Olympic RR/TT/TRACK Cycling.. (may contain spoilers)

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,472
    That's hardly a hill.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Asprilla wrote:
    It's on the BBC site


    Ta!
  • M-A-S
    M-A-S Posts: 87
    Well I was planning on catching the race somewhere in Kingston/Norbiton but my wife has decided to go into labour 5 weeks early! I've so far been watching the race in her room in Kingston hospital.

    It's all quiet at the moment, so if I can I'll nip out run down to the Albert pub see them whizz past and run back!

    A spot of luck though that the hospital is so close to the route!
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    God this coverage is crap. Its like watching football without knowing the score.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    That BBC commentator? Take him quietly out the back of the building, and shoot the useless old duffer.

    My Dad could have done a better job, and he knows nothing about cycling *and* is dead.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

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    Bike 2-A
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Very disappointing :(
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    edited July 2012
    I liked the fact that there were no adverts.

    I liked that they had some measure of control of the video footage. I hated that they did not have a clue what to shoot - footage of the cyclists lined up on the side having a pee... wtf?

    I hated that they had the graphics to tell you time, speed, time-gap and chose not to to show it. (BBC has apologised for that as I'm typing).

    What an anti-climax. Honestly, anyone but Vino. Queue the performance boosting allegations.

    Feel defleated now.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Well, that's what happens when there aren't any team radios.
    Where were the Germans? Greipel convincingly won the sprint for 40th place. Excellent. Bet his leadout train was fresh as a daisy.
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Too grumpy to offer much right now, but... shocking coverage and rather pathetic that so many other teams seemed to have a let's-scupper-GB-seing-as-they-have-Cav-rather-than-go-for-silver-or-even-gold attitude.

    :x
  • mapleflot
    mapleflot Posts: 81
    edited July 2012
    BBC (or is it general Olympic pool?) coverage:
    had 7 years to sort it, a rehearsal last year: result: info-less rubbish interspersed with commentary from Hugh Porter who is clearly as blind as a bat.

    As for Team Sky+2 they were cooked as soon as they had to rely on Germans-who-had-just-climbed-a-hill-9x.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,472
    Folks you aren't going to like this, but.....Team GB arrogance got a good kicking there.

    Shame for Cancellara...God only knows what he was doing on that corner.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Looks like Spartacus's games is over.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,472
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:
    let's-scupper-GB-seing-as-they-have-Cav-rather-than-go-for-silver-or-even-gold attitude.

    :x

    Everyone else of signifiance ('cept Germany) had a man in the break.

    Christ almighty the Swiss managed to get 4 in the break
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    GB needed to put Wiggins in the break and force the hand of other countries to chase. The stated tactics of "all for Cav" meant that everyone else knew GB would do the chasing
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    That was pretty poor coverage. Too much noise from the helicopters and the m/bikes, complete lack of information re gaps, who's who and who's where, and Hugh Porter's prep seemed to involve a quick flick through a newspaper freebie Guide To The Olympics.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Folks you aren't going to like this, but.....Team GB arrogance got a good kicking there.

    I do think there was too much of the Tour de France tactics/arrogance. They let people go thinking that they could chase they down, grind a result and then deliver Cav who would simply blow shit apart. 'No need to attack we are better, more powerful, in command of everything...' Team GB needed to ride a different race, displayed a different type of aggression. But that's too easy to say now, and they clearly worked hard. Everyone has the tactics that delivered Bradders 'sussed' hurl attacks at him/them hope one sticks...
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • mapleflot
    mapleflot Posts: 81
    Greg66 wrote:
    My Dad could have done a better job, and he knows nothing about cycling *and* is dead.

    :D Thanks. That has actually reversed all the disappointment!
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    In other news Lewis Hamilton is on Pole in Hungary.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Greg66 wrote:
    Looks like Spartacus's games is over.
    Collar bone?

    Hugh Porter. Idiot. "Is it Norway, no a rider from Spain." - no its the Netherlands you moron. B-r-i-g-h-t O-r-a-n-g-e. And its pronounced "Hesink" not "Guessink", which is what you were doing. Clearly he can't even be bothered to prepare enough by memorising what colours each team is wearing. How much is his salary?

    Can you imagine this? "And Italy have scored... oh, wait, that's France. Italy aren't playing. But they both wear similar kits so its confusing isn't it children."

    In defence of the BBC.... no, sorry, I can't think of anything.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    In other news Lewis Hamilton is on Pole in Hungary.
    Let just hope that the unguided missile next to him on the front row doesn't do a hail mary into the first turn.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Coopster the 1st wrote:
    GB needed to put Wiggins in the break and force the hand of other countries to chase. The stated tactics of "all for Cav" meant that everyone else knew GB would do the chasing
    It was more of a split in the peloton than a break.
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    First Aspect wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    Looks like Spartacus's games is over.
    Collar bone?

    Hugh Porter. Idiot. "Is it Norway, no a rider from Spain." - no its the Netherlands you moron. B-r-i-g-h-t O-r-a-n-g-e. And its pronounced "Hesink" not "Guessink", which is what you were doing. Clearly he can't even be bothered to prepare enough by memorising what colours each team is wearing. How much is his salary?

    Can you imagine this? "And Italy have scored... oh, wait, that's France. Italy aren't playing. But they both wear similar kits so its confusing isn't it children."

    In defence of the BBC.... no, sorry, I can't think of anything.

    And let's not forget, "Greipel and Cavendish sprinting it out for 4th" :shock:
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:
    First Aspect wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    Looks like Spartacus's games is over.
    Collar bone?

    Hugh Porter. Idiot. "Is it Norway, no a rider from Spain." - no its the Netherlands you moron. B-r-i-g-h-t O-r-a-n-g-e. And its pronounced "Hesink" not "Guessink", which is what you were doing. Clearly he can't even be bothered to prepare enough by memorising what colours each team is wearing. How much is his salary?

    Can you imagine this? "And Italy have scored... oh, wait, that's France. Italy aren't playing. But they both wear similar kits so its confusing isn't it children."

    In defence of the BBC.... no, sorry, I can't think of anything.

    And let's not forget, "Greipel and Cavendish sprinting it out for 4th" :shock:
    How is he going to cope with the Madison?
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    So ladies it is then!
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    roger merriman wrote:
    So ladies it is then!
    No, no. I'm hoping that Armistead and Cooke compete with each other and at the end:
    GirlFight.gif
    Girlfight!
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    roger merriman wrote:
    So ladies it is then!
    Nicole Cook is on a different team to Lizzie Armistead.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Ghee-sink and Grei-pell.

    Idiot. I almost ended up with a footprint on the telly.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

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    Bike 2-A
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Greg66 wrote:
    Ghee-sink and Grei-pell.

    Idiot. I almost ended up with a footprint on the telly.
    Should've hired David Duffield. He could have filled time talking about new fangled things like "gears" and "crash hats" and expensive new materials like aluminium.
  • pastryboy
    pastryboy Posts: 1,385
    It was that woman at the end (Hazel Doyle or something) that annoyed me when she asked Vinokourov about team GB seconds after he'd crossed the line.
  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    The BBC gets feed from Olympic Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of the IOC, and apparently there's a complaint already in: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ju ... sfeed=true

    I was in work logging the rowing all day for archive today and that wasn't much better.
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