The 2012 London Olympic Games

[Memphis]

OK got a bit of handbags going on now, like the cycling and plenty of other events I don't really understand whats happening but I think they should deffo shaft the Japanese

[Howlin Mad Missy]

OK got a bit of handbags going on now, like the cycling and plenty of other events I don't really understand whats happening but I think they should deffo shaft the Japanese

just heard the cheeky jap bastard objected to our marks taking us from silver to bronze.

[superheavyrhun]

Well....on a slightly related note....who slots in your top 3 lovelies of the Olympics so far?

Mine (purely from the Brits...)

1 - Zara Dampney
2 - Kerry-Anne Payne
3 - Lizzie Armitstead

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

Vos was/is a strong sprinter and kept attacking & working the breaks

[Mark TKO]

OK got a bit of handbags going on now, like the cycling and plenty of other events I don't really understand whats happening but I think they should deffo shaft the Japanese

just heard the cheeky jap bastard objected to our marks taking us from silver to bronze.

how the fuck can you protest you've been too harshly judged ?!?

who's on the Jap team - Amir Khan ?!?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

OK got a bit of handbags going on now, like the cycling and plenty of other events I don't really understand whats happening but I think they should deffo shaft the Japanese

just heard the cheeky jap bastard objected to our marks taking us from silver to bronze.

how the fuck can you protest you've been too harshly judged ?!?

who's on the Jap team - Amir Khan ?!?

could be. nuke 'em

[Memphis]

OK got a bit of handbags going on now, like the cycling and plenty of other events I don't really understand whats happening but I think they should deffo shaft the Japanese

just heard the cheeky jap bastard objected to our marks taking us from silver to bronze.

how the fuck can you protest you've been too harshly judged ?!?

who's on the Jap team - Amir Khan ?!?

Why cant things be settled properly with a dance off or an arm wrestle.

[ryanman]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

That was a possibility. Not completely out of the question, but the thing is you can't go with every breakaway. Most breakaways are caught. If you go with a breakaway and then get caught (which 9.5 out of 10 do) the chances are your race is finished. The energy you expended to breakaway means you won't be able to go again if you get caught (well, its very rare for someone to be in more than one breakaway). So they could have gone with the breakaway and in hindsight that would have been better, but they could not have known that it would have been one of the 0.5/10 breakaways that succeed. The tactics they employed were the best bet but as you can see in road cycling you can't guarantee anything.
By doing what they did probably gave them a 50% chance of victory but going with the breakaway would have been about 10%. On this occasion it was the 10% chance that came home. Even if you employ the best tactics and ride brilliantly you can still only win if at least a few of the other team's aims match your own (or you get very lucky) - that's just road racing for you.

[ryanman]

OK got a bit of handbags going on now, like the cycling and plenty of other events I don't really understand whats happening but I think they should deffo shaft the Japanese

just heard the cheeky jap bastard objected to our marks taking us from silver to bronze.

I think to be fair it was a genuine judging mess-up. A clear mistake rather than subjective judging.

Cheeky Jap bastards though!!

[ryanman]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

Vos was/is a strong sprinter and kept attacking & working the breaks

Stop trying to impress me!

Vos is more of an all-rounder really. Think of like an 800m runner. Cav would be 100m. She can climb ok and decent sprint but not an out and out sprinter. But in women's cycling it's a bit different as they don't have any real out and out sprinters.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

Vos was/is a strong sprinter and kept attacking & working the breaks

Stop trying to impress me!

Vos is more of an all-rounder really. Think of like an 800m runner. Cav would be 100m. She can climb ok and decent sprint but not an out and out sprinter. But in women's cycling it's a bit different as they don't have any real out and out sprinters.

either way - she got a gold we got nothing.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

Vos was/is a strong sprinter and kept attacking & working the breaks

Stop trying to impress me!

Vos is more of an all-rounder really. Think of like an 800m runner. Cav would be 100m. She can climb ok and decent sprint but not an out and out sprinter. But in women's cycling it's a bit different as they don't have any real out and out sprinters.

HA!

[Howlin Mad Missy]

2-0 take that Argies

[ryanman]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

Vos was/is a strong sprinter and kept attacking & working the breaks

Stop trying to impress me!

Vos is more of an all-rounder really. Think of like an 800m runner. Cav would be 100m. She can climb ok and decent sprint but not an out and out sprinter. But in women's cycling it's a bit different as they don't have any real out and out sprinters.

either way - she got a gold we got nothing.

Well spotted.
Don't think that's up for debate.
But a few people seem interesting in learning a bit about the cycling as they hadn't seen much of it before.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Why could they not go with the breakaway? If it was a relatively flat race and Cavendish had the legs to keep up why let them get away in the first place?

Vos was/is a strong sprinter and kept attacking & working the breaks

Stop trying to impress me!

Vos is more of an all-rounder really. Think of like an 800m runner. Cav would be 100m. She can climb ok and decent sprint but not an out and out sprinter. But in women's cycling it's a bit different as they don't have any real out and out sprinters.

either way - she got a gold we got nothing.

Well spotted.
Don't think that's up for debate.
But a few people seem interesting in learning a bit about the cycling as they hadn't seen much of it before.

that's one interpretation