The Olympic Road Race 2016. Rio de Janeiro. 253km

[Ramira]

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If only Nibs and Henao didn't crash...its almost clear one of the trio would've won.

Ah well. Sour grapes.

Probably yes, in many ways the crash hurt Majka more than it helped him. He could've sat in some wheels and maybe sneaked away were it not for the crash.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Jacob Silversong

 

[Bavarianrider]

Best race in years.
And in the and no *** modern climber skeleton wins but a real man and cyclist. Extraordinary day!

 

[hfer07]

!!!!! The race of the Year !!!

 

[Atwood]

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Yesssssss 28-1!

I am gutted for Majka, Nibs and Henao though.

Me too.

But it was awesome. The race was.

 

[DFA123]

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Lets never hear people say that GC climbers would be great at one day racing if they tried it again. One day racing is different.

Indeed. All those anaerobic efforts early in the race killed the likes of Froome and Bardet.

 

[TommyGun]

Froome sprinting was totally unnecessary, so moronic

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Copacabana-Bastogne-Copacabana 2017

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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Lets never hear people say that GC climbers would be great at one day racing if they tried it again. One day racing is different.

Most modern GT riders are really soft these days,

 

[TMP402]

What were GVA's pre-race odds?

 

[Climbing]

Yeah this year PR and Olympics have been two of the best races I've ever seen.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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!!!!! The race of the Year !!!

Totally. It even beats Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix for me

 

[DFA123]

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What were GVA's pre-race odds?

33/1

 

[deValtos]

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Lets never hear people say that GC climbers would be great at one day racing if they tried it again. One day racing is different.

Are fuglsang, majka not GC climbers? Nibali definitely is.

 

[Gigs_98]

And now get rid of 9 men teams. Do we need better evidence than this race.

 

[burning]

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Lets never hear people say that GC climbers would be great at one day racing if they tried it again. One day racing is different.

Fuglsang and Majka are not exactly your generic classic riders...

 

[gunara]

Wonderful race, satisfying result, after having to endure the BBC mentioning Thomas and Froome every 8 seconds. Sad for Nibali and Henao, but that's part of the race.

...and Majka, at some point I hoped he'd hang on

 

[Alexandre B.]

That second descent of Vista Chinesa.

However, Van Avermaet makes a fantastic winner.

 

[Ramira]

Meintjes impressive again. Can't wait to see what that he'll do in the next few years.

 

[Broth3r]

I like how Majka gets some respect for Bronze, but would get none for Gold.

I still can't fathom how popularity works. Majka pulls a hell of an effort and gets vitriol. Sagan wins the rainbow jersey for which there could be no better wearer and gets blasted for *** personality issues. And yet sprinters win the worlds frequently (obviously) without a pull and get nothing but praise.

Oh well. Congratulations to GVA.

 

[SKSemtex]

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Lol, and imagine Peter Sagan skipped this race on purpose.

Exactly. Crazy decision.

Yep, all that talk about how hard the race was. Ultimately it was too hard for most of the pure climbers, not the one day specialists.

As much I like Sagan, he would probably had no chance, his climbing this year is much worser then Greg one.

 

[TMP402]

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Froome sprinting was totally unnecessary, so moronic

Why was it unnecessary for Froome to sprint, but not Martin? What a dumb comment.

 

[Escarabajo]

GVA deserved it more than Majka. Happy for him. Sad for Henao and Nibali. They seemed to be working OK at the end.

 

[the asian]

Gutted for Nibali. He's now crashed in the descent in both Worlds and Olympics.

Amazing race though and great win for GVA.

A complete rider !

 

[hfer07]

And now get rid of 9 men teams. Do we need better evidence than this race.

and how about getting rid of Radios within 50K to the finish? wouldn't be awesome?