Olympic Track Cycling

Skeeter said:
The same thing happened to the Chinese as to the British team. They were relegated to 2nd in that race. For GB that meant loosing a knockout race, for the Chinese it means silver not gold, but the penalty is still the same.
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Thats exactly what I'm saying.
 
Bennie-Mac said:
They only need 3 riders to cross the line, they can drop one if they choose as changeovers cost you a bit of time, but then they have to balance that with the fact that there are less riders to help with the work. Ditching the last rider with around 3 laps to go seems to be the best compromise.
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touch said:
It's timed on the 3rd man crossing the line, so you only need 3 to finish.

Sometimes its the plan for 1 guy to drop off near the end (they might have somebody, like Ed Clancy in the GB team, who has a very strong start then drops off a couple of laps before the end)
Sometimes its not the plan and one guy cant keep up the pace of the rest of the team and so he drops off.
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Thanks guys, so basically 4 to share the workload and 3 to finish.
 
Germans really deserve a bronze at best considering they would have been slower than both GB and China. Oh well, rules are rules I guess.
 
awaybreaktoday said:
tainted medal for germans
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How much of a difference did that rule infraction make to the time though? The Germans were what, 0.1 of a second behind? Would them being nearly side by side make that much up? It's nice that they're very strict though, I'd rather a strict sport than one where all sorts of cheating happens and everyone turns a blind eye for one reason or another (cough football cough).
 
DcD said:
How much of a difference did that rule infraction make to the time though? The Germans were what, 0.1 of a second behind? Would them being nearly side by side make that much up? It's nice that they're very strict though, I'd rather a strict sport than one where all sorts of cheating happens and everyone turns a blind eye for one reason or another (cough football cough).
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I actually think the judge is wrong with the call, i do not think she was over.
 
So how big the difference between GB win and France? I think around 3.5 seconds...

EDIT: Ignore, forgot its Sprint and not Pursuit :p

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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I understand China got the silver because it was a round of 1 and 2. But surely it should have been a round of 1 through 4, all seems very stupid.
 
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