Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 14,942]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Terrible from the Netherlands.

There is still Büchli who will be replaced by Hoogland though, but that was still not nearly as fast as hoped.

[Agger 1,658]

The brits are still damn salty

 

 

 

 

[heywoodu 14,942]

Right, here come the roundest of round wheels!

[dcro 10,210]

How will BBC possibly handle all these non-golds? Ratings will plummet.

[Grassmarket 3,379]

Just now, dcro said:

How will BBC possibly handle all these non-golds? Ratings will plummet.

We love our lovable losers here in Britain!  If it wasn't for them, who would mine our uranium?

[NearPup 3,031]

It's so nice to see Canada finally be competitive in men's team pursuit. No matter what the final result is this is an amazing accomplishment.

[Vektor 3,326]

I haven't been following track cycling, has the progression system of team events always been so (unnecessarily?) complicated? 

[Grassmarket 3,379]

1 minute ago, Vektor said:

I haven't been following track cycling, has the progression system of team events always been so (unnecessarily?) complicated? 

No, it used to be even more complicated.

[heywoodu 14,942]

1 minute ago, Vektor said:

I haven't been following track cycling, has the progression system of team events always been so (unnecessarily?) complicated? 

But it's not complicated  

 

Take the team sprint, it's really not complicated at all.

 

Qualifying for time, then heats:

 

1st vs 8th

2nd vs 7th

3rd vs 6th

4th vs 5th

 

So far, so good and easy. That's four heats, two fastest winners go for gold, two slowest winners go for bronze. Ergo, lose your heat and you're out of the medals.

[heywoodu 14,942]

Australia with an insane ride as revenge for yesterday.