Olympic Track Cycling

awaybreaktoday · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:41

BBC RED BUTTON FOR THE WIN

DcD · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:41

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.

Thats exactly what I'm saying.

Merlin5 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:41

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.

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.

Thanks guys, so basically 4 to share the workload and 3 to finish.

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:42

Oh shes back.

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:42

She's back for her medal.

awaybreaktoday · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:42

tainted medal for germans

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:43

awaybreaktoday said:
BBC RED BUTTON FOR THE WIN

Yup, self-distruct.

Azza · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:44

At least they celebrating at bit.

mmj_uk · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:45

I think I'd rather get bronze than a gold through two faster teams being relegated, it must be a bit of a hollow win.

qqg3 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:45

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.

Marmot · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:45

Fake smiles hahaha!

DcD · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:45

awaybreaktoday said:
tainted medal for germans

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).

NZB · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:47

Germans just knocked us down a place on the medal chart too lol.

Azza · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:47

GB v France next?

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:48

Azza said:
GB v France next?

Yup, the big one.

awaybreaktoday · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:48

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).

I actually think the judge is wrong with the call, i do not think she was over.

qqg3 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:48

Azza said:
GB v France next?

Are Germans in running at all? A few more DQs and they might sneak through for another cheeky Gold.

ps3ud0 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:49

So how big the difference between GB win and France? I think around 3.5 seconds...

EDIT: Ignore, forgot its Sprint and not Pursuit

ps3ud0

qqg3 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:50

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.

ps3ud0 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:51

qqg3 said:
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.

Arent they the World Champions pretty much because GB were DQed then too?

ps3ud0 :cool: