2008 Olympic Games

Here's the latest and greatest on who's going to the 2008 Olympic Games.

2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, China
August 8-24
USA Cycling Nominees:

Men’s Road
1. George Hincapie, 35 (Greenville, S.C.) Road Race
2. Levi Leipheimer, 34 (Santa Rosa, Calif.) Road Race, Time Trial
3. Jason McCartney, 34 (Coralville, Iowa) Road Race
4. Christian Vande Velde, 32 (Boulder, Colo.) Road Race
5. David Zabriskie, 29 (Salt Lake City, Utah) Road Race, Time Trial

Women’s Road
1. Kristin Armstrong, 34 (Boise, Idaho) Road Race, Time Trial
2. Amber Neben, 34 (Irvine, Calif.) Road Race
3. Christine Thorburn, 38 (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Road Race, Time Trial

Men’s Track
1. Michael Blatchford, 22 (Cypress, Calif.) Team Sprint, Match Sprint
2. Adam Duvendeck, 26 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Team Sprint
3. Michael Friedman, 25 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Madison
4. Bobby Lea, 24 (Mertztown, Pa.) Points Race, Madison
5. Giddeon Massie, 26 (Zionhill, Pa.) Team Sprint
6. Taylor Phinney, 18 (Boulder, Colo.) Individual Pursuit
*The United States also has one start position in the men’s Keirin. The athlete who will contest the Keirin will be announced at a later date.

Women’s Track
1. Sarah Hammer, 24 (Temecula, Calif.) Individual Pursuit, Points Race
2. Jennie Reed, 30 (Kirkland, Wash.) Match Sprint

Men’s Mountain Bike
1. Adam Craig, 26 (Bend, Ore.)
2. Todd Wells, 32 (Durango, Colo.)

Women’s Mountain Bike
1. Georgia Gould, 28 (Ketchum, Idaho)
2. Mary McConneloug, 37 (Chilmark, Mass.)

Men’s Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
1. Kyle Bennett, 28 (Conroe, Texas)
2. Mike Day, 23 (Santa Clarita, Calif.)
3. Donny Robinson, 25 (Napa, Calif.)

Women’s Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
1. Jill Kintner, 26 (Seattle, Wash.)

Go Mary, Go Mary.

My pedictions:

Mens Road: Top USA Rider Levi Leipheimer with a 3rd place finish
Mens TT: Top USA Rider David Zabriskie with a top ten finish

Womens Road: Top USA Rider
Womens TT: Kristin Armstrong with a 2nd place

Mens Track: Taylor Phinney will win the Gold in the Individual Pursuit... It's in the blood!

Womens Track: Sarah Hammer ... With a name like that she's got to get a medal!


Mens MTB: Adam Craig... Has his break out race and makes us proud with a top 5 finish

Womens MTB: Georgia Gould... Will show why she was sent to represent! Top 5 finish

Men’s Bicycle Motocross & Women’s Bicycle Motocross.....Is this really a sport?

Now that I wasted 2 min. of your life with my predictions.

GO USA!!!!!

Well the results are in for the Men's Olympic Road Race...

