Track Cycling at the 2024 Olympics

[Brullnux]

What a crazy race, what a win for Guazzini and Consonni

 

[meat puppet]

One of the Dutch riders still on the rivet and seemingly unwell/disoriented

 

[Brullnux]

does that count as a lap for GB?

I think the race was too messed up, no peloton or group anymore and GB only overtook a handful of stragglers.

 

[Didinho]

🤌🏻 Chiara 🤌🏻

 

[Didinho]

Sneaking in Consonni seems to pay off for the Italians. Not even the organizers noticed

I think they first saw it when she took off her helmet. They had the right names in the end.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Barker and Evans were strong enough to rip the field apart, but they only managed to do it when it was too late. Allowing the Dutch duo to take a lap was alright, but the Italians should never have been allowed to.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

However I will never not celebrate a Valcar victory.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Greatest. Of. All. Time.

 

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I think they first saw it when she took off her helmet. They had the right names in the end.

yeah, she also is on the start list published on the Olympics website. So it seems to have been an issue with the graphics only.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Despite Lavreysen just not knowing any competition, the cracks will undoubtedly show in the rest of the sprint team. Hoogland already said he's contemplating retirement, while Van den Berg wants to continue until LA, but the cracks are starting to show. He's already the weak link of the three and just cannot compete with Hoffman of Australia. The worst part is that there is no talent to take over the reins. It's likely they'll have to look elsewhere, and they've been in talks with Niek Kimmann. His background is in BMX, like Lavreysen and Hoogland, and where he was a world champion. My suggestion is to give Fabio Jakobsen a call for the third spot, and I ain't even kidding.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Chris Hoy
Six-time Olympic cycling champion on BBC TV

With that kind of top-end speed there's nobody on the planet that can touch Harrie Levreysen.

It was absolutely incredible to watch.

 

[Brullnux]

Greatest. Of. All. Time.

I love Chiara Consonni but I wouldn't go that far

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I love Chiara Consonni but I wouldn't go that far

She's an Italian from the Bergamo area. That's previously been enough to convince @Ilmaestro99 of a rider's greatness.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

This on Carlin, AGAIN. Throw this cheat out of the tournament.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

The British omerta strikes, again and again.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Jason Kenny, Mark Cavendish, Jack Carlin. The cheating never stops, and the UCI are just letting them. Behave like a buffoon in your last four races? No problem! Go ahead mate.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Sorry lads can't hear any of you over the sound of champagne corks popping, after a spectacular bronze medal for young Jack, they'll be talking about this one alongside Pogacar's Tour victory, SPOTY?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Chiara consonni is an Olympic champion!!!!! Suddenly track cycling seems meaningful

 

[pastronef]

every rider of the British track team will go home from Paris with at least one medal. these girls and lads rock. and will keep rocking

ps. (I'm Italian and I enjoyed our gold in the madison)

 

[Brullnux]

Consonni and Guazzini's interviews after the race have been really entertaining, there's a general feeling of "??? how did that happen" which in many ways is exactly what a good madison win should feel like.

Guazzini said they didn't really know how they wanted to go about the race, but decided it was best to stay at the front and out of the melée. Halfway through they realised they'd basically never been at the front, and always in the melée, and felt a bit lost. So, Guazzini attacked, had fun and embraced the chaos.

 

[Black Betsy]

- Conan, what is best in life?
- To be loved like UCI loves Carlin.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

It does seem ridiculous that Carlin ended up with a medal after that, looking at the BBC site at the time it seemed even their commentators thought he was gone after the crash given he was already on a warning. I guess I would have felt even more sympathy for Hoogland if I hadn't seen what he got up to in his semi with Richardson.

Anyway, Lavreysen is clearly in a world of his own and the rest are fighting for scraps. Looking forward to the women's sprint which seems harder to call.

 

[postmanhat]

Hayter out of The Madison for GB with a thigh'strain, which he apparently picked up in the team pursuit on Wednesday. Mark Stewart partners Ollie Wood instead.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Watch them throw Awang out of the Keirin tournament to complete the joke.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Of course he got a DSQ. These guys just have no shame, frigging cheats the lot of them.