Olympics All Format Spoiler Thread
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I think we really need to hear from the Dutch riders in the race as to what exactly happened.
I gather they don't have radios in the RR. What about teams cars for refreshments and bike changes? Did they have source of information?0 -
A friend on today's glorious eff up:
"We don't know her, she goes to a different school."
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Surely one of the Dutchies was given the role of road captain to monitor things like you know breaks and the like? They b0llocksed it up big time.ddraver said:As ever, I'm left wondering why "They fuked up..." is such a hard concept for people to grasp...
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Seb Piquet said there was 2 motos with blackboards given time gaps every 3-4 minssalsiccia1 said:I broadly agree with getting rid of race radios but the organisers have to make sure the riders get proper info on the boards. It doesn't sound like that was happening today.
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So on the line the Dutch were saying they were given gaps to group 2 but not kop van de wedstrijdneonriver said:
Seb Piquet said there was 2 motos with blackboards given time gaps every 3-4 minssalsiccia1 said:I broadly agree with getting rid of race radios but the organisers have to make sure the riders get proper info on the boards. It doesn't sound like that was happening today.
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Should have looked left as they were coming up towards the motor racing circuit.0 -
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More generally, which event would we want Carlton Kirby to be commentating on at the Olympics? Fencing could be a good option, plenty of chances for witty puns.2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
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Can the non-dutch speakers have a translation please?above_the_cows said:Vos stirring the pot:
https://twitter.com/ThomasSijtsma/status/1419248664623583233?s=20
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“ Marianne Vos says at Radio 1 that they knew there was still one ahead. Contradictory messages from the Dutch camp.”Dorset_Boy said:
Can the non-dutch speakers have a translation please?above_the_cows said:Vos stirring the pot:
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Vos either doesn't want to be seen as part of this Olympic blunder or she's just shafted her team mates.
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Surely being given gaps to group 2 tells you there's a group 1 somewhere even if you don't know how far ahead they are?rick_chasey said:
So on the line the Dutch were saying they were given gaps to group 2 but not kop van de wedstrijdneonriver said:
Seb Piquet said there was 2 motos with blackboards given time gaps every 3-4 minssalsiccia1 said:I broadly agree with getting rid of race radios but the organisers have to make sure the riders get proper info on the boards. It doesn't sound like that was happening today.
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I’m calling it group 2 for clarity. They were saying “we only had a 1:54 gap”Pross said:
Surely being given gaps to group 2 tells you there's a group 1 somewhere even if you don't know how far ahead they are?rick_chasey said:
So on the line the Dutch were saying they were given gaps to group 2 but not kop van de wedstrijdneonriver said:
Seb Piquet said there was 2 motos with blackboards given time gaps every 3-4 minssalsiccia1 said:I broadly agree with getting rid of race radios but the organisers have to make sure the riders get proper info on the boards. It doesn't sound like that was happening today.
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You're not wrong there. The head "kicks" when they are in a clinch show impressive flexibility but calling them kicks is a bit of a s stretch. It reminds me of some of the roller skating moves in Goldmember.mididoctors said:
its a 5h1t sport..basically clumsy fencing with your legsPross said:GB guaranteed a gold or silver in Taekwondo. I've finally worked the sport out - the first 2 rounds are about avoiding each other so skip them and just watch the third where all the action happens
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ELB said she knew there was another rider ahead.above_the_cows said:Vos either doesn't want to be seen as part of this Olympic blunder or she's just shafted her team mates.
Lovely stuff.BASI Nordic Ski Instructor
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Even without decent time checks they should have been able to find out how many were in the initial break from the team cars in the early stages and worked out there was someone unaccounted for.salsiccia1 said:I broadly agree with getting rid of race radios but the organisers have to make sure the riders get proper info on the boards. It doesn't sound like that was happening today.
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Cecilie Uttrup was pretty scathing about the Dutch (and other big teams) tactics (ie nobody working) Said it was a shit race and not a good exposition of women's cycling.
She also seemed to be the only rider to congratulate the winner.
As for the old race radios debate, I've always said that I want the best riders racing with the best info, I agree with Vaughters *shudder* that chaos in itself isn't good racing.
That said, everyone knew there'd be no radio, if nobody goes back to the car and if no soigneurs are giving info at feed stations then you've only got yourself to blame for not counting the break backWarning No formatter is installed for the format4 -
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Does anyone know how long the MTB race is? I see it starts at 7am, was hoping to watch the whole thing before the Teams meetings start.0
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I'm quite enjoying it. Haven't laughed this much at a cycling result in years.ddraver said:Can't help thinking Cecile must rather enjoy Team Oranje being taken down a peg...
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