Road Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[hckošice 15,101]

It´s always hard to find who is the leader in NED team It´s usually a delight to follow the dutch teams tactic during the race

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 8/4/2016 at 11:57 AM, hckosice said:

It´s always hard to find who is the leader in NED team It´s usually a delight to follow the dutch teams tactic during the race

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Tactics? We have tactics in these kind of races? Where did you hear that? 

Edited August 5, 2016 by heywoodu

[Pavlo 149]

tactics is a bullshit in fact in road race, sure there are some strategic plans, but c`mon, it`s too dynamic to have "tactics".

 

Our only hope is Majka, Kwiatkowski seems to be in terrible shape, Gołaś in even worse, why Gołaś is in - nobody knows

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 8/5/2016 at 10:04 AM, Pavlo said:

tactics is a bullshit in fact in road race, sure there are some strategic plans, but c`mon, it`s too dynamic to have "tactics".

 

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Nope, definitely not. Tactics are incredibly important in a road race, it's considered a semi-team sport for a reason. 

 

The only problem is in the Olympics the teams are often too small to have decent tactics and riders don't always like working together because they're not teammates in their commercial/day-to-day teams. 

[hckošice 15,101]

  On 8/5/2016 at 9:57 AM, heywoodu said:

Tactics? We have tactics in these kind of races? Where did you hear that? 

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this was a hidden sarcasm reporting to your womens race last year in Baku

[De_Gambassi 1,225]

 

  On 8/5/2016 at 10:25 AM, heywoodu said:

Nope, definitely not. Tactics are incredibly important in a road race, it's considered a semi-team sport for a reason. 

 

The only problem is in the Olympics the teams are often too small to have decent tactics and riders don't always like working together because they're not teammates in their commercial/day-to-day teams. 

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Considering what "tactics" mean to modern cycling (ie having your teamates upfront to defend your 6th post basically), I don't think, it's much of a problem at atll 

 

If anything, I'm expecting the most entertaning race of the season 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 8/5/2016 at 10:25 AM, heywoodu said:

Nope, definitely not. Tactics are incredibly important in a road race, it's considered a semi-team sport for a reason. 

 

The only problem is in the Olympics the teams are often too small to have decent tactics and riders don't always like working together because they're not teammates in their commercial/day-to-day teams. 

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And also no team radio. All the reasons why Olympic races are 10 times better than anythnig else imo.

[Pavlo 149]

  On 8/5/2016 at 10:25 AM, heywoodu said:

Nope, definitely not. Tactics are incredibly important in a road race, it's considered a semi-team sport for a reason. 

 

The only problem is in the Olympics the teams are often too small to have decent tactics and riders don't always like working together because they're not teammates in their commercial/day-to-day teams. 

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sure i meant olympics - how to plan tactics having 3 or 4 riders, sure - as i had written there are some preasumptions, some plans, but i wouldn`t call it "tactics"

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 8/5/2016 at 10:41 AM, De_Gambassi said:

 

 

Considering what "tactics" mean to modern cycling (ie having your teamates upfront to defend your 6th post basically), I don't think, it's much of a problem at atll 

 

If anything, I'm expecting the most entertaning race of the season 

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Oh don't get me wrong, exactly because of a likely lack of team tactics I'm expecting the same kind of exciting race  

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 8/5/2016 at 10:48 AM, dcro said:

And also no team radio. All the reasons why Olympic races are 10 times better than anythnig else imo.

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And where else than in the Olympics and possibly worlds will you see riders from obscure cycling nations attack in the first kilometers?