Olympic RR **spoilers**

[smutchin]

It's consistent - they consistently forgotten to slide up the fader when cutting to an interview!

Nice moment in the studio when they tried to bring Sue Barker into the conversation but instead we got a clueless producer going through the results and wondering who "COL" were...

Ffs.

d.

 

[smutchin]

True paul but they never closed the gap.they had plenty of time but left it too late, maybe they were just a tad tired,or celebrated the tour too much?

They'd been working on the front of the peloton all day. They were knackered. When Wiggo did his final turn on the front, the look on his face said it all - first time I've seen him look genuinely troubled in a race this season.

Someone on twitter suggested GB's inability to control the race today is a good argument for smaller teams in the grand tours. Interesting thought.

d.

 

[Paul_L]

Nice interview with Cav on BBC 1. Very humble, but he sounded distraught.

 

[RAYMOND]

We shouldn't knock our lads(me included) i guess we should get behind them winning or not.

 

[montage]

Unfortunate for Cav that the Germans were playing things a bit lazy there, also Cancellara had a brilliant shot at gold there - I think he was looking to attack on that corner and as a result hit it far too fast. Uran's attack was brilliant, but it is a shame he was such a muppet coming into the sprint, a pretty rookie error. Lucky for Vino really, opportunism payed off I guess, he played his cards right and circumstances allowed it to happen for him.

Wiggo now the favourite for Gold in the TT? Cancellara and Martin both appear to be injured....though Froome could be a dark horse, having backed off and appeared to have done less work today than Brad.

 

[smutchin]

I think they should have sent Froome in the break.

I reckon Millar would have been a good bet in the break.

Back to the drawing board for Brailsford though - he'll get the tactics right next time, you can be sure of that. It's just a shame he'll have to wait four years for another opportunity.

d.

 

[Red Light]

I think that's harsh Raymond.

GB controlled the race as best they could. It worked in Copenhagen last year as it did in the Surrey Classic test event. But with smaller teams, no assistance from other teams with sprinters (Tony Martin's efforts aside), and too many quality riders in the break away, it wasn't to be.

As Cav said in the post race interview "It seems most teams didn't mind not winning as long as we didn't win"

 

[yello]

Froome could be a dark horse, having backed off and appeared to have done less work today than Brad.

I didn't think of that! And it's normally me that's the cynical one!

I recall thinking, when Froome dropped off, that I hadn't seen him on the front as often as I had seen Wiggins - I wonder if he didn't dig quite as deep as Wiggins did? Guess we'll never know that one.

 

[lulubel]

I reckon Millar would have been a good bet in the break.

As Cav said in the post race interview "It seems most teams didn't mind not winning as long as we didn't win"

That's why I think Froome would have been the best choice to send in the break. Everyone knows Sky have been holding him back to support Brad, and I don't think any of the teams would have let him stay up the front with the opportunity to win gold for GB. And if they did, and it turned out the way it did today .... it would have given him the opportunity to try and win gold for GB.

Plan B.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Irritated as I was by Team GB, I was just as irked by that Columbian guy being an idiot and loosing it!

 

[dragon72]

Irritated as I was by Team GB, I was just as irked by that Columbian guy being an idiot and loosing it!

losing
[irked]

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

losing
[irked]

Sorry, this iPad still has a habit of trying to correct things without me noticing.

 

[RAYMOND]

Was that the 2nd placed guy who kept looking behind in amazement that no expected charge was forthcoming, every few seconds, he may think in time that he could of got gold but was probably amazed to get silver.

 

[thom]

Nice moment in the studio when they tried to bring Sue Barker into the conversation but instead we got a clueless producer going through the results and wondering who "COL" were...

Ffs.

d.

Yes that was very very embarassing but the guy Jake whatch-ma-call-it was rather patronising to the audience too - the lack of insight from him and the producer I think betrays a complacency in the BBC (effect of funding cuts ? ) but also what I think is more so the problem in that the target audience is the casual viewer, the Wimbledon audience if you like.
Regarding the lack of info regarding riders in the break and time checks, I wonder if that is part of the deal as regards the Olympic rules of the race, what with it being done without radios. It certainly makes it harder for team helpers to give info to the riders.
And bad luck to Fabian. Was the moto rider too close to him ? Did that crash slow the chasing peloton (I doubt it would have made a difference) ?
Chapeau Alexander : In Vino Veritas.

 

[thom]

Was that the 2nd placed guy who kept looking behind in amazement that no expected charge was forthcoming, every few seconds, he may think in time that he could of got gold but was probably amazed to get silver.

He was trying to watch Vino and got outsmarted.