Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Agger 1,709]

1 minute ago, rajiv said:

I heard that GB actually finished .

The 3rd GB rider was smart enough to get on his bike and finish

The Danes walked off without thinking 

 

Painful for Denmark but why isn't this a GB victory especially when it is quite normal to pass the other team's riders 

after all the lead Danish rider is 100% at fault 

It's not like the Australian equipment failure-this was totally a rider error 

 

( and I much prefer Denmark to GB in everything )

"3.2.081 A team is caught when the opposing team (at least 3 riders riding together) arrives at or within a distance of one metre of it."

[Dunadan 1,103]

12 minutes ago, Agger said:

Jesper Worre feels certain that it was a catch. He claims that when you're within a meter it's a catch. Afterall the rules say that the winning team should be signalled to stop to make way for the losing team.

Rules also say that DEN should have left space for GBR to set a time, which they clearly didn't

[NearPup 3,608]

The good news is that if Denmark loses then Ganna has a better shot at winning the individual pursuit gold medal he deserves to much.

[Agger 1,709]

Just now, Dunadan said:

Rules also say that DEN should have left space for GBR to set a time, which they clearly didn't

Yeah. That is why a DQ could also be in the air.

[Orangehair43 285]

With Cycling getting silvers for GB will get them a lot more criticism than getting silvers in other sports. The BBC have tried to reduce expectations but it hasn’t really worked going by social media. Cycling is also part of the culture war - both in terms of the British Cycling set up and also the general culture of cycling. 

[Agger 1,709]

The brits are talking with the jury. The court is in session!

[Grassmarket 4,099]

3 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

Rules also say that DEN should have left space for GBR to set a time, which they clearly didn't

That is a point, theoretically GBR were still racing for a place in the 3/4 final.

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

That is a point, theoretically GBR were still racing for a place in the 3/4 final.

Their splits were nowhere near the bronze medal match territory. More like 7/8.

[Agger 1,709]

I really hope this will get UCI to go back to a format that is really a pursuit and not so focused on times (except in qualification)

[Mkbw50 449]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

Their splits were nowhere near the bronze medal match territory. More like 7/8.

True, but that's not relevant to the rules