Track Cycling UEC European Championships 2018

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Women´s 500m Time Trial

 

1. Daria Shmeleva   33.285, 2. Olena Starikova   33.593, 3. Miriam Welte   33.600

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Archibald and Wild needing like two laps to take a lap, as if the domination wasn't painful enough  

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Man a frustrating race for Amalie. Whenever she tries, one of the main riders tries following.

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5th place finish for Lydia in the Omnium.... just being passed by the Russian at the end. Hopefully the start of a successful Olympic qualifying journey

 

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Olivija still needs to work on her timing and on positioning herself well when it matters.

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Wow, Lavreysen obliterating any hope Carlin had  

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Women´s Omnium

 

1. Kirsten Wild   156, 2. Katie Archibald   144, 3. Letizia Paternoster   111

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Men´s Sprint

 

1. Jeffery Hoogland , 2. Stefan Botticher , 3. Harrie Lavreysen

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Netherlands being amazing at european championships as usual, just to roll over when it really counts. I think its sad that the dutch coaches think that british dominance at the olympics is so big that they dont even have to try to peak for the olympics, instead they focus on the european championships.

Good comeback for Bötticher, he has already the best raw speed, now he just needs some routine with his tactics and then i dont see anyone (maybe except for Kenny or another injury) stopping him. Unless Grabosch, Hinze or Gros beome good really fast, europe might struggle to win a medal in womens sprint at the next olympics.

Womens omnium has to be by far the most boring event in track cycling, even madison is (sometimes) a bit entertaining, although still a horrible event for people who dont follow track cycling very closely, elimination race on the other hand is super easy to follow and therefore would be better as an olympic event.

Edited August 6, 2018 by OlympicsFan

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2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Netherlands being amazing at european championships as usual, just to roll over when it really counts. I think its sad that the dutch coaches think that british dominance at the olympics is so big that they dont even have to try to peak for the olympics, instead they focus on the european championships.

Good comeback for Bötticher, he has already the best raw speed, now he just needs some routine with his tactics and then i dont see anyone (maybe except for Kenny or another injury) stopping him. Unless Grabosch, Hinze or Gros beome good really fast, europe might struggle to win a medal in womens sprint at the next olympics.

Womens omnium has to be by far the most boring event in track cycling, even madison is (sometimes) a bit entertaining, although still a horrible event for people who dont follow track cycling very closely, elimination race on the other hand is super easy to follow and therefore would be better as an olympic event.

Absolutely true, but don't forget Vigier. I think he will be on the sprint podium at the Olympics with Kenny and Botticher. Maybe the Dutch still have a chance for a medal in the teamsprint.