Recent content by canarydan23

In 2021 there was a lot of talk about how he was delivered to the line and you could have swapped any of half a dozen sprinters into that team and still got the wins. I thought it was rubbish then, but no one can say that about today, what a sprint.

Finally won one clean.

Exactly, deviated from his sprint and endangered another rider. Had Grimay not reacted to the move he would have ended up in the barriers at 60kmh+.

Tell me you haven't seen a replay yet without telling me you haven't seen a replay yet.

I suspect Girmay would disagree.

Philipsen has got away with one there, swept across and nearly put Girmay in the barriers. Girmay gesticulated as he crossed the line. Very dangerous manoeuvre for me.

Katy Marchant easily the unluckiest rider in the Velodrome. Shafted by the commisaires in her first round and then nerfed out through no fault of her own by some awful cycling by van Riessen. That said, I hope she's OK as she spent a long time on the boards afterwards.

What's the main driving force behind it though? Are today's athletes that much superior than those competing in say London 2012? Is it superior knowledge regarding training and prep? Or is it all about the bike?

Wow. The cognitive dissonance is strong in this one. Still, the right team won the final. Or more importantly, the right team lost. Better buy more tape next time.

So, a Danish rider ploughs into the back of a rider, wiping them out. No action. Katy Marchant moves a millisecond early gaining no real advantage, relegation. The sheer incompetence of the UCI never ceases to amaze me. A perpetually clown-like group of utter fuckwits and morons.

Brilliant. Someone defending Rodenberg's behaviour telling me to show some sportsmanship. Please, irony is meant to be my forte as a Brit.

Fair enough, British TV are referring to him as Madsen. Probably because the first part of his surname is entirely fitting with his cycling and behaviour.

I thought it was Madsen who crashed and screamed? I'm not giving him any leeway, he cycled like a chump and regardless of disappointment and adrenaline, the appropriate reaction is to either scuttle away and keep your head down or, preferably, check the poor victim of your idiocy is ok. To go...

Good, after that semi-final I'm all in for Italy.

If they let the Danes go through then they should ban Frederick Madsen. What an absolute ***. Piles into the back of a cyclist and then has the temerity to scream at him whilst he's on the floor.