Summer Games Paris 2024

[Danskebjerge]

I thought I heard the commentators say that radio communication isn't allowed at the Olympics?

 

[Brullnux]

30km Olympic ITT was always a disgrace

Result would very likely have been just the same, tbh. The best three ITTers in the world, plus Van Aert.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Not sure the Tour had an obviously positive/negative effect on any of the favourites, which is good. Tarling might have finished 10-12s behind or so? Neither Ganna nor Tarling looked particularly comfortable on the corners, tbh.

Tbf, it's not like Evenepoel is a cornering specialist. But yeah, maybe using the new TT-bike with these conditions wasn't the best call.
Ganna and Evenepoel in another League on the final part of the TT.

 

[Netserk]

 

[memyselfandI]

Aerobullet strikes again, superb!

 

[Penninepeddler]

Wout just needs a Gold now to be the first cyclist ever to complete the Olympic Road Cycling medal set!

 

[solo80k]

Does this mean that if Pog and Vinge were here, they would take 1st and 2nd? We shall never know.

It's not a good route for Jonas.

And the God King mercifully skipped the Olympics this time just to make his minion Remco happy. 😁

 

[Andre]

Remcoooo!!! One gold down, one to go. The human race has restored order in the universe...out with the aliens

 

[Brullnux]

Tbf, it's not like Evenepoel is a cornering specialist. But yeah, maybe using the new TT-bike with these conditions wasn't the best call.
Ganna and Evenepoel in another League on the final part of the TT.

No but Remco did actually take some good time there, and Ganna's final corner was painful to watch. Evenepoel better overall, anyway, but I think that the wet roads put WvA closer to Ganna than he would've been on a dry race.

 

[meat puppet]

Pogacar in a flat championship ITT is a good bet for 14th 2 minutes down. Vingegaard probably worse.

Not this Pogacar tho. Victory by 2min and radiation damage to everyone

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Tarling lost about 30 secs with the puncture and bike change ...pity for him

Would have possibly gold if he hadnt lost that time

 

[Tim Cahill]

About 20 seconds the mechanical seems to have cost looking back, given his acceleration isn't the best.

Gonna pen a letter to Thomas Bach now urging the need to update the world medal table with an asterisk next to the silvers.

 

[Brullnux]

Probably Tarling beats Van Aert.

Would've been the same dry/without a mechanical.

 

[tobydawq]

I thought I heard the commentators say that radio communication isn't allowed at the Olympics?

You heard right.

 

[memyselfandI]

Tarling could have got silver.

Ganna was so so strong in the end, that sounds not possible..

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Evenepoel on the Olympic Gold medal. Well done by the bullet-man, he looked great on the bike. He clearly managed to carry on his TdF form and overcome fatigue. Also congrats to other top guys: Ganna, Wout and Tarling, it was a close battle. Josh very unlucky with losing time due to a bike change, he clearly lost a medal and would've likely been 2nd here. Good that at least Remco has enough buffer to stop "what if" discussions.

 

[yaco]

Plapp looked in a bad way after his crash. It's a pity because he had a top 5 or top 6 in the offing. And will he be right for the RR

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

About 20 seconds the mechanical seems to have cost looking back, given his acceleration isn't the best.

Gonna pen a letter to Thomas Bach now urging the need to update the world medal table with an asterisk next to the silvers.

How much you gonna put in there in cash? Or do you happen to speak German? I think that are the only two languages he respects.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar would be in the top5 but he can't beat Remco, Ganna and Tarling

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Wærenskjold DNF. A huge mistake to pick him for the Olympics and not Abrahamsen. In a chaotic road race Abrahamsen would be a strong medal contender from an early move.

 

[tobydawq]

It's pretty ridiculous in an ITT. Like do you want a guy to go take dumb risks and crash when he's basically won?

Yeah, agreed. No point in prohibiting it here.

 

[Unchained]

The one yellow/ gold sleeve is the secret

No..it's the prison shaved head look!! Remco and all the staff!! Wout and Ganna wanted fashion and they lost the gold!!

 

[Sciatic]

Bambi not so bad after all

Could have greeted the crowds like pogi

I much preferred his triumphant fist pump

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Ganna was so so strong in the end, that sounds not possible..

He was 13 seconds slower than Ganna and had a bike change, so I think it's fair to say silver was very much in reach for him today.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Evenepoel has really jumped up a level since he started looking like a rapist