dcro 10,172 Posted July 25, 2021 #231 Share Posted July 25, 2021 And one other thing, while Van Vleuten was chasing solo (50-30 km), the gap to Kiesenhofer was barely narrowing. It narrowed for like 30 seconds during all that time. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted July 25, 2021 #232 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, dcro said: Before her fall? There is a video evidence of her asking the cameraman for time gaps. Maybe I understood wrong during her interview (I was also watching other things), or she meant information about the composition of the group or something It's possible that she assumed the 5 minutes was to Plichta and Shapira and when they were caught, they thought they had everyone. 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...
hckošice 13,127 Posted July 25, 2021 #233 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Women's Road RaceFinal Results Anna KIESENHOFER 3:52.45 Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN +1:15 Elisa LONGO BORGHINI +1:29 Final Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 25, 2021 #234 Share Posted July 25, 2021 It's funny, Polish ES crew with 100 km left said the women can't let a breakaway reach 10 mins. wins gold in Summer Games? That must be a huge upset no matter if Kiesenhofer is a complete nobody. Polish media quoted Anna vd Breggen who apparently said she doesn't even know who Kiesenhofer is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 25, 2021 #235 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, FancyFenchel said: That's absolutely disaster for organisators. There should be some motocycling showing the right times and groups or at least at the first passing the finish line. Neah, it's alright. Modern cyclists are so used to radio-controlled races it's always welcome there's one race where you have to do it on your own. Old school rules! It's the same with lack of pacemakers in athletics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted July 25, 2021 #236 Share Posted July 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Adriano said: Great start for Plichta and Lach, Niewiadoma even has a problem to get place in Top8.... 2 days and we do not have medal and event one points from being in Top8... My prediction was 5-6 medals, but I expected more good starts from our athletes. I am happy for Austria. Italian and girls from Netherlands save energy, it was wise. Did you know that we have 4 boats in rowing finals and basically nobody who could have REAL medal chance didnt start yet? Be patient, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 622 Posted July 25, 2021 #237 Share Posted July 25, 2021 This is my favourite result of the Games so far. Both great and hilarious. heywoodu and dcro 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted July 25, 2021 #238 Share Posted July 25, 2021 14 hours ago, OlympicsFan said: First austrian gold at summer olympics since 2004 apparently. First Austrian gold medal in cycling since 1896 as I'm sure Grassmarket will remember vividly. Of course that was a 12 hour race rather than a four hour sprint like today's road race. rybak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirtha22 64 Posted July 26, 2021 #239 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Austrian maths PhD Anna Kiesenhofer won gold for her country in cycling after a gap of 125 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted July 28, 2021 #240 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Time for the women's time trial. Interestingly, Kiesenhofer had been preparing for a while for this time trial (and not at all the road race), but didn't know Austria had a road race quota....and not a time trial one, so she did the road race Didn't go bad at all. 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...
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