Olympic Cycling Thread (8 Gold; 2 Silver; 2 Bronze)

[Jayson]

Boom.

[InOne]

Looking forward to a bit of Vicky Pendleton :pipe:

[InOne]

That doc about her on BBC1 :love:

[Jayson]

Mark Cavendish + co on the road now

[Novo]

Just over an hour to go and it's a stroll in the park for GB at the minute

[Novo]

Gilbert is going for it now

[Jayson]

GB have bottled it big time, no chance of medals now :bored:

[Jayson]

Borat wins!

[Doogle]

wtf happened to GB I thought we were doing well earlier :suspect:

[Jordan.]

kazakhstan number one

http://www.bigfanboy.com/pages/reviews/filmreviews/2006/borat/rodeo.jpg

[Novo]

The Winner looks about 60

[Jayson]

The peloton (which is the main group of riders) left all the work to team GB to catch up with the leaders (the people that break away from the main group, usually leads to fatigue for the final sprint), which meant that it was harder to make up the distance between the two groups, which meant that team GB were left way behind at the end.

[Novo]

should have gone with the leading group when they broke from the peloton and then if Cav would have gone away with the front 2 he would have got at least a bronze

[Jayson]

They were trying to preserve Cav's energy for the final sprint, but they didn't expect the gap to be 50+ secs with under 10kms remaining.

[Novo]

yeah i know but i don't know why they never expected that everyone was going to race against them, they have a World Champion and a tour de france winner in their group they were never going to be given anything

[Jayson]

Yeah they got too cocky.

Hopefully we do well in the Time Trials.

[InOne]

When is the one they go around on the circuit on?

[Shaun]

the track cycling in the Velodrome starts on the 2nd of August

[InOne]

:amazed: cheers

[Shaun]

Armitstead :worship: wins GB's first medal - silver :D

[Shaun]

awwwww she's crying :lovedup:

[Jayson]

Good stuff, should be getting our first gold courtesy of Rebecca Adlington in the swimming later.

[Novo]

I missed it, was it close near the end?

[Shaun]

there were 3 of them at the front and she was third for most of it, but she & the dutch winner pushed for the final sprint where the Russian sort-of fell behind

[Novo]

The Dutch Winner was favourite if it's the one i'm thinking off, the one with the 3 letter surname?

[Shaun]

probably yeah, pronounced like Voss so might've been Vos or Voz

[Shaun]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61886000/jpg/_61886596_61886319.jpg

[Novo]

Emma Pooley has a good chance at a medal in this time trial

[Marc]

Bring on cycling, we should definitely get another gold!

[Novo]

Arndt from Germany should win this

[Marc]

Whats occuring in this this Novo, catch me up, fill me in, etc etc

[Marc]

'Mon Armistead

[Marc]

Loving the thrones

[Marc]

C'mon Wiggo do it for us

[Marc]

Froome leading at the moment

C'mon Wiggo!! C'mon C'mon!

[Marc]

I love that they have thrones for the winners :laugh:

[Marc]

BRADLEY WIGGINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st Place at the moment with one person left to finish

[Marc]

WIGGINS WINS GOLD!!! :worship:

[Marc]

Wiggins gold and Froome bronze in the same race! What a day for us :D

[Mrluvaluva]

Well done to both of them. Brilliant!

[Marc]

:cheer2:

[Marc]

Velodrome tomorrow!! :amazed:

[Shaun]

:amazed:

[Novo]

That was amazing i expected it to be a lot closer as well but Wiggins destroyed everyone

[Shaun]

Pendleton :lovedup: so lovely.

[Shaun]

:o WORLD RECORD FOR GB <3

[Jordan.]

World record :worship:

[Jords]

That was exciting, so close!

[Jords]

:o WORLD RECORD FOR GB <3

:lovedup:

[Shaun]

behind to Australia at every update besides the last as well :|

[Shaun]

:laugh2: China take the world record from GB

[Jordan.]

Oh that lasted long, bloody China.

[Jords]

China ya bastards!

