Posted by Les Faber in The 2008 Summer Olympics have officially begun.
The Men’s race is tonight and the Women’s is on Sunday. I hope everyone has their HD TV primed for this event!Six Canadians will compete in the Men’s and Women’s Olympic road cycling races.
The cyclists will pass through landmarks sites including Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, the Bird’s Nest national stadium, the Badaling section of the Great Wall and cross the finish line at the Juyongguan Pass in Changping district. Wow! Can you see yourself doing the same route?
For the first time in Olympic history, the road races will not end where they started.
Both groups will ride a hilly 78.8 kilometres, followed by a set number of laps. Men will race a distance of 245.4 and the women will cover 126.4 km.
In the Saturday men’s race (Friday night, Canadian time), Michael Barry of Toronto and Svein Tuft of Langley, will represent Canada.
In the Woman’s race on Sunday, Leigh Hobson of Cambridge, Ont., Erinne Willock of Victoria, and Alexandra Wrubleski of Regina will be our female Olympians in this event.
Complete road racing results can be found here.
Go Canada!
Will be watching! Radio-canada is suposed to show the race à 23h