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Postby RonK » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:30 am
wombatK wrote:I'm astounded so many above are happy for Vinokourov to win. The guy is a convicted
unrepentant and unapologetic drug cheat. That's just the kind of image cycling needs...
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Postby AUbicycles » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:24 am
silentbutdeadly wrote:The road race results (and the racers and general publics reaction to them ) demonstrate that the absence of race radios make for much more interesting racing and enjoyably unpredictable results.
It puts the final result firmly back upon the talents of the athlete and his/her team mates on the road at the time. Sadly, it can't continue...
Postby silentbutdeadly » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:31 am
AUbicycles wrote:silentbutdeadly wrote:The road race results (and the racers and general publics reaction to them ) demonstrate that the absence of race radios make for much more interesting racing and enjoyably unpredictable results.
It puts the final result firmly back upon the talents of the athlete and his/her team mates on the road at the time. Sadly, it can't continue...
True, racing is less predictable though the safety advantages of race radios are the flipside.
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Postby AUbicycles » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:46 am
silentbutdeadly wrote:Precisely what are the safety advantages of the race radio to the rider?
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Postby JV911 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:25 pm
Instead of gold, the cyclist feted as the fastest man on two wheels, finished an embarrassing 28th. Instead of glory, this was the most deflating result in GB Olympic history since Dave Bedford went to Munich in 1972 telling the world what he was going to do in the 10,000m and ended up nowhere
Postby Speedster » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:16 pm
wombatK wrote:I'm astounded so many above are happy for Vinokourov to win. The guy is a convicted
unrepentant and unapologetic drug cheat. That's just the kind of image cycling needs, and
really Cav's antics pale into insignificance beside it.
Give me a sook to applaud on the podium anyday before giving me an unapologetic druggie.
Postby jules21 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:23 pm
wombatK wrote:I'm astounded so many above are happy for Vinokourov to win. The guy is a convicted unrepentant and unapologetic drug cheat. That's just the kind of image cycling needs, and really Cav's antics pale into insignificance beside it.
Give me a sook to applaud on the podium anyday before giving me an unapologetic druggie.
Postby clackers » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:17 pm
silentbutdeadly wrote:The road race results (and the racers and general publics reaction to them ) demonstrate that the absence of race radios make for much more interesting racing and enjoyably unpredictable results.
Postby vander » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:33 pm
brentono wrote:And for those that understand the idiosyncrasies of tactics in competitive cycling,
the attempt "Rogers at 1min, peloton at 5 min 55 sec" at which Rogers tried to
cross to the intermediate group (which contained the eventual winner, AFAIK/remember)
That effort, which may have resulted in a different outcome, when you consider the
recombination of the groups and the O'Grady/Rogers teamup for the final chopup.
A fact that was missed by the Press/Cavendish-
when there was the slagging off of the "Australian Team" for non-effort![]()
O'Grady's effort to finish 6th was not lost on me, as already mentioned here.
(Might have been even better if Rogers had of made it across the gap, nice try)
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:31 pm
vander wrote:Rogers effort was before the the second break went away which had the eventual winner in it, not exactly sure what his effort was for. Also dont know what Gerrans was there to do if he didnt go with the Nibali group I thought that would of been his job.
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