Cycling at London 2012 Olympic Games
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:29
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Vos should win this.
Armitstead is my pick for the win. She should get the better of Vos in this sprint, looks like she has played it clever all the way in this winning move. |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:30
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felix_29 wrote:
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If Voss wins I wonder if the headline will be "Armistead beaten by Dutch Nobody"?
Vos cannot win road races for national teams.
Yep, totally true.
I get the feeling that Vos has pulled a Cancellara - brought everyone else to the finish only to be beaten in the sprint.
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:31
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cio93 wrote:
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The break shoud get this. And Germany wihtout a medal again, well done.
Horrible. Plain horrible.
But well, with these small teams, what else but a break making it should be expected?
They should tried to get someone in the breakaway instead of concentrating on a sprint. That didn´t workout for Greipel, so why should it for Teutenberg with an even smaller team?
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:35
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Armitstead with a perfect tactic. Hope she beats Vos.
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:36
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Great sprint from Vos.
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:37
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Well done Vos, she made the race all herself. |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:51
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still i think men-cyclism is more exciting
VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:54
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Proud to be Dutch |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:55
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Great to see Vos taking this one.
Men cycling might be more exciting, but in women's events you don't see a team controlling the race as much as you see it in men's events which makes the race very interesting.
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:58
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That was a great race |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 15:59
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It was a great win for Vos. Good to see her win, what a legend.
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Posted on 29-07-2012 16:00
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disappointed arminstead didnt win, but vos deserved it |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 16:03
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Posted on 29-07-2012 16:58
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RubenP wrote:
Proud to be Dutch You contributed much to Vos' victory ? Congratulations then. |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 17:11
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Just got home ... Very wet
spent the day on the Mall, OMG the atmosphere was incredilbe for the whole time
unfortunatly my camera was else where so i cant show you the view i had
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Posted on 29-07-2012 17:43
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Thought Dutch and the British teams got their tactics spot on today having had the advantage of seeing yesterdays stage.
Was very unfortunate for the American rider to drop off, would have made the finish a bit more spicy as well. I got the feeling the Russian rider resigned herself to bronze quite early on.
Thought both RR's were entertaining races, the disappointment was the lack of time gaps in the viewing. I was actually tacking my own time checks as well as British commentary duo, which was pretty fun when I realised the break was going to make it.
Armstrong I think though will be favourite in the TT, she looked pretty good when she came to the front in the RR.
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Posted on 29-07-2012 17:45
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Both the Olympics men and Olympics women races were by far and away the best races I've seen this year.
Incredible
Smaller teams please is the new cudo for cycling
Also: Vos is a legend. How can you be so powerful? First I thought:
-She has to react to too many attacks, Van Vleuten is barely visible, this looks bad
-Then she was away but putting in most of the work initially. I thought, keep wasting powers like that and she'll sprint to 2nd again
But no... she 'simply' sprinted to the win.
Great
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Posted on 29-07-2012 17:46
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Aquarius wrote:
RubenP wrote:
Proud to be Dutch You contributed much to Vos' victory ? Congratulations then.
Jealous much ? Is it so wrong to be proud that Vos won ? I mean, we Dutchies aren't very good at every other sport. |
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Posted on 29-07-2012 17:48
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Great victory by Vos today
But even more happy for Armistead in securing Britain's first medal of the games |
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ruben |
Posted on 29-07-2012 17:49
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Just ignore Aquarius.
If you want to be happy be happy. Don't let him bait you by reacting |
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