Olympic Road Cycling

Goberpiles316 · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:25

Can I ask what the reason is for them each passing each other on/off?

Mik3 · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:26

Exciting race! Go on Lizzie

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:27

Goberpiles316 said:
Can I ask what the reason is for them each passing each other on/off?

Blocking the wind for each other to make it easier to keep pace and conserve energy

touch · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:27

They are slipstreaming each other, the same way that you see racing cars doing.
Riding very close behind somebody else means you use about 20-30% less effort. So they all take it in turns to shelter behind each other.

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:28

Emma Pooley is out. Only one Brit left in the peloton now. Lizzie or nothing!

Azza · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:28

Emma Pooley is done.

touch · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:29

Puncture i think? She's chasing again but wont catch the bunch.
Dont think the bunch are going to catch the breakaway anyway, looking good for Lizzie.

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:32

Breakaway is untouchable now, 3k left. Go on Lizzie!

touch · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:34

Will this be the first medal for GB?

Mik3 · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:35

Yeah I think so.

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:36

Silver! Good effort

Yas786 · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:37

Indeed was close but sadly pipped to the Gold by the Dutch rider. See Mens Team GB, this is how you help your teammate win a medal

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Vampire · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:38

Yay, a silver. Good work.

robfosters · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:38

Well done Lizzie. Showed the men how it should have been done. Just not enough speed at the end.

Mik3 · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:43

When is the indoor cycling? and are we expecting to do as well as we did in beijing?

pumaz · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:43

Really enjoyed that and what a great effort by all the ladies especialy our Lizzie

The coverage by the BBC is shocking though

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:46

Yeah the timings were terrible, most of them were wrong!

I'd be giving that Dutch cyclist a drug test

touch · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:48

Mik3 said:
When is the indoor cycling? and are we expecting to do as well as we did in beijing?

Starts on thursday. It will be very difficult (maybe even impossible) to beat what we did in Bejing due to changes in the rules to now allow only 1 entry per event and also some events have been dropped.

Mik3 · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:54

touch said:
Starts on thursday. It will be very difficult (maybe even impossible) to beat what we did in Bejing due to changes in the rules to now allow only 1 entry per event and also some events have been dropped.

Why have they changed the rules?

touch · 29 Jul 2012 at 15:58

I'm not sure why it's changed. I dont think any other events have the same rules, the 100M final, for example, is likely to have at least 2 jamaicans and americans in it.