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

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Nov 16, 2013
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Not exactly a thriller but it's always nice to see a really big race pan out like this every now and then imo.

One of the charms of cycling is that there are a lot of ways to win a bike race, and sometimes even the ridiculous ones materialise

It's a terrible advertisement for women's cycling if you ask me.
 
May 24, 2013
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Gold medal is clear it seems, but I'm afraid 2 Dutch will stand in the podium next to her. Only a minute left for the 2 in the middle.
 
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It's a terrible advertisement for women's cycling if you ask me.

imo people who don't follow women's cycling will see a gutsy solo effort potentially materialising in a gold medal which is the type of olympic narrative casual viewers love to watch.

Anyone who does will know the favourites have screwed it up, but we all know it's not the norm so is an interesting story in a different way.
 
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Very embarassing. Horrible sense of race tactics and development. Looks like athletes who never rode a race before.

Crossing my fingers for those in front, but no matter the outcome, this is not acceptable.

Agreed, this was exactly my point from my post before but I was too lazy to write it out.
 
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People will laugh at the dutch but you have to look at other nations too. Did they expect the Dutch to chocho them all the way?
Sadly the two other escapers won't make it, would've been more hilarious.
Well... When you have 3-4 biggest favorites to Gold, you are the only team with full power left in the peloton... The answer from other teams with 1 or max 2 riders left will always be "yes". Too much egoists in the Dutch team imo.
 
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Not sure the Dutch will get a medal even if Sliver and Bronze are up for grabs. Coryn Rivera might. She was climbing in the lead group
 
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