennis. i was wrong. that mechanical did cost him in the end. 8 secs off Froome i think in the end.

can we have some luck please.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Cost him bronze, he was never going to beat fab, but he easily would have lost 20 seconds with the change which would have been good enough for bronze

 

[robbieando]

Cancellara!!!

Happy for him to get the win in his final year. What a rider

 

[FallingLiefs]

Gee, 8 seconds off Froome. Mechanical basically game set match.

 

[BobbyMorri]

would love to see the medal ceremony. we wont, but god, i love Spartacus.

 

[drd23]

What a way to (basically) end his career for Cancellara! Definitely the worthy winner

 

[BobbyMorri]

1 CANCELLARA Fabian 15:12.88
2 DENNIS Rohan 15:13.55
3 THOMAS Geraint 15:18.74
4 DUMOULIN Tom 15:27.35
5 MARTIN Tony 15:28.87
6 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 15:31.95
7 FROOME Christopher 15:32.36

1 DENNIS Rohan 28:47.05
2 DUMOULIN Tom 29:03.96
3 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 29:08.97
4 CANCELLARA Fabian 29:11.31
5 FROOME Christopher 29:11.69

1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 48:30.4
2 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 48:48.4
3 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 48:56.2
4 Christopher Froome (Great Britain) 49:03.2

1 CANCELLARA Fabian 1:01:53.65
2 DUMOULIN Tom 1:02:26.09
3 FROOME Christopher1:02:34.98
4 DENNIS Rohan 1:02:46.39 (mech)
5 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 1:02:49.14

1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 1:12:15.42
2 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 1:13:02.83
3 Christopher Froome (Great Britain) 1:13:17.54
4 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain) 1:13:21.50
5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 1:13:25.66

 

[royboy2]

Men's road race medal presentation on 72 now

 

[BobbyMorri]

Men's road race medal presentation on 72 now

great. i went to bed. grrrrr

 

[BobbyMorri]

i missed the rounds of the teams sprint. heard the mens have done wonderfully to make the bronze medal race. good effort.

Womens team pursuit must be disappointed with that time. way off the 2 favs. they should be up there. they have ridden 3:15 before and in the 2 years since, they have digressed massively.

here is the mens pursuit. saw the danes. think it was Hansen from the Omnium who basically got them to the finishing line. he showed great form.

WR nearly fell for the brits. no surprise the time. the winning time will be under 3:50. Aus should match them by finishing 2nd.

 

[catstorm]

i missed the rounds of the teams sprint. heard the mens have done wonderfully to make the bronze medal race. good effort.

Womens team pursuit must be disappointed with that time. way off the 2 favs. they should be up there. they have ridden 3:15 before and in the 2 years since, they have digressed massively.

here is the mens pursuit. saw the danes. think it was Hansen from the Omnium who basically got them to the finishing line. he showed great form.

WR nearly fell for the brits. no surprise the time. the winning time will be under 3:50. Aus should match them by finishing 2nd.

Or not

 

[BobbyMorri]

3rd!!!!!

agree with Phil. they still should beat the danes. but that was too close to 4th and a bad run. if they were going by a schedule, then it was way too risky. we went 3.52 in the world champs, so the brits have(not surprising) improved.

i should mention that the danes time was fantastic.

 

[pepsi]

I was speaking to one of team GBs physios in sao Paolo a week ago and she told me the bikes they're using are very advanced and helped significantly with times. She said they had trouble with the bikes early but the problems are sorted and GB were very confident with them.

 

[BobbyMorri]

unlucky for the mens sprint. they did well to get to the bronze round.

what do the brits take for the Olympics. they show nothing in world champs but turn into superstars at the Olympics. every single danm time.

pepsi make sense from the above. they did this in london. its really annoying. they shouldnt be this dominate.

 

[catstorm]

unlucky for the mens sprint. they do well to get to the bronze round.

what do the brits take for the Olympics. they show nothing in world champs but turn into superstars at the Olympics. every single danm time.

pepsi make sense from the above. they did this in london. its really annoying. they shouldnt be this dominate.

Yeah it does seem a bit strange last year the got 0 gold at the World Championships, now Olympics year and they are unbeatable again.

 

[iluvparis]

Can we still get into the gold medal race in the Men's Pursuit or a we screwed by finishing behind the Danes in qualifying?