Olympic RR

[simonp]

Arse.

[IanDG]

What a finale 

[Jaded]

Wow!

[Mr Larrington]

Dear me!  They need to get ASO in to do the TV coverage.

[TigaSefi]

They need a minimum standard for ALL races!! Two big one day races utterly cocked up!!!

[IanDG]

They need a minimum standard for ALL races!! Two big one day races utterly cocked up!!!

Do you mean TV coverage wise?

[Jabba]

Given the number of incidents involving motor this year I was gobsmacked at the number mixing with the riders what looked to be a very tricky course.....and then 3 cars stop vv close to Nibali after his off 

[citoyen]

I am watching via BBC app on Amazon Tv stick. The BBC red button service is woeful this time round. Budget cut backs probably.

I am bored! There no scope for attacking as the climbs are just so frigging steep.

They need a minimum standard for ALL races!! Two big one day races utterly cocked up!!!

If you can't find a single positive thing to say about what was a fantastic bike race from start to finish, maybe you should watch the rowing instead.

[Mr Larrington]

By special request¹, P@nd3m1c Pr0duct10nz®™ present teh Olympic Road Race (Chaps Division):

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C Boardman:	O hai! I am TV's Nice C Boardman and I am made ov teh Win!
S Brotherton:	O hai! I am TV's S Brotherton and I, also, am made ov teh Win!
Omnes:	Get tae fck, u2! We want TV's N Boulting and Super D Millar 4 teh funneh!
T Dumoulin:	O hai! I am T Dumoulin and I am...hang on! This iz teh road race! WTF? I iz so out of here!
JJ Jarlinsson:	O hai! I am Jarlin J Jarlinsson, teh Columbian Viking, and I am teh only member ov teh break known to have much in teh way ov teh Win!
S Geschke:	Get tae fck, Jar-Jar! I pwned a stage ov teh Tour de France b4 ne1 had ever heard ov u! And I haz teh Hipster Beard!
JJ Jarlinsson:	Did he call me "Len Jar-Jar"? I will kill u utterly 2 DETH 4 that, S Geschke!
M Albacini:	If ur teh hipster, S Geschke, y u not ride brakeless fixie wif teh Stupidz cut-down bars? LOL!!1!
	[Later]
T Cobbles:	O hai! We are teh Cobbles. and not, praise be, teh Cobblestones! C us pwn teh unfortunates wif our l33t pelican-decimating 5k1llz! Peloton!
Omnes:	Snake! Snake!
B Mollema:	Piss!
GV Avermaet:	Arse!
	[Quite a lot later...]
C Boardman:	O hai! I, Evil C Boardman, hav just had teh lunch! Lobster salad, tournedos Rossini and a bottle ov teh '47! Om nom, nom and, moreover, nom!
S Brotherton:	You utter git, Evil C Boardman! All teh Bee Bee See gave me was a warm can ov teh local 7-Up knockoff and 2 stale custard creams!
T Cobbles:	We're BAAAACK! O hai, pelican! Take that! And that and that and that! Peloton!
Omnes:	Do not repeat yoreself, boy!
	[After Evil C Boardman's lengthy break 4 coffee, brandy & cigars...]
R Porte:	WTF & FFS, T Cobbles! Ya mongrel!
S Cummings:	Bored now! U can haz go if u think ur hard enuff!
C Froome:	Hullo clouds hullo $ky hullo stem! I am C Froome and I am made ov teh Win! Oh. Piss!
C Boardman:	OOH AND, MOREOVER, YIKES! C FROOME IS...
S Brotherton:	Iz teh replay, C Boardman! U should go & sleep it off under teh bananananana tree!
C Boardman:	MUNKEH!!1! Hic!
	[Very much later...]
S Cummings:	Bored now.
JJ Jarlinsson:	Piss!
S Geschke:	Arse!
P Gilbert:	FFS!
G Thomas:	You can't see China from up here! Money back plz!
	[Even later than that...]
R Porte:	FFS! What drongo wrote this bloody script?
V Nibbles:	Game on!
F Aru:	A-rooooooooooooo!
A Yates:	Piss and, moreover, NOT FAIR!
A Valverde:	Arse!
C Froome:	Bum-grapes!
V Nibbles:	Ha! I, V Nibbles, will show u how 2 desc...oh! Cock!
J Alaphilippe:	RAAAWW...oh, never mind!
G Thomas:	Where's a telegraph pole when u need 1?
R Majka:	O hai! Remember me, R Majka? Made ov teh Win? Spottyjumper in teh Tour ov France? And now this. Wot a turn-up 4 teh books, eh, readers?
GV Avermaet:	O RLY?
J Birdsong:	O RLY?
GV Avermaet:	Ha! Teh Win!
J Birdsong:	Piss!
R Majka:	[Speechless]
P Sagan:	Wooo! That was crazy!
Omnes:	Shut up, P Sagan!

