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Samu Cuenca said:
Yes, but that was because they hadn't been credited with that lap gain earlier on like they should have been, which was why they protested afterwards. But as I wrote yesterday, the Germans should have received bronze medals, too, due to this mistake.
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The commentator on Flobike seemed to be saying that they were credited with the lap at the very end like I thought I saw, but he may just have been guessing. If they really left out a lap gain earlier that's a pretty egregious error for a WC race. Go UCI!
 
Once again, Michael Rasmussen says it like it is:

"According to Michael Rasmussen, however, the closure of the [Danish] mountain bike national team is linked to the fact that the DCU does not want to tamper with track cycling, as, in his own words, it guarantees easy medals:

- It has always been a federation that has prioritised track cycling enormously, because it has been a sure source of medals. Most recently, they won some down in Chile. But you have to remember that track cycling is probably the easiest discipline to win medals in, because there are few nations that actually give it 100%." (Feltet.dk)
 
Samu Cuenca said:
Yes, but that was because they hadn't been credited with that lap gain earlier on like they should have been, which was why they protested afterwards. But as I wrote yesterday, the Germans should have received bronze medals, too, due to this mistake.
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And the Germans would have raced differently if they knew Denmark gained a lap or were close to them in the standings.
Germany got robbed a medal. 😡
 
JR1012 said:
And the Germans would have raced differently if they knew Denmark gained a lap or were close to them in the standings.
Germany got robbed a medal. 😡
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certainly what they are saying at least, the lap gain came before the last two sprints took place. 12 laps before the end,

www.cyclingweekly.com

'It's depriving us athletes' - German track cyclist calls out UCI for 'misconduct' after points scoring delay leads to missed medal

Roger Kluge says failure to update Madison scoreboard 'clearly influenced and distorted the race' at the last week's Track World Championships
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Danskebjerge said:
Once again, Michael Rasmussen says it like it is:

"According to Michael Rasmussen, however, the closure of the [Danish] mountain bike national team is linked to the fact that the DCU does not want to tamper with track cycling, as, in his own words, it guarantees easy medals:

- It has always been a federation that has prioritised track cycling enormously, because it has been a sure source of medals. Most recently, they won some down in Chile. But you have to remember that track cycling is probably the easiest discipline to win medals in, because there are few nations that actually give it 100%." (Feltet.dk)
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sounds familiar
 
Armchair Cyclist said:
Accident is one word: assault is another.
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Yeah, even for the Japanese Keirin standards, it was a brutal assault. And If I recall right (I maybe wrong) the Keirin authorities didn't issue a punishment for Matti's opponent. Only a laconic statement that Matti won't participate in the next events of Keirin World Series.

This assault made me realize why they still keeping their bikes steel (as I'm typing this I'm uber excited waiting for my NJS frame to arrive, finally). In situations like this, most probably the bike would have suffered damages, if it was carbon. Which would have resulted in a loss of income, if the cyclist wasn't able to use it on the next races of the event.
 
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