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  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Cavs not won gold now no way
  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Hansen still up there. Impressive considering that shambles in the elimination race.
  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Cav marking Hansen. Happy with silver?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    Needs to glue himself to Hansen's wheel and take silver now.
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Silver for cav
  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Silver it is. Great ride from Viviani considering he was put on the floor.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,395
    Congrats Viviani & Cav finally gets his medal
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    He did well to keep his head straight after the crash.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    Sensible at the end by Cav, deserved gold by Viviani and a great ride by Hansen. He must be rueing that elimination race.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Viviani totally earned that Gold.

    Really glad Cav managed to get Silver, Hansen just popped in the end there.
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    They're saying richly deserved silver, nope, he was a liability. Viviani is the hero there.

    Cav should have been DQ-ed, he paid no price at all for that terrible bit of riding.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    edited August 2016
    mfin wrote:
    They're saying richly deserved silver, nope, he was a liability. Viviani is the hero there.

    Cav should have been DQ-ed, he paid no price at all for that terrible bit of riding.

    Viviani almost did the exact same thing to Boudet.

    Anyhow, Viviani did manage to show Cancellara how to do it with the flag.

    Cav earned his silver, no question.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Commanding from Viviani, totally deserved win. Would like Cav to have won it but no complaints.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,395
    mfin, put it back in the box
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    mfin, put it back in the box

    If it wasn't Cav or someone had done it to Cav then people would be saying whoever did it should be penalised.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    mfin, put it back in the box

    There's a lot to be said for being patriotic.

    The American's have the right idea, they just need to drop the guns.
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  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Proper surprised that no action taken after the crash. Great composure from Viviani.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    What did Cav say just before the start of the interview?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    JSCL wrote:
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    mfin, put it back in the box

    There's a lot to be said for being patriotic.

    The American's have the right idea, they just need to drop the guns.

    It is not un-patriotic to think someone should be penalised for that, it's fair if anything.

    Anyway, no gold for Cav which is great and the right man won for sure.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    mfin wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    mfin, put it back in the box

    There's a lot to be said for being patriotic.

    The American's have the right idea, they just need to drop the guns.

    It is not un-patriotic to think someone should be penalised for that, it's fair if anything.

    It was a racing incident/accident, it wasn't ideal, but it wasn't done maliciously/aggressively.
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    edited August 2016
    mfin wrote:
    They're saying richly deserved silver, nope, he was a liability. Viviani is the hero there.

    Cav should have been DQ-ed, he paid no price at all for that terrible bit of riding.
    Viviani almost took out the French guy in the same way. Don't see you asking for a DQ for him. If you don't like Cav fair enough but try not to let it affect your judgement.

    Best man won, great to see his reaction when the realisation dawned. Happy Cav got his medal.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    The Devil's up.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    mfin wrote:
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    mfin, put it back in the box

    If it wasn't Cav or someone had done it to Cav then people would be saying whoever did it should be penalised.

    It's track racing, it goes with the territory. Ultimately the person it most affected was probably him as it allowed Hansen to recover and took away chances to attack while the race was neutralised. The crash was certainly his fault but it's not like it was deliberate.
  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    What did Cav say just before the start of the interview?

    "if it was Brad they would have gone straight to him" or similar....
    "It must be true, it's on the internet" - Winston Churchill
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    The Devil's up.

    Indeed. Moving swiftly on...

    Top 3 for Trotty, if not winning this I'd guess.
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Elimination starts, come on Trott.
  • cq20
    cq20 Posts: 207
    Viviani is a deserved winner but he very nearly took Boudat out with a move that was at least as bad as Cav's but thankfully Boudat managed to dodge the bullet.
  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Cav seems to shoulder check twice then drops into the Korean

    https://twitter.com/claudiascore/status ... 20/video/1

    Viviani and the French chap looks more accidental. Viviani checking over the opposite shoulder when he crossed lines.
    I think Cav is lucky. Would be a silly move if intentional as he puts himself at risk but still stupid.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    If viviani had not been able to carry on, Cav would have won that, it would have been wrong.

    Aaaanyway, Cav takes up his natural 2nd place, no gold for him, great result in that way.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Right, back to the proper racing, Trott can be great value in the elimination race, fingers crossed for her.

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