Track Cycling at the Cycling UCI World Championships 2023

[Dennis 746]

One of the closest Madison races I’ve ever seen. This was intense 

[CCB 565]

  On 8/8/2023 at 6:27 PM, OlympicsFan said:

Your new generation in women's speed events might have been disappointing so far, but not really sure how you could have expected a medal here from them. At least Friedrich, Hinze and Gros should have been favored over all of them and the emergance of Finucane didn't help either. Keirin is unpredictable, so they maybe could have won a medal there, but i definitlely wouldn't say that they were among the favorites for a medal. Friedrich won the last two world championships and only won bronze here, so even for the (clearly) best rider in the world a medal isn't a given. In the women's sprint a dutch medal actually would have been a big shock in my opinion. The most astonishing thing for me is that the Netherlands never do anything in the team pursuit.

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Not having a team pursuit is because of the rigid attitude of the teams of Hengeveld and De Zoete. They wanted to show their commitment to the pursuit with Van der Duin and Raaijmakers, but their employer of road racing didn't want that. So definitely no team pursuit for The Netherlands. That's not nice, because now Van der Duin has to ride the madison with Raaijmakers, who doesn't impress at all.

 

For sprinting you're right. There is quite a number better sprinters (the Germans, British, French and Canadian and Andrews), but still we expected a lot more from our riders. And yes, keirin is unpredictable, but the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 champions were Dutch and especially Van der Wouw has the idea that she can continue that winning streak. She told so before this Championships, so I expected something more than this.

 

But hey, this was an amazing night for our endurance team. Never thought a gold was an option for Havik and Van Schip. So incredibly happy for those two, especially for Van Schip, who had serious struggles (kind of depression) for quite a while. It's a bummer for Vincent Hoppezak. He finished 5th at the omnium, but Netherlands only can enter two riders for the madison and omnium combined in the Olympics. And of course they don't leave the world champions madison at home.

[phelps 7,847]

  On 8/8/2023 at 8:06 PM, Dennis said:

One of the closest Madison races I’ve ever seen. This was intense 

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wonderful, wonderful race!

 

that was a great show in a week with very few highlights, tbh

[AsensioWillemsen 158]

  On 8/9/2023 at 9:24 AM, phelps said:

wonderful, wonderful race!

 

that was a great show in a week with very few highlights, tbh

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I liked the women's keirin final and Leitaos performance in the omnium (which was obviously pushed to the background because of the farce that was the points race that evening)

[hckošice 15,122]

So, a paralympic cyclist without arms at the World Championships received a watch for winning ... but otherwise everything is ok in Glasgow

 

[Werloc 3,176]

Really unfortunate how Krupeckaitė was the last pillar holding our cycling together and after her retirement, we are just participating and no longer fighting. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,606]

It seems a bit weird that they have scheduled all 4 of the women's omnium in the same evening session whereas the men's event had the scratch race in the afternoon session 

[Rafa Maciel 1,606]

  On 8/9/2023 at 2:22 PM, hckošice said:

So, a paralympic cyclist without arms at the World Championships received a watch for winning ... but otherwise everything is ok in Glasgow

 

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But could you imagine the backlash had every other world champion been given a watch to celebrate and they didn't do the same for Ricardo Ten Argiles?

[SalamAkhi 323]

  On 8/3/2023 at 12:11 PM, SalamAkhi said:

Very impressive lap 3 time for Finucane. She'll definitely be a threat. 

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Yes indeed.

[Jinzha 702]

Not a great keirin by Lavreysen. It's like he reacted to Richardson and Carlin and suddenly found himself in front and decided to keep going. 3 laps in front is just too much even for him.