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

[Pantani_lives]

The French commentators believe Gaudu has got this in the bag.

 

[gregrowlerson]

The moment smells like Bettiol

A put a small amount of $ on him, partly because of you.

 

[BullsFan22]

Roglič?

 

[limak_]

Why is Uran not wearing an EF helmet?
At least I'm pretty sure it's Uran.
He has Uran's face...

Then again; Fuglsang isn't wearing an Astana helmet either.
And again; pretty sure it's Fuglsang.
He's got Fuglsang's face.

Also... I'd just gotten so used to the Yateses being so nice and easy to tell apart...

IT is EF helmet, but white, not pink

Final 30 km will be fun. Nobody has a teammate here.

Kwiato and Pogi have

 

[KZD]

The thing with Van Aert is that everyone knows he’ll work. He should start tomorrow by getting some wheelsucker reputation because otherwise he’ll spend a career pulling other to wins

He should ride a bit more conservatively but he won Amstel and the Belgium championships riding this way

 

[bambino]

This is over. Congrats to Belgium.

 

[fat and frantic]

Woods attacking on the descent....

 

[gregrowlerson]

BBC miss all that cos they have to interview Cav. Bloody clowns

Wouldn't surprise me if they went to some Princess Diana special.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Mike Woods panicking as he realises he's actually got a gap on the descent

 

[Rollthedice]

Woods attacks on the descent?

 

[spalco]

This will not end in the sprint. Wout has no chance of winning other than attack and win solo. They will all look at him to go after attacks.

What? Wout would be a huge favourit in the sprint.

 

[Pantani_lives]

It's LBL without the Roche aux Faucons.

 

[SarahtheDane]

I'm actually shocked Fuglsang wasn't dropped hours ago.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

This group is way bigger at the top of Mikuni than I expected. Will probably a surprise winner with a solo escape 15-5km from the finish with everyone looking at WVA to close down everything.

This is why I had a bet on Mollema

 

[trevim]

He should ride a bit more conservatively but he won Amstel and the Belgium championships riding this way

Yes but those are not the races that will define his career. Anyway what do I know, he’s doing ok career wise I guess xD

 

[Breezy1985]

Bunch of clowns, letting Van Aert back.

The wonderful joy of no race radios

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The thing with Van Aert is that everyone knows he’ll work. He should start tomorrow by getting some wheelsucker reputation because otherwise he’ll spend a career pulling other to wins

This was one of the problems the British team had in 2012, if Cav had hidden his form a bit, they might have found more collaboration in chasing, but because he had been so strong beforehand, every other team bar possibly Germany didn't like their chances from the sprint, and so it changed the race completely. Van Aert at least can do it over multiple terrains, but his exploits at the Tour obviously will stop a lot of people from being willing to collaborate.

 

[sir fly]

This is over. Congrats to Belgium.

If he manages to close attacks on the approach to the finish, he surely is the fastest sprinter.
Been on the limit for some time now.

Bettiol riding smart.
Kwiatkowski on a good day.

 

[Netserk]

13 riders with a lottery ticket.

 

[Eclipse]

This is honestly a super quality select group. So many strong versatile riders

 

[Tim Cahill]

BBC are taking the piss showing the gymnastics, get eurosport on

 

[BigCoward]

BBC just cut away to go to gymnastics. WTF?

 

[Pantani_lives]

How long and steep is the Kagosaka pass?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

What? Wout would be a huge favourit in the sprint.

I think the implication is that nobody else will let it go to a sprint because of van Aert, so he should get his defence in first.

 

[Red Rick]

This was one of the problems the British team had in 2012, if Cav had hidden his form a bit, they might have found more collaboration in chasing, but because he had been so strong beforehand, every other team bar possibly Germany didn't like their chances from the sprint, and so it changed the race completely. Van Aert at least can do it over multiple terrains, but his exploits at the Tour obviously will stop a lot of people from being willing to collaborate.

He'll just bring every attack back and win. He learned from Imola last year. He knows now that he shouldn't get dropped.