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

[will-10]

Remco definitely is in the mix if he goes early. With small teams he is exactly the guy who will benefit from some hesitation

 

[Gigs_98]

Can't wait for the Austrian broadcast to switch to field hockey or something like that right before the Mikuni climb because none of the guys working there have a clue about cycling.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Now that you mention him. Maybe he's the one who will chace the early breakaway for no reason for an hour or two

Yes and the commentators will be impressed by the insane effort in the heat of the Asian mountains and give him a ticket to the Olympics in Paris. The classic

 

[Panda Claws]

Do the women ride before the men or on a different day?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Do the women ride before the men or on a different day?

They ride on Sunday. Both TTs are held on Wednesday.

 

[Red Rick]

Do the women ride before the men or on a different day?

Day after.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Way more excited about this race than Tour 2021 after the stage 3.

 

[Bonimenier]

Way more excited about this race than Tour 2021 after the stage 3.

Just wait till Roglic crashes out in the first hour of the race.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Just wait till Roglic crashes out in the first hour of the race.

Nah.

P.S. Organisers are not that stupid on this race.

 

[Rollthedice]

At least Urán didn't see him coming.

Literally.

 

[Breezy1985]

Remco definitely is in the mix if he goes early. With small teams he is exactly the guy who will benefit from some hesitation

I hope not as I am getting out of bed at 6am UTC+1 which is too late for what Remco calls going early

 

[DaLong]

The timing of this is excellent for us PST people...get to stay up until 1:30 on a Friday, drinking beer with no work in the morning.

First time I think I've said any of that for a big race.

 

[cen]

So, at what point does Roglic start working for WvA?

 

[Blanco]

not only when injured, he often fades in this long races

I'm not sure you can say that a monument winner ha issues with the distance...

 

[Boes]

So, at what point does Roglic start working for WvA?

I should hope from the start... No use working for that other Slovenian guy, Pigicarwhatshisname. No talent whatsoever

 

[Mayomaniac]

Can't wait for the Austrian broadcast to switch to field hockey or something like that right before the Mikuni climb because none of the guys working there have a clue about cycling.

I saw a short clip with the Austrian riders, they looked like scared hostages.
Malori has Kwait as his pick, a dangerous outsider.

 

[topt]

I'm not sure you can say that a monument winner ha issues with the distance...

he is my favorite rider but yes I do belive he has issues with distance

 

[Red Rick]

I'm not sure you can say that a monument winner ha issues with the distance...

It's actually easy if you directly compare his results in monuments and classics of silimar nature that are only around the 200km mark. He tends to underperform in monuments compared to shorter one day races, especially if you actually pay attention to the context of how he won that monument.

His sprints falls off really hard after a hard race. He's perhaps the worst example of that.

 

[jmdirt]

So, at what point does Roglic start working for WvA?

KM 5!

 

[Sciatic]

The timing of this is excellent for us PST people...get to stay up until 1:30 on a Friday, drinking beer with no work in the morning.

First time I think I've said any of that for a big race.

Absolutely! I just posted somewhere else that it’s too bad Seattle doesn’t have some “cycling bars” the way we have “soccer bars” so I know I could go watch with a bunch of other cycling fans.

 

[jmdirt]

The guy's done the Copenhagen Six Days numerous times and has podiumed the last three editions of it and also won the three days race in Ballerup last year. But if you don't have much interest in track cycling you probably haven't heard of him, unless you remember his victory in Himmerland Rundt 8 years ago.

That addition of Himmerland was probably the best since 1968.

 

[Cagalitroso]

My Internet was down and I was really worried, this is rural Costa Rica on a Friday! Fortunately it was fixed and now I am more excited than ever for the race, as if I were a kid.

 

[Bolder]

If the racing schedule is brutal beforehand then it can happen. This time this is not the case. Unless they made any special agreement i feel that we will likely see both Slovenians going over the Mikuni together. Unless i guess Pogačar still feels the Tour in his legs a bit too much. In my opinion Team Slovenia is the team to beat in RR. Basically a dream team.

As for the basketball dream team. Here Team Slovenia will still likely at least try.

If either Pog or Rog don't win, I'd be somewhat surprised. I can see them both figuring in a final reduced bunch sprint. But the wild card is the heat. And it's a LONG race; so i could also see a "last man standing" situation where someone out of a group of 20 gets away and the remainder are too tired/disorganized to follow. But I have no idea who that rider might be.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Roglič IMHO should not have an issue with distance of this race. Unless he decides to prioritise TT and doesn't go all in.

We'll see soon.

 

[pvieira91]

Who's the favorite?

Roglic? Pogacar? Wout Van aert? Alaphilipe?