Olympic Road Cycling

helpimcrap said:
how come cavendish isn't in the TT? I thought he was a really good sprinter(going from the Tour de france)?
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Sprinting is different than time trial. Time trial is more of an endurance thing. Like 100m vs 10,000m in athletics.

Look at me, pretending to know what I'm talking about. :D
 
Are you maybe getting mixed up with the track TT? The track TT is 1kilometre i think and that sort of distance would suit a sprinter.
The road TT is much longer (44kilometres) and doesnt suit a sprinter. Wiggins, Cancellara and Tony Martin are the ones to watch for the road TT.
 
I suppose it's odd for them not to have race radio so they don't know what's going on, i.e. how far in front breakaway are.
 
touch said:
Are you maybe getting mixed up with the track TT? The track TT is 1kilometre i think and that sort of distance would suit a sprinter.
The road TT is much longer (44kilometres) and doesnt suit a sprinter. Wiggins, Cancellara and Tony Martin are the ones to watch for the road TT.
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That's be right - i was thinking velodrome (those round cycle tracks in an arena).

I thought 44km would be like a sprint if they've done over 3000 km in tour de france?
 
helpimcrap said:
That's be right - i was thinking velodrome (those round cycle tracks in an arena).
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Well, in that case, to answer your question, Cavendish is not riding the track TT because that event has been dropped this year :( Cavendish doesnt usually ride the track TT anyway, Wiggins is much better at it and got gold in the 4k in 2008. I think that was one of the main reasons he decided to focus more on road racing, they removed his events from the olympic track riding.

helpimcrap said:
I thought 44km would be like a sprint if they've done over 3000 km in tour de france?
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Its still a long way (nearly 30 miles), so it's not a distance that sprinters are good at.
 
I don't like the lack of on-screen graphics to tell you the distance between riders or who's in the breakaway.
 
ic1male said:
I don't like the lack of on-screen graphics to tell you the distance between riders or who's in the breakaway.
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Yeah.
When a time does flash up, it seems to be giving the gap between the front riders and the rear of the peleton? I'm sure it will only be a few seconds difference, but i'd rather know the gap to the front of the peleton :confused:
 
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