The Official Olympic Thread

[Tee]

Sounds doable!! Come on GB!!

[Muddled]

I'm not enamoured with judo.

[Fredo]

If they can fend off any serious attack before the end of the Box Hill climbs, then they've got a great chance of carrying Cavendish to a sprint finish. Watch out for Peter Sagan though, we haven't seen him much so he's been hiding behind and he may be the freshest of the lot.

[Muddled]

GB's male judo representative is outta here.

The other dude tried to grab his shirt off his back and get him on his back ... which he did.

Now badminton, which I enjoy playing and it almost looks like I could actually do!

[Shaggy]

I understand Cavendish is "the main man" this time. What if Wiggins thinks "**** this" and just powers away to win. Is he the winner?

[dom9]

So are GB all basically sacrificing themselves so that Cavendish can get the gold? Souds very commendable.

[dom9]

I understand Cavendish is "the main man" this time. What if Wiggins thinks "**** this" and just powers away to win. Is he the winner?

So are GB all basically sacrificing themselves so that Cavendish can get the gold? Souds very commendable.

Ha! basically the same question.

[Shaggy]

So are GB all basically sacrificing themselves so that Cavendish can get the gold? Souds very commendable.

Ha

Seems that's the way it works. Apparently it's a team sport. Seems ****ing weird to me. Surely Wiggins would be a bona-fide contender? He could win surely? But he's not allowed to win, or something.

Doesn't seem a true contest to me. **** the team **** off, get Wiggins, Cav et al all taking each other on

[Fredo]

I understand Cavendish is "the main man" this time. What if Wiggins thinks "**** this" and just powers away to win. Is he the winner?

Yeah, but it seems the tactic is set up for Cavendish, so they'll be working towards that. Wiggins isn't strong enough to win in a full on sprint. So it's all calculated towards everyone (the main field/peloton) to arrive together, so they'll work hard not to allow anyone to break away.

To do this you've got to be sure you've got a beast in your team though.

[Fredo]

Ha

Seems that's the way it works. Apparently it's a team sport. Seems ****ing weird to me. Surely Wiggins would be a bona-fide contender? He could win surely? But he's not allowed to win, or something.

Doesn't seem a true contest to me. **** the team **** off, get Wiggins, Cav et al all taking each other on

Well that's the nuance in cycling. Cavendish is big, powerful, which makes him a 'sprinter'. But yeah, that can be confusing 'cos they're really not sprinters at the end of the day as it's an endurance sport - it's different from track cycling.

So, you've got to have a tactic and work towards that depending on the terrain etc ... The Tour de France is about 20 races, so Wiggins was the best at that as he's the better all rounder.

Hope this makes sense.

[dom9]

A team sport where only one of them will win the gold. Bonkers.

[Fredo]

A team sport where only one of them will win the gold. Bonkers.

Well, it's not a race for 4th.

[Shaggy]

Thought it was nearly finished - 80km (1 hr 50) left ffs!

[Fredo]

Thought it was nearly finished - 80km (1 hr 50) left ffs!

Light a spliff, watch all the sub plots and enjoy man. Commentators aren't doing their best to make it more enjoyable to the layman though, to be fair.

[Liverpool]

Light a spliff, watch all the sub plots and enjoy man. Commentators aren't doing their best to make it more enjoyable to the layman though, to be fair.

pretty poor comms they dont seem to know themselves