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Again on the end, Cadzow’s prolonged spell as chief on the membership home is over, as Kopecky bests her time. However neither rider is more likely to be within the medals when the remainder of the massive hitters arrive.
Regardless of the crash, Dygert nonetheless has the second finest time on the second time examine, however adrift to Brown by 51 seconds. The gold medal is now the Australian’s to lose.
Dygert crashes! The American falls as she goes over some cobblestones round a nook. She was maybe the one rider who may problem Brown, and she or he can have misplaced important time.
Amazingly, Grace Brown has overtaken her minute girl Christina Schweinberger previous to reaching the second time examine. She’s nearly 40 seconds faster than Henderson. That is the experience of her life!
However Anna Henderson can! She’s an entire 12 seconds sooner than Labous.
Vollering can also’t compete with Labous time on the second examine, trailing by 13 seconds.
There’s a brand new entrance runner on the second time examine – Juliette Labous. She’s simply smashed the instances of Borghini and Kopecky by over 20 seconds. Contemplating that they had been on about the identical time on the first examine, she should be accelerating.
Ellen Van Dijk has completed, with the third quickest time. She will not be in rivalry for a medal.
Kopecky appears unharmed by her crash, as she catches and passes Anna Kiesenhofer forward of her.
All of these riders are nonetheless out on the course, so though Audrey Cordon-Ragot has simply completed with the second quickest time behind Kim Cadzow, she will not stay that top for lengthy.
So all of the riders are via the primary time examine now, with Brown the quickest, adopted by Dygert at 5 seconds, Henderson at 21 seconds, Christina Schweinberger at 29 seconds, Kopecky at 32 seconds, and each Vollering and Labous at 34 seconds.
Not even Dygert can match that – she’s 5 seconds slower.
Now Grace Brown goes via, and she or he’s smashed Henderson’s time, by an entire 20 seconds!
Anna Henderson goes marginally sooner than Kopecky to set the quickest time on the first examine. That’s a flip up for the books! May the Briton be in medal rivalry on the end?
In the meantime on the end, Bujak’s finest time is overwhelmed twice in fast succession — first by Mieke Kröger, then by Kim Cadzow.
Now Vollering is thru, with just about the identical time as Labous. That is proving to be very shut between most of the largest names.
Juliette Labous is giving the house crowd one thing to cheer, as she reaches the primary time examine second quickest, in between Kopecky and Borghini.
Van Dijk remains to be solely the fourth quickest on the 2nd time examine.
Lotte Kopecky has crashed! Her again wheel slid out going round a nook. She had been flying however will lose very important time now.
Borghini’s via the primary time examine and she or he’s simply a few seconds slower than Kopecky. She’s in medal rivalry for now.
Lach’s time as chief on the membership home is over, as Bujak beats her time.
And now Lotte Kopecky units the brand new quickest time on the first examine. She’s the primary rider all day to beat Knibb’s time there.
One other new quickest time on the second examine, this time from Kim Cadzow.
Knibb has simply completed her experience — and terribly, it’s solely a fraction of a second slower than Lach. How fast would that experience have been had she stayed upright?
Seven riders have completed up to now, and Lach is well the quickest of all of them. Her time of 43-03 was 1-08 faster than the 2nd finest, by Ludwig.
And now Dygert begins. Everyone seems to be now off – that is going to be an intense 40 minutes or so!
The day’s penultimate starter, Grace Brown, is off. Which leaves solely Chloe Dygert left.
One other new quickest time on the 2nd quickest examine, from Mieke Kröger. She’s 7 seconds faster than Baril.
Ellen Van Dijk is thru on the first time examine…and she or he’s truly solely the fifth quickest. That’s a shock, and she or he’ll have to hurry up loads if she’s to ship what was anticipated of her.
Now Demi Vollering begins her experience. May this be the day she is topped Olympic champion, one of many few issues lacking on her palmares?
Each Olivia Baril and Eugenia Bujak have reached the second examine sooner than Lach.
Extra for the French to cheer, as Juliette Labous begins her experience.
For all her issues, Taylor Knibb has someway arrived on the second time examine with the second quickest time, slower solely than Marta Lach up to now.
Now Elisa Longo Borghini is off – fittingly, simply after her Giro d’Italia rival Lotte Kopecky.
Lach arrives on the second time examine with by far the quickest time, an entire 30 seconds sooner than the following finest, Ludwig.
Lotte Kopecky is off! It’s going to be fascinating to see how she will get on as we speak. The time trial is not her speciality, however she’s such an all-round sensible rider today which you can’t low cost her from something.
Knibb’s misfortune continues – she’s now had a mechnical, and needed to change bikes. And even the mechanic slipped and fell as he rushed at hand her the brand new bike.
Ludwig is quickest on the second time examine, regardless of her fall.
A 3rd fall for Knibb, sadly. She needed to be cautious to not harm herself forward of the triathlon.
