Brits poor in recent world track championships, but ...
lloyd_bower
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Well I guess the Brits performance in the recent world track champoinships was disappointing after the olympics, but the punishment seems a little stiff, check this out on cycling news '..Word on the street is that the team did not live up to the expectations of British Cycling's performance director, Dave Brailsford, either, and he has taken an especially hard line with the squad's male riders.
Brailsford had set the team a target of 10 medals in the championships, but the Great Britain could only come up with nine medals, only two of them gold. Seven of the medals were won by the women, including both world titles. The men could only manage a bronze in the points race and silver in the team sprint.
In response, Brailsford gathered the men together at the end of the championships and made a blunt announcement – all those riders who had failed to come up with a medal would be making a two-wheeled return to Britain from Poland.
After missing out on medals in both the scratch and Madison, Mr. Milan-Sanremo, Mark Cavendish found himself involved in a frantic dash from Saturday night, Sunday and Monday riding from Warsaw across half of Poland, the breadth of Germany and Holland, plus half of Belgium to reach the start of the Three Days of De Panne on Tuesday morning.
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr01newsspecial
Do note the date though!
Brailsford had set the team a target of 10 medals in the championships, but the Great Britain could only come up with nine medals, only two of them gold. Seven of the medals were won by the women, including both world titles. The men could only manage a bronze in the points race and silver in the team sprint.
In response, Brailsford gathered the men together at the end of the championships and made a blunt announcement – all those riders who had failed to come up with a medal would be making a two-wheeled return to Britain from Poland.
After missing out on medals in both the scratch and Madison, Mr. Milan-Sanremo, Mark Cavendish found himself involved in a frantic dash from Saturday night, Sunday and Monday riding from Warsaw across half of Poland, the breadth of Germany and Holland, plus half of Belgium to reach the start of the Three Days of De Panne on Tuesday morning.
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr01newsspecial
Do note the date though!
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I was shouting at the TV and that dumb BBC presenter, tellin her to go out on the track and do better.
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Er, Rebecca Romero?N4PALM wrote:I was shouting at the TV and that dumb BBC presenter, tellin her to go out on the track and do better.
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No lol!
Gabby Logan. I found her use of the word 'disappointing' got a little too much at times.0
