Too Late, Too Furious: Tokyo Drift - The 2020 Olympics Thread

[Samu Cuenca]

The Italians actually used even whiter kits at the London Olympics.

And Rebellin was of course also wearing mostly white when he lost to Samu in Beijing.

 

[hayneplane]

I doubt that everyone will be happy to ride to Mikuni together. For me it is even not impossible that Van Aert can go before Mikuni if there is a right group and the race was selective enough to limit the number of people capable of chasing.

A pre-emotive move getting out in front and using his Rouleur/TT skills to ride hard in front then have some room to ride his own rhythm on Mikuni sounds very plausible as a strategy.

 

[topt]

So... Length and average gradient for the Mikuni and Kagosaka passes?

Finale di Gara - Alberto B's 123.7 km bike ride

Alberto B rode 123.7 km on Jul 20, 2021.

www.strava.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I see Columbia have stopped riding disguised as Belgium.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

The Italians actually used even whiter kits at the London Olympics.

And Rebellin was of course also wearing mostly white when he lost to Samu in Beijing.

it's their away kit, same as the national football team.

 

[HelloDolly]

I am going with Bettiol ftw

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

I'm 100% sure it's because the white is more see through therefore showing off the abs

Ah yes, the famously impressive and muscular physiques of pro cyclists!

 

[Koronin]

Spain's team. I'll take this kit over the typical ones Spain comes up with:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1417735145193451520

View: https://twitter.com/RFECiclismo/status/1417735145193451520/photo/1

 

[BlueRoads]

Of course we also have white jerseys with darker pants.

 

[Breezy1985]

Ah yes, the famously impressive and muscular physiques of pro cyclists!

Well they all look a lot better than me in that video and that's even after I suck in

 

[Breezy1985]

Of course we also have white jerseys with darker pants.

Love how none of the lads are listening to a word the coach is saying there

 

[The Barb]

Does anyone know if race radios will be used?

If I recall correctly they weren't able to be used in Rio?

If not then I think it could make a big difference. In combination with small teams and the profile of the course, it could mean the winning move comes 100km or more out.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Love how none of the lads are listening to a word the coach is saying there

I hope they were severely punished for this. Ordnung muss sein!!!

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar, Roglic, Tratnik, Polanc and the only womens team member Eugenija Bujak.

 

[Eeslliw]

Does anyone know if race radios will be used?

If I recall correctly they weren't able to be used in Rio?

If not then I think it could make a big difference. In combination with small teams and the profile of the course, it could mean the winning move comes 100km or more out.

No race radios. I predict someone will raise his hands, only to discover he was actually second

 

[johnymax]

Pogacar, Roglic, Tratnik, Polanc and the only womens team member Eugenija Bujak.

I couldn't figure out who the last rider was. I thought at first it was Louis Meintjes in a slovenian kit, pushing his super ninja skills to the next level.

Btw...Pogi and Polanc almost look like twins in this picture. Polanc looks like the fit twin. On the other end Pogi has the legs like those kids at school who were slim, but you could tell they don't do any sport. Imagine what will happen when he decides to start training a bit. Maybe even on a bycicle, you never know.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Red Rick]

Did GB just forget about bringing their kits and did they just borrow the team kits some Trek guys accidentally brought along?

 

[BlueRoads]

Pretty much all of these kits are either awful in design or at least awful to recognize. Slovenia is the exception, Belgium is also a lot better now that Colombia have decided not to mimic them, I mean, plain, and I will never get what they are doing with this blue, but at least it's recognizable.

Now just don't tell me the Dutch team have a white jersey with an orange stripe in the middle...

Does anyone have some nice kit pics, maybe of Eritrea or New Zealand? I usually like the US ones as well.

 

[SafeBet]

Pretty much all of these kits are either awful in design or at least awful to recognize. Slovenia is the exception, Belgium is also a lot better now that Colombia have decided not to mimic them, I mean, plain, and I will never get what they are doing with this blue, but at least it's recognizable.

Now just don't tell me the Dutch team have a white jersey with an orange stripe in the middle...

Does anyone have some nice kit pics, maybe of Eritrea or New Zealand? I usually like the US ones as well.

Rwanda

https://twitter.com/x/status/1417831394303111175

View: https://twitter.com/MugishaMoise4/status/1417831394303111175?s=20


Ireland looked pretty cool too.

 

[dusty red roads]

It's pretty hot here at the moment! Weekend is supposed to be 1-2 degrees cooler than the last few days, but on the course it'll still be brutally hot with the humidity. I hope no riders get heat stroke. No idea why they didn't think of changing the start times to very early morning, like around 5am. They were going to do that for the marathon races, and in the end they moved them to Hokkaido to escape the Tokyo heat. (Ironically Hokkaido's having an unprecedented heat wave of its own!).

 

[Lequack]

Meanwhile the only member of the Azerbaijan cycling team

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Meanwhile the only member of the Azerbaijan cycling team

Wow, he either saw some things on the way from the airport to the hotel, or the coach scared him straight!

 

[Lequack]

 

[gregrowlerson]

Ah yes, the famously impressive and muscular physiques of pro cyclists!

Yep, it's the answer from every wife to the question, "Who is your hall pass?"

"A pure climber."