[Novo]

Looks like China will be taking the Gold then

[Jordan.]

Well...

[Jords]

dat was gd!

[Jordan.]

China meddling again no doubt

[Jords]

Bloody China

[Black Dagger]

****s sake China..

Trying to injure our medal hopefuls now.

[Shaun]

Another record for GB :D

Glad they got back from that fall

[Black Dagger]

That's how you do it.

[Marc]

What a comeback! :worship:

[Jords]

Great job.

[Marc]

-hugs Jords-

[Munchkins]

Is No-one watching the Gymnastics all around final like me lol?
hope we do well in the cycling though

[Jayson]

Just woke up

[Shaun]

LOL Jayson, I managed to get up at three.

Pendleton you hero :worship:

[Shaun]

(i'd worship the other girl too but idk her name)

[Shaun]

oh go away you bloody officials :bored:

[Black Dagger]

**** off, nasty officials :bored:

[Jords]

(i'd worship the other girl too but idk her name)

Varnish

:worship:

[Jayson]

SHUT UP SHAUN NO-ONE EVEN LIKES YOU

Are all the medals going out today?

[Black Dagger]

Have the bellends DQ'd us yet?

[Shaun]

looks like they might've disqualified China too

[Jords]

Why might we get disqualified I dont get it?

[Jayson]

Don't really understand any of this

[Jordan.]

Wow how silly is this :bored:

[Jayson]

Apparently got getting DQd

[Jayson]

Maybe still might

[Jayson]

Oh idfk

[Jords]

How petty is this :joker:

[MTVN]

Jake getting our hopes up

[Black Dagger]

What an arsehole he is :bored:

[Jayson]

National disgrace on TV right now

[Shaun]

omg congrats marc

[Jayson]

Don't know what you're talking about, Shaun.

[Marc]

They've done it :( *******ers

[Black Dagger]

We would have got a silver in that as well probably :bored:

[Jayson]

Bastards

[Marc]

omg congrats marc

:suspect: what?

[Novo]

At least we would have only got a silver, Gold are important now to move us up the medal table so we need to hope Hoy can pull something out the bag

[Jords]

*****

[Shaun]

Ahhhh :( so pedantic.

[Jordan.]

Bastards :bored:

Atleast she's taken it well.

[Marc]

We would have won gold :hmph:

FGS this is stupid. I hate that ****** who DQF us

[Marc]

I really hope that guy dies, in a horrible accident. Cycling accident. :pipe:

[Jords]

Vicky and Jess gonna cut him later

[Marc]

Hope they do.

[Shaun]

I doubt they'd have gotten gold tbf, China beat their time by over a second

[Jords]

Her name is Jess Varnish :nono:

[Black Dagger]

They'd have got silver.

Which is annoying, hopefully the guys make up for it with a Gold.

[Jayson]

Why are they talking so much?

[Marc]

I can't believe they did that to us, clearly bias ruling against us. :hmph:

[MTVN]

Oh well

[Marc]

Matthew you need to take this more seriously

[Jayson]

We're gonna destroy New Zealand

[Shaun]

this race D: how are they not knackered

[Shaun]

new world record :amazed:

[Jordan.]

World record again :amazed:

[Jayson]

Great stuff

[Marc]

Good job lads

[Marc]

If we don't win this gold then I am going to find Shaun and slap him with a plaice

[Black Dagger]

That should have earnt us a gold? :amazed:

Just a dissappointing disqualification, but still an amazing day.

[Marc]

Go on guys!!!!

[Marc]

C'mon!

[Jayson]

GB destroying these Japs

[Marc]

Another WR for Hoy!!!!

Into the final race, going for silver or gold!

[Jayson]

Another new WR!

[Marc]

:cheer2:

[Jayson]

How are we so good at cycling?

[Marc]

Because we have bikes

[Jayson]

True

[Marc]

Who the f won that, China?

[Marc]

Germany win Gold.

China relegated.

Wow, these people really wanted Germany to win Gold didn't they. Bias

[Novo]

Terrible

[Marc]

Tbh China need to learn how it feels.

