Rio Olympics *Spoilers*

dish_dash

Alright folks, that's enough doping chat... we've got some racing ahead of us...

Starting 1.30pm tomorrow we've got the men's race. What's the thinking? Small breakaway on the descent and a mad sprint to the line or a Froome solo to prove all the doubters they are wrong?

Then will we see Armitstead and PFP take chunks out of each other on Sunday.

Wednesday we have the TTs. Double dutch maybe?

And onto the track... there's 6 days from 11-16 August to get stuck into... Friday, 12th, is the day that RR's dreams come true while Blazing is on tenderhooks from 13th onwards.

And I don't give a monkeys about Sagan on the MTB or those little bikes... but feel free to discuss...

TheBigBean

Schedule

Road events

Men RR
Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 09:30-16:15 (local time) | 13:30-20:15 (UK time)
Route: 237.5km
Number of competitors: 144

Women RR
Date: Sunday, August 7
Time: 12:15-16:35 (local time) | 16:15-20:35 (UK time)
Route: 136.9km
August 10: Men’s time trial (54.56km) Preview
August 10: Women’s time trial (29.86km) Preview

Women TT
Date: Wednesday, August 10
Time: 08:30-09:46 (local time) | 12:30-13:46 (UK time)
Route: 29.86km
Number of competitors: 25

Men TT
Date: Wednesday, August 10
Time: 10:00-13:00 (local time) | 14:00-17:00 (UK time)
Route: 54.56km
Number of competitors: 40

Track schedule

(UK/ROI time is shown in brackets)

August 11
16:00-16:16 (20:00-20:16) Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying
16:19-17:10 (20:19-21:10) Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying
17:10-17:23 (21:10-21:23) Men’s Team Sprint First Round
17:23-18:19 (21:23-22:19) Men’s Team Pursuit Qualifying
18:21-18:29 (22:21-22:29) Men’s Team Sprint Finals
18:35-18:45 (22:35-22:45) Men’s Team Sprint Victory Ceremony

August 12
16:00-16:14 (20:00-20:14) Women’s Team Sprint Qualifying
16:14-16:50 (20:14-20:50) Men’s Sprint Qualifying
16:52-17:17 (20:52-21:17) Men’s Team Pursuit First Round
17:17-17:28 (21:17-21:28) Women’s Team Sprint First Round
17:30-17:58 (21:30-21:58) Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals
18:00-18:08 (22:00-22:08) Women’s Team Sprint Finals
18:08-18:18 (22:08-22:18) Men’s Sprint 1/16 Final Repechages
18:20-18:50 (22:20-22:50) Men’s Team Pursuit Finals
18:50-19:00 (22:50-23:00) Women’s Team Sprint Victory Ceremony
19:00-19:10 (23:00-23:10) Men’s Team Pursuit Victory Ceremony

August 13
Session 1
10:00-10:21 (14:00-14:21) Women’s Keirin First Round
10:23-10:42 (14:23-14:42) Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals
10:44-11:05 (14:44-15:05) Women’s Keirin First Round Repechages
11:07-11:15 (15:07-15:15) Men’s Sprint 1/8 Final Repechages
11:17-11:40 (15:17-15:40) Women’s Team Pursuit First Round

Session 2
16:00-16:16 (20:00-22:16) Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 1
16:18-16:22 (20:18-20:22) Men’s Sprint Race for 9th-12th Places
16:22-16:34 (20:22-20:34) Women’s Keirin Second Round
16:34-16:50 (20:34-20:50) Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 2
16:53-17:21 (20:53-21:21) Women’s Team Pursuit Finals
17:21-17:25 (21:21-21:25) Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 3
17:27-17:33 (21:27-21:33) Women’s Keirin Finals 7-12
17:33-17:39 (21:33-21:39) Women’s Keirin Finals 1-6
17:41-17:49 (21:41-21:49) Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 1
17:49-17:59 (21:49-21:59) Women’s Team Pursuit Victory Ceremony
17:59-18:07 (21:59-22:07) Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 2
18:07-18:17 (22:07-22:17) Women’s Keirin Victory Ceremony
18:17-18:21 (22:17-22:21) Men’s Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places
18:21-18:25 (22:21-22:25) Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 3

August 14
16:00-16:38 (20:00-20:38) Women’s Sprint Qualifying
16:40-17:02 (20:00-21:02) Men’s Omnium 15km Scratch Race
17:04-17:12 (21:04-21:12) Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 1
17:12-17:40 (21:12-21:40) Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals
17:42-17:50 (21:42-21:50) Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 2
17:50-18:47 (21:50-22:47) Men’s Omnium 4km Individual Pursuit
18:47-18:51 (22:47-22:51) Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 3
18:51-19:29 (22:51-23:29) Women’s Sprint 1/16 Final Repechages
19:29-19:39 (23:29-23:39) Men’s Sprint Victory Ceremony
19:42-20:00 (23:42-00:00) Men’s Omnium Elimination Race

August 15
Session 1
10:00-10:19 (14:00-14:19) Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals
10:21-10:48 (14:21-14:48) Men’s Omnium : Kilometre time trial
10:50-10:57 (14:50-14:57) Women’s Sprint 1/8 Final Repechages
10:59-11:17 (14:59-15:17) Women’s Omnium 10km Scratch Race

