Olympic RR **spoilers**

[Paul_L]

Has Chris Froome gone down in a few people's estimations today? He has mine. Apart from a few stints at the front on the first couple of Box Hill climbs i didn't see him leaving nothing in reserve trying to catch the breakaway. Wiggo however, has surely jeorpardised his TT chances through his efforts today.

 

[tigger]

Froome's a w*nker in my view. There I've said it. Superb rider for sure, but forget his fake loyalty in the TDF. He did f*ck all today and has saved his powder for the TT (although perhaps I shouldn't blame him given his TDF compromises?).

No sod it, he's a mincing little weasel who will never be man enough to lead a team. I hope Wiggo and 2 others stick it to him on Weds.

 

[Chuffy]

I reserve the right to change my mind if we get more info, but yes, agree. He's an ant-faced weasel....

 

[raindog]

Has Chris Froome gone down in a few people's estimations today?

He already went down in mine a couple of weeks ago as you can read in the TDF thread. I also said he reminded me of Virenque, and I wouldn't trust that sneaky little tw@t as far as I could throw him.

 

[yello]

Poor ol' Froome-dawg.....

Perhaps Team GB's plan was a good one... it just relied on everyone playing their part

 

[thom]

Froome's a w*nker in my view. There I've said it. Superb rider for sure, but forget his fake loyalty in the TDF. He did f*ck all today and has saved his powder for the TT (although perhaps I shouldn't blame him given his TDF compromises?).

No sod it, he's a mincing little weasel who will never be man enough to lead a team. I hope Wiggo and 2 others stick it to him on Weds.

Come on that's facile, we don't know anything about how he is feeling after coming second in the Tour de France. It's a tough race and I think he could be forgiven if it turns out it took its toll on him.
Had it come back together there would be no complaints. It's easy to pick on someone when things don't go your way but you are just guessing as to his TdF loyalty, whether he worked hard today or if he might have felt ill. In bike races, people often have roles that you don't see.

 

[GlasgowGaryH]

If it had been down to me I would not of concentrated all the resources on getting Cav to the sprint finish. I would of told Froomey to be up there in any break away but not work and when it all goes base above apex as it did then go for it. Its all hindsight though and everyone knew for a chance to win they had to get away from Cav as they had no chance if he was there for a sprint finish.

 

[yello]

If it had been down to me I would not of concentrated all the resources on getting Cav to the sprint finish.

Is there anyone else that finds a certain irony in that remark?

Btw, not poking fun at you Fokker (which is why I removed your name from the quote) as I do think that was obviously Team GB's tactic. It's just not so long ago that people where crying the opposite.

 

[aJohnson]

Anyone know the reason for the bikes the riders use? Miller was on a Cervelo, Wiggins was on a blacked out bike(wasn't Pinarello).

 

[Erratic]

Anyone know the reason for the bikes the riders use? Miller was on a Cervelo, Wiggins was on a blacked out bike(wasn't Pinarello).

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534102/bradley-wiggins-uksi-olympic-bike.html

 

[yello]

Didn't someone post a link on that before??? They're bikes designed by and built for Team GB specifically.... was Miller not using one?

Edit: cross post, link above ^^^

 

[thom]

If it had been down to me I would not of concentrated all the resources on getting Cav to the sprint finish. I would of told Froomey to be up there in any break away but not work and when it all goes base above apex as it did then go for it. Its all hindsight though and everyone knew for a chance to win they had to get away from Cav as they had no chance if he was there for a sprint finish.

I dunno if Froome would have been a credible candidate to sprint from a breakaway group, Geraint Thomas maybe if he wasn't on the track.

 

[aJohnson]

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534102/bradley-wiggins-uksi-olympic-bike.html

Ah I see, but Millar was riding a Cervelo :s

http://i.imgur.com/oeGZkh.jpg

 

[aJohnson]

I dunno if Froome would have been a credible candidate to sprint from a breakaway group, Geraint Thomas maybe if he wasn't on the track.

Millar would have been a decent candidate wouldn't he?

 

[Paul_L]

If it had been down to me I would not of concentrated all the resources on getting Cav to the sprint finish. I would of told Froomey to be up there in any break away but not work and when it all goes base above apex as it did then go for it. Its all hindsight though and everyone knew for a chance to win they had to get away from Cav as they had no chance if he was there for a sprint finish.

I think the only problem with that is that would have left Cav + 3 instead of +4 which over the Box Hill circuits wouldn't have worked.

The idea of a plan B might also be referred to as hedging your bets, and British Cycling don't do hedging their bets. The agree a plan and ride to it. Most of the time, it has to be said it works as well.