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44 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

:ITA top the qualifying for Women's Team Pursuit ahead of:GER and :GBR although worth saying that this whilst this was the same Italian squad as the World Champs, GB didn't have their strongest rider - Katie Archibald.

 

Germany will be happy to be above GB in qualifying but perhaps worried about the gap to Italy - in Glasgow they were only 0.3 seconds behind but here they were 1.9 seconds adrift. 

 

:IRL were able to dust themselves off to take the restart and finish in 5th place.

:GBR are confident enough of their place that they can afford to allow Archibald to work up points in the Nations' Cup solo events rather than here, is my interpretation. 

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3 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

:GBR are confident enough of their place that they can afford to allow Archibald to work up points in the Nations' Cup solo events rather than here, is my interpretation. 

Agreed - they've already sewed up their spot for Paris and with Archibald taking part in the champions league at the end of last year, it is just a case of managing her schedule so that she peaks for Olympics

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Quite a good time for Ireland given the circumstances. Lara Gillespie was rested for the qualifying round and she'll come in tonight in place of Erin Creighton. Tehy won't get top 4 but they're consistently top 5 in Europe now which is a considerable achievement from such a low base

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Last event of afternoon session just wrapped up with :DEN finishing just ahead of :GBR in Men's Team Pursuit with :ITA finishing in 3rd. 

 

:BEL finished in 5th place and will ride against :ESP in the 1st round. GB could do with them being a bit off the pace tonight as they look to close the gap on the Olympic quota spot.

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

Agreed - they've already sewed up their spot for Paris and with Archibald taking part in the champions league at the end of last year, it is just a case of managing her schedule so that she peaks for Olympics

Also there was no Elinor Barker in the qualification and the possibility of Laura Kenny returning for Paris still exists.

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