Session 2
16:00-16:24 (20:00-20:24) Men’s Omnium Flying Lap
16:26-16:30 (20:26-20:30) Women’s Sprint Race for 9th-12th Places
16:30-17:20 (20:30-21:20) Women’s Omnium 3km Individual Pursuit
17:23-18:15 (21:23-22:15) Men’s Omnium 40km Points Race
18:17-18:35 (22:17-22:35) Women’s Omnium Elimination Race
18:35-18:45 (22:35-22:45) Men’s Omnium Victory Ceremony

August 16
Session 1
10:00-10:16 (14:00-14:16) Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 1
10:18-10:39 (14:18-14:39) Men’s Keirin First Round
10:41-10:57 (14:41-14:57) Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals -Race 2
10:57-11:19 (14:57-15:19) Women’s Omnium 500m Time Trial
11:19-11:23 (15:19-15:23) Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 3
11:25-11:46 (15:25-15:46) Men’s Keirin First Round Repechages
11:46-11:50 (15:46-15:50) Women’s Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places

Session 2
16:00-16:08 (20:00-20:08) Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 1
16:10-16:36 (20:10-20:36) Women’s Omnium Flying Lap
16:36-16:44 (20:36-20:44) Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 2
16:46-16:58 (20:46-20:58) Men’s Keirin Second Round
16:58-17:02 (20:58-21:02) Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 3
17:05-17:42 (21:05-21:42) Women’s Omnium 25km Points Race
17:44-17:52 (21:44-21:52) Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 1
17:52-18:02 (21:52-22:02) Women’s Omnium Victory Ceremony
18:04-18:12 (22:04-22:12) Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 2
18:14-18:20 (22:14-22:40) Men’s Keirin Finals 7-12
18:20-18:26 (22:20-22:26) Men’s Keirin Finals 1-6
18:26-18:30 (22:26-22:30) Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 3
18:30-18:40 (22:30-22:40) Men’s Keirin Victory Ceremony
18:40-18:50 (22:40-22:50) Women’s Sprint Victory Ceremony

BMX and MTB

Wednesday August 17

17:30-17:45 – live women’s BMX seeding run
18:34-19:22 – live men’s BMX seeding run

Thursday August 18

17:30-18:18 – live men’s BMX quarter-finals

Friday August 19

17:30-17:54 – live women;s BMX semi-finals
17:38-18:02 – live men’s BMX semi-finals
19:00-19:05 – live women’s BMX final
19:10-19:15 – live men’s BMX final

Saturday August 20

16:30-18:15 – live women’s cross country mountain biking

Sunday August 21

16:30-18:15 – live men’s cross country mountain biking

joelsim

Happy days basically.

joelsim

Especially the timings, plenty of evening watching on the track, fits in well with feeding cats

And runs nicely up to La Vuelta.

)))))))

TheBigBean

Men

August 6: Road race
241.5km
Four laps of Grumari circuit
Three laps of Canoas/Vista Chinesa circuit

August 10: Time trial
54.5km (includes two laps of Grumari circuit)

TheBigBean

I'd like to watch Sagan in the MTB. Will be interesting as I know nothing about the sport.

I've gone for Valverde in PTP in order to hedge my bets, but I suspect someone will solo to victory whilst the rest of the a group look at each other.

FocusZing

dish_dash

TheBigBean wrote:

I'd like to watch Sagan in the MTB. Will be interesting as I know nothing about the sport.

I've gone for Valverde in PTP in order to hedge my bets, but I suspect someone will solo to victory whilst the rest of the a group look at each other.

Fan boy

Yeah... I'm inclined to agree... though it's quite a haul from the bottom of the descent to the finish line, non?

TheBigBean

Local food update.

Highly recommended snack: Pão de Queijo



Standard meal: meat, rice, beans and farofa.



Unique dining convention in Brazil: eating by weight

TheBigBean

dish_dash wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

I'd like to watch Sagan in the MTB. Will be interesting as I know nothing about the sport.

I've gone for Valverde in PTP in order to hedge my bets, but I suspect someone will solo to victory whilst the rest of the a group look at each other.

Fan boy

Yeah... I'm inclined to agree... though it's quite a haul from the bottom of the descent to the finish line, non?

Indeed, I'm expecting a group to make it over the climb together and someone to attack 2km-10km from the finish. Perhaps a Cummings or Kwiatkowski style rider. All the favourites can then look at Valverde.

bobmcstuff

TheBigBean wrote:

Unique dining convention in Brazil: eating by weight

Those places are amazing - I ate pretty much my entire body weight in beef during the time I was there.

TheBigBean

More Brazlian info.

Breakfast is called "morning coffee", or frequently just "coffee". Sometimes, if you are lucky, there is actual food. A tricky place if you like tea and something solid in the morning. Obviously clarifying what might be available for breakfast is easy given its name.

The currency is the Real - pronounced "hey-ow". Plural is Reais pronounced "hey-ice". Spot the correspondents that actually get out of the bubble, by whether they notice it is not Spanish.

