2016 Olympic Road Races and Time Trials *Spoilers*

[Mad Doug Biker]

Looking at some of the spectators and officials, they must be boiling in those waterproof poncho things!

Oh, and can nobody tell some of them that they look like giant condoms?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Wellens posted quickest time so far

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Looks like the course is drying out, Froome might be able to start on slicks, damn, wrong sport again.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Oh, a stray dog, hope it doesn't cause a collision.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Is it just me, or do the signs for speedbumps look like a sign with a picture of a flying saucer on it?

 

[brommers]

Looks like he is going to win the Best Beard competition.

Must have. Boardman said that Geschke was 2nd in the best beard comp.

 

[HF2300]

I notice ambulances, padding on trees and street furniture etc. are a lot more conspicuous today...

 

[HF2300]

Go G!

 

[smutchin]

@HF2300 Ha! You beat me to it.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Farcical that Zabeinskaya is there

Armstrong ! Hooray

Ironic that I'm pleased to see a doper beaten by someone called Armstrong. Let's hope a twice retired 43 year old winning the Olympic TT isn't as bad as it sounds.

Neither of them are in the UCI testing pool.

 

[rich p]

Neither of them are in the UCI testing pool.

How come KA ain't?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

How come KA ain't?

How am I supposed to know?

 

[smutchin]

All pro men are in the pool but only the "top ranked" women are included. Presumably Armstrong and Zabelinskaya are ranked too low.

http://www.uci.ch/clean-sport/international-registered-testing-pool-uci-rtp/

 

[Dayvo]

I've only seen a few minutes of the men's TT so far and can't see the point of this kind of course when the riders are braking a lot of the time.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

If you do want to know who is, tho, you can "easily" find the list tucked away on the UCI webpage
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/16/55/34/FinalRTP2016perCountry-08.08.2016_Neutral.pdf

3rd, 4th and 5th are on the list...