Olympics

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The Pilotlight Jul 2012 10:48pm, 28 Jul 2012 4,867 posts	0 The Pilotlight brotherton on five live had Boasen hagen getting the bronze! he came in 9 minutes down! poor tv coverage imo. great crowds! GB boys worked their socks off, Stannard? well'ard! but writing was on the wall by lap 2!
Reiver Jul 2012 11:00pm, 28 Jul 2012 632 posts	0 Reiver Agree PL. Hugh Porter should stay at the velodrome.
The Pilotlight Jul 2012 11:10pm, 28 Jul 2012 4,870 posts	0 The Pilotlight hugh should retire!
Meglet Jul 2012 11:15pm, 28 Jul 2012 10,598 posts	0 Meglet Gutted for Cav and GB. But also for Greipel and Goss who were denied a chance to contest for medals by their teams who were so determined to prevent Cav winning. There are several losers here
JamieKai chameleon Jul 2012 11:21pm, 28 Jul 2012 5,020 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon I know diddly-squat about cycling (other than it being a load of bikes squiggling around), and I managed to catch the last 15k of the race. Couldn't understand the seeming lack of ambition of the peloton - what's the point of turning up to race at the Olympics if you're not going to make the effort? Understand from reading above comments that Team GB were cream crackered, but don't really understand the mentality or the tactics. There was a breakaway pack, why were people competing not in that pack? Am I being thick?
Meglet Jul 2012 12:17am, 29 Jul 2012 10,599 posts	0 Meglet Jamie, cycling is pretty complex tactically and I've only picked it up from several years of TdF watching. For each team/country there's only one person, if any who's capable of winning, so the rest of the team work for them (riding behind somebody is at least 30% more efficient than riding on the front). The race should have ended in a bunch sprint, the sprinters were all in the peloton. The other countries with non-sprinters and a rider in the breakaway had no reason to chase. They knew GB wanted the win so let them ride out front. GB did all the right things, but everyone else let them,cos they knew that's what they'd do and they lacked their own ambition. GB are a victim of their own success
Meglet Jul 2012 12:20am, 29 Jul 2012 10,600 posts	0 Meglet Oh yeah, and the breakaway rarely wins. As a smaller group they get worn out quicker as theres less to share the work, so the peloton catch with 10-20km to go them they sprint for the line. Which is why the sprinters stay in the peloton, saving energy. Only today, the breakaway was too big and full of decent riders and the peloton couldn't catch, though if someone other than GB had helped at the front then they might have caught them.
Ultracat Jul 2012 8:25am, 29 Jul 2012 9,921 posts	0 Ultracat Looks like Paula won't be running, does this mean freya Murray will get to run
chrisity Jul 2012 8:51am, 29 Jul 2012 13,075 posts	0 chrisity i presume Tanni was the cycling expert because she knows about wheels? Hugh Porter (who used to be a rep coming into my dad's shop when i was a lad) is past his sell-by date i'm afraid, his random guessing of names and positions just isn't good enough, and i feel embarrassed for Paul Sherwin who is trying not to correct him all the time
FreshStart Jul 2012 8:52am, 29 Jul 2012 9 posts	0 FreshStart I think UKA want a decision from Paula by tomorrow so they can call in the reserve if they need to.