2012 Olympic Road Race

11:53 BST
A reminder about who's in that breakaway group ...
Lieuwe Vestra (Netherlands), Stuart O'Grady (Australia), Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Denis Menchov (Russia), Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium), Marco Pinotti (Italy), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain), Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain), Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan), Alexander Kristoff (Norway), Timothy Duggan (USA) and Michael Schar (Switzerland). On their first lap of the Box Hill circuit they're 5min 21sec clear.

still 5 min 14 ahead of teh P

Apparently it's not the BBC, or any of the other commentators' fault at all. Guardian says:
The commentators are struggling ...

                                                               The Olympic organisers may  have been able to throw the Queen out of a helicopter with James Bond,  but they don't appear to have the wherewithal to provide screen captions  or a clock for their bicycle-racing coverage. It's making life very  difficult for the commentators, myself included, not least because the  riders aren't wearing the kit with which they're more usually  accustomed. 

and

                  [11:38 BST](http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jul/28/olympic-road-race-mens-cycling-live#block-5013c122b579c24ed043756a)         
                                   **The TV coverage of this race is deplorable**

                                                               First world problem caveat  aside, you've got to feel for Chris Boardman and the other bloke who are  covering this race for the BBC. They're obviously being fed no  information by the race organisers and are struggling, heroically, it  must be said, to provide inciteful commentary on a bicycle race with  only rough guestimates of how far the riders have travelled (about  60-70k) and how big the gap between the peloton and the breakaway group  is (5min 20sec) at the last unofficial count.

The lack of time splits and distance to go really spoils the race. Great shot of Box Hill there!

Great attack by Rogers, but again, a time split would give it some context.

Shit! I blinked for that time check!

11:53 BST
A reminder about who's in that breakaway group ...
Lieuwe Vestra (Netherlands), Stuart O'Grady (Australia), Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Denis Menchov (Russia), Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium), Marco Pinotti (Italy), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain), Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain), Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan), Alexander Kristoff (Norway), Timothy Duggan (USA) and Michael Schar (Switzerland). On their first lap of the Box Hill circuit they're 5min 21sec clear.

Are these a slightly random group (like the breakaways sometimes seems to be in TdF)? Or are they significant contenders for medals?

5 mins 10 secs for Rogers

5 mins 56 for Peloton.

can anyone see dan??

Some of the motorbike riders are bloody useless! Watching on tv they have had at least 5 near misses/actual riders hands out for stability already. Are they even dedicated cycle race riders or are they just 'an motorbiker with camera'

Don't know what you lot are complaining about, there are slow motion shots of riders cornering. Far more exciting than actually knowing what's going on in the race!

Did I just see the forum's very own "TNRC" written on the road?

Or any commentry really.
Why is there no bleeding live footage anywhere on the webz?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2rlr

Did I just see the forum's very own "TNRC" written on the road?

that would be so cool...

https://www.lfgss.com/thread90125.html#post3032299
yes

Did I just see the forum's very own "TNRC" written on the road?
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You did, benjam did it last night.

ze Germans aren't helping much

I like the helicopter shots of tree covered roads best

No time splits no graphics and now no commentary either

Broken Arrow! Broken Arrow!
yes

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The road race is live on bbc red button. You can watch it online here: http://tvcatchup.com/watchV1.html?c=65
You have to sign up but its quick, easy and free.

just pay ASO to organise the Olympic road race

Finally a bit of action?

Beglians and Italians doubling up