Olympic Road Race - 6th August 2016 Rio

Pudsy33

Eponymous wrote: »

Who is showing this tomorrow? Will Eurosport have it or BBC?

BBC and RTE

Pudsy33

JK.BMC wrote: »

My 3 picks:

Rui Costa (he can read the local roads signs 😀)
M Albasini (he can climb and definitely sprint)
Dan Martin (he is as good or better than the above 2)

This is building to be a fascinating race- whatever about the climbs, the final 20km will be very interesting, especially with the small teams; a bit more like domestic or local races- basically most people ride for themselves and 'team' goes out the window

I took a punt on Alba myself. He did well in LBL so he could feature. Certainly a better chance for the Swiss than Cancellara

dastardly00

https://twitter.com/DanMartin86/status/761304516268523520

Froome's response:

https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/761309391274516480

godtabh

Do we have an estimated finishing time?

Koobcam

godtabh wrote: »

Do we have an estimated finishing time?

Race time listed as 13:30-20:15 (UK time) hereGet a spin in in the morning and then settle down to watch maybe Ireland's best medal hope (not looking so good for the boxers lately...)

Kaisr Sose

^^^best leave boxing off the cycling thread^^^

godtabh

Good stuff. The wifes parents are coming tomorrow which usually means the kids will be sorted for a couple of hours. Plenty of time to watch some (all depending on how long the spin is tomorrow).

D9Male

Will have to tape the cycling as I will be in Croke Park. It promises to be a great day of sport.

MPFGLB

Looking at the odds ...some good long shots for an e/w bet like
Albasini, Amador & Nico

Brambilla at 66/1 not bad either ......any of these could medal though maybe not win
- not riding

I think the winner will come from one of the usual favourites of Dan, Valverde,Niabil, Purito,Bardet

Koobcam

Hopefully, the finale will see Dan in a break with Valverde and Purito, guaranteed gold for Ireland in that scenario

Pudsy33

MPFGLB wrote: »

Looking at the odds ...some good long shots for an e/w bet like

Albasini, Amador & Nico
Brambilla at 66/1 not bad either ......any of these could medal though maybe not win

I think the winner will come from one of the usual favourites of Dan, Valverde,Niabil, Purito,Bardet

You must have been reading my blog

MPFGLB

Pudsy33 wrote: »

You must have been reading my blog

Not yet ...but will do directly

TheBlaaMan

Koobcam wrote: »

Hopefully, the finale will see Dan in a break with Valverde and Purito, guaranteed gold for Ireland in that scenario

Really? Has Dan ever outsprinted Valverde to win?

Pudsy33

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

Really? Has Dan ever outsprinted Valverde to win?

He's eluding to the fact the Spaniards will fall out and **** it up

MPFGLB

Pudsy33 wrote: »

He's eluding to the fact the Spaniards will fall out and **** it up

Good preview here with good tips

https://bidonbar.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/olympics-road-race-2016/

happytramp

Who's offering the best odd's on Dan to Win? Ladbrookes at 12's and Paddy Power at 14.

Pudsy33

happytramp wrote: »

Who's offering the best odd's on Dan to Win? Ladbrookes at 12's and Paddy Power at 14.

17s at 365 and Skybet

MediaMan

Very little mention of Dan and Nico in RTE's opening coverage. Barely mentioned that they are cycling tomorrow.

JK.BMC

Just saw Vasil Kiryienka (what a handsome savage) carrying the flag in the opening ceremony for Belarus; I hope he gets a few hours in bed if he plans on doing the road race.

MPFGLB

JK.BMC wrote: »

Just saw Vasil Kiryienka (what a handsome savage) carrying the flag in the opening ceremony for Belarus; I hope he gets a few hours in bed if he plans on doing the road race.

I don't expect Kiry will do much of the road race ...maybe a bit of chasing and setting pace fo Kony

Wednesday he has a great chance at a medal as long TT suits him

Weepsie

Sagan is racing in the mountain bike race later in the week apparently.

JK.BMC

Is there much cycling in Finland?
Ok- going a bit off-topic but that lady carrying the flag trumps anything I said about Kiryienka...

bazermc

What channel will this be on? I presume BBC will be showing the race in full so we will have to put up with hours and hours of how great Froome is.

Kaisr Sose

bazermc wrote: »

What channel will this be on? I presume BBC will be showing the race in full so we will have to put up with hours and hours of how great Froome is.

Yes, the BBC will give you great coverage - but maybe its not what you wheely wheely want :-)

MPFGLB

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

Yes, the BBC will give you great coverage - but maybe its not what you wheely wheely want :-)

You can watch RTE coverage on line with Quigly and Martyn Irvine ...its on RTE Now News....some such channel on line ...RTE seem to have a few news channels all saying the same thing online

neris

JK.BMC wrote: »

Is there much cycling in Finland?
Ok- going a bit off-topic but that lady carrying the flag trumps anything I said about Kiryienka...

Cannondale DS Charlie Wigaleus lives in Finland

Chuchote

British riders to wear new-tech skinsuit designed to reduce drag:

http://road.cc/content/news/199907-secret-skinsuit-bring-gb-track-riders-rio-world-records

spock.

Think this should suit Bardet and will have a flutter @ 25/1

Would absolutely love one of the Irish lads to win though or even medal.

MPFGLB

Chuchote wrote: »

British riders to wear new-tech skinsuit designed to reduce drag:

http://road.cc/content/news/199907-secret-skinsuit-bring-gb-track-riders-rio-world-records

spock. wrote: »

Think this should suit Bardet and will have a flutter @ 25/1

Would absolutely love one of the Irish lads to win though or even medal.

Its a bit like picking a winner for the grand national ...any of up on 50 riders could win ...though a possible 10 are realsitic potentials
And I guess like the grand national it will be a race of attrition ...

Chuchote

Dutch athletes cut through the Rio traffic on their orange bikes:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/going-dutch-beating-traffic-on-two-wheels-1470434754?mod=e2tw