2020...2021 Olympic Women's Road Race, Tokyo, 137 KM

[Breezy1985]

She's so stuffed she can't stand up....

I got really worried when she got off the bike. I couldnt tell if she was crying or hyperventilating

 

[bambino]

Those faces when Rabofail starts to sink in...

 

[gregrowlerson]

Annemiek thought she won...

This is quite sad actually.

 

[Gigs_98]

So in other news professional mathematicians from Austria have now won more olympic gold medals than professional cyclists from Austria. Looks like I'm on the right career path

 

[sir fly]

The interviews should be interesting.

 

[RedheadDane]

Judging by the kit she's wearing on her PCS photo, she might also know a thing or two about cooking!

 

[benzwire]

I don't think the peloton (or at least all the Dutch) knew there was one rider out front. No radios, but no other communication?! Wow that is crazy. They would have shut that down if they had known surely???

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I got really worried when she got off the bike. I couldnt tell if she was crying or hyperventilating

She was absolutely dying on the bike in the last lap, you could see her gasping for air on that twisty Tilke bit, and she lost a lot of time there, I don't think she was showboating except right at the line, she was just blown up.

This was Jacky Durand winning Ronde van Vlaanderen... but in the style of Sergey Sukhoruchenkov winning in Moscow.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Those faces when Rabofail starts to sink in...

 

[meat puppet]

The only way I can make sense of this mess is that the peloton lazer brains were unaware Kiesenhofer was up the road.

Ban the radios.

 

[42x16ss]

I don't think the peloton (or at least all the Dutch) knew there was one rider out front. No radios, but no other communication?! Wow that is crazy. They would have shut that down if they had known surely???

Stunned that they weren't given time splits

 

[BlueRoads]

Incredible, just crazy...
all of it...
but most of all that they didn't know there was still one ahead.

 

[dicanio_michael]

Did anyone from the motobikes notify the peloton there is someone ahead ? Was this organizer fault ?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Nice pictures with Cille congratulating her, that was one hell of a Rabofail if true.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Stunned that they weren't given time splits

Van der Breggen said they weren't given consistent time splits. There was one point where the péloton were apparently being told the gap was 1'30, then a few seconds later it was 4'30.

 

[Fuente De]

not sure but i think it is very normal to celebrate silver, especially with avv's history. i think everyone sees it on the clock too, that there is another winner.

kiesenhofer was amazing, top quality. Breakaway yes, but surviving it in this manner is class.

 

[benzwire]

Was there not a helicopter up ahead or something that they would have seen? Totally strange. Feels a bit unsatisfying that it didn't play out like it could have, but hey that's racing. Congrats to Austria!

 

[Mayomaniac]

She was absolutely dying on the bike in the last lap, you could see her gasping for air on that twisty Tilke bit, and she lost a lot of time there, I don't think she was showboating except right at the line, she was just blown up.

This was Jacky Durand winning Ronde van Vlaanderen... but in the style of Sergey Sukhoruchenkov winning in Moscow.

Yeah, I also got a bit worried when she was lying on the ground.

 

[42x16ss]

Van der Breggen said they weren't given consistent time splits. There was one point where the péloton were apparently being told the gap was 1'30, then a few seconds later it was 4'30.

That's Possibly even worse

 

[joe_papp]

This is quite sad actually.

Perfectly illustrative of what women's elite road cycling is

 

[glassmoon]

Did anyone from the motobikes notify the peloton there is someone ahead ? Was this organizer fault ?

If not... does this classify as an irregular race? One would wonder...

 

[Andy262]

Deignan still thinks Annemeik won!

 

[tobydawq]

not sure but i think it is very normal to celebrate silver, especially with avv's history. i think everyone sees it on the clock too, that there is another winner.

kiesenhofer was amazing, top quality. Breakaway yes, but surviving it in this manner is class.

If you saw her face a minute after she had celebrated with her trainer, you know that it was absolutely not a celebration of a second place!

 

[sir fly]

Really tough to believe they weren't aware of Kiesenhofer.
The chase was on for 50k, not 5.

 

[Northerner]

Deignan thinks Van Vleuten won.