Olympics

john · Post by **john** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:53 pm

Bradley Wiggins absolutely fabulous I am speechless. Great ride from Froome also.

nigelt · Post by **nigelt** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:12 pm

I have been very lucky this last week. Because I've been working in London for the Games I managed to get tickets for the Mall on Sunday to watch the Womens' Road Race and went to Kingston to watch the Womens' and Mens' Time Trials today.

The atmosphere for both days was unbelievable- i'm surprised the GB riders aren't deaf given the wall of noise that surrounded them. The noise on The Mall was incredible on Sunday for Lizzie Armitstead's Silver medal ride, but the noise today was ten times louder! You could tell when the GB riders were approaching by the wave of screams and shouts which preceded them.

Fantastic results for Team GB and surely a knighthood for Sir Bradley by the end of the year?

Oh and Sports Personality of the Year for cyclists two years running (Wiggo's got to win this year)? What's happening? At this rate cycling might get popular

paulM · Post by **paulM** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:21 pm

So thats a gold, a silver and a bronze just from the 2 road disciplines - must have been an amazing experience for Wiggins time trialling to a gold medal in the middle of London in the Olympics through those crowds. And we still have the track, BMX and MTB to come! And Wiggins is now the most medal awarded Brit of all time - 7 medals of which four are Gold. Considering he only rides a couple of events per games it is quite an achievment! And I believe he is the first Tour winner to win an Olympic gold in the same year.

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:45 am

First badminton, then track cycling... couldn't quite believe my ears when the German member of the British sprint team seemed to say he'd crashed deliberately.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-03/c ... d=newsmail

On R4 this morning a cycling hack was reassuring everyone this is completely within the rules. Funny old game...

Cyan Skymoos · Post by **Cyan Skymoos** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:51 am

Shocking really, you get a dq for missing a change over by a couple of inches but it's ok to throw yourself on the track because you had a wobbly start, and want to have another go.