Track Cycling at the 2020...2021 Olympics

[druthers]

So what was the cost of the fragile Australian handlebars in the TP?

the hopes and dreams of a nation? and a bunch of skin off that dudes face.
its always a shame to see people beaten by misfortune.

 

[southwards]

Fanatically rooting for Denmark at the Madison, so that Brazil can overtake France at the medal table. Go Morkov, god of lead outs!

 

[southwards]

And they won, and France dropped to third.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Another crazy race. Great ride from the Danes and a late attack by GB take the silver from France

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That was a nail-biter at the end. I thought the Danes would have more left at the end, but they were quite lucky that the Brits and Belgians didn't get the lap.

 

[Volderke]

Danes and GB did the bulk of the work. France was daring to attack. Belgium played all or nothing in the end.
It has been a crash-ridden, tactical race. No teams taking a lap, never more than one team was allowed to attack, so very hard to take a lap.
The Danes rode it tactically perfect: in the end they didn't have to follow Belgium, they controlled and while they let team GB go, they would have made sure they didn't take a lap.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Danes and GB did the bulk of the work. France was daring to attack. Belgium played all or nothing in the end.
It has been a crash-ridden, tactical race. No teams taking a lap, never more than one team was allowed to attack, so very hard to take a lap.
The Danes rode it tactically perfect: in the end they didn't have to follow Belgium, they controlled and while they let team GB go, they would have made sure they didn't take a lap.

I don't think they were in total control at the end. They would have followed the Brits and not been overtaken by the French if they could've.

 

[Unchained]

Watching the men's Madison replay..German rider hooked hard by Brit rider..he stayed down for a couple of laps, but nothing broken got up and started jammin' despite his skin and skin suit being rubbed off..looks painful.

anybody followed the Mexico mess up..federation screwed up paper work submissions and two elite riders had to stay home rather than defend their championship records and go to Tokyo..
Snafu

 

[Pricey_sky]

Jason Kenny caught them asleep with an epic win.

GB’s greatest ever Olympian.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Was honestly shocked to see he had won (hadn't watched this session live) as hadn't expected him to even make the final. Seemed a Games too far for him, down on speed compared to some of the others and resorting to desperate long range attacks. And then he wins the gold...

 

[IndianCyclist]

I thought GB had made the mistake of relying on the the palmares rather than performances with Kenny. I would say that he was extremely lucky to win gold but a fantastic swansong for him.

 

[Pricey_sky]

I thought GB had made the mistake of relying on the the palmares rather than performances with Kenny. I would say that he was extremely lucky to win gold but a fantastic swansong for him.

Definitely one of those races we are likely to never see again at this level.

Kenny’s form did seem to pick up over the past 24 hours. He looked much better in the repechage and again in the SF, I thought maybe a bronze or silver, then with 2 laps to go it was done and dusted.

 

[Craigee]

True on all counts. It says a lot about British success in recent years that this feels like a significant step down, despite already getting results that many other countries would be delighted with.

Look at their budget. Much much bigger than the rest. They should win medals.

 

[Craigee]

Some observations regarding the women's madison:

There is a lot of improvement to be made during the changes:

1. they are generally slow and not efficient (in terms of transfer of speed) in most teams. Team GB is doing the best job.
2. because they are not very efficient, other riders don't wait for changes, they just overtake. It creates a lot of unnecessary double / triple files and more chance for crashes
3. because they are slow, it's hard to time them right, and they take a lot of time and space. It creates dangerous situations, because other riders come in between those who are changing.

All in all, a very tricky race.

And I feel, in the end, it will be a very difficult race to know where is the peloton...! But that's why I love Madison

Its because they keep forgetting to go to their right and go up and around the riders coming down for their change. They go between them. The women don't have the madison experience that the men have.

 

[davidsonduke]

I watched some of the track cycling, but not nearly all. I noticed that Kenny was riding a Cervelo in the Keirin final and not the Lotus. Any thoughts on why?

 

[kanelui]

The 2020...2021 Olympics comes to his end. The total number of medals for cycling events is so few.

 

[OldCranky]

I watched some of the track cycling, but not nearly all. I noticed that Kenny was riding a Cervelo in the Keirin final and not the Lotus. Any thoughts on why?

He wasn't, he was riding the usual bike.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Very poor almost non existent coverage of the Paralympics by CW.

 

[Captain Serious]

No Comm Games thread? A Canadian just got the arse from the Keirin for backing off too far from the rider in front of him while they were behind the derny. Big deal, hey? Ha. I think he was the 2nd rider, and he backed way off with 3 guys behind him

 

[Captain Serious]

***! This just happened at the Comm Games

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The Friendly Games ???

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fake-medal-ceremony-sees-english-pair-fined-by-uci-at-commonwealth-games/

 

[Didinho]

Don’t know where to post it but Olympics related.

Katie Archibald fell in her garden and dislocated her ankle, broke tibia and fibula.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Don’t know where to post it but Olympics related.

Katie Archibald fell in her garden and dislocated her ankle, broke tibia and fibula.

It's a huge shame. I was hoping to get that big Archibald-Kopecky-Valente showdown in the Omnium.

 

[Didinho]

I’m going to the International Belgian Track Meeting tomorrow. Saw the results of today and my Italian favorites Paternoster (scratch) and Consonni (points race) won their solo event.
Hope they’re also riding tomorrow in the Omnium. Picked the wrong day, saw it too late.

Had some plans to watch them at the Olympics soon, but still in doubt if I should go. Let’s see tomorrow first, if it’s not too long/boring to watch a whole day.