Olympic Cycling Events
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Cid
Proper break this time
This is how she describes herself on twitter. She has a grant total of 15 tweets.
You can download her thesis off wiki, it's called 'Integrable systems on b-symplectic manifolds'.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
This just reads like sour grapes by Ludwig to me, moaning about the 'big teams' when the race was won by a competitor who didn't even have a team.
I'm no big cycling fan but even I know what Kiesenhofer did today was phenomenal - and not just because she was a rank outsider - and shouldn't be belittled by sore losers. Not that she'll give a fuck.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
It's not sour grapes - Ludwig was the only rider who went up and warmly congratulated the winner.
She's having a go at the teams with four members (especially the Dutch who seemed to be trying to wait and claim all three medals) not the winner. This kind of balls-up by the peloton happens about once every 30 years in one-day cycling as there's no way any rider no can hold off a huge peloton taking turns to go in the wind.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
There wouldn't have been a balls-up if they'd had radios.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
Kiesenhofer was a couple of bike lengths behind everyone else throughout the neutral pre-start bit...must have been part of her cunning plan. Perhaps trying to appear non-threatening to the others, or to be ignored? Must have been a calculated decision.
Was it a balls-up? For whom?
Don't know much about cycling, but the underdog triumphing on her own against powerful teams of competitors seems an excellent demonstration of the Olympic sprit. Unlike those competitors who didn't even congratulate her when she won fair and square
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Pidcock smashing it!
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Such a great event - no let up! None of that drafting nonsense or "let's just freewheel here for a bit eh, lads?"
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Pfft, what y'talking about, half of it is downhill! They're not even pedaling!Such a great event - no let up! None of that drafting nonsense or "let's just freewheel here for a bit eh, lads?"
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
No, she freely admits that she hates riding in a peloton, hence just riding TT’s. So, at the first chance she had she rode away
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Forget WvA, Pidcock is arguably the best rider in the world right now. This is awesome to watch.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Feeling quite the Olympian myself here, with an absolutley flawless switch from BBC Red button to BBC One.
Higher, Faster, Stronger, Missing Least Amount Of Telly
Higher, Faster, Stronger, Missing Least Amount Of Telly
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
If Tom gets a flat now, can he just pick up his bike and run with it? 
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Tim Podcock
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
It was going to happen...Tim Podcock
