London 2012 - Chat Thread

Yeah, I don't know anything about cycling

Watching Olympic boxing, teddy atlas doesn't know a damn thing about these countries

GB are going to have to work hard to pull the break back, final run into London.

Not looking so good at the moment, the Germans need to start doing some work.

The men's tennis gold medal winner is on court.

Unless the leading group fuck up, I think it's done.

Fabian Cancellara for the win.

Weird to see colors at Wimbeldon

dena wrote:Weird to see colors at Wimbeldon

Very weird.

Purple decked on green everywhere, everything's in a different font, no one's wearing white.

Crash at the road race, also, does individuals win medals in this event or teams?

dena wrote:Crash at the road race, also, does individuals win medals in this event or teams?

Individuals.

No way, it was Fab that crashed.

ayvee1 wrote:

dena wrote:Crash at the road race, also, does individuals win medals in this event or teams?

Individuals.

So what about the team dynamics that make up a big part of cycling (from my knowledge) teams usually help a main rider out, so all that work and no medal to show for it?

dena wrote:

ayvee1 wrote:Individuals.

So what about the team dynamics that make up a big part of cycling (from my knowledge) teams usually help a main rider out, so all that work and no medal to show for it?

Road cycling is essentially a team sport, usually in a big tour like the Tour de France, there will be a team leader who will go for the overall win, but all prize money won by the team will be equally distributed throughout the team at the end.

In this instance, Team GB directors know that their best chance of a gold medal is Mark Cavendish, so for the good of the team as a whole, they are all riding for the man most likely to win.

ayvee1 wrote:

dena wrote:

So what about the team dynamics that make up a big part of cycling (from my knowledge) teams usually help a main rider out, so all that work and no medal to show for it?

Road cycling is essentially a team sport, usually in a big tour like the Tour de France, there will be a team leader who will go for the overall win, but all prize money won by the team will be equally distributed throughout the team at the end.

In this instance, Team GB directors know that their best chance of a gold medal is Mark Cavendish, so for the good of the team as a whole, they are all riding for the man most likely to win.

Are other teams doing the same? Or is it a mix of some nations acting as a team and some individually (if you know what i mean)

Everyone bumming Cav and he's got no chance.

Kazakhstan ftw.

Please play borat at the medal ceremony

What a fuckup.

England got it bad.

The Columbian dude got caught up!

what was the colombian guy doing at the end?

Lovely comradery.

The commentator on the cycling is so shit. He was calling the leader a wrong name for 5 minutes, then when third came through he goes "It's Spain now, no it was Denmark, actually it was Netherlands, it was Netherlands"

It wasn't even close.

Fuck up and get on nsm

And a Norweigan came third.

Columbian dude turned the wrong way and the guy from Kazakstan pulled the okie doke, what a way to lose.

Shame that Cav never got a chance to contest. It was too much for GB to do with only four guys, the Germans needed to come through sooner and help the chase.

Great win by Vinokourov though, Uran was never going to be able to beat him in a sprint regardless of the jump he got.

dena wrote:

ayvee1 wrote:Road cycling is essentially a team sport, usually in a big tour like the Tour de France, there will be a team leader who will go for the overall win, but all prize money won by the team will be equally distributed throughout the team at the end.

In this instance, Team GB directors know that their best chance of a gold medal is Mark Cavendish, so for the good of the team as a whole, they are all riding for the man most likely to win.

Are other teams doing the same? Or is it a mix of some nations acting as a team and some individually (if you know what i mean)

It depends who they have in the team. Teams like GB and Germany for example are more likely to work as a team because they have very good sprinters in their team (Cav and Greipel respectively), other teams that don't have a recognised fast-man are more likely to work for themselves and get into breakaways and go it alone.

Oh and I know it seems funny that a guy from Kazakhstan won the gold, but Vinokourov is one of the best cyclists of the past decade.