Results
1st. Jolanda Neff 1:15:46
2nd. Sina Frei +1:11
3rd. Linda Indergand +1:16
4th. Kata Blanka Vas +2:09
5th. Anne Terpstra +2:35
6th. Loana Lecomte +2:57
7th. Evie Richards +3:23
8th. Yana Belomoina +3:54
9th. Haley Batten +4:27
10th. Pauline Ferrand Prevot +4:32
Live Updates
0:17 am PDT
Jolanda Neff wins Olympic gold!
0:10 am PDT
Kata Vas continues her march up the standings and she's now fourth in her first elite level race. Keep an eye out for her as she develops in the sport over the next few years.
0:04 am PDT
Someone at Swiss Cycling is getting a pay rise today. Here are the standings after Lap 4:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 1:01:04
2nd. Linda Indergand: +1:27
3rd. Sina Frei: +1:27
4th. Loana Lecomte +2:15
5th. Anne Terpsta: +2:16
6th. Kata Blanka Vas: +2:20
There's just one lap to go now, the medals look pretty settled but anything can still happen.
0:02 am PDT
Rear wheel puncture for Jenny Rissveds. The reigning Olympic Champion is around five minutes back.
23:54 pm PDT
Ferrand Prevot has slipped out again. It was a replay so we don't know exactly when it was but she takes a while to get going again.
23:48 pm PDT
The current top 8 after Lap 3:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 46:34
2nd. Sina Frei: +1:09
3rd. Linda Indergand: +1:15
4th. Loana Lecomte +1:51
5th. Evie Richards: +1:51
6th. Anne Tauber: +1:52
7th. Pauline Ferrand Prevot: +1:56
8th. Anne Terpstra: +1:56
We didn't see what happened but Prevot has dropped way back on the final third of that lap. Could she be feeling the effects of her first lap crash? Update: She had to change a wheel at the tech zone.
23:47 pm PDT
Laura Stigger has pulled out of the race. She looks like she's breathing heavily in the tech area, attended by the Austrian staff.
23:44 pm PDT
The race finally seems to be settling down now with Neff the sole leader, a group of Frei, Prevot Indergand who all seem to be attacking each other constantly and then another group of Lecomte, Richards, Terpstra and Tauber. 19-year-old Vas from Hungary has battled her way up from the back row to 9th at the moment.
23:39 pm PDT
While the rest of the pack squabble for positions, Neff is continuing to grind out her lead. It's now over a minute at the first Split of Lap 3.
23:34 pm PDT
The current top five after Lap 2:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 32:02
2nd. Pauline Ferrand Prevot: +46
3rd. Sina Frei: +56
4th. Linda Indergand: +56
5th. Evie Richards: +1:06
The next group on the road is the Dutch pair of Anne Tauber and Anne Terpstra at 1:18.
23:30 pm PDT
Loana Lecomte appears to have a mechanical.
Update: Yes, a drivetrain issue. She's dropped back behind the Dutch pair now
23:28 pm PDT
Ferrand Prevot surges forward to join and then drop the group of Richards, Frei and Indergand.
23:26 pm PDT
Frei, Richards and Indergand have pulled away as the second group on the road now. That makes three Swiss riders in the top four as it stands.
23:22 pm PDT
Neff had a small slip but continues to extend her lead, it's up to 28 seconds now. Terpstra and Prevot join the second group on the road that are strung out between 30 and 40 seconds back.
23:20 pm PDT
The current top five after Lap 1:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 17:46
2nd. Evie Richards: +19
3rd. Loana Lecomte: +23
4th. Sina Frei: +23
5th. Linda Indergand: +23
The next group on the road is Pauline Ferrand Prevot and Anne Terpstra at 31 seconds.
23:12 pm PDT
The crash leaves Jolanda Neff out in front on her own 18 seconds ahead of Evie Richards. Neff won the test event here and looks to be thriving on this technical track.
23:10 pm PDTFor anyone following
the Van der Poel saga, the training ramp has been re-instated for the women's race. The women get over it safely but Pauline Ferrand Prevot crashes just after while running in second.
23:10 pm PDT
The course is damp today and most of the women are having to dismount on the steeper climbs due to lack of traction.
23:05 pm PDT
The current top five after the start loop are:
1st. Loana Lecomte:
2nd. Laura Stigger: +0
3rd. Linda Indergand: +7
4th. Jolanda Neff: +7
5th. Pauline Ferrand Prevot: +7
Jenny Rissveds leads out the rest of the field a further 7 seconds back.
23:03 pm PDT
Lecomte and Stigger form a lead group seven seconds ahead after the opening short lap.
23:01 pm PDT
Racing is now underway for the Tokyo Olympics XC, Loana Lecomte and Laura Stigger lead the pack up the first climb.
@DizzyNinja: My image has been re-formed and I'm getting big props lately.
Your 'Yuuuge props lately' sounds Trumpian for a SJW like you.....a most peculiar bit of AI.
A couple thoughts:
1. Seemed like a long, grueling race to watch, but a lot of us go out on rides that are just as long and the time passes with the snap of a finger. I’ll bet it didn’t seem quite as long to the riders — the ones at the front of the pack, anyway.
