Track Cycling UEC European Championships 2024 Road to Paris 2024

[Grassmarket 2,759]

44 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

 top the qualifying for Women's Team Pursuit ahead of and  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. 

 

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

 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. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,260]

3 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

 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

[Rafa Maciel 1,260]

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

 

 finished in 5th place and will ride against  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.

 

 

[Dragon 1,702]

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.

[Gianlu33 3,577]

I think that France had some mechanic Issues 

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37 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I think that France had some mechanic Issues 

Still no official results for the women’s team pursuit 

[Adriano 455]

Poland third, but still we need miracle to take from Canada last quota in team sprint.

[Gianlu33 3,577]

Switzerland DSQ in women's pursuit

[phelps 6,882]

 easy 3.44 in the men's team pursuit 

 

OK...just another one of our Tokyo gold medals that won't be repeated in Paris 

 

and once again, blind (or biased?) judges in the elimination race