Looking forward to Harrie Lavreysen in the Kerin. His performance in the EU Championships in Jan was unbelievable, In a field of other decorated competitors, he just blew by them in half a lap. (worth a watch if it's still on eurosport/discovery+, it's the last race of the final day).
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Well, except for the bit about doing a 3 up match sprint while they let the time trial specialist solo off the front in the last couple k for the gold. Either a massive tactical error, or they just didn't have the legs left. Awesome race to watch though.Yep, it was quality
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Is that the race where he got left behind a bit but just opened up the after burners , caught up, went the long way around, and waved goodbye? Maybe that was world champs, or champions league. He wins so much i forget
Have you seen Hoogland do his kilo record? That is a bit mental. I beleive he had a peak speed of nearly 75kmh and i think he pushed something north of 2500w as peak power. He was a puddle after the ride and laid down in a fetal position for half hour or so
Maybe not THE race, but one of them. He drew position #6, was just hanging 4-5 bike lengths back, and all the other competitors were nervously looking around waiting for him to fire off. Wound up and passed everyone on the back straight, got the bell, then let up exiting from the final corner, and still had a 70kph final lap.Is that the race where he got left behind a bit but just opened up the after burners , caught up, went the long way around, and waved goodbye? Maybe that was world champs, or champions league. He wins so much i forget
Have not watched the kilo, will be waiting for it this week.
...which is why it was excellent; it had it all!
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No kilo at the olympics. I think it used to be but not anymore.
Pursuit heats and mens team sprint finals were jolly good tonight. More records again. I think the flying 200m record for the individual sprint qualifying is going to get smashed to bits and the mens team pursuit is going to get broken again. Just imagine a 3:39!. I remember the early 90's when the mens teams were way north of 4mins and i thought that was pretty quick. It was 4:10's, or thereabouts.
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Did anyone catch the boxing last night? The last round scoring looked a bit puzzling but I'm not an expert and the media does like to get on the negative hype train, so curious what others who are more knowledgeable thought.
The Points Race in the final Omnium yesterday was pretty mental. Field lapped, crashed, got back in and won.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/olympic-games-2024/track-cycling-men-s-omnium/results/
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/olympic-games-2024/track-cycling-men-s-omnium/results/
It's all been good (except for the commissars, the poor Canadian Women's team pursuit got the bell 2 laps late, and the elimination was ... interesting). Lavreysen just seemed to be cruising in his heats. At some point he's going to have to go full gas. The whole omnium on one night was entertaining, though hard on the riders who've already been racing. There's been some close calls and some riders who probably should have been relegated -- The german rider in the Kerin qualifier bounced her fork off of someone's disk wheel like three times when they came up on her, but she managed to keep control. The Japan/UK match sprints had a lot of coming out of the lane, and into the lane, and elbows and heads flying.
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Here is a bit about the Nigerian lass who got a last minute entry into the track events. Worth a read. The last paragraphs about how the home track is being abused boggles the mind.
www.cyclingnews.com
A battered velodrome, a borrowed bike: Nigeria's Olympic track cyclist battles the odds in Paris
Ese Ukpeseraye earns a last-minute entry to Sprint and Keirin and does Nigeria proud: 'I feel as happy as if I had won'
www.cyclingnews.com
