I didn't easily find a thread on this, so I apologise if you have discussed this.

Was anyone else disappointed in the way the women's race began?
It was great that eventually some attacks happened and that there was a breakaway and a chase... but for goodness sake, was anyone else as frustrated as me for the first hour plus watching them tootle along at 30kms or so as if they were on a Sunday recovery ride.

Had no-one told them they were riding for an Olympic GOLD??? - not a Sunday coffee.

When there were attacks, they didn't last... rider 1 attacks, then rider 2 attacks... and then rider 3... and then they turn around to see who will continue the attacks, who will help them break up the bunch... no-one.

I felt so frustrated... if I had been their age, with that opportunity, do you think I would have been sitting in hoping not to get dropped? Hell no! I would have been attacking, lifting the pace, stringing out that damn line. There were talented strong women there..... but nothing

If this is how it is usually (and since we rarely see womens cycling, who really knows?) then it is no wonder women's cycling gets so little sponsorship and media coverage.

Feeling ashamed and disillusioned...