1: Lie.

[IanDG]

They need a minimum standard for ALL races!! Two big one day races utterly cocked up!!!

If you can't find a single positive thing to say about what was a fantastic bike race from start to finish, maybe you should watch the rowing instead.

My thoughts too - a great course, a great race -

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and staying on the bike on the descents is an important part of bike racing too.

[robgul]

Dear me!  They need to get ASO in to do the TV coverage.

Indeed - it's difficult to see how they could be so bad with the coverage.

Poor old Boardman had no more clue about what was happening than we did - presumably as the riders didn't have radios and by the look of it no on-bike transponders that feed positioning etc to the broadcaster who can the use the data for on-screen feeds.   

At least the TT on Weds should be easier to follow with riders' times and the pecking order as they return to the club house (my money is on there being no split-times for in-ride comparisons) after their rides.

Rob

[citoyen]

Dear me!  They need to get ASO in to do the TV coverage.

Indeed - it's difficult to see how they could be so bad with the coverage.

I thought the coverage was mostly fine. At least they didn't lose most of the final 5km like RideLondon last weekend. I don't think we missed anything important apart from the Nibali/Henao crash and that was in a situation where it was almost impossible for the TV motos to stay close to the action.

[Mr Larrington]

The pictures themselves were mostly OK but the lack of on-screen time gaps and captions, especially towards the end when things started to get fragmented made it difficult even for TV's C Boardman and S Brotherton to follow who was where.

[TigaSefi]

The pictures themselves were mostly OK but the lack of on-screen time gaps and captions, especially towards the end when things started to get fragmented made it difficult even for TV's C Boardman and S Brotherton to follow who was where.

Absolutely and it ruins some of the enjoyment for me!

[Ian H]

Oh for the days when you read about it in the following week's Comic.

[citoyen]

The pictures themselves were mostly OK but the lack of on-screen time gaps and captions, especially towards the end when things started to get fragmented made it difficult even for TV's C Boardman and S Brotherton to follow who was where.

They still did a better job than Hugh Porter would do even with on-screen captions and time gaps.

There were just a few times where Radio's S Brotherton showed his lack of experience, eg wondering out loud why Astana's Jakob Fuglsang should be putting in so much effort to ride on the front, apparently for Nibali's benefit.

[citoyen]

Oh for the days when you read about it in the following week's Comic.

You try and tell the young people today that and they won't believe you.

[IanDG]

Oh for the days when you read about it in the following week's Comic.

Liggett on R2 sports round up at 7pm - tuned in religiously (maybe a column in the Telegraph too - Noel Henderson(?) Jock Wadley) then a full report in the comic on Wednesday

[TigaSefi]

So I found out via BBC4 red button I can access all sport streams in HD

[Mrs Pingu]

Dear the Humax,  thanks for crashing with 40km to go. Good job I switched it on and found it was still going.  Missed the Porte crash and all the excitement at the front...

[Mrs Pingu]

Yay! I was hoping for a Mr Larrington summary

[Pingu]

Uran, Iran? Who cares 

[rafletcher]

Dear the Humax,  thanks for crashing with 40km to go. Good job I switched it on and found it was still going.  Missed the Porte crash and all the excitement at the front...

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Mine didn't crash, it didn't even start the recording. Often fails to record red button stuff 

[rr]

Are there video highlights any where?

[IanDG]

Are there video highlights any where?

any catch up on i-player?