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    #32
    Bicyclegadabout
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    Would it be wise to put money on basically every British cyclist in the Olympics?


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    #33
    stuf
    Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭stuf


    Bicyclegadabout wrote: »
    Would it be wise to put money on basically every British cyclist in the Olympics?

    Na - just every one on the track ;) Seriously though there won't be quite the same whitewash on the track as in the World's because a few key riders were no shows there.

    Great ride there by Cooke - that finish looked like a killer


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    #34
    Diarmuid
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    el tonto wrote: »
    It's par for the course with races like this. Once their chance is gone many people simply drop out rather than ride on.
    I think a bigger factor was the humidity. It was at 96% !! Incredible.
    Cancellera charge to bridge the gap in the last lap was amazing. What a brutal show of strength!


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    #35
    justfortherecor
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    The tactics today were all over the place. Didn't think the 5 breakaways would stay out, there was a lot of freewheeling and looking at each other for the last 6km and the peleton was only 10-15secs back!
    Just as well the peleton was equally disorganised, only the germans seemed willing to try and catch.

    Regardless, fair play to Cooke. Thought she'd blown it in the last 1k, but to get back in contention and then win it was very impressive.


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    #36
    Caroline_ie
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    Diarmuid wrote: »
    Cancellera charge to bridge the gap in the last lap was amazing. What a brutal show of strength!

    That was all thanks to the Assos shorts ... those tags are amazing ...


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    #37
    stuf
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    justfortherecor wrote: »
    Regardless, fair play to Cooke. Thought she'd blown it in the last 1k, but to get back in contention and then win it was very impressive.

    She was just interviewed on the BBC and she said that the corner where she dropped off the back was deliberate. She knew that it was going to be very slick and the big rise on the other side would let her get back to them. Saw the replay and the cameras lost about 20 meters while switching from one shot to the next which made everyone think that something had happened on the corner.


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    #38
    Malari
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    Diarmuid wrote: »
    Cancellera charge to bridge the gap in the last lap was amazing. What a brutal show of strength!

    Yeah, did you hear the RTE commentary though? "Oh, I think it's a German rider coming across now...no it's a Swiss rider"...[silence while he waits for name to come up on screen] "It's Cancellara! Obviously a rider trying to make a name for himself!!"

    Think he's already done that, mate!


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    #39
    E@gle.
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    Bad news for cycling in the olympics today 1st postive test and WADA may ask olympic commitee to remove cycling from the olympics

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/aug08/aug11news2


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    #40
    petethedrummer
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    "Some sports such as weightlifting have a pretty bad record and that is demonstrated time and again with numerous athletes from that sport," Fahey told the Associated Press. "I think weightlifting understands, as cycling understands, that there is a huge risk for both those sports if the cheating is continued and continued to be exposed."

    By that logic they would have to remove most of the track & field events too.


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    #41
    E@gle.
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    petethedrummer wrote: »

    By that logic they would have to remove most of the track & field events too.

    aye and most of the "dope taking horses"


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    #42
    quietobserver
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    i guess the pressure is on cycling though to prove itself. its so unfortunate that theres a media crew out there hell bent on bringing it down, ok its got problems all sports have, but flogging a dead horse wont bring it back to life.


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    #43
    Chips Lovell
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    Yes, it's the media's fault that cyclists are doping.


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    #44
    quietobserver
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    el tonto wrote: »
    Yes, it's the media's fault that cyclists are doping.

    well read it as you like, but im not blaming the media, cyclists (athletes of all sports) decide what goes into their body, there will always be cheaters.

    but as in all sports the pressures brought about by fame and fortune are connected to the media circus through the sponors, the bonuses and all that will come with it, so yea in a round about way its the medias fault:D


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    #45
    TinyExplosions
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    I blame the parents...


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    #46
    Bambaata
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    E@gle. wrote: »
    aye and most of the "dope taking horses"
    Damn those pesky horses!! There's just no controlling them anymore


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    #47
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    I blame the parents...
    It's Fianna Fail's fault.


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