Cycling in the 2012 Olympics (spoilers allowed)

[hebe]

The BBC road race coverage was quite disappointing, apparently this is because they take it from a separate Olympics broadcaster. There was very little in the way of onscreen metrics and an awful lot of aerial shots of trees. I hope they improve it for the womens race tomorrow.

[pll]

Just found this -- the cause was some faulty GPS... might be sorted before the women's race:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...rvices-cycling

[hebe]

Thank you pll! I hope they do sort it.

[pll]

Cancellara has a contusion and a hematoma in the shoulder, but they do not know yet whether he will ride the TT on Wednesday. I hope he does.

[Koronin]

Thank you pll, I was wondering how badly he got hurt. I also hope he is able to race the TT. I also hope we get decent coverage of the TT.

[malkin]

I'm never saying TT again! From now on I'll say "contre-la-montre."

[malkin]

Watching women's rowing (skull?)...

Doesn't "Gentle Liam" shine up nice?

[ny biker]

I'm confused. I saw almost the entire race, recorded from NBC from 5-11 am. Schlanger and Sherwen did commentary. I was pleasantly surprised by the extent of the coverage. Is that not what other people saw on NBC?

I just fast forwarded when they cut to other sports, mostly because I didn't have time to watch everything.

Fabian has not broken bones but is in lots of pain and says there's a 50/50 chance he'll race the TT.

[colby]

I'm confused. I saw almost the entire race, recorded from NBC from 5-11 am. Schlanger and Sherwen did commentary. I was pleasantly surprised by the extent of the coverage. Is that not what other people saw on NBC?

I just fast forwarded when they cut to other sports, mostly because I didn't have time to watch everything.

Fabian has not broken bones but is in lots of pain and says there's a 50/50 chance he'll race the TT.

That sounds like what I saw on the NBC West Coast from 5-11am also. I wish they'd have shown the stats regularly but the commentary was decent. (I didn't see the beginning and fast forwarded through any other commercials/introductions so I don't know WHO was commenting) I would be absolutely pleased if the womens race is similarly broadcast.

[Jo-n-NY]

That sounds like what I saw on the NBC West Coast from 5-11am also. I wish they'd have shown the stats regularly but the commentary was decent. (I didn't see the beginning and fast forwarded through any other commercials/introductions so I don't know WHO was commenting) I would be absolutely pleased if the womens race is similarly broadcast.

and me on the East Coast. I recorded both men and women and thought the coverage was great, especially the womens. I never got to see a womens race before like this before. They just touched in spots on swimming but those parts were very short lived. I think they reshow them in the evening anyway. And this coverage was on a regular prime channel, not the NBC Sports that I would pay extra for.

[ny biker]

So, Cadel has dropped out of the time trial, due to "fatigue."

Cancellara will ride despite his shoulder injury.

[colby]

Armistead comments on the state of professional womens cycling:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armi...sional-cycling

Maybe the home team winning the gold (and not in the mens race) will shine a bit of a light on the womens side of cycling. I'm not sure it'll change much, but maybe she'll have a bit of a voice.