2016 Olympic Road Races and Time Trials *Spoilers*

[smutchin]

I don't suppose being half blown of the ramp just before the start helped her settle herself.

She hasn't got the ballast for these conditions. She'll probably end up in the sea.

 

[smutchin]

Oi, Tara! Please keep away from that yellow line! I can hardly watch.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

La Cordon bleue passed after just 14 minutes on the road. Whitten's in a rush.

 

[HF2300]

Oi, Tara! Please keep away from that yellow line! I can hardly watch.

Nice the way they seem to have repainted all the lines extra thick and glossy for the occasion...

 

[mjr]

Pooley's off. Seemed to be erring very much on the side of caution off the start ramp and into the first bend.

Please choose your words more carefully - surely she didn't fall off by crashing off the start ramp and into the first bend like a young Froome?

 

[Buddfox]

Someone is bound to slip and fall in that opening 200m, it looks treacherous with the changing surfaces and sharp bends. Plus the steep descent looked decidedly hairy...!

 

[HF2300]

Good first split by Longho-Borghini.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ellen parks in the Dijk!

 

[HF2300]

Odd crash by Van Dijk!

 

[Buddfox]

Good first split by Longho-Borghini.

And pushing it a bit on the descents - almost need to watch it through fingers...!

And van Dijk off...

 

[HF2300]

Great first split for Van Dijk as well, given she fell off on the way up.

 

[rich p]

Pity about the rain

 

[HF2300]

That's four times posted faster than Pooley at the first split, all by riders who'll go well over the second half of the course...

 

[Buddfox]

That's four times posted faster than Pooley at the first split, all by riders who'll go well over the second half of the course...

Yeah she's not going to medal - but was she realistically expected to? Not so sure...

 

[HF2300]

Yeah she's not going to medal - but was she realistically expected to? Not so sure...

I think she expected to, that was why she came back to cycling.