2008 Olympic Road Race – Beijing, China
1. Samuel Sanchez (Spain), 245km in 6:23:49 (38.4kph)
2. Davide Rebellin (Italy), same time
3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland), s.t.
4. Alexander Kolobnev (Russia), s.t.
5. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg), s.t.
6. Michael Rogers (Australia), s.t.
7. Santiago Botero (Colombia), s.t.
8. Mario Aerts (Belgium), at 0:12
9. Michael Barry (Canada), at 0:16
10. Robert Gesink (Netherlands), at 0:18
11. Levi Leipheimer (United States), at 0:20
12. Chris Anker Soerensen (Denmark), at 0:22
13. Alejandro Valverde (Spain), at 0:22
14. Jérôme Pineau (France), at 0:22
15. Cadel Evans (Australia), at 0:22
16. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Poland), at 0:22
17. Christian Vande Velde (United States), at 0:30
18. Paolo Bettini (Italy), at 0:35
19. Vladimir Karpets (Russia), at 0:1:10
20. Murilo Fischer (Brazil), at 2:28
21. Fabian Wegmann (Germany), at 2:28
22. Erik Hoffmann (Namibia), at 2:28
23. Christian Pfannberger (Austria), at 2:28
24. Gustav Larsson (Sweden), at 2:28
25. Nicki Sorensen (Denmark), at 2:28
26. Radoslav Rogina (Croatia), at 2:28
27. John Augustyn (South Africa), at 2:28
28. Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal), at 2:28
29. Ignat as Konovalovas (Lithuania), at 2:28
30. Jackson Jesus Rodriguez Ortiz (Venezuala), at 2:28
31. Mat t Lloyd (Australia), at 2:28
32. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Norway), at 2:28
33. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus), at 2:28
34. Remi Pauriol (France), at 2:28
35. Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia), at 2:28
36. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine), at 2:28
37. Simon Gerrans (Australia), at 2:28
38. Thomas Lofqvist (Sweden), at 2:36
39. Thomas Rohregger (Austria), at 2:36
40. George Hincapie (United States), at 2:36
41. José Serpa (Colombia), at 2:38
42. Johan Vansummeren (Belgium), at 2:38
43. Frank Schleck (Luxembourg), at 2:38
44. Andrey Mizurov (Kazakhstan), at 2:38
45. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic), at 2:46
46. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg), at 2:51
47. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mexico), at 4:19
48. Rein Taaramae (Estonia), at 7:00
49. Carlos Sastre (Spain), at 7:17
50. Franco Pellizotti (Italy), at 7:17
51. Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan), at 7:17
52. Hossein Askari (Iran), at 10:33
53. Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukraine), at 10:33
54. Julian Dean (New Zealand), at 10:37
55. Jacek Tadeusz Morajko (Poland), at 10:37
56. Ryder Hesjedal (Canada), at 10:37
57. Mat ija Kvasina (Croatia), at 10:37
58. Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden), at 10:37
59. Svein Tuft (Canada), at 10:37
60. Denis Menshov (Russia), at 10:37
61. Jurij Golcer (Slovenia), at 10:37
62. Jan Valach (Slovakia), at 10:37
63. Marzio Bruseghin (Italy), at 10:37
64. Nicholas Roche (Ireland), at 10:37
65. Laurens Dam Ten (Netherlands), at 10:37
66. Peter Kusztor (Hungary), at 11:55
67. Ivan Stevic (Serbia), at 11:55
68. Gat is Smukulis (Latvia), at 12:59
69. Tanel Kangert (Estonia), at 12:59
70. Gonzalo Garrido (Chile), at 12:59
71. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway), at 12:59
72. Andre Cardoso (Portugal), at 15:53
73. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Belarus), at 15:53
74. Dainius Kairelis (Lithuania), at 15:53
75. Petr Bencik (Czech Republic), at 15:53
76. Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldovia), at 15:53
77. Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine), at 15:53
78. Sergey Ivanov (Russia), at 15:53
79. Ghader Mizbani (Iran), at 15:53
80. David George (South Africa), at 15:53
81. Philip Deignan (Ireland), at 15:53
82. Glen Chadwick (New Zealand), at 15:53
83. Aliaksandr Usau (Belarus), at 26:10
84. Tomasz Marczynski (Poland), at 26:10
85. Nebojsa Jovanovic (Serbia), at 26:10
86. Takashi Miyazawa (Japan), at 31:35
87. Rafaa Chtioui (Tunisia), at 39:15
88. Park Sungbaek (South Korea), at 39:15
89. Kin San Wu (Hong Kong), at 42:08
90. Luciano Mendonca (Brazil), at 44:38

