How Team Great Britain helped their drunken cyclists find their way home

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Owain Doull and his Great Britain cycling teammates captured gold with a world record-breaking time of 3:50.26 in the men’s team pursuit over the weekend, and their comrades on the women’s squad knew exactly how the foursome would celebrate: They’d drink to excess, like gentlemen, of course.

So, the women’s team posted a warning on the door to their own Olympic Village flat.

Doull posted a picture of the message to Twitter.

According to Wales Online, Doull messaged friends on Facebook after his team’s gold medal-winning effort, offering this inspiring message: “Olympic champ, job done. Time to get pissed with the boys.”

Sure enough, Doull showed up to the women’s digs that night, thinking it was his room.

Good times.

Of course, the women had even better reason to warn the men than merely helping their fellow cyclists. Doull & Co. set their world record on Day 7 in Rio de Janeiro, and the female quartet wasn’t competing until the following morning. They too set a world record in capturing gold with a time of 4:10.23. Here’s hoping the men reciprocated and helped their fellow cyclists get home safely.