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I think Johnno has got a little carried away with himself with regards to Boomers “choking” when it’s came to Olympics SF’s. TBH, those instances (88, 96, 00) were more due to the Boomers getting lucky by missing one of the “powers” in the QF cross-over ….. and scraping through those QF matches by a few points. In these SFs, they’ve then had the reality check of meeting a REAL medal side who’ve given them a 20-30 point beating. In essence they’ve NOT necessarily been the 4th best team in these tournaments but rather a top 8 side who’s been fortunate to get winnable QFs rather than meeting a top seed.
Re last nights match, there was certainly too much Hollywood/low percentage stuff being played in the 2nd half.
Boomers' loss to Angola: ‘Tournament strategy’ or ‘un-Australian’?
Ewan is a loooooonnnggg way off at this stage. His rides at Comm Games & Ride London showed that he is not nearly strong enough to make moves stick or mix it at the sharp end with the big boys.
Goss as a lead-out man ? Whilst he was sometimes drafted into the Cav lead-out train at HTC-Columbia, he was never the key/final man. His fitness levels, or lack thereof, have been a major part of his demise at OGE but I feel people have overlooked his other key failing; his lack of mental toughness.
He had a reasonable 2012 where he was al least competitive in big races and picking up high stage placings however a key trait showed up. Taking a tumble and/or copping an adverse call from the commissaires is part of the deal of top level sprinting and, barring some injury that rules them out, the top sprinters pick themselves up and are Up for the next one. Not M.Harley Goss who seemed to crack the mopes, throw in the towel mentally and be “out of commission” for days to come.
Meanwhile, not at the Vuelta...