Olympians who use Strava

When watching the cycling time trials in the London 2012 Olympics I noticed some of the riders had Garmins on their bikes. My first thought was that these guys would go upload their rides to Strava right away - worried more about getting the KOM than the gold medal!

Notice the Garmin (at a funny angle) on Emma Pooley's TT bike
(July 31, 2012 - Source: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe)

So I did a few searches within Strava to see which of these Olympians were, first of all, on Strava, and then whether or not they really uploaded their rides.

There are dozens of them who use Strava, which was no surprise. Like the rest of us, some use it more than others. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that any uploaded their actual Olympics events.

However, I did find a few training rides just before the events:

• Clara Hughes; Canadian - Strava profile; Olympics profile - Group ride with Wiggins, Pinotti, and Cancellara at the Olympics
• Ina Teutenberg; German - Strava profile; Olympics profile - 3 QOMs on a final training ride before her race
• Taylor Phinney; American, 4th place in Men's Individual Time Trail - Strava profile; Olympics profile - 2 KOMs on a training ride before the race
• Marco Pinotti; Italian, 5th place in Men's Individual Time Trial - Strava profile; Olympics profile - Same group ride as Hughes above

Besides these four I found many others within Strava, most of them women for some reason. It's interesting to note that all of the Germans below and the one above (Teutenberg) live in California.

• Amber Neben; American - Strava profile; Olympics profile
• Evelyn Stevens; American - Strava profile; Olympics profile
• Lea Davison; American - Strava profile; Olympics profile (rides mountain bike)
• Lisa Brennauer; German - Strava profile; Olympics profile (rides track)
• Trixi Worrack; German - Strava profile; Olympics profile
• Charlotte Becker; German - Strava profile; Olympics profile
• Chloe Hosking; Australian - Strava profile; Olympics profile
• Ellen van Dijk; Dutch - Strava profile; Olympics profile
• Eilia Fahlin; Swedish - Strava profile; Olympics profile

It's pretty fun to study their ride stats, though if I were a professional racer I don't think I'd be putting these up for the public. And if I did, I'd certainly leave out my best rides. So don't take them too seriously.

And whatever you do, don't do the side by side comparison unless you want to feel really weak and slow.