well time trial on wednesday and then i can forget about the olympics
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ant1 wrote:
i saw TEJAY VAN GARDEREN attack today and i would guess DAVE ZABRISKIE would be in the time trial. not sure outside of that. america is not really a great cycling nation apart from the obvious exception.
) but tejay looks like a bright hope for the future
congratulations vinikourov
I didn't see that today. 
Pissed. Was Pinot in the road race today?
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It is the year of our lord 2012 AD, and McDonalds is the biggest sponsor of the Olympic Games.
I think we've finally reached the point where satire doesn't need a punchline.
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Russellian wrote:
ant1 wrote:i saw TEJAY VAN GARDEREN attack today and i would guess DAVE ZABRISKIE would be in the time trial. not sure outside of that. america is not really a great cycling nation apart from the obvious exception.
congratulations vinikourov
I didn't see that today.
didn't see him. wikipedia says the french team will bourgain, gallopin, demare and chavanel, with chavanel in the time trial too. sad that VOECKLER my french hero was not at the olympics i suppose.
nice to see some more cycling fans at cm.o >:)
edit: i must say the BBC coverage of the race was appaling. no time gaps shown, no idea who any of the riders were, hugh porter the commentator getting everything wrong. and at the end the pundits and interviewers wouldn't shut up about how no one had helped team GB (well duuhhhhh, every country had a man in the break), even asking the winner why everyone was against GB - like he cares. and after that they switched focus and wouldn't shut up about vinikourov's drugs ban. would they have done the same for dave millar (or in other events, christine ohoruogu)? horrible
i just hope they aren't like this for every event we don't win.
edit 2: i feel really sorry for cancellara now... crashing in the world champs, crashing out of paris-roubaix breaking his shoulder, and now crashing in the olympic road race and they showed about a minute of him crying into someone's shoulder after the race was over. poor guy
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Chainsaw Police wrote:
It is the year of our lord 2012 AD, and McDonalds is the biggest sponsor of the Olympic Games.
I think we've finally reached the point where satire doesn't need a punchline.
All they need is a drum fill after each ad.
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Chainsaw Police wrote:
It is the year of our lord 2012 AD, and McDonalds is the biggest sponsor of the Olympic Games.
I think we've finally reached the point where satire doesn't need a punchline.
After what was a US prime time replay of the swimming events, not less than six commercials featuring the gold medal winner were aired, clearly prepared before the games began.
At the end of the broadcast was a message reminding that the broadcast belongs to the IOC, proving beyond any doubt that all that world peace though sport stuff is tripe and the only point of the games is to make money.
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its true olympic football is a fixed event its true guys heard here first
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ant1, did you watch the women's road race today? That was a...boring finish. XD
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ant1 wrote:
nice to see some more cycling fans at cm.o
Cycling is the sport it is ok for nerds to like.
Seriously, myself and one other guy were the only Liberal Arts majors on my college team.
Everyone else was an engineer.
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ant1, did you watch the women's road race today? That was a...boring finish.
Did Julie Krasniak race this year? Because :3 :3 :3
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Telerophon wrote:
Did Julie Krasniak race this year? Because :3 :3 :3
I guess not. She's not on the Olympics site roster for the race. 
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Bummer.
I mean, for real though. :3
On that note, I really hope this thread digresses into a puerile discussion of who the cutest female olympians are.
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i think chris froome is prety cute
edit: my favv female athlete is darya domracheva but she does biathlon a winter sport so we dont get to see her this olympics Boo HOo
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Telerophon wrote:
On that note, I really hope this thread digresses into a puerile discussion of who the cutest female olympians are.
Lauren Perdue is quite the bodacious babe.
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ant1 wrote:
i think chris froome is prety cute
He's quite the handsome fellow. 
I apologize for the implicit heteronormativity and androcentrism of my prior remark.
Feel free to derail the Olympics thread with schoolchild admirations of any athlete!
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I don't even care that she's not even in the Olympics this year.