London Track World Cup - Final Day - Live from 14:45 GMT!!!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 9:08 AM EST
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PrintSunday 19th February, from 14:45 GMT, 15:45 CET;
1.15am Adelaide, Australia; 9:45am USA Eastern, 6:45am USA Pacific
It's the final day of the Track World Cup - it's been a competition of incredible racing, with everyone loving the new London Olympic velodrome, full of happy fans and electric atmosphere. We're seen new world records, old rivalries, new talent, and races going right up to the wire. And there's still today left to go!
This afternoon you'll be able to have a choice of feeds - BBC2 from 2:45, where Jo Rowsell - Team & Individual Pursuit gold-medallist, and road cyclist with Matrix Prendas (aka DS Stef's Horizon Fitness!) - will be co-commentating, AND Eurosport too, from 3! The programme looks something like this - but check the programme if you'd like some accuracy!
15:00 Men's sprint semi-finals, race 1 (Chris Hoy v Robert Förstermann; Kevin Sireau v Max Levy)
15:10 Women's omnium race 5, 10km Scratch
15:30 Men's sprint semi-finals, race 2
15:40 Men's team sprint finals (Australia v GB for gold, Belgium v New Zealand for bronze)
15:55 Men's sprint semi-finals, race 3 (if necessary)
16:00 Women's keirin second round
16:10 Men's TP award ceremony
16:18 Men's sprint finals, race 1
16:28 Women's omnium final race, 500m TT
16:58 Men's sprint finals, race 2
17:08 Women's omnium award ceremony
17:16 Women's keirin race for 7th - 12th
17:21 Women's keirin final
17:26 Men's sprint finals, race 3 (if necessary)
17:36 Women's kern & men's sprint award ceremonies
17:52 London World Cup & World Cup series winners' award ceremonies
See below for how we got here, and where to watch!
It's been a busy Sunday morning in the Stratford Olympic Park, with the early sprint and keirin rounds taking up most of the track - with the Germans dominating the men's sprint once again, a surprising lack of Australians in the later rounds, thanks to the Brits (Scott Sunderland was beaten by Jason Kenny, and Shane Perkins by Matt Crampton in the 1st round) and, once again, a match-up worthy of the final, as Chris Hoy beat Gregory Baugé to get his place in the semis. The bunch race for 5th-8th will have taken place by the time we go live - Baugé (Fra), Kazanuri Watanabe (Jpn), Kenny & Crampton (GB)
The women's keirin will be nothing if not fast and furious, with 2 races full of stars to come in the 2nd round:
Race 1: Monique Sullivan (Can), Shuang Guo (Chn), Jess Varnish (GB), Lin Junhong (GPC), Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) & Lyubov Shulika (Ukr)
Race 2: Anna Meares (Aus), Sandie Clair (Fra), Clara Sanchez (Fra), Vicky Pendlteon (GBr), Wai Sze Lee (HKg) & Willy Kanis (Ned)
The other women's event of the day, the women's omnium, looks to be a much tighter competition than the men's was. Yesterday we had the flying lap, points and elimination, and ended with Australia's Nettie Edmondson on 16 points, Tara Whitten (Can) on 17, and Laura Trott (GB), Sarah Hammer (USA) and Kirsten Wild (Ned) all on 20.
Edit! Whitten, the current omnium World Champ, won the IP, and the top 5 of the standings look VERY close, with 2 rounds to go!
1. Tara Whitten (Can) 18 points
2. Annette Edmondson (Aus) 21
3. Laura Trott (GBr) 22
4. Sarah Hammer (USA) 23
5. Kirsten Wild (Ned) 24
6. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) 38
7. Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) 38
8. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro, 41
9. Li Huang (Chn) 44
10. Jolien d'Hoore (Bel) 45
11. Pascale Jeuland (Fra) 45
For even more info, check out Sum of Marc's previews of the event, and you can see the startlists and results via Tissot and live results there too.
To watch, if you're in the UK, check out BBC2, the red button & streaming on the BBC website - everyone else, see CyclingFans and Sports-livez - and if you have other links that are country-specific, add them to the links!
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If you'd like to see some post-race interviews, here are...
Vicky Pendleton and the German men’s team after winning the Team Sprint
Chris Hoy after winning the keirin
Shuang Guo after winning the sprint
All with little bits of track centre and race footage!
Aka Pigeons!
BBC is live!
(So is my new coffee grinder, Pigeons, you’ll be glad to know).
