Rio Olympic TT (M/F) *SPOILERS*

No_Ta_Doctor

G finishes in 9th. That's bloody decent.

dinyull

Where did Dan Craven finish?

salsiccia1

No tA Doctor wrote:

G finishes in 9th. That's bloody decent.

Yup. Nicely done.

mfin

NitrousOxide wrote:

Great result for Spartacus!

Froome 0, Wiggins 1 (doing TDF/ Olympics double)

Froome 3, Wiggins 1, and being helped by Froome (TDF)

(Not knocking Wiggins, and Wiggins has a lot more Olympic medals than 1)

Daz555

mfin wrote:

Most people love Cancellara, that's got to be about the most popular win that could have happened.

He's a bit of a moaner for my taste but yeah what a rider. Don't know anyone who picked him to win gold here and a surprise is always welcome.

bobmcstuff

NitrousOxide wrote:

Great result for Spartacus!

Froome 0, Wiggins 1 (doing TDF/ Olympics double)

We just had this debate in the office, I suggested that being a 3x TdF winner was maybe a little bit better than winning the Olympic time trial... Given our office isn't far from Wiggins' house I got stoned for this suggestion.

TheBigBean

Well, that was a surprise.

mfin

Daz555 wrote:

mfin wrote:

Most people love Cancellara, that's got to be about the most popular win that could have happened.

He's a bit of a moaner for my taste but yeah what a rider. Don't know anyone who picked him to win gold here and a surprise is always welcome.

Yeah, plenty of people would welcome his win but it wasn't expected, that's what makes it a better one.

lostboysaint

Wiggins has a few more medals that just the TT though.

TheBigBean

Perhaps he'll be wondering about one more classics campaign.

mrfpb

No knighthood for Froome then

Daz555

Pleased for Canc but given he seemed past it in the TT in recent years - not able to live with Wiggo or Martin for example - was this win down to a huge step up in performance from him or down to the competition not performing?

Not that it makes much difference - well deserved win either way and special in his final season.

mfin

bobmcstuff wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Great result for Spartacus!

Froome 0, Wiggins 1 (doing TDF/ Olympics double)

We just had this debate in the office, I suggested that being a 3x TdF winner was maybe a little bit better than winning the Olympic time trial... Given our office isn't far from Wiggins' house I got stoned for this suggestion.

Wiggins 2009 TDF was more impressive than his TDF win when you look how it happened.

Anyway, good on Canc, and the two equal favourites getting the 10p and 2p medals.

Daz555

mrfpb wrote:

No knighthood for Froome then

I think he will get one regardless but probably not in 2017 now.

salsiccia1

lostboysaint wrote:

Wiggins has a few more medals that just the TT though.

Riding round in circles doesn't count.

Daz555

Getting plenty of congrats on Twitter but I can't see Froome being pleased at all - 3rd was probably the worst he expected to finish.

graeme_s-2

Daz555 wrote:

Pleased for Canc but given he seemed past it in the TT in recent years - not able to live with Wiggo or Martin for example - was this win down to a huge step up in performance from him or down to the competition not performing?

Not that it makes much difference - well deserved win either way and special in his final season.

It must have helped that Froome was cooked from the Tour and Tom D had a broken wrist. Also wondering if Cancellara's superior bike handling helped

Vino'sGhost

strong military presence for the medal ceremony

The_Boy

Daz555 wrote:

Getting plenty of congrats on Twitter but I can't see Froome being pleased at all - 3rd was probably the worst he expected to finish.

And he only got that because Dennis had a mechanical. Reckon he'll be disappointed. At least until prep for La Vuelta begins at which point he'll likely give few fucks, if any. He still just about has another Olympic cycle in him in any event.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

I don't follow pro tour races much at all, but I cannot help but wonder if it was a poor decision to have Froome take part in the individual road race and today's TT after winning the TdF.

Would it not have been better to have given his road race starting place to an up and coming GB road rider and let Froome focus on the event he had a real medal chance in?

Froome still got a medal today for GB today (which is great), but I can't help but wonder if its colour was determined by making him use precious energy the other day as well.

r0bh

NitrousOxide wrote:

Would it not have been better to have given his road race starting place to an up and coming GB road rider and let Froome focus on the event he had a real medal chance in.

Anyone who wanted to start the TT had to ride the RR too. The only option would have been to do what Dumoulin did and pull from the RR after a couple of km.

bobmcstuff

Congratulations to Fabulous Candelabra, I don't think many people saw that coming.

G did fairly well too, in 9th.

hypster

Disappointed in Froome there, couldn't even beat Dumoulin with broken wrist or Cancellara who is retiring. Very poor show.

dish_dash

hat tip to smithy21 for picking Cancellara on PTP (a late replacement for Porte)...

N0bodyOfTheGoat

r0bh wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Would it not have been better to have given his road race starting place to an up and coming GB road rider and let Froome focus on the event he had a real medal chance in.

Anyone who wanted to start the TT had to ride the RR too. The only option would have been to do what Dumoulin did and pull from the RR after a couple of km.

Oh right, thanks for info.

So all track cyclists have to compete in each track cycling event?

No_Ta_Doctor

NitrousOxide wrote:

r0bh wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Would it not have been better to have given his road race starting place to an up and coming GB road rider and let Froome focus on the event he had a real medal chance in.

Anyone who wanted to start the TT had to ride the RR too. The only option would have been to do what Dumoulin did and pull from the RR after a couple of km.

Oh right, thanks for info.

So all track cyclists have to compete in each track cycling event?

Well nearly. That's why Cav is the 5th team pursuit member when his primary focus is the omnium.

FocusZing

Salsiccia1 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

G finishes in 9th. That's bloody decent.

Yup. Nicely done.

Good effort and gives the time in post race interviews.

EnacheV

bobmcstuff wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Great result for Spartacus!

Froome 0, Wiggins 1 (doing TDF/ Olympics double)

We just had this debate in the office, I suggested that being a 3x TdF winner was maybe a little bit better than winning the Olympic time trial... Given our office isn't far from Wiggins' house I got stoned for this suggestion.

when the next UK tdf winner after Froome will be in 100 years they will learn to appreciate Froome more.

Not to speak about the fact that Wiggins won his only personal designed for him TdF only because the best GC rider in the race was his domestique.

FocusZing

EnacheV wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Great result for Spartacus!

Froome 0, Wiggins 1 (doing TDF/ Olympics double)

We just had this debate in the office, I suggested that being a 3x TdF winner was maybe a little bit better than winning the Olympic time trial... Given our office isn't far from Wiggins' house I got stoned for this suggestion.

when the next UK tdf winner after Froome will be in 100 years they will learn to appreciate Froome more.

Don't forget Froome is doing the Vuelta too!

Daz555

NitrousOxide wrote:

r0bh wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Would it not have been better to have given his road race starting place to an up and coming GB road rider and let Froome focus on the event he had a real medal chance in.

Anyone who wanted to start the TT had to ride the RR too. The only option would have been to do what Dumoulin did and pull from the RR after a couple of km.

Oh right, thanks for info.

So all track cyclists have to compete in each track cycling event?

Omnium and Keirin riders have to have one more event but the rest are standard.