[Jords]

-laughs at China-

[Jordan.]

BBC apologizing for the german swearing :joker:

[Jayson]

I totally called that they were German biased

[InOne]

Can't believe they were disqualified, bloody ridiclous :bored: Pendleton will smash it tomorrow

[Shaun]

final now, come on GB <3

[Jayson]

Come on GB

[Shaun]

HOY YOU HERO, WORLD RECORD AND GOLD :amazed:

[Munchkins]

OMFG WE WON :D
wooop

[Jayson]

WOOOO :cheer:

[Novo]

1 down and 1 to go

[Jayson]

Don't get your hopes up lads

We might get disqualified

[Black Dagger]

:amazed:

YES.

Just a shame the girls got DQ'd

[Novo]

hang on.. they are reviewing something on the monitor

[Shaun]

there wasn't a way to be disqualified :tongue: they didn't overtake each other

[Black Dagger]

So how many more cycling events are they that we can secure gold in?

[Jayson]

That means nothing to that German loving prick, Shaun. He'll find a way.

[Novo]

is there another final to come tonight?

[Shaun]

I don't think there's any more cycling finals tonight no, since they're going to hockey and the swimming soon

[Jayson]

omg Hines' voice

[Jords]

Hoy :love:

[InOne]

What time is lovely Vicky racing tomorrow?

[Novo]

It's going to be so close between Pendleton and Meares for Gold

[Marc]

Close as in Meares 5 seconds behind Pendleton?

[Novo]

Close as in a half a wheel between them like in that heat just then

[Marc]

Vicky was just toying with her

[Novo]

We'll win the team pursuit easy

[Marc]

Any medal races on yet?

[Black Dagger]

Yeah, Team Pursuit should be ours.

And Vicky should get a medal :amazed:

[Novo]

50/50 with Mears for Gold, at least a silver anyway

[Marc]

Nah she'll win it, what's wrong with you Novo? Have faith

[Novo]

I've got 50% Faith

[Marc]

Good job girls, I'm sure they'll find a way to try and disqualify us

[Marc]

Victoria is a goddess

[Novo]

Silver for her coming up though :(

[Jords]

:worship:

[Black Dagger]

Silver is still decent. :pipe:

We still have Ennis, Adlington and men's team pursuit to go today that could get us more medals.

[Jordan.]

Brilliant :worship:

[Shaun]

:worship: GB Cycling is heroic

[Novo]

where is that drool smiley when you need it

[Black Dagger]

FANTASTIC.

And another medal with Pendleton coming up.

[Marc]

Pendleton in a bit :)

[Shaun]

gold pls

[Marc]

I don't want anything other than gold

[Novo]

Think Mears has got this.. sorry guys

[Marc]

I think the guy at the front has it :-/

[Marc]

Go go go go

[Novo]

Wow

[Marc]

Hahaha f off China

[Novo]

Think i do need more faith after all

[Munchkins]

THAT WAS AMAZING
VICTORIA :love:

[Marc]

Novo I'm glad you were wrong buddy

[Novo]

I'm glad i was wrong as well for once

[Marc]

:worship:

[Shaun]

losing count of having to use the worship symbol in this thread

:worship: Victoria <3 after Becky Adlington she's probably my favourite Olympian

[Shaun]

another world record for team GB :laugh2: they'll have a gold/silver head-to-head with USA later on

[Jayson]

This is getting silly

[Novo]

bring on more sillyness then

[Marc]

:worship:

We're so good I love us, somebody hug me I'm emotional

[Marc]

:worship:

We're so good I love us, somebody hug me I'm emotional

[Marc]

This is just silly, why do other countries bother

[Lee.]

What have I missed?

[Marc]

Just us being amazing, think our women's team sprint are in the final

[Lee.]

:worship:

[Jayson]

wtf are these races?

They're pretty entertaining

[Marc]

I like these ones, always makes one person look like a tit

[Jayson]

Yeah but idg why they don't just start going fast at the beginning of the race rather than being all like "wat u got *****?" for 2 mins

[Marc]

Women's team pursuit.

