Summer Games Paris 2024

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

To continue my complaining about the Austrian broadcast, an Austrian athlete actually won a medal in the WC version of this event a year ago but you wouldn't know from this broadcast which is entirely centered around Kiesenhofer because of a fluke gold medal. Like, I cannot remember a higher level Austrian cyclist going into an olympic event or a WC race yet Schweinberger hardly even gets mentioned.

Don't worry, German broadcast is just as bad. The main commentator is breathing heavily into the mic as if he's doing the time trial himself.
The female co-commentator is better but often put in a akward position of explaining what the guy just missed.
Overall they seem to have no idea about what's going on except what's being shown in the broadcast, how the hell can they not have a statistical timetable or anything as backup? Terrible

Edit: My godness, they just thought Anniina Ahtosalo who crossed the finish line was Lotte Kopecky and wondered if she finished on a different bike?

 

[nightowl]

Dygert 5 seconds behind Brown, this could be a close one

 

[awavey]

Wow 20secs up in 13km, Grace Brown had her porridge this morning

 

[scribers]

Somebody is gonna be a pure luck merchant today, sorry to tell you people

At least you told us nicely

 

[Penninepeddler]

Wow 20secs up in 13km, Grace Brown had her porridge this morning

Porridge, bicarb, salt, cherry extract, turmeric, beetroot juice and pickle juice for breakfast I guess!

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Don't worry, German broadcast is just as bad. The main commentator is breathing heavily into the mic as if he's doing the time trial himself.
The female co-commentator is better but often put in a akward position of explaining what the guy just missed.
Overall they seem to have no idea about what's going on except what's being shown in the broadcast, how the hell can they not have a statistical timetable or anything as backup? Terrible

Edit: My godness, they just thought Anniina Ahtosalo who crossed the finish line was Lotte Kopecky and wondered if she finished on a different bike?

The Co-Commentator is better yes, but because we can't have nothing to complain, she butchers every name as good as she can.

 

[postmanhat]

Thailand with barely a nod to the last 20 years of helmet innovation.

 

[Squire]

Somebody is gonna be a pure luck merchant today, sorry to tell you people

It'll be a miracle if Sheffield stays on his bike today.

Edit: And as I wrote this, Dygert crashed! What timing.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Did Schweinberger crash, or just explode?

 

[AmRacer]

Dygert

 

[Penninepeddler]

Jesus H Christ.

Brown is rocketing.

Annnd that is Brown's Gold. Dygert has no chance now.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

And a crash for Dygert, gold probably decided.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Somebody is gonna be a pure luck merchant today, sorry to tell you people

Know just the man;

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Crash Dygert, also looked to have hit her head quite hard going down.

 

[iBanesto]

Dygert down!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

As I predicted, Dygert would either win or fail spectacularly.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Oh man.
German Co-Commentator: She was 20 seconds behind on the road to Brown anyway.
German Commentator: And that's a lot? *unsure asking tone*

 

[Tim Cahill]

No need to asterisk Brown's win tbh she would've won anyway

Looked really bad for Dygert unfortunately, just soft pedal it in

 

[Penninepeddler]

Oh man.
German Co-Commentator: She was 20 seconds behind on the road to brown anyway.
German Commentator: And that's much?

It is incredible every Olympics how they roll out commentators who dont even do the bare minimum in the lead up to events they will cover.

Comical. Like... you know probably months, even years out you are going to be covering something. And so many just sit there and do ZERO prep work.

 

[AmRacer]

No need to asterisk Brown's win tbh she would've won anyway

Looked really bad for Dygert unfortunately, just soft pedal it in

Staying on the bike is part of the cycling game.

 

[postmanhat]

It'll be a miracle if Sheffield stays on his bike today.

Edit: And as I wrote this, Dygert crashed! What timing.

Could be a mini, least worst performance competition between him and Plapp?

 

[Izzyeviel]

Time to hide behind the sofa again

 

[Penninepeddler]

No need to asterisk Brown's win tbh she would've won anyway

Looked really bad for Dygert unfortunately, just soft pedal it in

She is still in contention for Silver though vs Henderson.

And if she soft pedals she probably finishes off the podium tbh with Labous's time at T2.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Could be mini a least worst performance competition between him and Plapp?

Kung with his million miles an hour not looking at the road style makes me fear for him today

Van Aert with the dodgy wheels too, going to blow around like a paper doll

 

[yaco]

Knibb is damn fast... but jeez... is this her first week on a bike!

Bike handling skills worse than the average u-10 Cyclocross rider... multiple of those crashes were avoidable. Just bad cornering and unaware of where was on road.

Well the USA has suffered from their flawed selection process. Knibb should never have been in the ITT.