Olympics

Well, it's starting...

Bike stuff appears to be as follows:

Road

August 6: Men’s road race (237.5km) (start list)
August 7: Women’s road race (136.9km) (start list)
August 10: Men’s time trial (54.56km)
August 10: Women’s time trial (29.86km)

Track (UK/ROI time is shown)

August 11

• 20:00-20:16 Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying
  
• 20:19-21:10 Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying
  
• 21:10-21:23 Men’s Team Sprint First Round
  
• 21:23-22:19 Men’s Team Pursuit Qualifying
  
• 22:21-22:29 Men’s Team Sprint Finals
  
• 22:35-22:45 Men’s Team Sprint Victory Ceremony
  
  

August 12

• 20:00-20:14 Women’s Team Sprint Qualifying
  
• 20:14-20:50 Men’s Sprint Qualifying
  
• 20:52-21:17 Men’s Team Pursuit First Round
  
• 21:17-21:28 Women’s Team Sprint First Round
  
• 21:30-21:58 Men’s Sprint 1/16 Finals
  
• 22:00-22:08 Women’s Team Sprint Finals
  
• 22:08-22:18 Men’s Sprint 1/16 Final Repechages
  
• 22:20-22:50 Men’s Team Pursuit Finals
  
• 22:50-23:00 Women’s Team Sprint Victory Ceremony
  
• 23:00-23:10 Men’s Team Pursuit Victory Ceremony
  
  

August 13

• 14:00-14:21 Women’s Keirin First Round
  
• 14:23-14:42 Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals
  
• 14:44-15:05 Women’s Keirin First Round Repechages
  
• 15:07-15:15 Men’s Sprint 1/8 Final Repechages
  
• 15:17-15:40 Women’s Team Pursuit First Round
  
• 20:00-22:16 Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 1
  
• 20:18-20:22 Men’s Sprint Race for 9th-12th Places
  
• 20:22-20:34 Women’s Keirin Second Round
  
• 20:34-20:50 Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 2
  
• 20:53-21:21 Women’s Team Pursuit Finals
  
• 21:21-21:25 Men’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 3
  
• 21:27-21:33 Women’s Keirin Finals 7-12
  
• 21:33-21:39 Women’s Keirin Finals 1-6
  
• 21:41-21:49 Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 1
  
• 21:49-21:59 Women’s Team Pursuit Victory Ceremony
  
• 21:59-22:07 Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 2
  
• 22:07-22:17 Women’s Keirin Victory Ceremony
  
• 22:17-22:21 Men’s Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places
  
• 22:21-22:25 Men’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 3
  
  

August 14

• 20:00-20:38 Women’s Sprint Qualifying
  
• 20:00-21:02 Men’s Omnium 15km Scratch Race
  
• 21:04-21:12 Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 1
  
• 21:12-21:40 Women’s Sprint 1/16 Finals
  
• 21:42-21:50 Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 2
  
• 21:50-22:47 Men’s Omnium 4km Individual Pursuit
  
• 22:47-22:51 Men’s Sprint Finals – Race 3
  
• 22:51-23:29 Women’s Sprint 1/16 Final Repechages
  
• 23:29-23:39 Men’s Sprint Victory Ceremony
  
• 23:42-00:00 Men’s Omnium Elimination Race
  
  

August 15

• 14:00-14:19 Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals
  
• 14:21-14:48 Men’s Omnium : Kilometre time trial
  
• 14:50-14:57 Women’s Sprint 1/8 Final Repechages
  
• 14:59-15:17 Women’s Omnium 10km Scratch Race
  
• 20:00-20:24 Men’s Omnium Flying Lap
  
• 20:26-20:30 Women’s Sprint Race for 9th-12th Places
  
• 20:30-21:20 Women’s Omnium 3km Individual Pursuit
  
• 21:23-22:15 Men’s Omnium 40km Points Race
  
• 22:17-22:35 Women’s Omnium Elimination Race
  
• 22:35-22:45 Men’s Omnium Victory Ceremony
  
  

August 16

• 14:00-14:16 Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 1
  
• 14:18-14:39 Men’s Keirin First Round
  
• 14:41-14:57 Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals -Race 2
  
• 14:57-15:19 Women’s Omnium 500m Time Trial
  
• 15:19-15:23 Women’s Sprint Quarterfinals – Race 3
  
• 15:25-15:46 Men’s Keirin First Round Repechages
  
• 15:46-15:50 Women’s Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places
  
• 20:00-20:08 Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 1
  
• 20:10-20:36 Women’s Omnium Flying Lap
  
• 20:36-20:44 Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 2
  
• 20:46-20:58 Men’s Keirin Second Round
  
• 20:58-21:02 Women’s Sprint Semifinals – Race 3
  
• 21:05-21:42 Women’s Omnium 25km Points Race
  
• 21:44-21:52 Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 1
  
• 21:52-22:02 Women’s Omnium Victory Ceremony
  
• 22:04-22:12 Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 2
  
• 22:14-22:40 Men’s Keirin Finals 7-12
  
• 22:20-22:26 Men’s Keirin Finals 1-6
  
• 22:26-22:30 Women’s Sprint Finals – Race 3
  
• 22:30-22:40 Men’s Keirin Victory Ceremony
  
• 22:40-22:50 Women’s Sprint Victory Ceremony
  
  

