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Rio - Track Cycling events - no spoiler tags required

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    #272
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    fryup wrote: »
    is cavandish competing ?

    Omnium, soon...


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    #273
    Inquitus
    Registered Users Posts: 13,761 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    If you can get iPlayer its on here


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    #274
    Mint Sauce
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    Raam wrote: »
    Omnium, soon...

    Now in the Scratch Race. 45 laps left.


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    #275
    D9Male
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭D9Male


    Those two British team pursuit girls come across very well. Very confident and articulate.


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    #276
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,573 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    BBC1 have concluded that an actual omnium cycling race happening right now involving a member of Team GB should not be shown, instead they should interview two members of Team GB and ask questions about a race involving another member later in the week.
    Why not voiceover the interview over the race?
    And now there's a prepared video speaking to the man who is actually racing right now in Rio. Right now!
    So we are being told that this is an important man, in an important race... but we're not going to show you the actual race yet children.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #277
    ThisRegard
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    Raam wrote: »
    Omnium, soon...

    It was actually started when you posted, currently 18 laps to go, 12 mins in.


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    #278
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    BBC1 have concluded that an actual omnium cycling race happening right now involving a member of Team GB should not be shown, instead they should interview two members of Team GB and ask questions about a race involving another member later in the week.
    Why not voiceover the interview over the race?
    And now there's a prepared video speaking to the man who is actually racing right now in Rio. Right now!
    So we are being told that this is an important man, in an important race... but we're not going to show you the actual race yet children.

    The children should be in bed by now.


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    #279
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Christ, the Beeb love their stupid interviews and montages.


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    #280
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    Christ, the Beeb love their stupid interviews and montages.

    Even Rocky had a montage....montage....


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    #281
    Mint Sauce
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    BBC RB3 if you have it lads. All track, all track.


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    #282
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    BBC RB3 if you have it lads. All track, all track.

    Alas... :(


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    #283
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,477 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    C'mon Andy!!!



    oops - wrong forum:o


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    #284
    Mint Sauce
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    Beasty wrote: »
    C'mon Andy!!!



    oops - wrong forum:o

    Just had a quick look, 2 love up. Get in!


    :D


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    #285
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    not watching it, mother has TV remote

    how did Cav do??


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    #286
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Have to say, looking at the speeds they get up to on the track has me half wanting to book a flight over to Manchester to have a go for myself.


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    #287
    Beasty
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    fryup wrote: »
    not watching it, mother has TV remote

    how did Cav do??
    6th

    We'll soon be getting an hour of the IP


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    #288
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Raam wrote: »
    Christ, the Beeb love their stupid interviews and montages.

    Doing my head in, could see scratch race going on behind an interview and then they cut to a pre recorded interview with Cav ????


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    #289
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Beasty wrote: »
    We'll soon be getting an hour of the IP

    That's what you think. I'm sure the Beeb can waste a good 20 mins on shíte.


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    #290
    Beasty
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Have to say, looking at the speeds they get up to on the track has me half wanting to book a flight over to Manchester to have a go for myself.
    We do have a track in Dublin (having said that I've a track bike based in Manchester!)


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    #291
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    The missus is getting well freaked by those chinese helmets,


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    #292
    Inquitus
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    How did Gaviria end up ahead of Cav when the sprint finished with Cav behind the Kiwi? did they ring the bell on the wrong lap? and cut away?


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    #293
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    It seems the story is more important than the race.


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    #294
    neris
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Have to say, looking at the speeds they get up to on the track has me half wanting to book a flight over to Manchester to have a go for myself.

    You can see watching this how it was such a big sport for audiences back in the mid 1900s when youd the likes of coppi, bartelli or mercxx doing track races over the winter


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    #295
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Beasty wrote: »
    We do have a track in Dublin (having said that I've a track bike based in Manchester!)

    It looks more fun on the indoor track though :pac:


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    #296
    RobFowl
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    Beasty wrote: »
    We do have a track in Dublin (having said that I've a track bike based in Manchester!)

    The Eamon Ceannt track to be precise

    Sure he was looking 100 years into the future and seeing a Yorkshire man promoting Irish track cycling back in the GPO.

    "Was is for this?" ;)


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    #297
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    The leg speed that Kenny generates in amazing. Would he be running a smaller gear that he can appear to be turning the cranks much faster than the others or is he just stronger?


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    #298
    Hager
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Hager


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    The leg speed that Kenny generates in amazing. Would he be running a smaller gear that he can appear to be turning the cranks much faster than the others or is he just stronger?

    Boardman said in commentary that he runs a smaller gear.


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    #299
    djemba djemba
    Registered Users Posts: 2,586 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    Thank god for the red button.


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    #300
    RobFowl
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    djemba djemba wrote: »
    Thank god for the red button.

    As someone who called his Boardsie ID after God I simply can't understand why you chose Eric !!


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    #301
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    What was/or is the madison?


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