Track Cycling at the European Championships 2022

[Federer91 2,793]

Good first win for Emma Hinze  

[Olympian1010 7,971]

It is surprising what a difference 50m can make. It doesn’t seem like a lot in my head, but it clearly creates a track with completely different characteristics.

[Grassmarket 3,403]

4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

It is surprising what a difference 50m can make. It doesn’t seem like a lot in my head, but it clearly creates a track with completely different characteristics.

You need straights for overtaking, very difficult to get over the top on a bend where by definition the man on the outside is taking the longer line.

[Werloc 3,164]

With Krupeckaitė retiring, it seems that we are barely clinging to being somewhat competitive in this event.

 

I just hope track-cycling doesn't die here in Lithuania, because we have so many good memories from this event.

[heywoodu 15,135]

14 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

It is surprising what a difference 50m can make. It doesn’t seem like a lot in my head, but it clearly creates a track with completely different characteristics.

And not neccesarily in a good way. Quite some athletes said they'd rather not race there simply due to them not trusting the safety of this track, and considering the large amount of very serious crashes they might not have been wrong...

[Bearas 521]

So... you all know how sport commentators always mixes up Slovakia and Slovenia or Lithuania and Latvia.... BBC commentators now mixing Poland and Portugal 

[Dunadan 1,103]

Women's madison incoming 

[phelps 7,670]

1 hour ago, Dunadan said:

Women's madison incoming 

 

and what a race!

 

OK, the final stint was really messy because only 6 teams were good enough, but it's beginning to look like a true deserving race for what concerns the top teams...

 

and for sure it was highly entertaining (even if the tv director should be someone who understand a bit of cycling)...

[rybak 3,217]

Finally other than bronze medal for congrats Łoś