Pro-cycling thread

Actually scratch that, just seen a tweet from @damfromnam, Dan Craven for the win!

I would love to see cummings win this.

Everyone seems to be calling Valverde. Please no.

Anyone know what time it's likely to end? The commentary at the start said 6 hours, but then also that it would be finished by 4pm. I can't tell if I'm seeing it live or not so don't know if there really is 200km to go...

It's live on BBC. I think 4pm means local time?

On a train to Glasgow. Tempted to rinse my data and just enjoy.

Also would love a Cummings win (the BC awkwardness would only be part of the enjoyment).

The various timings I've seen have been bonkers. All over the shop.

It is now 14:41 BST and there's 187km to go, so work that one out, velomathletes!

I'm putting a quid on Valverde as "misery insurance".

I do enjoy stannard's bandy legged style, looks like he's constantly popping a bollock.

Allegedly approx five more hours to go for the Olympic road race was mentioned at 2.45pm

So I can go for a family picnic now, and get back at 7pm for the end. Good good.

Wait. What happened? It's boaty cunts.

That was on the BBC but no guarantee.

Streaming on BBC.

Breakaway has five mins and what I would imagine is a very short leash

Free view 608 for uninterrupted coverage. You may need to rescan to pick up the extra Olympic channels

Funny how the sticky stuff the teams apply to the bottles seems to lose all is effectiveness over the cobbles

Just rescanned on my parents TV, no luck. Works on red button on sky, but only standard definition so I'm stuck watching it like a caveman.

Those cobbles are brutal coming at the end of a descent

Cummings get off the front FFS

This parcours is mad and awesome. A cross between LBL and RVV set in Rio.

Not a course for dreamy pete then . stevo get off the front .

Cummings being used badly, should have put himin the break rather using him as a diesel to bring it back

Froome wasn't looking good earlier on that climb, bluffing?

What the hell was all that with Froome?

link pls?
struggling to work my way around the BBC website. as always.

What are the Dutch messing about at? Three real contenders in their team - they should all be sat in the front 30 riders.