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Women's Olympics Road Race

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  • 07-08-2016 5:13pm
    #1
    pelevin
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    On now on the RTE News streaming channel. Be good imo to separate this from the Lizzie Armitstead thread if that's being used for this purpose or not. Don't know if they'll be using that by now infamous descent that claimed the scalps of the likes of Henao, Nibali & Porte yesterday.

    At the moment 105kms to go, & from my initial glance looks a lot more sedate than the full-on racing yesterday.


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    Eamonnator
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    Same course, fewer laps.


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    devonp
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    how many times up the climb?


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    Stheno
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    devonp wrote: »
    how many times up the climb?

    Twice i think


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    cython
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    devonp wrote: »
    how many times up the climb?
    Stheno wrote: »
    Twice i think

    Looks like 2 laps of the first circuit, but only one of the second one with the hairy descent to me: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/olympics/uci-confirm-rio-2016-olympic-road-race-time-trial-courses-148721


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    #6
    pelevin
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    Vos surprisingly on domestique bottle duties, 50 kms to go.


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    Chuchote
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    Anywhere one can look up the main colours? Only one I can spot easily is the all-black New Zealander. Is that the Dutch with orange helmets & orange bikes?


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    Inquitus
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    Dangerous move gone up the road.


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    ford2600
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Dangerous move gone up the road.

    Gone from 7 secs to 50 odd in last few km.

    Edit 1:08


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    Carawaystick
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    Whereabouts is Lizzie?;)


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    Inquitus
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    Girls at the front riding so hard a good few of them can't contribute.


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    pelevin
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Whereabouts is Lizzie?;)

    She's in the other thread.


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    Inquitus
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    Someone gone nuts behind and hauled it back in no time on the climb.


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    Inquitus
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    Controversial Lizzie looks cooked, edit, pace dropped and she's clawed her way back.


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    Unknown Soldier
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    sh1t. I hope she is OK :(


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    godtabh
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    She isn't moving. That's bad


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    Inquitus
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    Horrific crash for the leader....hope she's ok.


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    ford2600
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    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    sh1t. I hope she is OK :(

    Doesn't look good


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    Eamonnator
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    That looked awful


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    ednwireland
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    that looked very nasty hope shes ok

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    retalivity
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    jesus that was bad


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    griffin100
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    That looked very bad, hard to watch that. She wasn't moving at all. Hope she's ok.


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    Bottleopener
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    That did not look good, this descent seems horrendous - hope she is ok.


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    Stheno
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    That was horrifiic


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    Truman Burbank
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    Fair play to the filming motorbike crew for turning back to help.


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    #26
    ILIKEFOOD
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    Christ that was horrific


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    #27
    thomasm
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    That's awful, lower back landing on wall


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    #28
    lennymc
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    any word on the dutch rider? (watching on the laptop with the volume down)


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    #29
    Crocked
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    Hard to have any interest in the race after seeing that crash. Hope she's ok


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    Truman Burbank
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    lennymc wrote: »
    any word on the dutch rider? (watching on the laptop with the volume down)

    They haven't said yet


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    godtabh
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    The route should have been looked at better. How many injuries was there in this course? Ridiculous


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