> Van Vleuten later confessed to “mixed feelings.” She was proud of her beautiful silver medal— the first of her career—but she sounded frustrated by the confusion and the lack of race radios to give clarity about what was going on.
> Bronze medalist Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy, however, said she knew a solo rider had successfully crossed beforehand.
> “I knew that I was third,” she said.
It's hard for me to sympathize with the silver medalist lamenting lack of situational awareness as an impediment to going for the gold.
Isn't the Olympics about discovering for the max of human performance (especially in enduro sports like cycling)? If she could've worked harder, maybe she should have instead of hanging out with the P-mob.
Live by the peloton, die by the peloton.