GB Cycling 2024

[RussB 189]

Shriever doing exactly the same thing in the final of both rounds 5 and 6. She can't get round Sakasibara going into the first turn, and then just exits the track stage left in exactly the same place.

Just strikes me as giving up when she realises she's not getting the win, despite the electric form she showed in all of the previous races in both rounds 5 and 6.

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

Better results in round 6 of world cup.....but not much better. 

 

Shriever failed to take advantage of the fact that Pajon didn't make it to the final. She was in contention through the first turn and before fading to the back and ultimately rolling through the finish line 30 seconds after the rest of the field. In the end finishing 8th, she nets 25 points more than  but that was more than offset by the fact that Emily Hutt again failed to make the final of the under-23 whilst Colombia's Fayad Mercado finished 3rd. Overall, Colombia will extend their lead again - probably by around 50-60 points. 

 

For the men, Kye Whyte made the final - he was well placed for a podium finish until  Marquart went down in front of him, and he had to adjust his line to avoid him. He did at least keep going and finished 5th place. The rest of the Brits didn't make it out of the quarter finals.  Niek Kimmann won and  Kamren Larsen finished 3rd so I expect both Netherlands and USA to overtake GB when the next ranking list comes out. Rough calculation is that GB will be around 200-250 points behind USA.  

 

There is just the World Champs and Europeans left to count in the qualifying window and a gap of 250 points can be reeled in if the team have a strong Worlds in a couple of weeks. If they can go into the Europeans less than 200 points behind USA, then I think GB should be able to do enough to regain a top 5 place but it is going to be close. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

On 4/28/2024 at 11:37 PM, Rafa Maciel said:

For the men, Kye Whyte made the final - he was well placed for a podium finish until  Marquart went down in front of him, and he had to adjust his line to avoid him. He did at least keep going and finished 5th place. The rest of the Brits didn't make it out of the quarter finals.  Niek Kimmann won and  Kamren Larsen finished 3rd so I expect both Netherlands and USA to overtake GB when the next ranking list comes out. Rough calculation is that GB will be around 200-250 points behind USA.  

Not sure how, but  manage to stay ahead of  in the latest ranking release, maintaining a gap of about 160 points.  did overtake GB and have opened a lead of 230 points. 

 

We could really do with 2 of our guys getting through to the world champs final next month to keep us in the hunt for that second quota spot. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

Anna Henderson has sustained broken collarbone in crash at the women's Vuelta yesterday. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

Charlie Aldridge, Cameron Orr, Evie Richards, Annie Last and Isla Short selected for the UEC MTB European Championship next week in Romania.

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

We didn't see much of it in Glasgow as it was only used in the ill-fated men's team pursuit squad, but GB Cycling officially launched their 2024 Olympic Track Bike yesterday.

 

Paris track bike officially launched ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games (britishcycling.org.uk)

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

Annie Last takes 10th place in the OKK Bike Revolution MTB XCO event in Churs 

[Grassmarket 3,388]

British Team for the BMX Racing Worlds next weekend.

 

BMX Racing World Championships: Bethany Shriever leads 11-strong British team - BBC Sport

Edited May 7 by Grassmarket

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

Charlie Aldridge finishes 9th at the Mountain Bike European Championships in . Unfortunately,  were outscored by  - probably won't be enough for GB to drop out of the top-8 in the ranking but the gap is likely to be down to around 200 points.

 

Only a couple of events to go before the end of the qualifying window. Would have more confidence in our ability to hold on to 8th place if we were to see Tom Pidcock in Nove Mesto in a couple of weeks time. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

 Ross Cullen fails to make it out of the first round at the World Champs. We might just be waving goodbye to that second men's quota.