8th Germany
7th Belarus

The Neatherlands and New Zealand now competing for 6th and 5th

How silly to make them race again and again.

[Shaun]

they must be knackered

[Marc]

Bronze is for Australia and Canada then

US vs. GB :amazed:

[Shaun]

i posted that already kmt

[Novo]

We'll smash the world record again

[Marc]

Canada's outfits remind me of Cadbury's Roses

[Marc]

i posted that already kmt

Oh right. Well I'll just delete your posts then

[Shaun]

wouldn't surprise me :idc: spamming mess

[Marc]

You really are, but deleting your posts will rectify this problem.

[Marc]

C'mon girls! :amazed: America have shown us up in the pool so let's get Becky Adlington's gold medal back from them!

[Jayson]

Come on Ladies

[Jayson]

USA are getting destroyed

[Marc]

We're too good!

[Jayson]

3.5 seconds ahead :joker:

[Marc]

Hahahaha we're almost overtaking them!

[Shaun]

wow

[Jayson]

Another WR!

[Marc]

Another WR!!!

[Jayson]

ffs Marc just copy me then

[Lee.]

:amazed:

[Novo]

Called it :pipe:

[Marc]

I never want the cycling to end!

[Black Dagger]

Well I think GB cycling will be team of the year, at the sports personality awards in December :tongue:

FLAWLESS.

Can the events just be cycling for the rest of the games? :pipe:

[Jayson]

The fact that we trounced USA makes it even sweeter :pipe:

[Marc]

Does she have alopecia?

[Novo]

Yeah

[Marc]

We're too good!

It's come to a point where I just don't actually get nervous? :conf2: I expect to win. How bad is that :joker:

[Novo]

Yeah, you just hope that they don't fall because you know they aren't going to get beat

[Shaun]

the flowers they win are a bit **** LOL

[Shaun]

Macca! :worship:

[Jayson]

Sir Paul you legend

[Lee.]

Paul STILL can't remember the birds to Hey Jude!

[Novo]

think most of the athletes throw the flowers into the crowd anyway after they receive them

[Jayson]

Kenny in the sprint for GB

1/3 so far against Malaysia

[Jayson]

Kenny wins 2-0 and goes through from his heat

[Marc]

:worship: c'mon Kenny, he's the fastest Briton in the world isn't he?

[Jayson]

Maybe at the sprint, yes

That's probably why we chose to put him in it tbh

[Jayson]

Maybe at the sprint, yes

That's probably why we chose to put him in it tbh

[Jayson]

Vicky Pendleton on now

[Shaun]

seems a bit pointless watching this, since it's virtually guaranteed Britain will win :laugh:

[Marc]

Fit.

I wish my face was that seat on her bike.

[Marc]

Fit.

I wish my face was that seat on her bike.

[Jayson]

I defo would

[Marc]

Clancy got a Bronze

What happened else where??

[Marc]

Clancy got a Bronze

What happened else where??

[Jayson]

idk I was watching the tennis

[InOne]

I think it's back on tomorrow afternoon isn't it?

[Shaun]

Kenny is guaranteed a silver medal in the Men's Sprint :D

[Black Dagger]

Amazing <3.

Nervous for his final, as I know the French guy (I forgot his name) is solid as well.

[Shaun]

oh wow, that poor Trinidadian guy

[Shaun]

JASON :worship:

[Black Dagger]

1-0 up.

:amazed:

[Shaun]

:laugh2: I thought that was it for some reason

[Black Dagger]

Nah, round 2 in 10 minutes which will hopefully secure his Gold.

[Shaun]

GOLD :amazed:
























again

[InOne]

Laura Trott :lovedup: Had us worried for a sec there but killed it at the end

[Munchkins]

Team GB are really doing so amazing :love:

[Shaun]

3 more shots at gold this afternoon, final day of the indoor cycling :( also the last races of Hoy and Pendleton