EselTheDonkey 623 Posted August 18, 2018 #21 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Am 09.08.2018 um 16:43 schrieb hckosice: Looks nice. Hopefully we´ll finally be able to qualify more than 1 rider (last time it happens also in Asia in 2008) and thus our cyclist will finally be able to fight for medal. Our cycling is still waiting for a Olympic medal, now it will be 44 years ! when the last Slovak athlete won a medal in cycling under the five rings Do you think Sagan could manage it? IMO, it seems a bit too difficult even for him. Though it probably depends who will compete, given that the road race will probably take place less then one week after the Tour de France. Are the courses for the time trials confirmed as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted August 19, 2018 #22 Share Posted August 19, 2018 8 hours ago, EselTheDonkey said: Do you think Sagan could manage it? IMO, it seems a bit too difficult even for him. Though it probably depends who will compete, given that the road race will probably take place less then one week after the Tour de France. Are the courses for the time trials confirmed as well? Well, You are probably right. But, you know, this is Sagan, he definitely should not be underestimated, if he is well prepared and has some real focus on it, he can win on any terrain. In addition, it will be probably his last chance to win a Olympic medal. and if not, there still a MTB (Our athlete is starting to collect Olympic points consistently) EselTheDonkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,791 Posted October 10, 2018 #23 Share Posted October 10, 2018 The Individual Time Trial and Paralympic cycling courses has been revealed. Start and finish will be at Fuji Speedway circuit. https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20181010-02.html Men's ITT course: http://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/tokyo-2020---men-individual-time-trial.pdf?sfvrsn=c3db8241_6 Women's ITT course: http://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/tokyo-2020---women-individual-time-trial.pdf?sfvrsn=6d19d44b_6 dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted October 10, 2018 #24 Share Posted October 10, 2018 22/44km is quite short but the course is nice. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted October 10, 2018 #25 Share Posted October 10, 2018 22km So much focus on gender equality and everything and then they give the women a junior distance again... If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted October 10, 2018 #26 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: 22km So much focus on gender equality and everything and then they give the women a junior distance again... Yeah, it is actually the shortest ever distance for women's Olympic TT. 44 km for men is also the shortest ever, going back to 1912... Edited October 10, 2018 by dcro heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted October 10, 2018 #27 Share Posted October 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, dcro said: Yeah, it is actually the shortest ever distance for women's Olympic TT. 44 km for men is also the shortest ever, going back to 1912... That's awful, but at least the course looks pretty hard. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted December 26, 2018 #28 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Continental qualification events will be as follows: Africa - Addis Ababa (February 2019) Asia - Tashkent (April 2019) Americas - Mexico (May 2019) #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmon Mary 11 Posted March 15, 2019 #29 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Am I the only one wondering why there is such a mismatch between the weighting system in the rankings and the actual competition? The points system so heavily favours the three-week Grand Tours, and yet this is a one-stage race. Would it not make more sense to limit the ranking points to the one-day races and World Championships (TT apart)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerMne 605 Posted March 15, 2019 #30 Share Posted March 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cmon Mary said: Am I the only one wondering why there is such a mismatch between the weighting system in the rankings and the actual competition? The points system so heavily favours the three-week Grand Tours, and yet this is a one-stage race. Would it not make more sense to limit the ranking points to the one-day races and World Championships (TT apart)? I would definitelly count those big tours but your point of view is logical. Problem is that qualifing system is benefitial to those big countries and big racing teams and not so much to smaller nations. So,if you ride for big team in World Tour you will probably have full team at the games. Smaller nations doesnt have many opportunities aside continental tours,and even then with possible 1-2 quotas. I see this sport as a polarising,as a battle between big and small,rich and poor. Just to mention, i am not a cycling expert,least to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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