Olympic RR **spoilers**

[RAYMOND]

When the finish is that close i don't know why anyone looks behind..just go for it,if your going to get swamped your going to get swamped,don't watch em do it.

 

[thom]

When the fiish is that close i don't know why anyone looks behind..just go for it,if your going to get swamped your going to get swamped,don't watch em do it.

Um, it rarely works out like that, particularly when the guy behind is a better sprinter.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

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.

Yes that was a bit ameteurish, same guy was heard saying "Cav got 11th" when that was his race number.

 

[thom]

Yes that was a bit ameteurish, same guy was heard saying "Cav got 11th" when that was his race number.

Ah, I couldn't understand what that was about.

 

[Farky]

This is where I was


View: http://youtu.be/aVnMVueUiqE

 

[david k]

what could team GB have done differently?

the only thing can thnk of is chased down the breakaway group early and ride with them?

 

[johnr]

I've just complained to the BBC about the amateurishness of their coverage. I'll let you know if they reply. One suggestion - if you can't get time checks, give the catering staff stopwatches and mobile phones and stand them at strategic points.

 

[Rezillo]

BBC coverage - AWFUL!!! No graphics, no timings, no summaries, no anything. Even the commentators were getting pissed off about the lack of information (although possibly made the race more exciting not knowing anything...) And there were a lot of pointless and unsteady camera angles (what was with all those shots of the treecover and the stupid slow-mos at the same corner every lap?), They could have at least taken a few tips from Eurosport or ITV.

TV comes from Olympic Broadcasting services - http://www.obs.es/hostbroadcasterrole.html I guess the BBC is in the same boat as everyone else.

John

 

[ComedyPilot]

TV comes from Olympic Broadcasting services - http://www.obs.es/hostbroadcasterrole.html I guess the BBC is in the same boat as everyone else.

John

Ok, but will the same Olympic Broadcasting service provide footage of Usain Bolt et al running on a blank screen?

No.

We'll get 3 hours of build up, and 3 hours of post race analysis with [prominent watch manufacturer sponsor] timing and slow-mo footage, and gnat's cock-hair split second pics of the finish.

Timing could and should have been provided - it wasn't. And I think the idiot in control of that should be sacked.

 

[yello]

Cavendish is not happy with the Aussies. From http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-misses-olympic-glory-in-mens-road-race

However he also singled out the Australians for their race tactics. The Australians had Stuart O'Grady in the early break and never looked like joining forces with the sprinters' teams in a bid to set up their fast man Matthew Goss.

He might have a point because, other than O'Grady, I don't think I noticed the Australians. And it's not as if they had a weak team. Perhaps we shouldn't be too critical of Germany.

 

[Erratic]

Well, that was enjoyable, hats off to Wiggins for riding his lungs and legs out for Cav, true champion and Stannard was superb leading from the front for so long. It was a good race, despite the wrong outcome (for those of us who wanted Cav to win). Difficult to believe that Cav would think other teams would help them, felt there were too many riders in the break to let it go and GB should have been in it - hindsight and armchair tactical management hey...

 

[Chuffy]

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.

First thing that occurred to me when he dropped off. He'd done much less work than the others and seemed to give up when it was clear that GB were chasing a lost cause. I sincerely hope Wiggy hands him his arse on a plate on Wedneday.

Germany were woeful and bone-idle (c*nts) with the honourable exception of Martin and one other bloke. Nice to see Eisel riding as our sixth team member. I thought Australia had a chap in the escape group (O'Grady iirc) so they at least had an excuse for not chasing.

Team GB did everything they could reasonably be expected to do and deserve no criticism from anyone.

 

[tigger]

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.

Yeah I thought the same thing. Either he has a problem or he was saving most of his powder for the TT as I didn't notice him doing much. Very odd I thought.

 

[broomwagon]

No hills, no time checks and Hugh Porters commentary...Is he dyslexic and colour blind? Great crowds though

 

[Norm]

I think the criticism of Germany is a bit mis-directed, as they were at least near the front taking some of the heat. There were a lot of other good teams, and good individuals, in that pack which did not show their noses at all.

The Beeb's commentators seemed as hacked off with the OBS as anyone. Pathetic support services offered.