Olympic cycling schedule

Looks like the MTB events will be on the last couple days.

http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/24/olympic-cycling-schedule-rio/

Women’s Mountain Bike
Aug. 20 11:30 a.m. EDT

Women’s Mountain Bike Victory Ceremony
Aug. 20 1:15 p.m. EDT

Men’s Mountain Bike
Aug. 21 11:30 a.m. EDT

Men’s Mountain Bike Victory Ceremony
Aug. 21 1:15 p.m. EDT

 

The Men's road race today is intense. So many crashes, such a dangerous course. I can't believe the planners couldn't have found a safer climb/descent to make a course out of.

 

Bam, bam, bam... hard crashed taking out big names. All the way up to final descent where two of the three riders in the breakaway went down.
Beautiful roads though, but maybe not made to be going that fast on. And good coverage that they let play out w/out a commercial every 30 seconds like the other sports. Soccer is the only one I really enjoy watching as it's commercial free.
When is the women's road race?

 

Women's race is tomorrow. Looks like coverage on NBC starts at 10:00 am.

 

Thanks @pperrelle! We'll catch it! I suppose I could have actually clicked on the link by OP... d'oh!

Looking forward to the men's and women's XC races next week.
The kids are fully onboard Team Emily (can't blame 'em)!

 

Yep, I've got the DVR set already. Watched the men earlier today. Tough course.

 

Great finish on the women's race! Would have loved for Abbott to have pulled off the win.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/cycling-womens-road-race-finish

Terrible crash by the Dutch race leader coming out of the mountains today. Three cracked vertebrae and a concussion. Landed square on a real high curb edge. http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/van-vleuten-cycling-crash

 

Crash was horrible. She was moving on the descent with the wet roads. Bummer that Abbott couldn't hang on for a few hundred meters more. But she's a climber, not a sprinter. I thought Guanier would have a better showing.

 

Two days of pretty spectacular cycling

Crash was awful

 

Thanks for the info on that crash. It was awful. Announcers weren't very helpful updating the extent of her injuries. Exciting finish though, but our whole house was really rooting for Abbott. Bummer

 

Don't mean to "like" these kinds of posts, but you guys know what I mean

 

My wife and I were yelling at the TV... But, the three medalists worked like a well oiled machine to make up the ground.

 

Watched the beginning and the end of women's cycling. That crash... hope she is OK. Thought USA was going to pull off the win with a 39 second lead with 4 miles to go. Dang.

 

Happened to see it on TV while at a restaurant...someone changed the channel with 1.6 km to go. There was almost a homicide.

 

Great excitement in today's race. I wonder if my neighbors wonder what I was doing when I was yelling "SHUT UP LEGS" at the sprint finish. I wonder how the race would have ended if Abbott had the Dutch rider who crashed to work with into the finish. Bet she would have metaled, because those 3 would not have caught a pair sharing the pace.

 

The Dutch lady pulled it off and finished 4th!

 

Skillz!

 

Yeah, I saw that and all I could think was Ballz! For a women's race.

 

Just a reminder:

Men's XC Race is on USA Network at 8:30 this morning.

Women's Race from yesterday can be streamed here:

http://stream.nbcolympics.com/mountain-bike-womens-final

 

Thanks J, I almost got stuck watching Rhythmic Gymnastics on the regular channel

 

That course was no joke. Tough features. High penalty for crashing in the rocks. Slippery climbs. Steep chutes. Drop offs - all that while riding in your skinsuit with no pads on spindly little bikes with minimal tread - bikes ill suited for the tech, but fast on the climbs and straights.

The guys with full suspension are certainly climbing the chunky bits easier, and look far more confident on the techy downs, but that's to be expected.

Thanks J for posting this up this morning!

 

Lots of rad features on that course!