Olympic Road Race Men

[will10]

what happend to Tony Martin?

He's chilling for Wednesday dude.

 

[Richeypen]

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.

Exactly, this course is nowhere near tailor made for Cav. Last year Cav would have bee dropped ages ago, he has put in a lot of work to be able to climb on this route. Just look at ZLM

 

[Bala Verde]

He didn't warm down or miss enough birthdays.

He is applying the "less race kilometers, more efficiency" approach.

He needs to recuperate to be in good shape for the ITT. Wiggins and Froome will be running on fumes then

 

[taiwan]

Should be better for the break now that the two groups are together...

 

[DirtyWorks]

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

It seems to me some of these guys are riding for their trade teams. It's worked out like that before.

Can anyone tell me if the U.S. feed at nbc is live-ish? I can't turn the sound up at the moment in the house.

 

[superconfex]

just started watching...what is Bernard being accused of here?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Amandine Thomas-Commin of L'Equipe on Twitter:

"Eisel told Austrian journalists he would race for Sky today. As Uran told me."

 

[The Sheep]

Exactly, this course is nowhere near tailor made for Cav. Last year Cav would have bee dropped ages ago, he has put in a lot of work to be able to climb on this route. Just look at ZLM

I've seen Cav win in harder tour stages.

 

[trevim]

Rui Costa showing the jersey!

 

[insideout leadout]

I wonder if Bernie can mask his leadout for Cav in the end by saying that he opened up the sprint early for himself, "unfortunately" Cav was on his wheel.

 

[Bala Verde]

just started watching...what is Bernard being accused of here?

being a mercenary for Cav.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kolobnev attacks. And.. Gesink attacks again.

 

[Cancellator]

just started watching...what is Bernard being accused of here?

Riding like he has a ventless white helmet and a robo-skinsuit....

 

[trevim]

Amandine Thomas-Commin of L'Equipe on Twitter:

"Eisel told Austrian journalists he would race for Sky today. As Uran told me."

Can they say that without being banned, suspended or having some kind of trouble?

 

[Fidolix]

4 guys controlling a race of 250 km against 25 of the strongest riders in the peloton? After a long exhausting season and tour that surely make sense.

 

[maxmartin]

He is applying the "less race kilometers, more efficiency" approach.

He needs to recuperate to be in good shape for the ITT. Wiggins and Froome will be running on fumes then

W and F will easily win gold and silver in ITT.

 

[Cancellator]

I've seen Cav win in harder tour stages.

He also won that race a while back... somewhere in Italy... must've been important but I can't really remember how it's called...

 

[meat puppet]

Not as hilarious as the whining it causes.

look, i like to bend over and think of england as much as the next guy, but even the best of things get tiresome after a while.

 

[spalco]

Amandine Thomas-Commin of L'Equipe on Twitter:

"Eisel told Austrian journalists he would race for Sky today. As Uran told me."

He said in the newspapers yesterday, he's only riding for himself, and giving himself an (optimistic to say the least) 10% chance of winning a medal. I suppose maybe he got an offer between yesterday and today that he couldn't refuse.

Anyway, it's both embarassing and kind of funny.

 

[hrotha]

Exactly, this course is nowhere near tailor made for Cav. Last year Cav would have bee dropped ages ago, he has put in a lot of work to be able to climb on this route. Just look at ZLM

It's as tailor-made as it can get. So Cav had to learn to climb a tiny bit to survive this course? Pfff, he was climbing better in 2009.

Cav has to win this. The sport authorities been hearing all week how great that would be for cycling and the Olympics. Everything's going according to the script.

 

[superconfex]

Riding like he has a ventless white helmet and a robo-skinsuit....

Wow.....and he's not hiding it is he

 

[El Pistolero]

just started watching...what is Bernard being accused of here?

Of being a pathetic waste of a spot at the Olympics.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Costa, Van Garderen, Gesink and Kolobnev at 37 seconds

 

[doperhopper]

GB Postal looks too fast - should keep some 30sec to the break and catch them only with some 30k to go, now there will be more action (hopefully)

 

[will10]

4 guys controlling a race of 250 km against 25 of the strongest riders in the peloton? After a long exhausting season and tour that surely make sense.

25 of the strongest riders in the peloton....are you looking at the same break as me?