Race thread: Olympics 2020/21 Tokyo, Men's Road Race, 234k

[DenisMenchov]

This will be really hard for Slovenia to get the gold if they burn Tratnik so early in the race.

 

[Sciatic]

Throwback banana

 

[Rackham]

Is anyone watching on ES player version without adds? Do you hear EN commentators?

No, I only get French commentary (with adds) here.

But it still beats the "public service" channels which constantly jump to other sports for xyz chauvinistic reasons (because they assume someone watching cycling at 6AM would rather watch boxing or whatever... just because one of the guys is French. I assume it's the same all over the world for all respective countries.

Welcome to the Olympics.

 

[Netserk]

Greg helping too, Polanc and Pogi have sat down behind the Polish team.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Strongest climbers in the break?

FWIW, even if this group had 30 minutes I wouldn't be worried.

 

[Netserk]

Toby, do you know if Wenzel will be substituted by Bay (hopefully soon)?

 

[Ripper]

CBC has had non stop uninterrupted streaming, which has been great. I cannot stop thinking that one of the commentators sounds a bit like Rhys Darby though!

 

[Unchained]

Are they DQ-ing people for trash? These guys are being crazy careful to hand back all the old bottles and I have seen multiple riders put empty gels and wrappers back in their pockets?
Lots of green drilling it up front

 

[Netserk]

The gap has been reduced to 18'45''. 157 km to go (for the break). They have raced for two hours now.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Crash Thomas & Hart

 

[Ripper]

G down already!

 

[Netserk]

Thomas in a crash, Geoghegan Hart too.

 

[tobydawq]

OMG G.

 

[Unchained]

Ouch!! God save the Queen..and her riders!!!

 

[Volderke]

Ciccone as well, and an Austrian rider.

 

[Netserk]

Mühlberger and Ciccone involved too.

 

[Ripper]

Hmmm, I think G might be done

 

[Volderke]

It seems that the GB kits are now even better in the hot weather, with all the speedholes.

 

[Netserk]

OMG G.

He should have done a Dennis and only raced the TT. Maybe he wouldn't crash then.

 

[Netserk]

The breakaway is only a km from the top of the first climb, now down to six riders as Daumont has been dropped.

 

[SafeBet]

Just woke up. Fuga bidone?

 

[DenisMenchov]

Hart looks like he'll get the heatstroke any second

 

[42x16ss]

I forgot to add that the commentary is perhaps not the best ....

Worse than Liggett?

 

[Rollthedice]

Just woke up. Fuga bidone?

No. Just the usual, Thomas crash.

 

[tobydawq]

This will be the day where Juraj finally reveals that he has just been pretending to be way worse than his brother all these years. Glorious gold to the Sagan family incoming.