Gold Coast Comm Games

[Chris B.]

The three NZers and the Jaapie have formed a bunch. They look significantly faster through the technical part - but, the rest of the field made a burst and just briefly made contact at the end of the flat part - but, immediately dropped back when they got on the technical uphill.

[Chris B.]

End of lap two and those four have 22 seconds over a chasing bunch. Five laps to go.

I'm wondering is Cooper and Gaze slowed down last time to wait for Oliver?

[Chris B.]

Hatherly (SA) attacks on lap three - only Gaze goes with him and the gap to Oliver and then Cooper opened to 11 seconds.

Gaze has retaken the lead and Oliver is bridging the gap - Copper a few seconds further back.

[Chris B.]

@chris-b I'm wrong - Cooper got caught behind Oliver, but he's past and has rejoined the lead.

Oliver is 15 seconds down in 4th, next guy is 45 seconds down.

[Chris B.]

Three laps to go and positions are unchanged - Cooper still 15 seconds off the back but the fifth placed guy is now 55 seconds behind.

Barring a total disaster NZ bound to get two medals.

[Chris B.]

Two laps to go - leading three still together, but a couple of times Hatherly dropped a few metres behind the other two - might be wishful thinking, but a slight sign of weakness. The next climb will tell!

[Chris B.]

Cooper and Gaze with an attack and a mini break...and we go to an ad break!

[Chris B.]

Nope Hatherly is back.

Oliver sliding back towards the chasing bunch.

[Chris B.]

Final lap - Gaze, Cooper, Hatherly - barring an accident/mechanical the medals are going to these three.

[Chris B.]

Cooper breaks away - Hatherly is chasing, Gaze further back.

[Chris B.]

No - fuck it - Gaze had a mechanical!

[Chris B.]

Gaze comes back strongly during the ad break and we're one and two - Hatherly 10 seconds behind!!!

[antipodean]

How has Gaze come back from that gap after 70mins?

[Chris B.]

Gaze wins the spring finish - Gold for him, Silver for Cooper.

[Mokey]

Yes!!!! Good shit boys.

[Chris B.]

@antipodean said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

How has Gaze come back from that gap after 70mins?

No idea - we were on a two minute ad break INCLUDING advertising for whether anyone wanted to be in the Maori fucking electoral roll. Fuck you NZ Government!!!

[Chris B.]

Oliver gets fourth.

[antipodean]

@chris-b I was watching the local stream. Cooper saw off the South African who had clearly tired and then Gaze swamped Hatherly (sp?) and caught Cooper with half a lap spare. He looked fresh as a daisy.

[Chris B.]

@antipodean Our local stream showed the replay of Gaze dismounting at the start-finish and Cooper and Hatherly disappearing into the distance - cut to the ads before he got back on his bike - by the time we came back from the fucking ad break Gaze had caught Cooper.

Waay too good!

[Virgil]

Shame there isnt 20 different lengths they can race and do it backwards, forwards...
Have 150 medals up for grabs, then we would be up there with Oz on the medal table.