Did Not Finish
Alberto Contador (Spain)
Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Pierrick Fedrigo (France)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Pierre Rolland (France)
Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
Ben Swift (Great Britain)
Stef Clement (Netherlands)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Lars Petter Nordhaus (Norway)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand)
Patricio Almonacid (China)
Evgeniy Gerganov (Bulgaria)
Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan)
Gabriel Rasch (Norway)
Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
Henry Raabe (CRC)
Mehdi Sohrabi (Iran)
Mario Contreras (El Salvador)
Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
Vladimir Efimkin (Russia)
Jason McCartney (United States)
Roger Hammond (Great Britain)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
Roman Bronis (Slovakia)
Hichem Chabane (Algeria)
Juan José Haedo (Argentina)
Zhang Liang (China)
Ahmed Belgasem (Libya)
Gerald Michael Ciolek (Germany)
Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia)
Jonny Bellis (Great Britain)
Gallardo (Bolivia)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria)
Matias Medici (Argentina)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina)
Robert Hunter (South Africa)
David Zabriskie (United States)

So far so good! I had picked USA Rider Levi Leipheimer with a 3rd place finish. I may have been wrog but he was the top US rider & 11th isn't bad! As for David Zabriskie I hope he was milking it for the TT.

Women’s Olympic Road Race
Beijing, China. August 10, 2008
1. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), 3:32:24 (35.7kph),
2. Emma Johansson (Sweden), same time),
3. Tatiana Guderzo (Italy),
4. Christiane Soeder (Austria), at 0:04
5. Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (Denmark), at 0:09
6. Marianne Vos (Netherlands), at 0:21
7. Priska Doppmann (Switzerland), at 0:21
8. Paulina Brzezna (Poland), at 0:21
9. Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania), at 0:21
10. Zulfiya Zabirova (Kazakhstan), at 0:21
11. Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lithuania), at 0:21
12. Yulia Martisova (Russia), at 0:21
13. Christel Ferrier Bruneau (France), at 0:21
14. Maryline Salvetat (France), at 0:21
15. Noemi Cantele (Italy), at 0:21
16. Gao Min (China), at 0:28
17. Leigh Hobson (Canada), at 0:28
18. Nicole Braendli (Switzerland), at 0:28
19. Anna Sanchis (Spain), at 0:28
20. Trixi Worrack (Germany), at 0:28
21. Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden), at 0:28
22. Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukraine), at 0:31
23. Emma Pooley (Great Britain), at 0:31
24. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France), at 0:33
25. Kristin Armstrong (United States), at 0:43
26. Anita Valen de Vries (Norway), at 0:53
27. Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Lithuania), at 0:53
28. Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand), at 0:53
29. Oenone Wood (Australia), at 0:53
30. Grete Treier (Estonia), at 0:53
31. Miho Oki (Japan), at 0:53
32. Tetyana Stiajkina (Ukraine), at 0:53
33. Amber Neben (United States), at 0:53
34. Marissa van der Merwe (South Africa), at 0:53
35. Sharon Laws (Great Britain), at 0:53
36. Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel (Netherlands), at 0:53
37. Erinne Willock (Canada), at 0:59
38. Sara Carrigan (Australia), at 1:01
39. Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany), at 1:01
40. Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia), at 1:21
41. Judith Arndt (Germany), at 1:27
42. Oksana Kashchyshyna (Ukraine), at 1:49
43. Alexandra Burchenkova (Russia), at 4:08
44. Lieselot Decroix (Belgium), at 4:11
45. Alessandra Giusseppina Grassi (Mexico), at 4:11
46. Monika Schachl (Austria), at 4:13
47. Chantal Beltman (Netherlands), at 4:38
48. Meng Lang (China), at 5:18
49. Sigrid Teresa Corneo (Slovenia), at 7:05
50. Alexandra Wrubleski (Canada), at 7:12
51. Clemilda Silva (Brazil), at 8:37
52. Christine Thorburn (United States), at 8:44
53. Catherine Cheatley (New Zealand), at 8:44
54. Daniely del Valle Garcia Buitriago (Venezuela), at 11:01
55. Marta Vilajosana (Spain), at 11:01
56. Sara Mustonen (Sweden), at 11:01
57. Angie Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela), at 11:01
58. Gu Sun-Geun (Korea), at 13:35
59. Cherise Taylor (South Africa), at 16:09
60. Yumari Gonzalez (Cuba), at 19:15
61. Chanpeng Nontasin (Thailand), at 19:27
62. Aurelie Halbwachs (Mauritius), at 19:47


Did not finish
● Son Hee-Jung (Korea)
● Vera Carrara (Italy)
● Kate Bates (Australia)
● Jennifer Hohl (Switzerland)

Nice job today by Levi, but he's still a dick.

