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By the power vested in me as 2x Slowtwitch Spring Classics prediction game winner, i hereby open discussion related to the olympic road cycling thread.

Prediction as follows: Nederlands, Colombia, Italy; Espana and Rui Costa as wild cards. In particular, wout poels in the caddy, estaban chavez steak knives, nibali fired. Piti wheel sucks a bit too much and watches the winning break sail away on the flats. Rui Costa in the final spot.

Other riders to watch: Dumoulin, Mollema, Bardet, Cummings, and Rigo
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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I haven't looked at the profile, but heard some stuff. The climbing is too hard for GVA and Cancellara types?
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [v0coder] [ In reply to ]
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https://www.theguardian.com/...chris-froome-cycling

The potential winner is really wide open at this point, but I'll take a stab: Henoa

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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [v0coder] [ In reply to ]
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v0coder wrote:
I haven't looked at the profile, but heard some stuff. The climbing is too hard for GVA and Cancellara types?

GVA could go ok but really, it's a climbers course. If Spartacus wins then some weird stuff went down.
Nibali, Froome, the Colombians....those type of guys are most likely
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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Have you been drinking?
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [trail] [ In reply to ]
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George Bennett and Linda villumsen have both commented it's the most dangerous course they've seen.
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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Valverde, Alaphilippe, Poels for the men. Cummings as a wild card

Garner, Vos, Stevens for the ladies with Abbott as a wild card if she doesn't go off road on the descent.



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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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Nibali comes due, Rigo defends Silver, Valverde takes Bronze.
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [Carl Spackler] [ In reply to ]
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Is Tom Dumoulin on the start list? I read somewhere a few days ago that he planning on giving it a go.
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [sjn] [ In reply to ]
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Cycling (and speed skating) legend Clara Hughes says Mike Woods is a dark horse.

Woods is fairly new to cycling...

"once a professional runner, has broken 4 minutes for the mile,"

http://rustywoodscycling.com/

Advocating for research & treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).
http://www.meaction.net/about/what-is-me/

"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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since hes aussie, porte ftw
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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Watching the stream on appletv. Very weird not having any announcers and just hearing basically white noise.
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sjn wrote:
Is Tom Dumoulin on the start list? I read somewhere a few days ago that he planning on giving it a go.


Yes. He's doing both the RR and TT.
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [sjn] [ In reply to ]
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He's starting but will not feature, likely abandon before first pavé section, to not take any chances. He has to start in order to be able to start in the TT.
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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echappist wrote:
By the power vested in me as 2x Slowtwitch Spring Classics prediction game winner, i hereby open discussion related to the olympic road cycling thread.

Prediction as follows: Nederlands, Colombia, Italy; Espana and Rui Costa as wild cards. In particular, wout poels in the caddy, estaban chavez steak knives, nibali fired. Piti wheel sucks a bit too much and watches the winning break sail away on the flats. Rui Costa in the final spot.

Other riders to watch: Dumoulin, Mollema, Bardet, Cummings, and Rigo

How is Dumoulin's hand?

If I understand correctly no race radios? French have Bardet in this? No money on "mr. orange juice, Valverde"?
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]
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trail wrote:
Have you been drinking?
no; why?
Carl Spackler wrote:
Nibali comes due, Rigo defends Silver, Valverde takes Bronze.
Valverde getting Bronze is always a safe bet ;)


snaaijert wrote:
He's starting but will not feature, likely abandon before first pavé section, to not take any chances. He has to start in order to be able to start in the TT.

ah, good to know


devashish_paul wrote:
echappist wrote:
By the power vested in me as 2x Slowtwitch Spring Classics prediction game winner, i hereby open discussion related to the olympic road cycling thread.

Prediction as follows: Nederlands, Colombia, Italy; Espana and Rui Costa as wild cards. In particular, wout poels in the caddy, estaban chavez steak knives, nibali fired. Piti wheel sucks a bit too much and watches the winning break sail away on the flats. Rui Costa in the final spot.

Other riders to watch: Dumoulin, Mollema, Bardet, Cummings, and Rigo


How is Dumoulin's hand?

If I understand correctly no race radios? French have Bardet in this? No money on "mr. orange juice, Valverde"?

Piti = Señor Valverde Belmonte
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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echappist wrote:
trail wrote:
Have you been drinking?

no; why?
Carl Spackler wrote:
Nibali comes due, Rigo defends Silver, Valverde takes Bronze.

Valverde getting Bronze is always a safe bet ;)


snaaijert wrote:
He's starting but will not feature, likely abandon before first pavé section, to not take any chances. He has to start in order to be able to start in the TT.


ah, good to know


devashish_paul wrote:
echappist wrote:
By the power vested in me as 2x Slowtwitch Spring Classics prediction game winner, i hereby open discussion related to the olympic road cycling thread.

Prediction as follows: Nederlands, Colombia, Italy; Espana and Rui Costa as wild cards. In particular, wout poels in the caddy, estaban chavez steak knives, nibali fired. Piti wheel sucks a bit too much and watches the winning break sail away on the flats. Rui Costa in the final spot.

Other riders to watch: Dumoulin, Mollema, Bardet, Cummings, and Rigo


How is Dumoulin's hand?

If I understand correctly no race radios? French have Bardet in this? No money on "mr. orange juice, Valverde"?


Piti = Señor Valverde Belmonte

Valverde is lucky he is Spanish and not Russian!
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Valverde, Alaphilippe, Poels for the men. Cummings as a wild card

Garner, Vos, Stevens for the ladies with Abbott as a wild card if she doesn't go off road on the descent.

Lucy Garner isn't representing GB at the Olympics ;)

But Guarnier is representing the U.S. :p

Guarnier, Anna VdB, Niewiadoma
Stevens and Armistead
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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My pick today is Valverde
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [ChrisC42780] [ In reply to ]
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ChrisC42780 wrote:
My pick today is Valverde

I've been picking Valverde since he was 3rd at the Giro. So how does the breakaway know their gap and how does the peloton know? Old style chalk board from the race motos?
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [echappist] [ In reply to ]
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Valverde = Superman, wins in a Vino-esq break.
cause why not




not being a knowledge cycling fan, what is the standing of this race? do the racers give it the cache of a monument or WC?
and i know a lot of people hate Phil and Paul, but NO commentary is weird. you can hear individual chatter in the crowds.
Last edited by: dsmallwood: Aug 6, 16 6:22
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [snaaijert] [ In reply to ]
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snaaijert wrote:
He's starting but will not feature, likely abandon before first pavé section, to not take any chances. He has to start in order to be able to start in the TT.

He abandoned in the first 10 mins. Didn't realize he had to start the road race in order to be eligible for the TT
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ChrisC42780 wrote:
My pick today is Valverde

The break is up 7 min with Pantano in it. But still 200K to go.
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]
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My dark horse is actually Pantano after his awesome TDF
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Re: Olympic Road cycling thread [ChrisC42780] [ In reply to ]
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ChrisC42780 wrote:
My dark horse is actually Pantano after his awesome TDF

Yeah, Pantano could be on fire. He's in the break too.

That cobble section looks really rough. Do you guys know if they do the cobbles on the circuit at the end of the race with the big climbs or just on the first loops.

Dev
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