BMX and MTB

August 17: BMX men’s and women’s seeding runs
August 18: BMX men’s quarter finals
August 19: BMX men’s and women’s finals
August 20: Women’s mountain bike cross-country
August 21: Men’s mountain bike cross-country

Sounds like Porte has got a broken collar bone

Oof

Not a massive GVA fan, but happy he beat majka

"not majka!" Waa the shout around our TV last night.

happy for GVA

He's so weird looking.

Terrible crash in the Women's race for Annemiek van Vleuten :(

She's conscious and in an ambulance according to Dutch TV.

It put a downer on what was a cracking race.

Andrea thinks I'm an expert, I said with 1.2 kms to go that van der Breggen had it.

good to know. That looked grim.

Majka is interesting looking. He was great in Coronation Street as Nick Tilsley. But for me, he was top as Conrad in Footballer's Wives.

I dunno how she got the Italian to do all that pulling from about 1 km out.

Uniquely, at the Olympics coming third is considered a success. Longo Borghini knew if they caught Abbott she'd get a medal, if they didn't she'd not.

I did wonder if trade team tactics were a factor, but then realised that Wiggle-Honda riders came 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

I imagine there'll be some tense moments on that team at future training camps.

I'd be fuming if I was mara abott. But, trade team is not national team etc etc.

I thought the Swedish rider was lucky to be in that group, they didnt seem to be doing much. (Poor recollection from last night as try and get ready for.my first commute in a week)

Annemiek is ok
http://www.annemiekvanvleuten.nl/nieuws/­uit-het-ziekenhuis-en-bedankt-voor-alle-­reacties/

In other news Geraint Thomas has been added to the start list for tomorrow's TT (after Nibali and Porte had to withdraw).

This made me lol

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The lads have been on the course for half an hour. (10am Bazzilian time is 2pm Brexit time.)

https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-road-­mens-individual-time-trial

10:00:00, 37, CRAVEN Dan, NAM
10:01:30, 36, REGUIGUI Youcef, ALG
10:03:00, 35, ORKEN Ahmet, TUR
10:04:30, 34, MIZBANI IRANAGH Ghader, IRI
10:06:00, 33, LAHSAINI Mouhssine, MAR
10:07:30, 32, MONSALVE Yonathan, VEN
10:09:00, 31, KOCHETKOV Pavel, RUS
10:10:30, 30, SEPULVEDA Eduardo, ARG
10:12:00, 29, JUUL JENSEN Christopher, DEN
10:13:30, 28, PREIDLER Georg, AUT
10:15:00, 27, VUILLERMOZ Alexis, FRA
10:16:30, 26, GRIVKO Andriy, UKR
10:18:00, 25, GESCHKE Simon, GER
10:19:30, 24, BOOKWALTER Brent, USA
10:21:00, 23, ZEITS Andrey, KAZ
10:22:30, 22, CARUSO Damiano, ITA
10:24:00, 21, KÖNIG Leopold, CZE
10:25:30, 20, KWIATKOWSKI Michał, POL
10:27:00, 19, WELLENS Tim, BEL
11:15:00, 18, BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, NOR
11:16:30, 17, HOULE Hugo, CAN
11:18:00, 16, THOMAS Geraint, GBR
11:19:30, 15, ALAPHILIPPE Julian, FRA
11:21:00, 14, ROGLIČ Primož, SLO
11:22:30, 13, CASTROVIEJO Jonathan, ESP
11:24:00, 12, SIUTSOU Kanstantsin, BLR
11:25:30, 11, BODNAR Maciej, POL
11:27:00, 10, BARTA Jan, CZE
11:28:30, 9, OLIVEIRA Nelson, POR
11:30:00, 8, DENNIS Rohan, AUS
11:31:30, 7, IZAGUIRRE Ion, ESP
11:33:00, 6, PHINNEY Taylor, USA
11:34:30, 5, CANCELLARA Fabian, SUI
11:36:00, 4, MARTIN Tony, GER
11:37:30, 3, KIRYIENKA Vasil, BLR
11:39:00, 2, DUMOULIN Tom, NED
11:40:30, 1, FROOME Christopher, GBR

Interesting splits... Froome is, of course, the master of pacing.

Happy with that result :)

Dan Craven!

Very shrewd move by Froome. He knows the public would not be able to cope with him having too much success, so he takes the bronze and lets whinge bag Cancellera have his day. He will win the Tour 3 more times and then concentrate on the gold in 2020.

Happy for Fab.

Grab some beers, some cheese, maybe some crisps/nuts, and settle in for a little track time.

It's Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, and Callum Skinner in the team sprint, and a selection from Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Laura Trott in the team pursuit.