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

[canarydan23]

This is a joke. I would hate it if the Dutch end up with silver and bronze after a proper amateur display of cycling tactics.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Maybe the Dutch have very little experience racing in the heat?

 

[Andon]

Bravo Anna - attacking at kilometer 0 and going all the way

Chapeau!

Was she the one who initiated the breakaway? And the two others joined and then combined effort for first couple hours?

 

[tobydawq]

I hope there is a climb where Cecilie can get away. She hasn't seemed to be breathing so far. And if she got a medal, we all know what kinds of reactions that would lead to.

 

[BlueRoads]

Also I think it's a hell of a ride by Kiesenhofer, if you see how big the gap is to towards the other two. I guess that would also not happen in men's cycling, someone who's able to be so good, but doesn't focus on cycling as others do.

 

[Northerner]

Catch will happen I think.

 

[Andy262]

The Dutch have lost this, as have all the rest, but Kiesenhofer has won it. She has been seriously impressive, irrespective.

 

[Volderke]

While the Dutch obviously failed, Kiesenhofer is just very strong as well.
She didn't lose anything on van Vleuten. Her ride is real and very impressive. Few women would pull this off, amateur or not.

 

[gregrowlerson]

I hope there is a climb where Cecilie can get away. She hasn't seemed to be breathing so far. And if she got a medal, we all know what kinds of reactions that would lead to.

Libertine Seguros will soften his stance on this course.

 

[meat puppet]

Oh well, at least Israel does not medal.

 

[stetre76]

Was she the one who initiated the breakaway? And the two others joined and then combined effort for first couple hours?

Haven't watched from the beginning, but both Austrian TV and gcn stated that she attacked at kilometer 0, so is say she was at least one of the initiators.

Even more remarkable, as she put the focus on her career at University and not in cycling.

 

[Volderke]

I hope Kopecky gets a medal. There are more than the Dutch with a good sprint...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I hope there is a climb where Cecilie can get away. She hasn't seemed to be breathing so far. And if she got a medal, we all know what kinds of reactions that would lead to.

The race organisers didn't deign to let the women have a climb.

 

[42x16ss]

I blame the Italians and Spanish. There was a period where the main group split and the Dutch were all on the wrong side both had numbers yet they just looked around. Awful racing.

 

[tobydawq]

The race organisers didn't deign to let the women have a climb.

I have seen lots of climbs today.

 

[Northerner]

Chasers have taken back 30 seconds in a few hundred metres according to the clock on screen. If Van der Breggen TTs to the finish...

 

[Gigs_98]

Uhm...what the ***?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sure, now Longo Borghini wants to ride.

 

[bambino]

I blame the Italians and Spanish. There was a period where the main group split and the Dutch were all on the wrong side and they just looked around. Awful racing.

You can try to explain it any way for your own liking, but the fact is the Dutch lost the Olympics today for their own stupidity. No-one else to blame.

 

[sir fly]

If I could only feel what Kiesenhofer feels now...

 

[42x16ss]

Sure, now Longo Borghini wants to ride.

When she had a teammate and the Dutch on the wrong side of the split though...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Lol, she can't ride with no hands on the handlebar

 

[42x16ss]

You can try to explain it any way for your own liking, but the fact is the Dutch lost the Olympics today for their own stupidity. No-one else to blame.

At least the Dutch actually tried something

 

[RedheadDane]

Definitely not the Anna anyone was expecting!