Bishop Briggs Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, well fan for life said: There was: I know there's no race radio in the olympics but surely to f**k a team car or something could have given them a shout. According to Smith Twitter's feed, There was a. motorcycle infront of the peloton. The black board was updated every 3-4 minutes. It appears that the Spanish car told their riders but the Dutch car didn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 More Dutch comedy gold on Cycling News - https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mathieu-van-der-poel-blames-removal-of-plank-for-tokyo-olympics-mountain-bike-crash/ "Both Dutch national coach Gerben de Knegt and Van der Poel’s teammate Milan Vader, who placed 10th, could not explain how the pre-race favourite had not realised the plank would be removed. “It may be hard to say, but we talked about that during lunch today,” Vader told NOS. “Mathieu said: ‘Gosh everyone jumps there.’ I asked: ‘Won't you, then?’ He said, ‘No, I'll roll off that plank,’ Then I said that they had removed that board at the test event in 2019 for the competition.” "Van der Poel confirmed on Twitter that he was under the impression the plank would be in place during the race. “I was not aware of it – that plank was there during the reconnaissance. I only heard that it had been removed at the test event,” wrote Van der Poel." What a thick plank! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: More Dutch comedy gold on Cycling News - https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mathieu-van-der-poel-blames-removal-of-plank-for-tokyo-olympics-mountain-bike-crash/ "Both Dutch national coach Gerben de Knegt and Van der Poel’s teammate Milan Vader, who placed 10th, could not explain how the pre-race favourite had not realised the plank would be removed. “It may be hard to say, but we talked about that during lunch today,” Vader told NOS. “Mathieu said: ‘Gosh everyone jumps there.’ I asked: ‘Won't you, then?’ He said, ‘No, I'll roll off that plank,’ Then I said that they had removed that board at the test event in 2019 for the competition.” "Van der Poel confirmed on Twitter that he was under the impression the plank would be in place during the race. “I was not aware of it – that plank was there during the reconnaissance. I only heard that it had been removed at the test event,” wrote Van der Poel." What a thick plank! BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-anna-van-der-breggen-crashes-after-being-pulled-off-bike-by-official-during-tt-recon?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 4 hours ago, well fan for life said: BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-anna-van-der-breggen-crashes-after-being-pulled-off-bike-by-official-during-tt-recon?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com Tbf, that's a disgrace. Did the officials not recognise her and Van Vleuten? They are amongst the favourites the ITT. Some of the officiating has been appalling and that is another example. Apologies are not enough - the idiotic officials should be sent home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 59 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: Tbf, that's a disgrace. Did the officials not recognise her and Van Vleuten? They are amongst the favourites the ITT. Some of the officiating has been appalling and that is another example. Apologies are not enough - the idiotic officials should be sent home. Similar carry on with the Dutch BMX. During a warm up an official decides to cross the track and wipes out a cyclist. I can only assume its volunteers who get the gig at these things so they've no idea what's happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) Tom Dumoulin is doing his best to restore the Dutch faith in cycling with his TT performance this morning. Final times between 3 or 4 could be pretty close come the end going by the first lap splits. Perhaps not then - Roglic has flown round on the second lap. Mightily impressive effort for the best part of an hour. Edited July 28, 2021 by buddie06smfc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Can I just say that bike races on motor racing circuits aren't the most exciting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Good to see big Tam Dumoullin back and in good form. Such a shame what happened to him after the Giro victory and Tour podium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Good to see big Tam Dumoullin back and in good form. Such a shame what happened to him after the Giro victory and Tour podium. It's amazing how Dumoulin can come from nowhere (his "mental health break") to get silver in such a strong field. Highly suspicious! Roglic won by a minute from Dumoulin, Dennis, Kung and Ganna who were within a few seconds of each other. Makes you think.... But Pogacar would have put at least 30 secs into Roglic on that course. Where was he? ETA - Team Jumbo Visma were 1st, 2nd and 6th, Ineos 3rd and 4th. Edited July 28, 2021 by Bishop Briggs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 It's amazing how Dumoulin can come from nowhere (his "mental health break") to get silver in such a strong field. Highly suspicious! Roglic won by a minute from Dumoulin, Dennis, Kung and Ganna who were within a few seconds of each other. Makes you think.... But Pogacar would have put at least 30 secs into Roglic on that course. Where was he? ETA - Team Jumbo Visma were 1st, 2nd and 6th, Ineos 3rd and 4th.Aye Dumoulin pulled form out his arse.When you think the 2 Ineos riders (& Kung) are ITT specialists, & shipped 1min 5 to Roglic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Lefevere, once again, displaying how much of an absolute fucking space cadet he is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Neilson Powless wins San Sabastian. Neilson Powless Outsprints Matej Mohoric To Win Clásica San Sebastián! - YouTube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Pinarello readying Carapaz frames. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 There’s huge changes at Bora for next season, their squads next year will be almost unrecognisable from this year. Almost every transfer confirmed has involved them. I saw Hindley has been dropped from the DSM Vuelta team in the same week he was confirmed as going to Bora. Although they’ve cited his injuries sustained at the Giro as the reasoning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Joao Almeida (Deceuninck) is committed to UAE for the next 5 seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Tour of Denmark lining up to be a shootout between Cavendish & Groenewegan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Groenewegan takes it on an uphill finish. Cavendish 2nd Nizzolo 3rd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 See Ineos are going for the multiple possible contenders system that did so well at the Tour, with Yates, Carapaz and Bernal all in the squad for the Vuelta alongside Mountain Bike gold medalist Tom Pidcock. Carapaz coming off a podium at the Tour and Gold in the Olympic Road Race puts a bit of a spanner in Yates' plans I'd imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 On 10/08/2021 at 16:29, kiddy said: Groenewegan takes it on an uphill finish. Cavendish 2nd Nizzolo 3rd. Cav struggles on uphill finishes. Without Morkov to lead him out, he had little chance. Cav was two bike lengths behind Groenewegen when they turned into the straight. It would have been impossible, even with Morkov, to close that gap on on that drag. My tip, Mads Pedersen won yesterday. That tough uphill finish, like. the one in Harrogate when he won the World Championship, suited him perfectly. I can't understand why Evenepoel rode so hard at the front (with Cav struggling to keep up) over the last two laps. WTF was DQS's DS Brian Holm thinking? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 See Ineos are going for the multiple possible contenders system that did so well at the Tour, with Yates, Carapaz and Bernal all in the squad for the Vuelta alongside Mountain Bike gold medalist Tom Pidcock. Carapaz coming off a podium at the Tour and Gold in the Olympic Road Race puts a bit of a spanner in Yates' plans I'd imagine.That ineos grenadier squad is arguably the greatest array of climbers ever seen at a GT. In addition to those you've mentioned they also have sivakov and Narvaez. Still think Roglic is the man to beat at the Vuelta. There's plenty of punchy finishes where he's likely to take time bonuses over his rivals and the final time trial is definitely to his advantage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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