Right, is everyone in the mood? Probably some photos of Copacabana would be more of a hit.

DeVlaeminck

Yes the only way Valverde will contribute to a chasing group is if Purito is the one who attacks !

tailwindhome

TheBigBean wrote:

The currency is the Real - pronounced "hey-ow"..

Ah c'mon. You're having a laugh

joelsim

The top of the last climb comes 14.8km from the finish. The descent looks to be about 1/3 of this distance so probably about 9km of flat/rolling.

TheBigBean

TailWindHome wrote:

TheBigBean wrote:

The currency is the Real - pronounced "hey-ow"..

Ah c'mon. You're having a laugh

I'm really not. Rs are pronounced like Hs. Rio is much more like Hio. Recife is more like Hecife etc.

Ls are all swallowed at the end. So while the word might be the same as Spanish e.g. facil for easy, the L gets swallowed.

TheBigBean

Joelsim wrote:

The top of the last climb comes 14.8km from the finish. The descent looks to be about 1/3 of this distance so probably about 9km of flat/rolling.

It looks further than that on the profile which is not exactly the most reliable way of determining things, if it is only 9km of flat that might change things.

FocusZing

Is beach volleyball still an Olympic sport?

Omar Little

Really tough one to call

A 2nd and 3rd place being worth so much more than normal adds an extra dimension too

joelsim

TheBigBean wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

The top of the last climb comes 14.8km from the finish. The descent looks to be about 1/3 of this distance so probably about 9km of flat/rolling.

It looks further than that on the profile which is not exactly the most reliable way of determining things, if it is only 9km of flat that might change things.

Have a look at this.

http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/2016_ ... e_preview/

FocusZing

Richmond Racer 2

TheBigBean wrote:

More Brazlian info.

Breakfast is called "morning coffee", or frequently just "coffee". Sometimes, if you are lucky, there is actual food. A tricky place if you like tea and something solid in the morning. Obviously clarifying what might be available for breakfast is easy given its name.

The currency is the Real - pronounced "hey-ow". Plural is Reais pronounced "hey-ice". Spot the correspondents that actually get out of the bubble, by whether they notice it is not Spanish.

Right, is everyone in the mood? Probably some photos of Copacabana would be more of a hit.

Caipirinhas would go down a treat

TheBigBean

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Caipirinhas would go down a treat

A photo is what you had in mind, right?

dinyull

Whats the craic with equipment?

I know most will be riding team bikes but I noticed a picture on twitter of Nibz in Rio riding a Spesh TT bike with Lightweight wheels. Obviously Astana ride Corima wheels, is it because he's leaving at the end of the season so doesn't need to worry about keeping sponsors happy?

above_the_cows

I can attest to the Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation.

Omar Little

Dinyull wrote:

Whats the craic with equipment?

I know most will be riding team bikes but I noticed a picture on twitter of Nibz in Rio riding a Spesh TT bike with Lightweight wheels. Obviously Astana ride Corima wheels, is it because he's leaving at the end of the season so doesn't need to worry about keeping sponsors happy?

Judging from the Newport photos on the track GB seemed to be on Campag discs, dont know if this is because it has tested fastest or because the Mavic Comete rubs on the Cervelo frames, which was an issue with the T4 in some sizes in the past.

dinyull

Dinyull wrote:

Whats the craic with equipment?

I know most will be riding team bikes but I noticed a picture on twitter of Nibz in Rio riding a Spesh TT bike with Lightweight wheels. Obviously Astana ride Corima wheels, is it because he's leaving at the end of the season so doesn't need to worry about keeping sponsors happy?

Also froome training in Rio on a dogma with enve wheels.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/05/olympic-road-race-steve-cummings-team-gb-chris-froome-cycling?CMP=share_btn_tw

Crampeur

Dinyull wrote:

Whats the craic with equipment?

I know most will be riding team bikes but I noticed a picture on twitter of Nibz in Rio riding a Spesh TT bike with Lightweight wheels. Obviously Astana ride Corima wheels, is it because he's leaving at the end of the season so doesn't need to worry about keeping sponsors happy?

Fairly common at the Olympics and Worlds to use non-trade team kit. Viviani rode Lightweights in Richmond last year.



Actually, a lot of teams use Lightweight discs throughout the year anyway:

ddraver

DeVlaeminck wrote:

Yes the only way Valverde will contribute to a chasing group is if Purito is the one who attacks !

Now LA and PFP have lost their lustre, I really hope Jolanda Neff wins the Road Race. There is almost no chance, but if it happens it would have to be a proper #epic early attack, willshe/won't she hold off the group over the hills type victory and that would be proper bo.

Bean - I ll try and be here for the MTB so i can explain it - think of it as a CX race though and you re more or less there. Sagan will have to on insane form/very lucky to beat Absalon or Schurter though

bobmcstuff

I don't think I've heard the phrase "proper bo" since the mid-2000s

Richmond Racer 2

Can someone post the pic of Kiryienka carrying the Belarus flag last night plz

I feel it would add a lot to the thread

Ta much