http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "not letting us pay when we stop in a cafe" en Tue, 26 May 2026 13:38:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79789 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:57:40 +0000 PS 79789@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He cannot be absolutely sure, but the break would have to be made up of an entirely naive bunch of cyclists who had never seen Cavendish contest a sprint finish for that to happen... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79787 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:54:22 +0000 PS 79787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79785 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:48:05 +0000 Claggy Cog 79785@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I take it all back, he actually came in 29th!!</p> <p>‎"The coach said there were no regrets about not having a plan beyond ensuring a sprint win for Cavendish. "If we had got a rider in one of those breaks I'm not sure that anyone would have worked with them. You wonder if Cav could have got in a break but as soon as anyone saw he was there they would have stopped working". </p> <p>Well there you have it, no Plan B. The coach cannot be absolutely sure that he would NOT have got the support had he been in a breakaway group at the front. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79763 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:18:22 +0000 chdot 79763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Chris Boardman "I think the big difference today is the British women's team are not the out-and-out favourites and that will work in their favour. The men's team were hindered by that tag yesterday and it cost them. The women's team is varied. I don't think what happened to the men's team will affect the women, the men were just a victim of their own success in the Tour de France. The women's team have more than one option to influence a breakaway and will have more chances because of that. "Everybody believed the British men's team would win it after the run of success they had coming into it. I still can't work out what they did wrong. I'm struggling to work out what the 'Plan B' people are talking about could have been, as I still don't think it would have been plausible to run an individual race."</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/olympics/2012/stories/19014280" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/olympics/2012/stories/19014280</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79741 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:51:04 +0000 Smudge 79741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Claggy Clog, that comment is pretty offensive and I hope no-one from the British team sees it. The British riders worked their socks off!<br /> As has already been pointed out, the road race is not an individual time trial.</p> <p>@Kaputnik, +1, hopefully the IOC will sort their act out, I'm sure the BBC will not be the only broadcaster unhappy with the coverage. I thought the commentators did pretty well given the info they were (not) getting though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79732 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:11:38 +0000 kaputnik 79732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A lot of people on Twitter venting frustration at the BBC for coverage - lack of splits and data, covering everything but the action, nearly missing the final "sprint" for gold - but they were equally angry about it, they just get a feed from an IOC subsidiary like all other broadcasters. When there is a big break, a chase group and a peloton, with favourites in all 3 it's vital to have the splits to try and work out what's going on. Commentators were left guessing and trying to estimate the gaps.</p> <p>Chris Boardman made an apology tweet saying he hoped they would be better fed with data and pictures tomorrow. You could hear they were struggling to even identify riders as cameras weren't focussing on numbers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79729 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:59:49 +0000 amir 79729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was hard work watching. The coverage was poor compared to TdF </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79728 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:54:41 +0000 RJ 79728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Enough of the blame game already, please, eh?</p> <p>Richard Williams has a nicely-balanced write-up on the Guardian website:<br /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2012/jul/28/mark-cavendish-london-2012-dreams">clicky (I hope)</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79727 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:45:57 +0000 Min 79727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought they worked their backsides off. Mind you, I actually watched it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79725 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:12:50 +0000 amir 79725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would completely disagree. The road race is not a solo time trial. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79723 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:11:34 +0000 amir 79723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79721 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:53:46 +0000 Claggy Cog 79721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did not think Mark Cavendish would come in so far behind on the road race....40th. That is very poor. No matter what the tactics are of the other riders you really have no one else to blame for a poor performance, after all everyone wants to win and they are all out for themselves...get over it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7902#post-79655 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:45:12 +0000 chdot 79655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The buzz on the roads is crazy, people cheering everywhere, not letting us pay when we stop in a cafe. The amount of goodwill is ridiculous.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jul/27/mark-cavendish-team-gb-london-2012" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jul/27/mark-cavendish-team-gb-london-2012</a> </p>