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

[sir fly]

As a PhD, Kiesenhofer knew she could win by exploiting the others' mental inferiority

Yep.
It was about counting.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Je suis RhD was apparently the mantra of the peloton today.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

What an end to the women’s race…

I dont think the organisation is to blame, Kopecky def understood she had no medal so she knew.

It is quite embarrasing for VV but kinda sad no one seemed to go and congratulate Kiesenhofer. Even after they understood she had been in the front.

 

[42x16ss]

It sounds like (again, implying from second-hand reportage of van der Breggen's interview) they were told of the break gaps but not how many riders there were or that the break had split so they didn't realise when they caught the duo at 5 to go that they hadn't actually finished the job.

Would make a lot of sense

 

[SafeBet]

You take away radios and they are not able to count how many riders they catch...
I know the one graduated in math was ahead but come on, this is pathetic. I don't know how you can blame the organization.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Can picture it now, Deignan in AVB's ear:

"Yeah, yeah you caught them all!"

Machiavellian though it may be, Deignan's interview is the strongest evidence we have that other teams also thought they'd brought everybody back, because she congratulated Annemiek on the win.

 

[gregrowlerson]

As a PhD, Kiesenhofer knew she could win by exploiting the others' mental inferiority

It's like a cartoon:

"No, she went that way!"

 

[SafeBet]

Btw this turned out to be comedy gold...

Bold prediction: a Dutch rider will win this bike race.

 

[42x16ss]

You take away radios and they are not able to count how many riders they catch...
I know the one graduated in math was ahead but come on, this is pathetic. I don't know how you can blame the organization.

Did they know how many were away in the first place?

 

[sir fly]

What an end to the women’s race…

I dont think the organisation is to blame, Kopecky def understood she had no medal so she knew.

It is quite embarrasing for VV but kinda sad no one seemed to go and congratulate Kiesenhofer. Even after they understood she had been in the front.

Hey!
Cille had a few words with her.

 

[Breezy1985]

I dont know about AVV but Vos seemed pretty sure there was someone ahead at least she is saying that now in an interview

 

[Lequack]

With race radios you get flat stages with no excitement and peloton safely catching them in the last 10kms. Without them you get this race.

 

[Bonimenier]

Kopecky clearly knew, because she didn't celebrate crossing the line 4th, so no excuses for the Dutch team.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Btw this turned out to be comedy gold...

See what you did there.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kopecky clearly knew, because she didn't celebrate crossing the line 4th, so no excuses for the Dutch team.

Could well have been some Chinese whispers type stuff going around the péloton because we know Deignan, VV and VDB didn't know, seems ELB didn't either, but Kopecky looks like she did, Vos is now claiming she did, and CUL went and spoke to Kiesenhofer at the end when most people were congratulating Annemiek.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Olympics: Van Vleuten celebrates but mistakes silver for gold

Dutchwoman didn't know Kiesenhofer had already won the race

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Chapeau Kiesenhofer.
lol @ the superdutchies
lollol @ those who just sat there and watched the Dutch

 

[stetre76]

It sounds like (again, implying from second-hand reportage of van der Breggen's interview) they were told of the break gaps but not how many riders there were or that the break had split so they didn't realise when they caught the duo at 5 to go that they hadn't actually finished the job.

Again, do you really think the guys in the cars, in the feeding zones, along the road didn't know how many are out front?
If they are not able to communicate this to their riders it's their own fault.
Other teams obviously were aware of the fact that Kiesenhofer was still up front

What I really found a bit sad - at the finish line Kiesenhofer was standing all alone by herself, none of the other riders came to congratulate or even give her any sign of appreciation.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kopecky clearly knew, because she didn't celebrate crossing the line 4th, so no excuses for the Dutch team.

But maybe she only found out about it when she looked at the screen at the finish line?

But still if not all teams know, there might have been some bigger problems communication wise.

 

[Bonimenier]

Could well have been some Chinese whispers type stuff going around the péloton because we know Deignan, VV and VDB didn't know, seems ELB didn't either, but Kopecky looks like she did, Vos is now claiming she did, and CUL went and spoke to Kiesenhofer at the end when most people were congratulating Annemiek.

It gets even worse if Vos knew

 

[SafeBet]

Did they know how many were away in the first place?

How can you not know? Break had been away for a long time with the peloton strolling around. The team cars surely had a stream of the race on. If they didn't know they are even more amateurish, especially considering the gambling strategy most teams deployed.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

What an end to the women’s race…

I dont think the organisation is to blame, Kopecky def understood she had no medal so she knew.

It is quite embarrasing for VV but kinda sad no one seemed to go and congratulate Kiesenhofer. Even after they understood she had been in the front.

GCN showed Cillie giving her a big congratulations but no one else seemed to. The Dutch were nearby but probably in total shock.

 

[ppanther92]

If Annemiek would have had a PhD in mathematics, she would have maybe known that catching two out of a break of three is not enough.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It gets even worse if Vos knew

I wonder if Vos is playing diplomatic to protect the idiots in the team car a bit. Her interview was several minutes after van der Breggen and van Vleuten's.