Olympic track cycling predictions

[lanternrouge]

The Empire Strikes Back

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

With the teamsprint going like this, are we allowed to speculate Bauge may not be a shoe in for the sprint?

 

[spalco]

Uh oh, the Chinese girls will be very unhappy in a moment.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

China now relegated.

Utterly stupid rule. There is no relay batton so why should changeover matter - it should just be get you final man to the line as fast as possible.

 

[spalco]

Am I understanding this rule correctly, if the Chinese woman on the bottom would have reached the finish line second everything would have been ok?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Am I understanding this rule correctly, if the Chinese woman on the bottom would have reached the finish line second everything would have been ok?

Not certain where the measurement is taken. Just a pointless rule which adds no value to the event.

 

[spalco]

Agreed, makes no sense whatsoever to me.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

On the plus side, it does seem we've finally found an event where home advantage is worth something.

 

[Fowsto Cope-E]

China now relegated.

Utterly stupid rule. There is no relay batton so why should changeover matter - it should just be get you final man to the line as fast as possible.

I completely agree. Until today, I wasn't aware there was such a rule. And it's not like they got some big advantage for exchanging a little bit early. It's ridiculous.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Germans get promoted from play off bronze to gold. What a load of nonsense.

Early candidate for least deserved winners - no fault of their own, but a total gift from the judges.

 

[lanternrouge]

The UCI has completely butchered the track.

First the reduction in participants, events etc and now the last worlds and this olympics team sprint competitions completely ruined.

 

[spalco]

Germans get promoted from play off bronze to gold. What a load of nonsense.

Early candidate for least deserved winners - no fault of their own, but a total gift from the judges.

Well, the Chinese only got in thanks to the British being relegated for the same rule violation, didn't they?

eta: brave faces on the Chinese women's faces, good sportspeople anyway; I would be devastated and angry if I were them.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

What an embarassing medal ceremony.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Well, the Chinese only got in thanks to the British being relegated for the same rule violation, didn't they?

eta: brave faces on the Chinese women's faces, good sportspeople anyway.

No, it was China, then UK, then Germany in the preceding round prior to Dqs

 

[spalco]

Ok, I see. What a ****ing joke.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Incidentally, Australia went faster than Germany in the finals, so Germany would have struggled to get the Bronze.

 

[spalco]

Men's team sprint:
GB gold, France silver, Germany bronze.

That's it for the track today, right?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Yep, that's all folks.

Brits now looking very tasty for the rest of the programme. Turned it up massively in all 3 events tonight, taken a 5% jump on the pack.

 

[Catwhoorg]

The rules farce in the team sprint needs to addressed that's for durn sure.

its not like they are butting heads with their opponents for pities sake!

 

[Magnus]

I completely agree. Until today, I wasn't aware there was such a rule. And it's not like they got some big advantage for exchanging a little bit early. It's ridiculous.

Advantage or not. If they broke the rule they broke the rule. I know nothing of team sprint but if it isn't an advantage to go as late as possible it seems strange that two teams broke the rule.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

It's a rule, but it's a stupid rule,

If people want to exchange after half a lap, or 1.5 laps, why shouldn't they.

There's just no reason for it whatsoever.

 

[avanti]

The rules farce in the team sprint needs to addressed that's for durn sure.

its not like they are butting heads with their opponents for pities sake!

I agree - too many UCI rules are written by committee.

 

[Magnus]

It's a rule, but it's a stupid rule,

If people want to exchange after half a lap, or 1.5 laps, why shouldn't they.

There's just no reason for it whatsoever.

Of course you could remove the rule and then it would be a slightly different discipline where timing the 'lead out' isn't something you have to be able to do. Just like you could remove the offside rule in football and get a slightly different game. Basically you could say about any rule in sports that there is no reason for it, but any rule there is about a game defines the game in some way.

 

[Hawkwood]

Re the DQs both Cav and Boardman saying those are the rules, I think someone said trying to hit that mark while going 40 mph + is not easy.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Of course you could remove the rule and then it would be a slightly different discipline where timing the 'lead out' isn't something you have to be able to do. Just like you could remove the offside rule in football and get a slightly different game. Basically you could say about any rule in sports that there is no reason for it, but any rule there is about a game defines the game in some way.

If it was integral to the event and something the fans watched for your little pastiche may make sense, but the event is just about getting round 2 laps as quick as possible. This is a pointless, inconsistently applied hinderance.