Track Cycling UCI Junior World Championships 2024

[heywoodu 14,801]

2 minutes ago, TeamGB said:

I wonder if he would be a good Madison rider, a strong sprinter but still enough endurance to back it up.

 

 

I doubt it, there's not gonna be much left of that sprint by the time lap 50 or so comes around, and then you're still only a quarter of the way in  

[heywoodu 14,801]

23 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

There has been a theory that if you could get an endurance sprinter & put them in as the discard TP rider that would be the ideal team, but no-one has ever been able to make it work.

I think France tried that not long ago (but indeed unsuccesfully)?

[mpjmcevoy 362]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I think France tried that not long ago (but indeed unsuccesfully)?

I think Ed Clancy at one point was a handy Kilo rider while still doing pursuits, but I could be wrong...

[De_Gambassi 1,211]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I think France tried that not long ago (but indeed unsuccesfully)?

Yes, with Quentin Lafargue. It was not that bad (euro champions in 2022), don't know why it was stopped.

Edited 31 minutes ago by De_Gambassi