Noorderling29 156 Posted June 13 #21 Share Posted June 13 (edited) Not his type of competition, the profile does not suit him. He’s not a one day specialist, like for instance Van der Poel, but a climber who wins multiple day events, with some stages in the mountains. The Danes have other riders that have much more chance in the road race. Also, he has been injured after a severe fall. Edited June 13 by Noorderling29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 903 Posted June 13 #22 Share Posted June 13 31 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: 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! The Tour de France is a 3 week long race with multiple 21 individual stages. Vingegaard has won that because he is exceptionally good in the very high mountain stages that have traditionally decided who wins the TDF overall. He’s very good, sometimes exceptional, in the time trials too The TDF is a test of endurance, climbing and team strength The Olympic road race, like many one day races, is a test of power more than anything. Mathieu van der Poel has won one single stage in the TDF but he’s won the World Championship, 6 monument classics and dozens more of the bigger one day races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,875 Posted June 13 #23 Share Posted June 13 team is selected and confirmed by our cycling federation. Men's road race: Michał Kwiatkowski Women's road race: Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Marta Lach, Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka Women's time trial: Marta Lach, Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka Olympicsnell and stratocumulus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmon Mary 21 Posted Monday at 03:43 PM #24 Share Posted Monday at 03:43 PM (edited) Men’s road: Ethan Hayter (TT) Tom Pidcock Josh Tarling (TT/RR) Stevie Williams Fred Wright Really complicated - Pidcock also one of two picks for MTB but obviously has sights on two Golds, as does Hayter who is Road TT and Track TP. (Women to be announced 4 July.) https://www.teamgb.com/article/team-gb-announces-first-riders-selected-for-paris-2024/3Nqeu1oOOyyOyiIq44I8T6 Edited Monday at 03:51 PM by Cmon Mary Benolympique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 903 Posted Tuesday at 12:53 PM #25 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:53 PM The men’s squad has been announced Remco Evenepoel (RR/TT) Wout van Aert (RR/TT) Jasper Stuyven (RR) Tiesj Benoot (RR) Too hard for Philipsen is the belief Benolympique and Josh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,813 Posted Tuesday at 02:09 PM #26 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:09 PM 1 hour ago, dodge said: The men’s squad has been announced Remco Evenepoel (RR/TT) Wout van Aert (RR/TT) Jasper Stuyven (RR) Tiesj Benoot (RR) Too hard for Philipsen is the belief Makes sense. Philipsen has shown he can definitely hold his own in a tough race, but mostly I think it's a matter of not wanting every single sailor on the ship being a captain, so to say Good luck getting people to work together if you've got Evenepoel, Van Aert and Philipsen, all three of whom can realistically claim to be the team leader, and then still have to choose between Stuyven or Benoot (if focussing on the harder parts), Merlier or De Lie (of focussing on trying to get it to a sprint), all of whom are also just a bit too good to only be there to carry water bottles. The problem of having too many good riders A lot easier for Ireland for example, where it should be all Ben Healy, with Archie Ryan as an excellent back-up. 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...
dodge 903 Posted Tuesday at 02:37 PM #27 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:37 PM Should be yeah. I could see Eddie Dunbar chosen with Healy too. mpjmcevoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 269 Posted Wednesday at 01:17 AM #28 Share Posted Wednesday at 01:17 AM 10 hours ago, dodge said: Should be yeah. I could see Eddie Dunbar chosen with Healy too. Healy and Dunbar for me. If it was a flatter course, you'd bring in Sam Bennett, but it isn't, so horses for courses. I think this race could have a significant breakaway, and the main players oscillating between hurting each other and marking each other - if the break has the firepower, they could pull it off, which is not always the case. In that scenario, Healy should try and get up the road - he could be a really dangerous breakaway chance while the big guns mark each other out, Or Pogacar could just tear the legs off everybody and use 'em as toothpicks, either/or. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 903 Posted Wednesday at 08:55 AM #29 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:55 AM Having such small teams means it will be a very hard race to control. Could be any kind of medalists tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,430 Posted Wednesday at 01:48 PM #30 Share Posted Wednesday at 01:48 PM (edited) 4 hours ago, dodge said: Having such small teams means it will be a very hard race to control. Could be any kind of medalists tbh actually, I think it makes it easier for the best legs to make the difference... I guess a Pogi vs MVDP head to head duel it's easier to develop in this context rather than with 12-man teams, especially if the course/weather are not so tough Edited Wednesday at 01:48 PM by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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