Oh, and (spoiler alert) the 2012 Olympic Road Race Champ is doing colour commentary. Good to see you, Ms Armistead.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
NIce to see Lizzie A on tv!
Think we’ll have to score the Brit co-commentating riders for who’s the smiliest!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
She's good, actually
Clearer than the lovely Dani, has a natural tone for presentation. Coping with the patronising idiocy of Jake Humphries very well.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
All the young British track women seem really personable, friendly, enthusiastic
It’s good they get exposure like this, I have a little fantasy that when their riding careers are over, they can move into commentating
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe the hosts will learn
That you can ask them about the sport. As well as chocolate.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Heh, glad to hear about the grinder!
I was concerned about you – how would you manage without freshly-ground coffee? Not having to sue, gasp, instant? :-D
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Instant? Don't be revolting
I’ve been going out. Fortunately, I have a Moroccan cafe downstairs. The new machine is very shiny.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
Ha!
Glad you weren’t too deprived! (I nearly typed “depraved”!)
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
No, I'm neither of those things
Chance would be a fine thing.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Tara Whitten won the IP!
So women’s omnium standings after 4 races:
1. Tara Whitten (Can) 18 points
2. Annette Edmondson (Aus) 21
3. Laura Trott (GBr) 22
4. Sarah Hammer (USA) 23
5. Kirsten Wild (Ned) 24
6. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) 38
7. Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) 38
8. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro, 41
9. Li Huang (Chn) 44
10. Jolien d’Hoore (Bel) 45
11. Pascale Jeuland (Fra) 45
Aka Pigeons!
Oooh, Hoy v Förstermann sprint 1!
Hoy wins, beautiful race!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:04 AM EST reply actions
Silly question
Is the track symmetrical? That’s the second time I’ve heard them say “a long home straight”. I assumed that the straights were the same length, but I suppose there’s no need for them to be?
It is symmetrical - but different lengths on different tracks
Apeldoorn, for instance, has longer curves and shorter straights – I think longer straights make for faster racing? And different heights/steepnesses of banking make a difference, too
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
I think what they're talking about
Is moving the finish line to the very end of the home straight… so it is, in effect, longer on the last lap. If that makes sense.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, apparently the sprint finish-line is 5m further down the straight than in other tracks
so it’s a longer finishing straight for the sprinters than normal
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Damn, that elimination yesterday was SO good!
Still AMAZED Trott’s tactics paid off!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:10 AM EST reply actions
Seb Coe implying that they can rebuild the velodrome before the Games if necessary...
and bloody hell, he’s as slimy as ever!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:20 AM EST reply actions
Lizzie smiling and nodding politely
(Wish I could be reading her mind!)
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
"Hot air is a lot less dense"
Yup. Lot of hot air. I’ll go along with that.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
+shudder
Yeech. I’d rather watch whatever that is behind them (scratch race?).
One of these three isn’t a professional. The one with talent.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
They're showing racing on E/sport
but’s it Tony Gibb over there…. can’t decide if I hate Porter’s Porterisms or Gibby’s misogyny more!
and oh god, he’s ranting about the omnium STILL!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:27 AM EST reply actions
well, they showed the scratch, now showing Hoy looking stoic, pre-sprint!
and mocking his old single tactic of “ride very fast from the front”!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
I think Sarah Hammer won the scratch?
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:27 AM EST reply actions
Oops, no, Sharakova won, Hammer 2nd,
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
No, she only got 1 ticket
(1 more than me, and it’s so unfair, given that she didn’t understand track without me! Ha!)
:-D
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Hot air on Eurosport now too
The amount of energy on air is now 85%, was only 80% on BBC.
Whatever it is, Hoy shifted it. Way to make the final.
Levy through to the final to race Hoy!
Sireau will race Förstermann for bronze.
The Germans should be super-happy with their sprint men, after this weekend!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:36 AM EST reply actions
Belgium v NZ team pursuit for bronze on E/sport
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:39 AM EST reply actions
Kiwis are schooling the Belgians
Although they dropped to three quite early.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
Tactics, apparently!
Bronze to NZ!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, absolutely!
It’s great to see the Belgians in the non-traditionally-Belgian track events!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Trying to watch racing
while also reinstalling Windows on one machine and set up a network with two others. She cannae take much more, Cap’n!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 10:44 AM EST reply actions
Ditch the technology, watch trrak with us!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Team Pursuit final - GB v Aus!!!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:45 AM EST reply actions
Brits very quick indeed
Overcooked it?
