Olympic Road Race Men

[Dekker_Tifosi]

EB Hagen attacks?
edit: no Nordhaug

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Anyone can fill names?

- Phinney
- Van Garderen
- Gilbert
- LL Sanchez
- Valverde
- Castroviejo
- Schär
- Cancellara
- Nordhaug
- O'Grady(?)
- Chavanel
- Fuglsang

Please copy and fill.

Gap coming down slightly, 55 seconds.

Philippe Gilbert (Belgium), Stuart O’Grady (Australia), Tim Duggan (USA), Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain), Alejandro Valverde (Spain), Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain), Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Michael Schar (Switzerland), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), Gregory Rast (Switzerland), Andriy Grivko (Ukraine), Lars Boom (Netherlands), Luca Paolini (Italy), Sylvain Chavanel (France), Jack Bauer (New Zealand), Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark), Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic), Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia), Taylor Phinney (USA), Alexander Kristoff (Norway), Tejay Van Garderen (USA), Rui Costa (Portugal), Robert Gesink (Netherlands), Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland).

(according to CN live text)

 

[lostintime]

wtf ... the gb rider giving a german one a track arm push ?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Norway screw up the breakaway.

 

[maxmartin]

AUS is done

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

elapid's stream is in English. The one I posted is in Arabic, I think.

 

[Arnout]

According to Dutch commentators the gap, hand-clocked, is 49 seconds.

So it still looks like a sprint

With Cancellara in the front group? When gap is coming down, he will go for sure.

Nordhaug. What do we think of this? Going own chance or annoying front group? Open to debate.

 

[JibberJim]

Nordhaug disrupting the front bunch

 

[The Hitch]

Nordhaug serving sky by attacking break.

 

[will10]

Nordhaug pointless attack

 

[Descender]

Watch Greipel snatch the gold.

 

[Arnout]

Philippe Gilbert (Belgium), Stuart O’Grady (Australia), Tim Duggan (USA), Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain), Alejandro Valverde (Spain), Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain), Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Michael Schar (Switzerland), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), Gregory Rast (Switzerland), Andriy Grivko (Ukraine), Lars Boom (Netherlands), Luca Paolini (Italy), Sylvain Chavanel (France), Jack Bauer (New Zealand), Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark), Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic), Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia), Taylor Phinney (USA), Alexander Kristoff (Norway), Tejay Van Garderen (USA), Rui Costa (Portugal), Robert Gesink (Netherlands), Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland).

(according to CN live text)

Thanks.

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[dgodave]

It would be great if the BBC commentator would turn is microphone off when he's coughing and spluttering. It sounds disgusting.
Does anybody know who he is? (I know the other is Boardman) This guy has the amazing ability to dumb down cycling even more than P&P!

At least you can hear english commentary. My Arabic sucks.
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[Cancellator]

Nordhaug serving sky by attacking break.

Sadly this doesn't even look like a joke...

 

[spalco]

You guys don't get it. Two days a year these guys ride under national colors. the other racing days they get paid. For those two days, do you think they are going to do anything to screw up the part of their life where they are paid to ride?

They should decline to participate if they can't fulfill their obligations to their national federations. Surely somebody can be found who doesn't have any conflict of interest there. And if that person gets dropped on the first climb, at least he was honest.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Break starting to play games!

 

[Franklin]

It's probably my imagination, but it seems like Nibles is truly throwing everything he has on the table to make a point

 

[Arnout]

Paolini used to sprint well, dunno about last 2 years though.

Front group exploding now.

 

[will10]

Modolo in the front?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink attacks
edit: or brings up the pace for Boom

 

[Montanus]

Canc with a monsterattack soon.

 

[BillytheKid]

Hoping for Phinney. That's a massive group.

 

[goggalor]

Stupid by LPN, he should be pulling for Kristoff. Keep riding guys!!

 

[Arnout]

Cancellara 3rd pos, getting ready.

 

[Bala Verde]

Gesink wants to keep the pace high and get people to cooperate.