Track Cycling UCI World Championships 2019

[dcro 10,210]

Hoogland just ate Paul for dinner.

[dcro 10,210]

Nice silver for Ireland.

Edited March 3, 2019 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

Lavreysen beats Hoogland for gold.

[CCB 565]

7 minutes ago, dcro said:

Lavreysen beats Hoogland for gold.

Next year both riders will finish behind Kenny ... 

[OlympicsFan 858]

1 hour ago, CCB said:

Next year both riders will finish behind Kenny ... 

We will see, there are many guys in the mix (Kenny, the 2 dutch guys, Bötticher, Carlin). I am starting to think that the Netherlands might have a serious shot at winning 2-3 golds in Tokyo. I think at this point everyone knows to not take results at world championships seriously, but based on what i heard from the german federation for example after the last olympics i think that other nations learned their lesson and will step up at the olympics. Maybe the fact that GB has decreased the funding will also have an effect.

[heywoodu 15,135]

20 hours ago, CCB said:

Next year both riders will finish behind Kenny ... 

Theo Bos 2004 all over again  

[dcro 10,210]

12 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Theo Bos 2004 all over again  

 

Except that Hoogland and Lavreysen are probably much better.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Except that Hoogland and Lavreysen are probably much better.

I think the Olympics were a year too early for Bos, but I seem to remember he was definitely world class before Athens. Sure, not as dominant as Lavreysen and Hoogland now, true  

 

How many sprinters (team sprint, individual sprint, keirin) can a nation send to the Olympics?

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

I think the Olympics were a year too early for Bos, but I seem to remember he was definitely world class before Athens. Sure, not as dominant as Lavreysen and Hoogland now, true  

 

How many sprinters (team sprint, individual sprint, keirin) can a nation send to the Olympics?

 

3 if they qualified in team sprint. From those three they can pick 2 for individual events.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

3 if they qualified in team sprint. From those three they can pick 2 for individual events.

Meh, wouldn't wanna be the coach who has to pick the names.

 

Lavreysen, Hoogland, Büchli, Van 't Hoenderdaal, Van den Berg and Bos could all be part of a gold medal winning team sprint team..I'd go for the first three if I had to choose, but damn