2. I would love to ride that course. It looked like a good time.
Congrats to Neff. She battled through a big, nasty injury a couple years back, and then a more recent one. Well-deserved win here.
Lecomte has looked out of sorts since the start and then dropped a chain.
So awesome to see racing that rewards the technically gifted, gutsy riders. Yah Neff!
And huge respect to Catherine Pendrel
“Just before that part where she crashed, 20 seconds before, there was the big jump. She was in front of me and we were going at a good decent speed and then she pulled her brakes super hard and I couldn’t do anything,” Neff said. “I couldn’t brake, and I ended up jumping with no speed at all. I was super lucky that I didn’t crash. It was such a stupid move of hers, because it’s really dangerous for the people behind.
“I don’t know if she knew I was right there behind, but after that, I just thought, ‘I have to get away from her.’ It’s scary because you never know what she’s going to do.
“It’s not the first time she does something like that, I’m just glad I wasn’t near her anymore, I was glad I was riding on my own and safe.”
-Neff on PFP
This is the pass I'm talking about: twitter.com/Cyclingtimenews/status/1419904605383806976
thats how I hope my kids ride one day
Be Cool Jolanda! Olympic Champion!
• Jolanda had a metacarpal base fracture in June, takes gold in July.
• Tom breaks collarbone in June, takes gold in July.
• Blanka Kata Vas is a cyclocross rider and last year she started racing MTB world cups. This year she joined SD Worx on a two year contract (road racing).
Jolanda owned the muddy day.
Sina had the ride of her life. Mighty Mouse Indeed!
Indergand hung tough.
U23 Rider K. Vas started in the last row. What a ride.
Haley top 10;s... Best US finisher.
Jenny doesn't like the mud and had a puncture. Just not her day.
Rebecca was the last to finish???
1. Imposing beauty standards is not fair to other people who are not born with this appearance. That's hypocrisy, because we do admire some other people's genetic features like body's reaction to training (average Joe might train as hard as MvP but it's very doubtfully he ever get a yellow jersey).
2. Admiration of woman appearance automatically (in the eyes of the progressive western community) "objectifies" her, reducing any of her other achievements in favor of her looks. That's why I could get away with saying that Gee Atherton is handsome, but God forbid to mention something like that on Jolanda. This is also hypocrisy because I never said that I don't admire her focus on target and hard work to get to the top of this sport.
Actually my post was a bit of social experiment, which did prove we are getting closer and closer to the world Mr Orwell described in his 1984 book.
Great job people, let's continue this way!
Go objectify Gee...or not !
I saw a female acquaintance the other day and I said she looked fabulous. She didn't get offended.
Golly, if we can't pay someone a genuine compliment without getting crucified, what's on earth is happening to our freedom of speech?
Goodness knows the planet needs more kindness.
And yes Yolanda is very attractive, and I'm sure she is not the pussy most of you are in here, and she would actually take that as a compliment...
Downvotes expected.....
A few things are possible:
1) She had some physical deficiency that was kept secret
2) This track was much more technical for her, but not for the other top riders.
3) Stricter Olympic testing
4) She wasn't able to adjust well to the time change.
Have you heard what the riders (men or women) had to say about the course?
Bad joke? Sorry... bad joke.
Pisgah Laps in the tank, she knows how to ride tech!
*Stares in confused Californian*
It keeps the leaders from running up the rear of back markers.
Their Result will show how many laps from the finish they got pulled.
Look up the "80% Rule" for more details.
awesome.
My wife is a scientist (molecular biology), she has published more than 30 scientific papers, and she says that if somebody says she looks good, she will take that compliment .
She's had some ups and downs with her health this year.
Hope she bounces back.
She even finished the Overall Elite World Cup ranking in the 5th place, last season.
I wish we had Bart Brentjens talking about the "murd".
But yeah, he is touched. Wish I heard him instead of the NBC team on the streaming app.
His less than optimal English hurts him a bit on Red Bull TV I think.Kind of funny though - even when Warner uses correct pronounciations, he doesn't quite catch on to the example. That said, I'd rather have someone from the sport on there than some hired clown.
And then there were so many riders that he didn't know. A bunch of wrong facts and overall no connection to the sport.
To me it is totally embarrassing how the commentators perform during these Olympic Games. It is probably the same in other disciplines that I am not that familiar with...
SWITZERLAND!
Their coverage has been bad, but it IS slightly better than nothing.
did she not qualify
Leogang:
Pendrel #26
Walter #27
Batty #32
Les Gets:
Pendrel #21
Walter #28
Batty #33
My main point was that the hope that Batty was going to do better than Pendrel (who placed 18th) at the Olympics was likely low based on the most recent racing results. I actually think that a better argument would be in seeing how Walter would have done, considering her most recent results and her skills (like Batty) would have likely suited the technical and wet Olympic course.
Lots of interesting fallout though from this - Yolanda apparently does not do weight training, Courtney does a lot of weight training. Swiss teams worked on their skills and did a lot of course prep - other teams did not. Injuries may have factored in. It'll be pretty interesting to see how everyone adapts over the next 4 years.