Umbrellas are up on the roadside and the rain is falling. These roads aren’t going to get any dryer at this fee.
Knibb has fallen once more. She’s actually struggling on the market, however has as soon as once more bought up and again in control.
One other faller, and it is the chief on the first time examine, Knibb. She’s fallen on the identical nook that Ludwig did. She’s additionally again up and operating, however will not now publish as robust a time as she was heading in the right direction for.
Now right here comes one among our main medal hopefuls – Ellen van Dijk. This can be a enormous second in her profession.
Dwelling favorite Audrey Cordon Ragot is off the beginning ramp, to loads of cheers from the French spectators.
Unhealthy information for Ludwig, who turns into the primary faller on as we speak’s moist roads. She’s again up once more shortly, however can have misplaced a number of seconds and sure fairly sore.
However moments later, Lach’s time too is bettered by Taylor Knibb, by an entire 30 seconds.
There is a new quickest time on the first time examine, by Marta Lach, who has overwhelmed Ludwig’s time by 19 seconds.
Ludwig is the quickest of the 5 riders via the primary time examine up to now – however solely simply. Afghanistan’s Yulduz Hashimi was just one second slower.
The moist roads have not claimed any victims but, though Taylor Knibb did nearly lose steadiness going over a pace bump.
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig in the beginning ramp.
We’re rattling via riders shortly. 12 of the 35 opponents are already out on the course.
Slight hiccup for Eugenia Bujak in the beginning, who needed to prolong her arm out to maintain her steadiness after mistiming her lunge out of the beginning ramp. She stayed upright although, and is off and operating.
America’s Taylor Knibb has simply begun her experience. She has the distinctive schedule of additionally driving the triathlon later these Video games.
The primary large title of the day is up and operating — Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, representing Denmark. She’s possible extra invested within the street race, however how she goes right here will likely be indicative of what her kind is like.
It isn’t raining in the meanwhile, however the roads are nonetheless moist. The primary few riders are taking the primary nook out from the beginning ramp very tentatively.
Time trial begins
Former males’s champion Fabian Cancellara is right here in the beginning ramp, as a particular visitor to see them off.
Only a few minutes now till Urska Pintar rolls down the beginning ramp to get the time trial underway.
One other rider who will not be right here is Tokyo silver medalist Marlen Reusser. The Swiss rider would have been among the many favourites for gold, however misses out resulting from ongoing health issues and accidents which have blighted her season.
Annemiek van Vleuten is reigning champion having triumphed in Tokyo three years, however gained’t, in fact, be right here to defend her title having retired final yr. That implies that no rider participating has beforehand gained the Olympics time trial, and due to this fact a uncommon probability so as to add probably the most prestigious races within the sport to their palmares.
Demi Vollering is likely to be extra fancied for the street race subsequent weekend, however such a high quality rider can’t be discounted from success within the time trial both. She ought to be coming into kind, too, with the Tour de France Femmes now only a few weeks away.
Regardless of not having the smoothest construct as much as the Olympics, Chloe Dygert is wanting effectively poised to compete for victory. The 2-time world champion has earned Olympic silver and bronze medalist as a part of USA’s group pursuit line-up, however by no means gold.
Arduous to say for 2 of the very best riders on the planet, however for Lotte Kopecky and Elisa Longo Borghini, as we speak’s time trial will likely be about making an attempt to medal as an alternative of perhaps profitable towards the likes of Dygert. Nonetheless, with the rain, their professional bike dealing with may put them in with a shot at gold:
Below an hour from the beginning of the ITT and reviews from our group on the bottom are that it’s nonetheless pouring with rain alongside the course.
Reminder that it has been a torrid time for three-time World Champion within the time trial, Ellen van Dijk after an ankle fracture in June put her participation doubtful. She has made it although and the Olympic ITT is among the few targets lacking from her illustrious palmares:
This is the pancake-flat profile for the time trial, with the flat course finest suiting the purer ITT specialists: Dygert, Van Dijk and Brown. Moist roads, potholes and slippery situations within the Bois de Vincennes park will play a a lot larger issue than any uphill sections.
Grace Brown has established herself as one of many prime ITT riders on the planet having taken second place on the final two World Championships. Can she match her kind with an Olympic medal as we speak and even go on higher with gold?
Some nice last-minute info from CN’s head of reports Stephen Farrand, who’s on the bottom in Paris for the Olympic time trial. Rain is about to be an enormous think about each races as we speak:
This is a have a look at the 32.4km route heading out-and-back from central to japanese Paris, beginning at Les Invalides and making the flip to complete on the Pont Alexandre III. It’s going to be the identical route taken on by each the men and women in as we speak’s time trial.
Be sure that to atone for all the beginning instances for the day to make sure you do not miss your favorite:
The biking is getting began on the Paris Olympics with the primary ladies’s rider Urska Pintar (Slovenia) scheduled to set off at 14:30 CEST, which is in simply over an hour and a half.
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