Soldato
Luckily everyone managed to dodge it.
Olympic Road Cycling
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Caporegime
Now all we need is some hoodlum with some tacks. 
Caporegime
The motocams seem terrible in comparison to France TV. They are all over the place.
Soldato
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Wow people just standing in the road right in the riders paths :/
Soldato
how come cavendish isn't in the TT? I thought he was a really good sprinter(going from the Tour de france)?
Caporegime
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.
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.
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.
Caporegime
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.
Those are marshalls marking the traffic islands aren't they? Or were there others?
Soldato
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?
Suspended
I shall cry if Cav wins! Allez Allez!
Caporegime
I shall cry if Cav wins! Allez Allez!
Today is the only time I want him to win. LOL.
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.Its still a long way (nearly 30 miles), so it's not a distance that sprinters are good at.
Caporegime
I don't like the lack of on-screen graphics to tell you the distance between riders or who's in the breakaway.
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
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What channel are you watching on?
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Aah - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2rlr
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Caporegime
Erm, not sure. I'm streaming it through the PS3 so don't know what Olympic channel that is.
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Pace doesn't seem very fast?
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The Spanish kit looks ****.
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Nah some lady stepped off the curb as a pack passed by causing some rider to swerve massivly and nearly come off!