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| 3129.1 | | PCBUOA::KRATZ | | Fri Jul 26 1996 16:31 | 1 |
| Thursday (I think) there'e coverage of the Men's mtn bike finals.
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| 3129.2 | Mountain bike final results | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Idleness, the holiday of fools | Wed Jul 31 1996 13:56 | 46 |
| Here are the results from the finals.
PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
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1 Paola Pezzo Italy 1:50:51
2 Alison Sydor Canada 1:51:58
3 Susan De Mattei United States 1:52:36
4 Gunn-Rita Dahle Norway 1:53:50
5 Elsbeth Vink Netherlands 1:54:38
6 Annabella Stropparo Italy 1:55:56
7 Regina Marunde Germany 1:51:21
8 Kathy Lynch New Zealand 1:57:40
9 Eva Orvosova Slovak Republic 1:57:56
10 Juliana Furtado United States 1:58:32
11 Laurence Leboucher France 1:59:00
12 Daniela Gassman Switzerland 1:59:11
13 Lesley Tomlinson Canada 2:01:04
PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
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1 Bart Brentjens Netherlands 2:17:38
2 Thomas Frischknecht Switzerland 2:20:14
3 Miguel Martinez France 2:20:36
4 Christophe Dupouey France 2:25:03
5 Daniele Pontoni Italy 2:25:08
6 Jose Andres Bremes Costa Rica 2:25:51
7 Lennie Kristensen Denmark 2:26:02
8 Luca Bramati Italy 2:26:05
9 Cadel Evans Australia 2:26:15
10 Ralph Berner Germany 2:27:45
11 Rune Hoydahl Norway 2:28:16
12 Gary Foord Britain 2:29:10
13 Warren Sallenback Canada 2:29:57
No full suspension.
It was nice to see Susan D. do well but Juli Furtado blew up after
the first lap due to the heat. I was hoping she would do a lot better
but the conditions were not that good. Tinker and Don Myrah were close
to each other but way off the pace. 17 minutes or so behind the
leaders. The course did not seem too tough. Not real technical, 1,000' per
lap climb, no water to speak of. I taped the mens and the coverage was
pretty good. The women's was so so. Pezza put on a great race after
crashing and getting hurt. She ran a good portion of it to catch up!
Brian
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| 3129.3 | | QUAKKS::BURTON | Jim Burton, DTN 381-0272 | Wed Jul 31 1996 14:27 | 5 |
| I assume this is the men's and women's mountain biking. The thing that
immediately strikes me is that mountain biking was invented in the U.S. and
there is not a single U.S. man in the top 13 finishers.
Jim
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| 3129.4 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Idleness, the holiday of fools | Wed Jul 31 1996 15:36 | 6 |
| Oops! Yes, mtb finals. This was a comment shared by the commentators
as well. They attributed it to the fact that cyclocross has been
popular in Europe since well before mountain biking even existed. It
appears to be a natural cross over to mountain biking.
Brian
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| 3129.5 | shocks | PCBUOA::KRATZ | | Wed Jul 31 1996 17:35 | 10 |
| From what I saw of the route of the woman's race, I would have saved
a few pounds and gone with a carbon fixed front fork. I didn't see
anything but relatively smooth dirt singletrack, bare rock, and grass;
nothing required a shock. Besides the weight savings, the women were
bobbing up and down on their forks when climbing too, spending precious
energy in the heat. Yet every bike was shock-equipped. I have nothing
against shocks (I own one), and I suppose the riders have to ride what
the sponsors sell (and nothing priced in the race-worthy category these
days doesn't have a shock).
Kratz
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| 3129.6 | 3 cycle crossers | IJSAPL::JMULDER | | Thu Aug 01 1996 06:28 | 12 |
| >
> Oops! Yes, mtb finals. This was a comment shared by the commentators
> as well. They attributed it to the fact that cyclocross has been
> popular in Europe since well before mountain biking even existed. It
> appears to be a natural cross over to mountain biking.
>
I spotted 3 cyclists among the first 13 who are also active as cycle
crossers. Note that mountain bike races are much longer than cycle
crosses: 2 to 3 hours against 1 hour. Brentjens did a lot of training
on the road to get used to long hours on the bike, and for the speed.
jan
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| 3129.7 | | STARCH::WHALEN | Rich Whalen | Thu Aug 01 1996 09:16 | 17 |
| A friend who is at the olympics (working for ACOG) sent me the
following:
Sniping between Twigg &Carmichael is being hashed out in the papers,
and Twigg went home -- won't compete in TT Saturday! (Women's track)
Also USA Cycling is really under the gun for its disappointing
performance. There is the possibility of more gossip in Sunday's
Worcester Telegram.
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Maybe now they will realize the error in their ways in chosing
unknowns, who just happen to be on the "right" team (e.g. Greg
Randolph, Motorola) instead of the best finishers (e.g. Frank
McCormack, Saturn) in the trials.
Rich
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| 3129.8 | back from the Games... | COOKIE::MUNNS | dave | Mon Aug 05 1996 18:59 | 40 |
| I just returned from Atlanta and the Olympics and was fortunate to watch
both the men's & women's mtb races and the men's road race.
The mtb course was filled with lots of turns, up & down hills (nothing too
steep), but the biggest factor in the mtb races was heat/humidity. The
spectators were suffering as they sat in the shade, imagine how the riders
felt. You could see it on their faces.
I wish the races had started earlier to beat the heat. Men's race at 10 AM
& women's race at 2:30 PM ! Bart Brenjens of the Netherlands had a 2+
minute lead over Thomas Frischknecht, Switzerland and Miguel Martinez,
France who battled for 2nd & 3rd the entire race. It was fun cheering
each rider by name and they acknowledged us with renewed vigor and smiles.
Mtb hardware varied, but all seemed to have front suspensions.
The men's road race, 138 miles, was completed by the winner in just under
5 hours. A cool, overcast day greeted riders on this course. Pascal
Richard, Switzerland, won the gold in a final sprint that brought the
medal winners in within 2 seconds of each other.
Lance Armstrong, USA, made a break with 5 laps to go but could get no one
to join him and the pack swallowed him by the next lap. We watched from
the only significant uphill, about 400 meters worth. With 1 lap to go the
3 medalists had a big lead on the pack and USA's Frankie ? was in 4th
all alone trying to catch them. It turns out that the pack almost caught
him at the finish and he placed 4th by 1/2 a wheel.
This is the 1st road race I have watched that had such big names. The
winner of the Tour de France had a flat on our hill in the 1st lap and
a stop at the pit got him going again quickly. The Italian team worked
together, the USA team did not. One of the spectators was a girl from
Canada who inspired her boyfriend in the pack by standing on our ladder
and holding the Canadian flag. A spectator splashed Frankie in the chest
with water and my son kept the crowd hydrated with his lemonade stand
($ .50, best deal in town).
I took plenty of photographs and have great admiration for those
racers. I definitely recommend the Olympic experience. It is very
uplifting to see the best athletes in the world doing what they do best.
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