Here's how people reacted to the men's and women's Olympic time trials at Rio 2016
Hayley Simmonds, who arguably should have been racing in Rio, was very pleased about Fabian Cancellara’s victory
Yep! DAY. MADE. What a way for the best TT rider of all time to retire. So incredibly pleased for @f_cancellara 🚴🏼💨 #Rio2016
— Hayley Simmonds (@hayleyrsimmonds) August 10, 2016
Former teammate Jens Voigt congratulated the Swiss on finishing his career with such a big result
Holy smokes- @f_cancellara is the man for the big points!! What a champion! Last year as pro bikerider and wins another olympic Goldmedal
— Jens Voigt (@thejensie) August 10, 2016
Thats the way to retire Fabian!! A Champion like you deserves nothing less then to go out in style! You're the best! @f_cancellara
— Jens Voigt (@thejensie) August 10, 2016
Orica-BikeExchange‘s communications director joined the chorus of congratulations
Fairy tale ending for an incredible career @f_cancellara. Beautiful to watch.
— Brian Nygaard (@nygaardbn) August 10, 2016
Bauke Mollema firstly acknowledged his compatriot’s ride for silver but then gave deserved praise to the gold medallist
Wow! Congrats @tom_dumoulin with silver especially after this preparation and legend @f_cancellara with gold. What a way to end your career!
— Bauke Mollema (@BaukeMollema) August 10, 2016
Cafe Roubaix summed up Spartacus’s incredible palmarès
Fabian Cancellara
3xFlanders
3xRoubaix
Sanremo
3xE3
3xStradeBianche
4xITT World Title
2xOlympic Title
Tirreno
Suisse
11 Grand Tour stages— CafeRoubaix (@CafeRoubaix) August 10, 2016
Kristin Armstrong (USA) took her third consecutive gold in the women’s event earlier in the day and praise flowed in for her, too.
Silver medallist Olga Zabelinskaya (Russia) finished an 18-month doping ban in September 2015 which was in plenty of time for her to appear at Rio 2016.
That recent infringement had not been forgotten by those commenting on the final result
Armstrong. The saviour of cycling. Didn’t think I’d be saying that for a while. So glad she took the gold.
— Stefan Wyman (@ds_stef) August 10, 2016
As if it wasn't sweet enough, Zabelinskaya had already started celebrating when Armstrong came flying into the finishing straight. #rio2016
— Michael Hutchinson (@Doctor_Hutch) August 10, 2016
Taylor Phinney did not perform as well as he would have wanted – finishing 22nd at 5-10, but he was still pleased for his fellow American
Wowza KA 👽👽👽. La triplette! Impressed, inspired! @k_armstrong #Rio2016
— Taylor Phinney (@taylorphinney) August 10, 2016
Dan Craven (Namibia), who only decided to ride the men’s event after his Twitter fans overwhelmingly voted for him to do so, kept up his theme of loving rusk biscuits
Good morning biscuits! Someone give @k_armstrong a rusk. Intense. Intense helmet too.
— dan craven (@DanFromNam) August 10, 2016
USA Cycling highlighted a small problem Armstrong will be pleased to have
Someone needs a new decal… #ridewithUS pic.twitter.com/wtLKz1U9Pa
— USA Cycling (@usacycling) August 10, 2016
Armstrong shared the victory with her young son
Congrats Kristin Armstrong (#USA) on winning women's time trial! #CyclingRoad #Olympics pic.twitter.com/wDjx7OkhmL
— Olympics (@Olympics) August 10, 2016