Road Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[mpjmcevoy 363]

  On 5/30/2024 at 5:35 AM, Noorderling29 said:

I believe Vollering will also start in the time trial.

 

i’ve often wondered if the Dutch successes in women’s cycling are because of or in spite of all these histrionics. 

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The histrionics are a function of multiple world class riders with multiple world class egos.

[idose 1]

 select Itamar Einhorn and Rotem Gafinovitz for the Olympics.

[yaky22 34]

  On 5/30/2024 at 1:48 PM, idose said:

 select Itamar Einhorn and Rotem Gafinovitz for the Olympics.

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Not before some drama with Omar shapira 

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 5/30/2024 at 2:24 PM, yaky22 said:

Not before some drama with Omar shapira 

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Which seems fair enough...I mean, Shapira at least finishes most of her races, whereas Gafinovitz has 7 (!) DNF's this year alone..

[heywoodu 15,353]

Wiebes has been named as the captain of the team, so the rest should ride for her. Should be a matter of Van Dijk chasing down whenever needed and Vos and Vollering jumping after whatever might be dangerous and then - and this might be the hard one for Vollering - not take turns pulling on the front. If they manage to get Wiebes to the finish in the lead group, however big it may be, it should be a done deal*.

 

*as far as done deals exist in sports

[yaky22 34]

  On 5/30/2024 at 5:09 PM, heywoodu said:

Which seems fair enough...I mean, Shapira at least finishes most of her races, whereas Gafinovitz has 7 (!) DNF's this year alone..

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True, what happened is shapira get pregnant and just get back a few months ago and the federation didint take the option for this happening so they didint account for it in the selection 

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 5/31/2024 at 11:05 AM, yaky22 said:

True, what happened is shapira get pregnant and just get back a few months ago and the federation didint take the option for this happening so they didint account for it in the selection 

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That's too bad for everyone involved (except for Team Gafinovitz of course), they missed the opprtunity for an athlete going on what's basically legal doping (post-pregnancy)  

[vinipereira 3,421]

 

Men's

Vinicius Rangel

 

Women's

Ana Vitoria Magalhães

[Bearas 542]

 Rasa Leleivytė confirmed by LTOK to represent Lithuania in women's road race

 

https://www.ltok.lt/paryziaus-olimpinese-zaidynese-lietuvai-dviraciu-plento-grupinese-lenktynese-atstovaus-rasa-leleivyte/

 

[AmericanHero40 222]

I do not understand much in cycling, i do watch the Tour de France every year, so can someone explain to me why Vingegaard is not in the olympics?? he's a 2 time tour winner!