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Oooh, Aus slightly ahead!!!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
That's what lots of us thought yesterday in the Women's Elimination
And then look what happened!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Love watching the riders swoop up to swap to the back!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:47 AM EST reply actions
Why do they swap so often?
I know why they change position, obviously; but why do they do it so much more often than in road races/TTT?
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
Thank you!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
It's a realtively short race, and in controlled circs
so the front rider can put in a maximum effort, then swing back and recover until their turn again – they work really hard on it, working out who goes where, when to change etc
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
Ah yes – the short duration explains it. Suppose you do see the same in a short TTT.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
Aussies ahead at tha half-way point!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:47 AM EST reply actions
Wow!
That was some performance. Would rather we’d won, but you have to admire that.
Bobridge is incredible
He must be even sorrier than the Brits that the IP is gone.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
and Rohan Dennis is an animal too
he beat Boardman’s “superman” time, only to see Bobridge go and out next and beat his minutes later
An Aussie record time, too!
Superb!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Women's keirin 2nd round coming up!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:54 AM EST reply actions
Wondering if British cycling might be regretting the fact Brailsford wants wiggins on the road in the TdF
rather than on the track at the olympics….
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:56 AM EST reply actions
Mrs. Cyclopunk wants to watch Poirot (at least he’s Belgian), so that’s it for me for the time being – got way too much going on on the computers to watch it online at the moment. As a result, I’m relying on you to keep me posted, folks!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 10:59 AM EST reply actions
She’s gone to watch in the bedroom instead. Hurrah!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Shulika, Guo and Krupeckaite through to the final!
Varnish, Sullivan & Junhong will race for 7th-12th
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 10:59 AM EST reply actions
I like Guo
She looks great on the bike.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
She was injured last year
Good to see her back
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
She managed to fall really well, not taking anyone else out
BMX skills. I’m a big fan of Kanis, but for the last few years she seems to have lost her form, and hasn’t done as well as previously – or it could be that everyone else has stepped up, and she was at the top of her possibilities already
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
She was BMX world champion a couple of times, wasn’t she?
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Oooh, not sure, let me look.... BMX World Champ 2006!
check out her AA Drink “Willy’s corner”! http://www.leontien.nl/rubriek/102/willys_corner/nieuws.aspx
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Speaking of which – that’s a site that needs to be on my bookmarks list.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
I wish AA Drink-Leontien.nl would have news in English
It’s selfish, given they’re a Dutch team, but I’d love to read their news without the elves. But it shows how strong women’s sport is in the Netherlands, they just don’t need to publicise themselves because they have so much home support
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
I quite enjoy Google’s sometimes-bizarre attempts at translation, but yes – would be nice to have an English version. Maybe they’ll do so now they’ve signed so many British riders.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
I have suggested they should pay Marijn to translate it!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Had a nice chat with her the other night about a saying that old people use here and apparently nowhere else in the UK: “If that were a bear, it would’ve bit me.” She says it’s used in NL too – so it looks like it might have been imported here by the Dutch engineers who came to help drain the Fens. I love how she chats with fans like that. :-)
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
So, one hell of a women's keirin final coming up!
Shuang Guo (Chn), Lyubov Shulika (Blr), Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu), Anna Meares (Aus), Wai Sze Lee (HKg) & Vicky Pendleton (GBr)
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:10 AM EST reply actions
You were right about the grey skinsuits. From a distance, they look all silvery and cool. Close up, they’re actually quite horrendous.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Figures. The UCI still think navy blazers with cream chinos are stylish.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Hey!
So do I. With a panama hat, for preference.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, a panama makes a world of a difference!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Nice, Ed Clancy saying the other TPers should stop messing about on the roads!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:13 AM EST reply actions
They play Trivial Pursuit?
What kind of weird track is this?
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Feb 19, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Well it *is* the London round!
They also play bike croquet…
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
I'll be here for the bike badminton
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Feb 19, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
There's definitely a "fringe Olympics" to be run in Manchester
Second choice sprinters from GB, Aus, France and Germany, Madison, points race, IP.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:18 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
That would be bloody brilliant!
I’d definitely go!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Wow! Hoy beats Levy in the first race for gold!
