2016 Olympic Road Races and Time Trials *Spoilers*

[mjr]

Boardman thankful for Millar reminding him not to be so absolute?

It was also interesting to see GVA pat Boardman on the shoulder. One Olympic champion saluting another, or commiserations for his recent loss?

 

[ozboz]

Got to admire these Lads , TdF then last week they were bombing round here ,200k's , then seven days later thousands of miles away in a tropical country riding a tough 200+ km circuit , , amazing , truly amazing

 

[mjr]

With fewer laps, tomorrow's women's race is likely to be stonking, isn't it?

 

[Buddfox]

Compare and contrast Boardman's commentary to Millar's at the RideLondon last week: "It looks like they're not going to catch Majka, but if they get organised, the gap isn't all that big..."

What did Millar say?

 

[ManiaMuse]

I wonder if Froome gave Thomas his bike?

Froome was about a minute behind Thomas when he crashed. It didn't look like Thomas was getting up quickly at that point and it was all downhill/flat from there. But then Froome still finished about a minute behind Thomas.

 

[Crackle]

Hope Lizzy sets her alarm for tomorrow.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Same course but only 2 laps of the first circuit and 1 lap of the second circuit I think.

Great race though, lots of stories. On another day could have been Thomas', good to see him make the finish on the bike at least, guessing Froome stopped for him which is a good way to pay him back for the Tour. A bit gutting for Majka.

Hope Nibali and Porte aren't too badly injured.

If Froome did stop for G - which looks very possibly the case - I'm going to have to start liking him.

 

[ManiaMuse]

With fewer laps, tomorrow's women's race is likely to be stonking, isn't it?

Much smaller field though, only about 60-70 riders I think. More chance of a breakaway of 6-10 riders going on a long distance one I think.

Or might suit the strongest climber to go it alone as some of those climbs are going to be brutal for the women.

 

[coffeejo]

Much smaller field though, only about 60-70 riders I think. More chance of a breakaway of 6-10 riders going on a long distance one I think.

Or might suit the strongest climber to go it alone as some of those climbs are going to be brutal for the women.

I don't think I've ever watched a women's race with proper (brutal) climbs. Really looking forward to it.

 

[smutchin]

What did Millar say?

Millar was calling race over with 35km to go. I just thought it was interesting that Boardman was much more guarded in his comments, even though it didn't look like the chasers were going to get organised to catch Majka. It's almost as if he's seen a few bike races in his time and knows how quickly things can change!

 

[coffeejo]

Millar was calling race over with 35km to go. I just thought it was interesting that Boardman was much more guarded in his comments, even though it didn't look like the chasers were going to get organised to catch Majka. It's almost as if he's seen a few bike races in his time and knows how quickly things can change!

Yeah, old dog vs the young pup.

 

[ManiaMuse]

I don't think I've ever watched a women's race with proper (brutal) climbs. Really looking forward to it.

I remember watching the women's race in Beijing and that was pretty entertaining although mostly due to the weather which was absolutely horrendous rain (the day before for the men's race had been tropical heat so all the women had prepared for that). Don't think the course was particularly hilly though, more like the UK idea of hills really and mostly main roads.

 

[HF2300]

Check the results

Despite the results I think I'll stick with what I said, given the way they were faffing about when I said it. I'd say Fuglsang and Van Avermaet probably thought the same given the way they attacked just afterwards; and I can't help feeling had that group not been busy looking at each other, we might have seen Alaphilippe in the medals rather than Majka.

 

[HF2300]

Compare and contrast Boardman's commentary to Millar's at the RideLondon last week: "It looks like they're not going to catch Majka, but if they get organised, the gap isn't all that big..."

I think you may be getting a bit hung up on Millar. I'm sure if we made enough of a fuss we could get P&P or Hugh Porter back.

 

[Mike_P]

I don't think I've ever watched a women's race with proper (brutal) climbs. Really looking forward to it.

Given the amount of crashes on the womens race in Paris on the last day of TdF I'm not certain its something to look forward to.