Track Cycling at the Cycling UCI World Championships 2023

[Jinzha 702]

After a chaotic race I believe Vincent Hoppezak finished 6th. Not a bad result at all. Him and Jan-Willem van Schip are competing for a single Olympic ticket alongside Yoeri Havik in de madison/omnium. Will be interesting if Havik/Van Havik can do better than 6th in the madison later this week.

[Agger 1,700]

Sounds like there are protests due to the scoring. Niklas Larsen tells that before the final sprint he thought he was in 3rd place due to the scoring table (but it's not Denmark with the protests). Pretty scandalous!

[Grassmarket 4,028]

2 minutes ago, Agger said:

Sounds like there are protests due to the scoring. Niklas Larsen tells that before the final sprint he thought he was in 3rd place due to the scoring table (but it's not Denmark with the protests). Pretty scandalous!

Yeah, there was a big revision during the last 10 laps, Portuguese guy went from 220+ to 180 or so.

[OlympicsFan 860]

The omnium format is incredibly stupid, the first 3 events are pretty much pointless.

[Matteo92 106]

3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

The omnium format is incredibly stupid, the first 3 events are pretty much pointless.

Agreed.

 

And when even in the 4th event judges start to throw laps around randomly, the whole thing becomes a joke 

[NearPup 3,488]

5 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

The omnium format is incredibly stupid, the first 3 events are pretty much pointless.

It’s really just a point race with extra steps (when the judges don’t f it up).

Edited August 7, 2023 by NearPup

[AsensioWillemsen 174]

8 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

The omnium format is incredibly stupid, the first 3 events are pretty much pointless.

The points gap in the first three events should be larger.

[Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 142]

9 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

The omnium format is incredibly stupid, the first 3 events are pretty much pointless.

The problem is only one. Track lenght. 250 meters are too short. When tracks are 333,33 meters long, every competition was much better: madison, points race (then, omnium), sprint, was much more clear and spectacular.  

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

I'm guessing that the point of having Omnium races is mostly to fill up the schedule.

[mpjmcevoy 375]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

It’s really just a point race with extra steps (when the judges don’t f it up).

The original omnium had a rather nice balance of bunch racing and TT, short distance an longer - it felt like a genuine all rounder test, rather than just another points race.