Did you see Chris Hoy’s dad in the crowd? He’s a lovely man! I remember in 2008, a few people making comments about Hoy’s enormous muscles (he was much bulkier then!) – but you can see that kind of build is in the family – Chris is his dad, if honed in the gym since he was a small boy!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:24 AM EST reply actions
This is a re-run of the women's omnium IP, in case you're confused (like I was!)
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:26 AM EST reply actions
Well-timed
I have a horse race to watch, so not sorry they’re showing repeats for a few minutes. These horses seem quite slow, for once.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
They have trouble clipping into the pedals
That’s why.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
Another chance to see Trott in the Elimination! Yes!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
Anyone got the women's elim standings after the scractch?
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:32 AM EST reply actions
Ah, thanks!
1. Sarah Hammer (USA) 25
2. Annette Edmondson (Aus) 27
3. Tara Whitten (Can) 30
4. Laura Trott (GBr) 31
5. Kirsten Wild (Ned) 31
6. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) 39
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Any predictions?
Don’t have a clue about relative 500m skills of these girls.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
New Zealand are current favourites for best kit of the event, I think.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:41 AM EST reply actions
well classiest kit anyway
I think the tattoo suit counts as “best”
by bingo_little on Feb 19, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
If I hear that dim commentator saying ONE MORE TIME that the IP was taken out & the omnium added to make things equal for women, I may scream
seeing as the women rode the IP too in the ‘08 Oympics, so it’s just as much a loss for the women as the men! But somehow they think it’s worse for eg Brad Wiggins than it is for Jo Rowsell, Rebecca Romero, Sarah Hammer etc etc etc….
(aaaaaaarrrggghhhh!)
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:42 AM EST reply actions
steps WAY back…
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Trott guaranteed an omnium medal!
Fastest ride so far!!!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:49 AM EST reply actions
I like countback
Thought she had a good competition.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
I don't understand why countback on timed events only
It doesn’t really make sense – I think Nettie would have won if it was on all of them/bunchy races
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
Wow!
Hammer & Edmondson tie, Trott on bronze!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:52 AM EST reply actions
I really like omnium.
Excellent addition to the Olympics in my opinion.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:52 AM EST reply actions
Yay! Me too!
It’s an unpopular opinion, in general, but i LOVE it!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
me three
elimination is definately my favourite race….
by bingo_little on Feb 19, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
I like the way an all-rounder could win against someone who specialises in one or two of the races, that adds an extra layer of competition.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
+1
the level of the performance is very high. The better IP times would medal at most worlds, 500m times be top 10, etc and the elimination race a major crowdpleaser
I LOVE the elimination!
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
I've enjoyed it
I think they should do something about the order of the events, though. Seems like a bit of a shame to end with a pursuit event. The heptathlon, decathlon, medal pentathlon, etc all finish with bunch events. For a reason.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
+ 1
Definitely – and as someone who finds the early rounds of any of the TT events pretty dull, it’s better for the crowds too (unless giving us time to relax is intentional!)
I guess they do it like that, as it’s easier to get the final result out quicker? Not that it’s hard, with computers & computer tracking and the like
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
Final omnium results
1. Sarah Hammer (USA)
2. Annette Edmondson (Aus)
3. Laura Trott (GBr)
4. Tara Whitten (Can)
5. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr)
6. Kirsten Wild (Ned)
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:56 AM EST reply actions
Förstermann beats Hoy in Sprint final race 2!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 11:57 AM EST reply actions
No, I was losing my mind!
Levy beat Sireau in bronze!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
aaaargh, FÖRSTERMANN beats Sireau!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Ahem, let's try that again!
Chris Hoy beats Max Levy to take the sprint gold medal
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:01 PM EST reply actions
Sarah Connolly, the John Peel of cycling commentators: right time, right race, wrong rider. ;-)
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
A bit of a bald spot on the veteran champ?
Or just helment head? I’d feel happier with more bald olympians. Now, if we could just get a few with a beer belly and arthritis, I’ll be right back in that thing.
I hear there are ongoing attempts to get darts into the Olympics, so you may just get your wish.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
I grinned, at the suggestion from whatisname that the World Cup isn't that important a competition
Seeing that the trackies generally only ride a couple of World Cups and World Champs every year, and Euros/Panamericas/Oceania Champs etc, they’re what, the 2nd most important annual event? And it’s a hell of a lot harder for the sprinters here, rather than the Olympics, where riders who are in the world top 10 won’t be able to compete, given the limits on participants….
