Olympic Road Race Men

[goggalor]

Ha ha! Eisel has turned up in the Team GB train.
Right in Cav's wingman position.

I knew that would happen! Cav's problem is he needs his 4 team mates to pull back the break, and will have none left for the leadout. Well, problem solved! Big bonus waiting for Eisel after the race.

edit: well, we'll see if Eisel actually leads out Cav, I suppose that would be a bit blatant. He's helping at the moment though.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This race is a bit like Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, no? A dull beginning, some interesting racing in the middle, but too much flat afterwards for it to make much of a difference unless the weather intervenes?

 

[meat puppet]

You'd expect at least one of the GB train members to get tired before the finale...

Actually, you dont. We all saw the Tour.

This is hilarious.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

How long to go?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This will be the worlds longest sprint lead out.... 250km!

Reminds me of Cycling Manager 2. Where you could just sprint the entire race and win

 

[El Pistolero]

Eisel would ride for himself right?

Yet he's protecting Cav at the moment

Should be banned from cycling.

 

[Richeypen]

Greipel FTW

 

[spalco]

Actually, you dont. We all saw the Tour.

This is hilarious.

I wouldn't say hilarious, but certainly fascinating, at least to me.

 

[insideout leadout]

Actually, you dont. We all saw the Tour.

This is hilarious.

1 min after Cav won the whole squad will be sitting on their trainers with faceless expressions.

 

[trevim]

The Brits must get tired sometime?

Maybe after the race with all the partying.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tony Martin is done

 

[pablo0642]

Tony Martin retires to prep on the TT

 

[goggalor]

Tony Martin had a puncture and is skipping a lap?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Actually, you dont. We all saw the Tour.

This is hilarious.

Not as hilarious as the whining it causes.

Der Panzerwagon goes for an early bath.

 

[Jeanne]

what happend to Tony Martin?

 

[The Sheep]

Martin doesn't know how watt meters work.

 

[Cancellator]

Actually, you dont. We all saw the Tour.

This is hilarious.

I'm not trying to bring clinic matters in here, and don't want to look like a sky/GB hater (although some people already think that of me), but the combination of the course, the way they are riding and dodgy behaviour by people like Eisel sum up to a pretty bland race...

 

[insideout leadout]

Bernie shows what his austrian heart is made of. Fish and chips.

 

[Montanus]

Hoping that Canc attacks and that EBH and some other strong riders can get on Canc wheel. If so, team GB will have their work cut out for them.

 

[hrotha]

what happend to Tony Martin?

He didn't warm down or miss enough birthdays.

 

[The Hitch]

I think it's perfectly reasonable to get mad at courses being tailor-made for specific riders for commercial considerations, and to stay mad long after the course has been announced.

Tp be fair the original course was far easier and they deserve credit for thinking up the idea of bringing the race 40k out to box hill for 9 accents which have been a big headache for cav and forces him to sacrifice his whole season.

 

[Mellow Velo]

How long to go?

69kms.....

 

[Cancellator]

Tp be fair the original course was far easier and they deserve credit for thinking up the idea of bringing the race 40k out to box hill for 9 accents which have been a big headache for cav and forces him to sacrifice his whole season.

I don't think that a sizable number of stage wins, including the Champs, + an overall is quite a lost season...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hoping that Canc attacks and that EBH and some other strong riders can get on Canc wheel. If so, team GB will have their work cut out for them.

EBH has to spent the rest of the year in the Sky bus, mind. He's obviously got a better chance of winning than Mercenary Eisel, but I don't see him initiating any attacks, so a counter-attack is liable to be his only option.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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