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Are the women not capable of smashing it for a double lap? Having different distances seems arbitrary and stupid.
NotThamesWater-
Depends really. With TT riders needing to come from the road race pool a longer course might make for less competition from the available riders. It's not so much whether the women can smash it on a double loop but how many can smash it at the top end.
This, of course, has a lot to do with the current programme and common development for pro women riders.
The_Seldom_Killer
Olympic TT Preview
http://inrng.com/2016/08/olympics-time-trial-preview/