On Her Own with 5 Minutes O21-13
I am intriqued by the camera apparatus hanging from the back of the car ahead of the last remaining member of the early break of the day. Anna Kisenhofer (Austria) had a five minute gap on the main peloton with just forty kilometers to race. The usual rule of thumb is that the rider off the front needs a minute lead for every ten kilometers left to the line for the break to have a chance of succeeding. So it was looking like she has a chance to win the gold medal unless she tires to quickly in the kilometer left to the finishing straight of the Fuji Raceway. Without race radios, she may have a chance of the peloton not getting their chase of her timed out right.
I am also impressed that most everytime I can see the roadway in both road races there is virtually always bike lanes or a completely seperate bike roadway.