Bring on the track events! *spoiler*

frenchfighter

delte

frenchfighter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZg-GQGV ... r_embedded

inkyfingers

That video of Hoy's mother is priceless, to see her that nervous even after all these years of winning.

slim_boy_fat

That's a great shot of Pendelton and Mears together FF.

Pross

Pross wrote:

Lichtblick wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

It's very advantageous to be 2nd - you save so much energy there.

So you do a lot of faffing about and being tactical.

It always turns into a sprint as they near the finish line.

And yes the ominum is confusing.

Thanks Rick.

This keirin, it's one person per country, right?

I hate to ask <knocks on wood> but do they ever crash? :shock:

Yes, it's one per country and yes they have crashes.

This is the result of a kierin crash for Awang, a Malaysian rider!



The omnium isn't really that confusing. Basically the winner of each event gets 1 point, second 2 points and so on. The winner is the person who has least points after 6 events, the only confusing individual event can be the points race where you get points for placing in the sprints every 10 laps and extra points if you lap the main bunch so it can be hard to keep track. The elimination race (or 'Devil') is extremely exciting, especially the way that GB's Laura Trott rides it!

Old thread resurrection but it turns out Awang's infamous injury really was just a splinter compared to the one an Italian junior picked up at the European's today.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/cyclist-lorenzo-gobbo-intensive-care-18206965.amp

blazing_saddles

Pross wrote:

Pross wrote:

Lichtblick wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

It's very advantageous to be 2nd - you save so much energy there.

So you do a lot of faffing about and being tactical.

It always turns into a sprint as they near the finish line.

And yes the ominum is confusing.

Thanks Rick.

This keirin, it's one person per country, right?

I hate to ask <knocks on wood> but do they ever crash? :shock:

Yes, it's one per country and yes they have crashes.

This is the result of a kierin crash for Awang, a Malaysian rider!



The omnium isn't really that confusing. Basically the winner of each event gets 1 point, second 2 points and so on. The winner is the person who has least points after 6 events, the only confusing individual event can be the points race where you get points for placing in the sprints every 10 laps and extra points if you lap the main bunch so it can be hard to keep track. The elimination race (or 'Devil') is extremely exciting, especially the way that GB's Laura Trott rides it!

Old thread resurrection but it turns out Awang's infamous injury really was just a splinter compared to the one an Italian junior picked up at the European's today.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/cyclist-lorenzo-gobbo-intensive-care-18206965.amp

Save them the trouble.

bobmcstuff

Jesus Christ

Pross

Through his thigh and lung. In intensive care but that seems mainly precautionary and he seems OK considering.

ocdupalais

Pross wrote:

Through his thigh and lung. In intensive care but that seems mainly precautionary and he seems OK considering.

Thigh and lung? Is that all? He's got another one of each - I hope the great whoopsie got up and carried on. No grit, kids today...

Pross

Looks like they'd been doing jousting on bikes and he lost!