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"This is not your room" - GB women send team pursuit men "friendly reminder"Team GB men's team pursuit with gold medals at Rio 2016 (copyright Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpg

"This is not your room" - GB women send team pursuit men "friendly reminder"

"We're guessing you're probably going to be drunk ... Please don't try and get in at 4am"...
by Simon_MacMichael
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 14:54
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If you were in halls at university, you may know the feeling ... the night before your last exam, flatmates on a different course who have been out celebrating  finishing theirs drunkenly barge into your room in the middle of the night after mistaking it for their own. Now, imagine we're not on campus but at the Olympic village in Rio, and you need a good night's sleep before racing for gold the following day.

That's the scenario that led to Team GB's women's track cyclists put a polite note on the door leading to their accommodation on Friday gently reminding the men's team pursuit quartet, out toasting their dramatic victory over Australia, that they had the wrong room.

Owain Doull, who won gold alongside Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy and Steven Burke on Friday, tweeted a picture of the note yesterday.

 

 

And it turns out the note even served its purpose.

 

 

Rio 2016
Owain Doull
Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Simontuck | 8 years ago
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I wouldn't have thought the men would be sober enough to care!

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brooksby | 8 years ago
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"This is not the room you're looking for"  yes

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jova54 | 8 years ago
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I wonder if the guys put a similar note on their door.

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bikebot replied to jova54 | 8 years ago
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jova54 wrote:

I wonder if the guys put a similar note on their door.

Well if I were one for pranks, I'd have quietly moved the ladies note to the mens door...

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Leviathan | 8 years ago
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No locks on the doors at the Olympic Village?

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riotgibbon replied to Leviathan | 8 years ago
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Leviathan wrote:

No locks on the doors at the Olympic Village?

 

probably, but that would probably just add to the confusion as they scrabble away at the keyhole with their medals. If you can't get properly blootered and stumble about in bewildered confusion after winning a gold, then there probably isn't ever an appropriate time

well done all the pursuiters, it's a delight to watch them working in such harmony and perfection  and it all working out

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