Kristin Armstrong win a gold!

2008 Olympic Time Trial

Men
1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland), 47km in 1:02:11.43 (45.6kph)
2. Gustav Larsson (Sweden), at 33.36
3. Levi Leipheimer (USA), at 1:09.68
4. Alberto Contador (Spain), at 1:18.08
5. Cadel Evans (Australia), at 1:23.54
6. Samuel Sanchez (Spain), at 2:25.81
7. Svein Tuft (Canada), at 2:28.01
8. Michael Rogers (Australia), at 2:35.42
9. Stef Clement (Netherlands), at 2:47.99
10. Robert Gesink (Netherlands), at 2:51.45
11. Steve Cummings (Great Britain), at 2:56.48
12. David Zabriskie (USA), at 3:06.39
13. Stefan Schumacher (Germany), at 3:13.95
14. Bert Grabsch (Germany), at 3:14.77
15. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), at 3:24.58
16. Ryder Hesjedal (Canada), at 3:30.90
17. Rein Taaramae (Estonia), at 3:35.90
18. Vladimir Karpets (Russia), at 3:40.95
19. Chris Anker Soerensen (Denmark), at 3:43.99
20. Denis Menshov (Russia), at 3:59.11
21. Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus), at 4:00.76
22. Marzio Bruseghin (Italy), at 4:09.52
23. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg), at 4:18.20
24. Andrey Mizurov (Kazakhstan), at 4:20.62
25. Santiago Botero (Colombia), at 4:24.00
26. Maxime Monfort (Belgium), at 5:01.28
27. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary), at 5:16.06
28. Simon Spilak (Slovenia), at 5:23.43
29. Matej Jurco (Slovakia), at 5:41.49
30. Matias Medici (Argentina), at 5:41.66
31. David George (RSA), at 5:43.78
32. Andriy Grivko (Ukraine), at 5:49.82
33. Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark), at 5:58.77
34. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Poland), at 6:32.00
35. Hossein Askari (Iran), at 6:34.87
36. Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia), at 6:43.53
37. Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine), at 6:52.61
38. Matija Kvasina (Croatia), at 6:55.06
39. Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan), at 8:53.71

Women
1. Kristin Armstrong (United States), 23.5km in 34:51:7 (40.459kph)
2. Emma Pooley (Great Britain), at 0:24.3
3. Karin Thurig (Switzerland), at 0:59.3
4. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France), at 1:00.9
5. Christine Thorburn (United States), at 1:02.5
6. Judith Arndt (Germany), at 1:08.1
7. Christiane Soeder (Austria), at 1:29.0
8. Priska Doppmann (Switzerland), at 1:36.1
9. Zulfiya Zabirova (Kazakhstan), at 1:37.8
10. Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden), at 1:41.8
11. Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany), at 1:43.4
12. Tatiana Guderzo (ItalyItaly), at 1:46.3
13. Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (Denmark), at 1:58.9
14. Marianne Vos (Netherlands), at 2:07.0
15. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), at 2:22.6
16. Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia), at 2:22.9
17. Min Gao (China), at 2:23.5
18. Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Netherlands), at 2:59.9
19. Marta Vilajosana (Spain), at 3:03.3
20. Maryline Salvetat (France), at 3:18.0
21. Emma Johansson (Sweden), at 3:37.1
22. Oenone Wood (Australia), at 4:01.8
23. Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania), at 4:03.7
24. Alexandra Wrubleski (Canada), at 4:23.7
25. Lang Meng (China), at 5:59.9

Hey, when is the MTB race?

The Woman's MTB is Friday Aug 22.
The Men's MTB in Sat Aug 23.

Here's the thread with the AFN schedule.

http://www.theracc.com/news-reviews-f22/olympic-cycling-on-afn-t515.htm