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:11 PM EST reply actions
I’d quite like a derny for nipping down to Tesco and stuff like that.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 12:14 PM EST reply actions
The expressions that derny riders have are so funny – the face of Action Man on a bike that looks like it was made for Barbie.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Keirin minor final results
7. Clara Sanchez (Fra)
8. Lin Junghong (GPC)
9. Willy Kanis (Ned)
10. Sandie Clair (Fra)
11. Monique Sullivan (Can)
12. Jess Varnish (GBr)
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:16 PM EST reply actions
I think you should count as fourth or fifth if you win the minor final
Not that it matters much. But seems fairer.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Very bizarre really
That only four of the quarter finalists in the mens sprint at this world cup can even line up for the mens sprint next time back at this velodrome (with practically no one missing off the start list). Less marked in the womens sprint this time around, but still has an effect.
The one rider per nation rule, while appreciate the thinking behind it, will weaken the fields considerably, and selection for team in several nations likely to be more difficult than reaching an Olympic quarter final may prove to be
We need the fringe Olympics
Let’s make this happen!
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
It's bonkers, and makes no sense!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I imagine that we won't see many riders in multiple events
Pendleton and Mears both looked to have lost a kick there. Hard to justify leaving one elite rider at home and having another race in three events in six days.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
I reckon Vicky P will ride all three, as she's the top one there
but it’ll be damn hard to justify putting all the men’s sprint eggs into the Hoy-shaped basket. I guess Kenny & Crampton will be doing their damnedest at the Worlds, to beat Chris in the sprint & keirin….
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
and when it comes to the TP and omnium, that'll be another interesting decision
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that's why they pay Brailsford the big bucks.
You could make a case that the GB girls “B” team and the Aussie boys “B” would both be likely silver medallists if they were given the chance. Wouldn’t want to leave people on the bench for those events.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Well, not so much this year, re Brailsford
seeing as he’s more interested in Wiggins in the TdF than getting the optimum TP team, and Clancy in top shape for the omnium….
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
Mind you, this was Cav's argument re the madison in '08
that BC were more interested in giving Wiggins a chance for 3 medals than they were in trying to win the madison…
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t get the 1 rider per nation at all, unless they are going to bring that rule in for swimming, athletics etc…
by bingo_little on Feb 19, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
wow, wow, wow!
Krupeckaite wins the keirin! Superb race from her! Such a fun rider to watch!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:21 PM EST reply actions
1. Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu)
2. Wai Sze Lee (HKG)
3. Shunag Guo (Chn)
4. Lyubov Shulika (Ukr)
5. Vicky Pendleton (Gbr)
6. Anna Meares (Aus)
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Wow! Forstermann turning this into a pursuit!
Fun fun fun!
That was hilarious!
Didn’t he do that to Chris Hoy last season/season before? And Felix English caught Chris Hoy out like that too! I LOVE it when that happens – riders not paying enough attention! Well-deserved bronze!
can’t stop laughing out loud!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Thoroughly enjoyed a bit of track this weekend
Thanks for the company and the education!
Thanks right back at you!
I’m still giggling over your firstworldproblem!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Ironically
As you were typing that, I was on the phone complaining to majestic about a delay to my wine and beer delivery. Yet the miners thought they had problems.
by EdredonBrowny on Feb 19, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
Ha! You're really suffering this weekend!
I feel your pain!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
I have, too.
I will watch again. Maybe even go to an event – the Olympic velodrome isn’t far, after all.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
I know I keep saying it, but it's even more exciting in real life!
Definitely try to catch the World Champs in Melbourne!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
Ha, Lizzie's politeface is cracking me up!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 19, 2012 12:56 PM EST reply actions
Consummate professional.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Feb 19, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
I haven't seen everything, but the elimination won by Trott was amazing to watch
(even with a crappy Jolien D’Hoore)
I have had the most awesome weekend
All day in the Velodrome, Saturday and Sunday. Taken plenty of photos, so if anyone has any requests for a rider/event, shout away, and when I have the time, Ill upload them and link to them! Ill have a FanPost up to review it as briefly as possible, and going to stick a Fan Shot up now of a particularly dramatic photo of mine, involving the Keirin, and a crash.
Fantastic! Look forward to it!
Personally, I’d love to see some shots of the actual velodrome/atmosphere etc, to get an idea of what it was like as a punter – thankyou!
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by Sarah Connolly on Feb 20, 2012 4:21 AM EST up reply actions
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