Track Cycling at the 2024 Olympics

[Barnacle Bill]

Andrews is having a great games, so strong

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The Derny pacer should always be a middle-aged fat bloke on an old scooter or at least one that looks old. This is all wrong.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Valente is just bossing this, although it became a tougher rider, because they didn't allow her to get a lap. However it also looked like Pikulik, Manly and her were in energy saving mode during the last laps.

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky saved her chances with a 6th place.

Paternoster wanted to win the sprint but started a lap too early, she let go in the last lap. Haven't seen her so bad this year in the Omnium. Normally she's really good in the Elimination, we'll see there if it's the legs or tactics that got her only in 15th.

Valente looks so strong and in control.

 

[awavey]

Laura Kennys expert analysis is Neah Evans looks knackered

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Turnbull and Spiegel look a little knackered, too.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Coles-Lyster was lucky there.

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky and Valente so easy in control.

Letizia not her best day. Hope she can get an easy lap in the points race now. And maybe come close to a medal.

 

[Didinho]

Coles-Lyster was lucky there.

Yeah don’t know why she could go on.

Valente so impressive.

 

[Berniece]

Kopecky so annoying sometimes, way too casual

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah don’t know why she could go on.

It looked like she was last at first, but I guess they made the right call since the photo of the finish line didn't seem conclusive. But I'm salty, because it meant Dideriksen got boxed in for the next sprint.

 

[JR1012]

Friedrich in sprint finals:
2. Worlds 2021 against Hinze
2. Worlds 2022 against Gros
2. Worlds 2023 against Finucane
2. Olympic 2024 against Andrews

 

[Didinho]

Harrie hattrick!

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Harrie Lavreysen is the greatest of all time.

 

[KZD]

Lavreysen the king of the velodrome, Andrews the queen.

Just noticed that Ota got relegated two times, first in the sprint then in the keirin while Carlin wasn't, a bit of a joke.

 

[pastronef]

Matthew Glaetzer pulled a Bradbury. bronze medal while the other 3 crashed

 

[Didinho]

Still find it strange that Coles-Lyster and/or Baker didn’t get eliminated. Now they got 2nd and 3th after becoming last before. If it’s close, let both of them out instead of in.

Valente immediately winning the first sprint with dominance. Will be a race for bronze for all the others.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's still a close battle for silver and bronze.

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky going strong. Silver in reach.

Letizia looks demoralized/sick. Took a lap but didn’t work, so I knew she was struggling. Not her normal self. I expected so much. Hope it’s covid or so and not the legs.

 

[Didinho]

Valente phenomenal.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great rides by Pikulik and Wollaston (and Valente, of course), while Baker on the other hand didn't score a single point in the points race.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Kopecky didn't start her omnium until 30 laps to go in the points race. Insanely passive ride for someone who already has a medal.

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky didn't start her omnium until 30 laps to go in the points race. Insanely passive ride for someone who already has a medal.

She said the first sprint in Elimination took a lot out of her. She was almost out there from the back. Didn’t recovered from it the whole race and why she started riding tempo in front because she didn’t have an acceleration anymore.
Wasn’t as fresh as normal in the points race.

 

[Didinho]

Just watched the fall of Paternoster again in slowmotion. She hit her head on the track. I’ve followed her the last years and the first time she didn’t look herself, could well be a light concussion I guess.

She was dreaming of this day for years. I’m gutted for her. I had a lot of expectations, was waiting for this last Olympics day and hoped she could be in the mix. D*mn.

I’m just hoping she’s okay. Physically and mentally.

 

[Brullnux]

A lot of soul searching among UK media about GB's performances, which strikes me as very "I care about cycling every four years".

The years of dominance have been gone since, like, 2016. Especially among the men, the field is much more competitive than it was 2004-2016 and the generational talents (Ganna, Valente, Lavreysen) are elsewhere. The track set-up is still excellent, it's just harder to win golds than it was a decade ago.