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 Jul 20 2021, 10:48 PM
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 It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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 Hi all! This thread is the thread for covering Cycling at the Olympics this year. This includes the following: BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing, Mountain Biking, Road and Track. Feel free to discuss all the ins and outs of the disciplines, any predictions you may have, support for the athletes and anything else you notice as we kick off on Saturday! |
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Jul 24 2021, 07:39 AM
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Didn't realise the Road race was on so early, lucky I switched it on! Pogacar is, unsurprisingly, in the lead
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Jul 24 2021, 07:46 AM
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Wout Van Aert has caught up with the main group now - if he can stay with them the win is almost certainly his.
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Jul 24 2021, 08:08 AM
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McNulty and Carapaz appear to have made a definitive break - which means I've suddenly become a member of the Richard Carapaz fanclub!
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Jul 24 2021, 08:27 AM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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Carapaz wins gold in the men's road race, Ecuador's second ever Olympic gold.
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Jul 24 2021, 08:33 AM
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Very happy for Carapaz - as much as I don't really support him as an INEOS rider it was good to see him riding for his country and getting them a rare Olympic gold.
Pogacar and Van Aert sprinted for silver, at which point I turned the telly off so not sure who got it! |
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Jul 24 2021, 09:06 AM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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Wout van Aert of Belgium has been confirmed as the silver medal winner. Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar from Slovenia has won bronze.
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Jul 24 2021, 05:01 PM
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Women's road race is tomorrow - very interested to see if it ends up being a Dutch sweep of the podium, they certainly have the talent to be able to pull it off.
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Jul 25 2021, 08:40 AM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer launched a remarkable solo breakaway to win road race gold on her Olympic debut, as Britain's Lizzie Deignan finished 11th.
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Jul 25 2021, 10:07 AM
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the men's race was excellent
Carapaz and Pogacar did very well |
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Jul 26 2021, 08:54 AM
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The womens race was incredible - one of the biggest upsets I think I've ever seen! The lack of race radios really must have played a part though, we were all watching thinking they knew she was too far ahead but in actual fact they all thought they were fighting it out for gold
 Delighted for Kiesenhofer though, managing to out-fox such a strong Dutch team isn't something that happens every day.
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Jul 26 2021, 07:10 PM
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Fantastic to see Tom Pidcock winning Gold in the mountain biking! Two golds for Leodensians already *.*
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Jul 27 2021, 09:06 PM
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Men's and Women's Time Trials start tomorrow - it'll take a lot to stop Filippo Ganna from taking gold I think! And if Chloe Dygert is still as good as she was a couple of years back she should probably take the women's.
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Jul 28 2021, 03:44 PM
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Spent all afternoon watching the Men's Time Trial - such a gripping finale! Roglic blasted it out the park though and a massive well done to him after some disappointing recent results. Second to fifth were all so close though, very happy for Dumoulin taking the silver after taking some time away from the sport to recover mentally.
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Jul 30 2021, 08:23 AM
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A GOLD in the BMX!
Didn't see that coming! Bethany Shriever taking the gold in the women's and Kai White taking silver in the men's as well, really is the story of the day.
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Jul 30 2021, 03:58 PM
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Well done to both of them. That's an exciting unpredictable sport to watch.
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Jul 30 2021, 04:16 PM
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 The owls are not what they seem
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Beth Shriever's from my home town of Leytonstone too
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Jul 30 2021, 11:55 PM
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I'll just stick around and do some more damage
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Wow, GB have never won a medal in the BMX events before (it's only been in the programme since 2008 but still) so to go from that to nearly getting both gold medals is quite an incredible turnaround - also read that Shriever had to rely on crowdfunding to even get into the Olympics so what an achievement for her!
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Aug 1 2021, 10:08 AM
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A gold medal in the BMX freestyle for Charlotte Worthington. I set my box to record the swimming finals but that was taking place at the same time so I got the bonus of seeing that as well this morning as if it was live.
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Aug 1 2021, 01:27 PM
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 Alone and wounded
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Charlotte Worthington's high-scoring BMX routine was an incredible watch, that 360 backflip *.* great for her to pull it back with such a high after the previous run went wrong.
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