Six Days of Zurich Day 3 SECOND Live Thread
by majope on Dec 17, 2009 4:55 PM EST
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Print'Cause we LIKE LOVE to stand up for the champions. A lot.
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tee hee hee
It is my day to buy a lottery ticket.
Just totally by chance my window closed, when I opened a new one there was the new thread,
just like a fish jumping into my boat!
Oh don't twist this on me!
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
The race I crashed in was the elimination also,
(also known as the Devil),
There were 4 of us left, the rider 2nd in line checked to see behind him how many riders there were, hit the guy in 1st, fell and took me(3rd in line) and the last rider out. So three of the 4 riders crashed, guy in front rode three laps alone and won !
That sucks!
And I swear nothing is worst than the sounds of bikes hitting the track. I cringe everytime I do. And it’s always like delayed reactions. You hear it, you start panning the track to find it, and as you do you watch more go down. Ugly stuff.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
was actually quite funny in hindsight,
apart from the crash thing: must have been funny to see like 3 circus clowns all falling in line
I only smile and poke fun once I know everyone is okay.
Many broken bones in the high speed stuff.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
I did break a bone I think, chipped my right thumb
didn’t realize it till days later someone went to shake my hand I went to the floor he was like "sorry did I squeeze to hard? "
I think there might be some joking to be had with this
but Ouch! Chipped thumb is a new one. Hadn’t heard of that before. Usually collar bones, elbows, knees, and nasty hip raspberries.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Oh majope, we do not LIKE to stand up....we LOVE to!
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
I'll stand for you...and I'm sitting again
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
Front wheel.
It’s the front most part that passes for most. Unless team events then it’s the 3rd riders wheel.
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I've never seen it the back of the back wheel.
Always the front most crossing the plane of the finish or sprint line.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
How do you explain bike line tosses then?
And not the Millar kind, but the sprint kind at the line?
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Hardly makes a difference
well, one bike length :)
(which can be all the difference!) Hey, maybe I’m old & the rules have changed. Riders can actually see their front wheel so that might an argument in favor of taking it there.
I'm thinking of the USAC rules but I thought UCI was the same.
1P1. Judging. The finish of a race shall be judged when the front tire first penetrates the imaginary vertical plane passing through the leading edge of the finish line.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Sure, those are *nooooormal* races
but the elimination is different. It’s not a UCI event. Only found in sixdays, no?
This could be one of those areas where maybe
each 6day race creates their own rules? I know they each have different things determined. It’s not UCI so they can change up almost anything.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Huh, I guess the last Steherrennen doesn't count for the 6-day standing
At least I think that was what the announcer said, something about Risi/Marvulli having taken back the lead for the 3rd night.
Derny is individual, the overall is for the two man teams.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Shirley not madisons?!
Madison is the basis of the 6-day! Some 6-days include a sprint tourny and I guess the derny races may also be a separate category (but this is the first time I have seen that).
here, one group of riders do madison in teams of 2
another group does sprints
amother group does dernies / motor paced races
Here,
Sixday is almost exclusively for 2-man teams, sometimes 3 (Grenoble, upstart Apeldoorn). They take turns or take the best suited of the 2 for the single events like derny. Points go to the team.
I thought the sprints and dernys
were to break up the evening for excitement. Each rider/team has to do the same event for the omnium so it would most likely be the points related races.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
The sixdays I know
count team/sixday points in all events. But laps in the madison still take precedence. Bonus lap after every 100 points so other events have some influence but the madison is still the most important event of all and almost always the decider.
originally six day riders did all events
it is only since being delurked at Rotterdam in Jan ’09 I was aware different riders did different events now / at some or most six days
(gasps) Oh god I was knocked off of my feet when seeing those beauties(wipes tears)
I am back.
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
Yeah but close enough
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
All you get is the Giro, Vuelta, and Tour
poor guy you
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
And no pudgy derny drivers....love those guys
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
You do not shut up lynyrd skynyrd announcer!
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
wha....wha....what?
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
Do they assign drivers by draw
or do the riders pick ’em? I can see that the derny drivers skill could make or break this race!
drivers know riders really well, they try to speed up and win race for the rider,
assuming the rider hang on to the increased speed at the finish
Yep
and sometimes things like this in Gent happen :)
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races10/six10/gent09-win.jpg
Usually they are decided before the event.
Certain riders that do these all the time almost always have the same driver.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
hey nikki are you going to write the book,
or is it going to be all of us:
“Stand Up – The official insiders guide to the Long Lost World of Six Day Racing”
LOL! That would be awesome
but I would never tackle writing on my own. I’m usually good for connecting people who are good at that versus any writing of my own. Think we could just combine all of our threads and create one that way?
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Unfortunately so
I found the original post with video link about 5 minutes before the feed stopped.
I watched 5 minutes of multiple neon lights flashing over an empty track hoping, wishing, for a race to start. No dice.
by Douglas Ansel on Dec 17, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
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