Tokyo Olympics: Men's Race



10:43:56

Paul Daumont (BUR), a former team member, has now been swallowed up by the peloton.

 10:31:15

You know what, Van Avarmaet is the frontrunner and it's no surprise that he looks like he's dressed up. It should be a time for someone to take another opportunity.

 10:14:13

Cycle change, not the fastest in that, in Guillaume Martin of France.


10:13:03

The race is now over Lake Yamanaka and is close to the foothills of Mt Fiji, which means it's time to refuel and be ready for the upcoming explosion.


 10:01:34

The fractures of Diamond, Kukrle, Sagan, Tzortzakis, and Aular Sanabria are still working well together, in about 16 minutes.


 09:48:39

Michael Woods of Canada got out of the back of his team's car, apparently having a problem with his shoe.


09:47:39

The roads are now wet in the lead group, looking like there was little rain.


 09:46:23

Jan Tratnik turns forward in Slovenia while Van Avermaet puts in second place.


 09:43:42

It looks like Tristan de Lange's chase is over, but at least we all know his name by now.


09:40:22

150KM TO

The leading team is now down to five, with a time of 17:30, and Van Avermaet is back leading the peloton.


 09:36:40

Thomas and Geoghegan Hart bowed in worship.


 09:35:04

It was not the easiest training for Thomas, who was clearly involved in the accident with his torn skin and blood arm and shoulder. Back in the Tour de France, he said he had dark moments in the most difficult part of his trip to France and included an accident that took him off his shoulder.


09:30:20

Thomas and Geoghegan Hart work together, and the young rider protects himself from the water as he tries to stay cool while running.


 09:27:57

Also involved were Gulio Ciccone from Italy and Gregor Muehlberger from Austria.


 09:26:18

Both are up and running back into the peloton.


09:25:50

Two riders from Great Britain were involved, Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart.


 09:24:29

There was an accident!


 09:21:22

The first Olympics, he also rode a bike, seemed to use all of his time and he did what he said he would do before the race and get involved in "animal mode".

09:17:31

De Lange is still in the gap between the peloton and the front team. He really didn’t expect to ride a road race, getting a call late after Namibian nominee Dan Craven was tested for COVID-19 a week before the Olympic Games.


 09:05:37

One of the first teams we see jumps forward to the peloton as soon as the road goes up to Spain. The team — which included Alejandro Valverde, Ion Izagirre, Gorka Izagirre, Omar Fraile and Jesús Herrada - had a test masseuse of COVID-19 on Friday but was cleared to start with passengers after passing PCR tests. .

08:56:02

Namibian rider, Tristan de Lange, has now decided to ride away from the main team, albeit a long way to the leaders.


 08:47:44

Elchin Asadov (AZE) is struggling to stick to the leading team in the descents so we are seven ahead at the moment.


 08:45:03

The big popular groups seemed interested in settling down for a while and allowing Namibia's Tristan de Lange to escape.


08:42:16

He’s back, and he certainly doesn’t look depressed, illuminating the proud smile on the camera as it passes.


 08:40:58

Tadej Pogacar returns to peloton despite the cars, though we are not sure why he is out.


 08:38:10

There’s a common name in the break rolling to the right, Juraj Sagan is one of the Slovak riders in the race. His brother Peter was unable to attend the Olympics as he needed knee surgery after being infected due to his Tour de France and Caleb Ewan accident at level 3


08:30:53

Actually the space is now over 11 minutes, but there are no signs of back pain.

 08:27:39

The break is on the lower slopes of Doushi Road and the gap extends for more than nine minutes while large groups begin to appear more in the head of the peloton.

 08:20:22

New Zealand model Patrick Bevin but he is quick to step back and ride on the peloton.

08:19:06

There is certainly a lot of climbing, 4,865 meters high to be accurate, and five climbs ahead before the final line on the Fuji International Speedway.

 08:16:12

The race is still on its way out of the pastures but the climb is coming.