Olympic Track Cycling

[mithrandir]

So you get 20pts for leaving the group and then lapping/rejoining them and top 5 riders get 5 to 1pts in the sprint?

YUp, seems like it, the breakaway group who laps the pelaton (?) gets 20 pts plus the other pts (5 to 1pts)

 

[The_One]

So you get 20pts for leaving the group and then lapping/rejoining them and top 5 riders get 5 to 1pts in the sprint?

yup its easy to follow dont know where the confusion is!

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Yeah I'l just get her on the phone just now, I was unaware that I wasn't allowed to post a question on the forums about a sport I don't know much about, my apologies.

I answered your question with my opinion, but also mentioned asking her because nobody knows what's going through her mind, so how can we work out why she does anything? Chill out.

 

[Marmot]

Hot to Trott. Still don't understand.

 

[mithrandir]

Won it by a whisker on the last one. So it seems this is just one of several events like the Heptathlon (for bikes).

 

[Bennie-Mac]

^basically yeah, everyone has their good and bad events. This is one of Laura's less favoured ones so the fact shes 3rd overall after it is a good sign.

 

[RDM]

This seems like a waste of time, why is the British girl just sitting there and letting everyone lap her and get 20 points?

Because no one is willing to help catch the break because if they do then it helps her too much. If she does it alone it will take too much energy out of her. If you noticed, every time she went high the peloton followed her.

 

[oddjob62]

Those of you who are confused by the points race, imagine it done in pairs where they can "tag" each other in/out. That's the Madison.

 

[mithrandir]

The one to one sprint medals now.

 

[Firestar_3x]

One of the biggest races now!

 

[The_One]

this is gonna be gooood

 

[Firestar_3x]

Frenchman is amazing it's going to be hard.

 

[mmj_uk]

This seems like a waste of time, why is the British girl just sitting there and letting everyone lap her and get 20 points?

Commentators were saying that the group wouldn't let her break away because she's the favourite and she can't just sprint away from them alone because it's easier to be riding in a group and getting a slipstream, I guess she was saving her legs for the other events she's better at.

 

[RDM]

So cagey this match...

 

[The_One]

ave it froggy

 

[Marmot]

That was intense!

 

[mithrandir]

Wow, genius move by Kenny.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Haha! 1-0

 

[Bennie-Mac]

**** yeah Kenny 1 Borges 0

 

[elmuzzy66.]

take that frenchy go fetch the white flag.