The 2020 Olympic Time Trials (Men/Women) Race Thread

[Netserk]

Have to hurt for Küng who clearly paced himself well though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

DUMOULINNNNNNNNNNN

*** YEAAAAAAAAAH
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Rollthedice]

Your podium

They look a bit disappointed.

 

[Gigs_98]

Seriously, the margin is incredible, but Roglic winning this really shouldn't have been that surprising. Like, it took one TT up PdBF where he clearly wasn't himself to let the collective brain of this forum forget that Roglic is an elite TT'er. It looks surprising that the guy who lost the Tour in a TT won this race, but it shouldn't be surprising that the man who once won an 8 km giro prologue by 20 seconds did. Such a well deserved win after all he has been through this year. A win that feels surprisingly similar to Cancellara's victory in 2016.

 

[Red Rick]

Podium didn't ride the Tour (longer than a week).

Honestly very interesting how much different this is from the road race.

 

[topt]

Jumbo 1, 2and 3

 

[sir fly]

Amazing performance from Rogla.
Not a surprise he managed to pull it off, but this convincingly... Chapeau.

Glad for Dumoulin and would've been unfair should Dennis hasn't won an Olympic medal.

So, all the medals in TJV next season... Hoping for a Tour TTT... of 65 kilometers.

 

[limak_]

Podium didn't ride the Tour (longer than a week).

So it's impossible to win a medal in TT and RR if you rode the (whole) Tour

 

[samhocking]

The Tokyo TT podium all in Jumbo for 2022, stunning rides, clearly Roglic was simply saving it in the RR.

 

[Gigs_98]

I said he wouldn't be close to winning, but I've generally defended his selection.

Possible, I don't know what exactly it was you wrote, I have to find the post first

 

[Salvarani]

They look a bit disappointed.

Probably just taking it all in. All has had some up and downs to be there.

It is a big thing taking a medal at the Olympics.

Even though other victories is more prestigious within the cycling community.

 

[Faserr]

Honestly very interesting how much different this is from the road race.

Yes. Perhaps you need to be fresher in the head for the time trial. You have to push yourself all the time. At the road race the other riders push you.

 

[BlueRoads]

Seriously, the margin is incredible, but Roglic winning this really shouldn't have been that surprising. Like, it took one TT up PdBF where he clearly wasn't himself to let the collective brain of this forum forget that Roglic is an elite TT'er. It looks surprising that the guy who lost the Tour in a TT won this race, but it shouldn't be surprising that the man who once won an 8 km giro prologue by 20 seconds did. Such a well deserved win after all he has been through this year. A win that feels surprisingly similar to Cancellara's victory in 2016.

I am surprised, actually, after it was said his back hurt badly in the RR, I thought he wasn't healed enough to do it. And a minute on everyone else, I wouldn't have expected that anyway.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Looking at the fact that Dennis will also ride for JV next year we can only hope that there won't be a TTT...
Brutal for Küng. Ganna did what he could with a track focussed prep on a hilly course, but the others were just a bit better. He could have paced himself a lot better.

 

[Red Rick]

Possible, I don't know what exactly it was you wrote, I have to find the post first

Finally a good side effect of posting way too much.

 

[topt]

Tom happy for 2nd or disappointed for not getting 1st?

well, based on the fact he is almost crying I would say he is happy

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic

First lap: 27:29
Second lap: 27:35

 

[Gigs_98]

Looking at the fact that Dennis will also ride for JV next year we can only hope that there won't be a TTT...
Brutal for Küng. Ganna did what he could with a track focussed prep on a hilly course, but the others were just a bit better. He could have paced himself a lot better.

Funny how usually we would talk about how brutal it is for Ganna to lose a medal by such a small margin, but now he is only 5th and it feels like he isn't even that unlucky.

 

[Red Rick]

Seriously, the margin is incredible, but Roglic winning this really shouldn't have been that surprising. Like, it took one TT up PdBF where he clearly wasn't himself to let the collective brain of this forum forget that Roglic is an elite TT'er. It looks surprising that the guy who lost the Tour in a TT won this race, but it shouldn't be surprising that the man who once won an 8 km giro prologue by 20 seconds did. Such a well deserved win after all he has been through this year. A win that feels surprisingly similar to Cancellara's victory in 2016.

Yeah I don't doubt the Tour finishers and the guys who went balls deep in the road race really suffered from that effort in the ITT.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Roglic

First lap: 27:29
Second lap: 27:35

So playing cat and mouse with the other 2 slowed him down a little

 

[Lequack]

Podium didn't ride the Tour (longer than a week).

Meanwhile in the road race the podium all rode the Tour.

 

[Eeslliw]

Roglic

First lap: 27:29
Second lap: 27:35

Pff can't even pace himself

 

[Netserk]

Podium didn't ride the Tour (longer than a week).

That's because Vingegaard didn't start. (And Van Aert went deep in the RR)

 

[Bolder]

The two guys who went deep in the RR -- WvA and McNulty -- were off the pace; not surprising

I'm really happy for Roglic and Dumoulin. They both had to overcome a lot, physically and mentally, to reach the podium

Dennis is a frustrating rider.

 

[Red Rick]

Moerenhout shedding a few tears as well.