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Team GB Daily: Day 14


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6 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

Christ almighty, you lot are a bunch of misery guts aren't you?

 

They were one good lap from the Italians away from gold. Silver is nothing to be sniffed at in a madison.

This forum: Oh no another event ruined with a silver medal. 
 

Disappointing yes, but no reason to tear them to shreds. 
 

Would absolutely hate for them to read any of this.

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1 minute ago, RussB said:

Seriously the misery guts in this forum need a sit down with a therapist.

 

it wasn’t a case of attacking too late; Neah was suffering from doing 2 lap lead out sprints on multiple occasions. Elinor couldn’t have got the lap herself at the end. 

But this was there tactical fault, she sometimes did 3/4 laps and the change overs were allways at the wrong times, it was like that hadn't ridden this event before. Just dragged the peloton along but not making gains and then because they spent so long on the front, continually got out sprinted. 

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1 minute ago, Jambo said:

They were one lap away. And didn't bother to attempt it. Yet had a mega sprint legs at the end when they couldn't claim a lap. Silver in that quality field is not it 

They had a mega sprint at the end which got them the 10 points for silver. Ahead of the Dutch who had gained a lap.

 

Does anyone maybe think that part of the reason why we were constantly on the front in the bunch and then maybe dropping a point in the sprints is because nobody else wanted to work with us?

 

If you think that other teams wouldn't have immediately chased any real attacks for a lap from us, you're kidding yourself.

 

If we weren't pulling back some of the attacks even more poor teams could have stolen a lap. And then no matter how strong we might be, we wouldn't be on the podium.

 

I feel like some of you have never really watched cycling and it shows.

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2 minutes ago, RussB said:

Seriously the misery guts in this forum need a sit down with a therapist.

 

it wasn’t a case of attacking too late; Neah was suffering from doing 2 lap lead out sprints on multiple occasions. Elinor couldn’t have got the lap herself at the end. 

Exactly. Getting the changeovers consistently wrong is like dropping slip catches in a Test Match.  You’re not going to win if you don’t fix it.

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Just now, Olympicsnell said:

But this was there tactical fault, she sometimes did 3/4 laps and the change overs were allways at the wrong times, it was like that hadn't ridden this event before. Just dragged the peloton along but not making gains and then because they spent so long on the front, continually got out sprinted. 

Yes of Course - some people on here are making ridiculous claims that they were conserving energy because of how Barker finished the race and mistimed the effort at the end. Seriously, for those who don’t follow the sport regularly, hesitate before posting nonsense.

 

madisons are hard to predict, Italy timed their lap gained perfectly and no one followed. If GB attacked like that they would have been marked immediately by the US Kiwis and French among others.

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1 minute ago, Epic Failure said:

They had a mega sprint at the end which got them the 10 points for silver. Ahead of the Dutch who had gained a lap.

 

Does anyone maybe think that part of the reason why we were constantly on the front in the bunch and then maybe dropping a point in the sprints is because nobody else wanted to work with us?


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For sure, but we did get that opportunity when we were away with :USA. That was the split we needed.  Like I say, Barker & Evans have beaten way stronger line ups than this.

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6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Nope disagree. :GBR were the quality in that field, just did not assert their power.  Katie Archibald must be throwing things at her TV, she would never have allowed herself to be pushed around like that.

They were the quality in that field, which is why they got silver with the most sprint points won.

 

Getting a lap in a race like that is both skill and luck.

 

I'm sure they are beyond disappointed with silver. But they fought hard for that silver.

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6 minutes ago, KingKunta said:

Choong despite the bad fencing round yesterday makes the final! 8th place. So close for Brown finishing in 10th

A clear equestrian round for him tomorrow and who knows, but a clear equestrian round is a big IF. He gained a ton of points on the swim, and the fencing bonus round.

Did any of the high scoring guys from fencing get eliminated? I know the ukranian top seed in heat 2 did 

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2 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

A clear equestrian round for him tomorrow and who knows, but a clear equestrian round is a big IF. He gained a ton of points on the swim, and the fencing bonus round 

He was also the fastest overall on the laser run (and Brown was second)

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