Olympic Track Cycling

[The_One]

this is a brilliant event

 

[One]

There was one in the road race but he got dropped pretty early on and I assume swept up.

What's the reason for it? Genes or social?

The reason for no black swimmers is their bone density, however black people are pretty good at distance events, marathons for example, I don't see why this stamina couldn't translate to long tour cycling. With blakcs dominating in the running sprint I'm surprised there isn't more on the cycle bikes.

I can only assume it's a social thing. It's very easy for an Ethiopian to become good at running, cycling requires a fair bit of infrastructure.

 

[The_One]

running and cycling demand completely different muscle makeups

 

[One]

running and cycling demand completely different muscle makeups

I'm not saying actual runners going on to bikes, I just mean the make-up of the different races. If jamaicans can be made good at running, they must have an advantage on bikes too if they invested money.

 

[explicit4u]

Quick question, what was the reasoning behind getting rid of some of the track cycling events?

 

[The_One]

Quick question, what was the reasoning behind getting rid of some of the track cycling events?

to allow new events in such as the team pursuit and keirin

 

[explicit4u]

to allow new events in such as the team pursuit

So has the actual number of events gone down?

 

[The_One]

So has the actual number of events gone down?

no still the same

was 10 in beijing and theres also 10 in london

 

[Russinating]

The 1 rider per country rule is the ***** for us though...

 

[Russinating]

Jeez, if you look away for 30 seconds during this omnium event you completely lose track of which is the front and back.

 

[mp3duck]

the points race currently on, is that part of the Omnium, or its own event?

 

[The_One]

part of the omnium

 

[mp3duck]

part of the omnium

Thanks. Not looking good for the Team GB Rider then

 

[trickycurve]

Clancy might be fifth in the standings, but he's not far behind and the points race is only the second of six events. He's still got a good chance with four events left to go.

 

[touch]

Clancy looked really strong and won pretty much all of the sprints that he went for, just got unlucky and caught on the wrong side each time the bunch split.

 

[NuclearWinter]

Quick question, what was the reasoning behind getting rid of some of the track cycling events?

It used to be 7 men's events and 3 women's. They've dropped two of the men's events and made it 5 each. They also brought in the Omnium instead of the Madison.

 

[The_One]

the points race is clancys weakness anyway he will soon claw it back

 

[touch]

The elimination race should be good, i dont think i'v ever seen one of those before.

 

[mp3duck]

The elimination race should be good, i dont think i'v ever seen one of those before.

Don't think I've seen that one either! Will look forward to that one then

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Great race between Canada and Australia there, very close throughout. Well done Canada