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Rio - Track Cycling events - no spoiler tags required

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  • #392
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    the leader

    I wonder does he sing "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah leader" as he points.


  • #393
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    I wonder does he sing "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah leader" as he points.

    If he doesn't, he should.


  • #394
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    If he doesn't, he should.

    "Leader, leader.....leader"


  • #395
    Beasty
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    ednwireland wrote: »
    how do i tell the lotto we need 20 mill to build a velodrome in the town
    Original plans for a 200m track would have cost maybe a couple of million (morana was close to that). Current proposal, including all those badminton facilities, is around 6 million I think


  • #396
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,794 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Beasty wrote: »
    Original plans for a 200m track would have cost maybe a couple of million (morana was close to that). Current proposal, including all those badminton facilities, is around 6 million I think

    when i win the euromillions .................

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #397
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    I wonder does he sing "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah leader" as he points.

    For those of you infidels less versed in the fine art of the Simpsons wondering what the hell.we are on about...

    https://youtu.be/1aYN5XpWzpM


  • #398
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Just looking at the womens race. What head units are they using? I keep see flashing lights on their stems


  • #399
    StevieGriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 859 ✭✭✭StevieGriff


    What happened to all the talk of the USA track team using bikes with left hand cranks?


  • #400
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,484 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Trott 118
    D'Hoore 110
    Hammer 108


  • #401
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,618 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Fantastic performance from Trott.


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  • #402
    Beasty
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    godtabh wrote: »
    Just looking at the womens race. What head units are they using? I keep see flashing lights on their stems

    That's to tell them they are out


  • #403
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    StevieGriff wrote: »
    What happened to all the talk of the USA track team using bikes with left hand cranks?

    Hamer finished 3rd


  • #404
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Beasty wrote: »
    That's to tell them they are out

    that's all?


  • #405
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,117 ✭✭✭✭neris


    godtabh wrote: »
    Just looking at the womens race. What head units are they using? I keep see flashing lights on their stems

    the yokes that tell em they're eliminated


  • #406
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,484 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    StevieGriff wrote: »
    What happened to all the talk of the USA track team using bikes with left hand cranks?
    They were designed for the pursuit and were used in the TP and by Hammer in the Omnium IP


  • #407
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,484 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Just thinking - maybe I should move some poste to the aggressive behaviour among cyclists thread


    :pac:


  • #408
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Those bottle holders they get are nice but hardly aero!


  • #409
    MediaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭MediaMan


    Viviani takes Gold in the blubbering competition!


  • #410
    Beasty
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    CameraBag wrote: »
    For the riders who lap the field, presumably the number of laps is still considered to be that of the main bunch when they rejoin? They're not a lap ahead for the rest of the race, right?
    See this one never got a response

    When a lap is taken everyone else ends up doing one lap less. That's part of the reason the Commissaire points to the "head of the race" - effectively the leader on the track, and when they pass the start line the lap counter drops.

    Hence it's possible to "save" say 5 laps if there are 5 laps taken at different times

    That was part of the confusion in the scratch race yesterday. Riders were within around 50m of taking a lap as they were about to enter their own last lap. The bell went and we all thought that bell was for the main bunch. However it appears they still had 2 laps to do. Some went for the line on the first of those 2 because they had heard the bell, but it had not been for them and they still had another lap to go.

    EDIT - what I'm saying above is definitely the case for the Scratch race but I'm not so sure now about the Points race. If I remember I'll ask at Sundrive on Wednesday


  • #411
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    why wasn't Cavindish disqualified ??

    he blatantly took the korean rider out of it, and why didn't the bbc cover it their post race summary ??


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  • #412
    Beasty
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    I've already posted my take in this thread - have a look back through the comments made at the time of and for a while after the incident


  • #413
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    yes, i've seen it but i don't agree with you...imo it was blatant

    he didn't even have the decency to apologise in his post-race interview, bad form in my book


  • #414
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    He apologised personally when they were cycling under the yellow flag to those still riding. I'm sure the Korean will get one, I doubt he was watching the BBC coverage at the time.


  • #415
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    yes, i've seen it but i don't agree with you...imo it was blatant

    he didn't even have the decency to apologise in his post-race interview, bad form in my book

    He did actually. He said he hoped he was ok.


  • #416
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,117 ✭✭✭✭neris


    https://twitter.com/Plastic_Peloton/status/765301934257475584


  • #417
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    He did actually. He said he hoped he was ok.

    Also, on other social media lots are saying he didn't even look behind. I'm fairly certain that he did a small bit further down the straight and sure anyway, he was coming back around in what, 15 seconds?


  • #418
    nak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    You'd think no one had ever crashed on the track before. Didn't see any venom directed towards the rider responsible for the crash in the women's keirin. Only a psychopath would cause a crash intentionally. The comments on Sticky Bottle are delightful; Cavendish's wife is even getting dragged into it.

    Have been taken out myself on the bike by other people's inattention. In one case there was no apology even when I required medical attention, crashing is part of racing and people make mistakes. The way the omnium was run probably didn't help, the events were a lot closer together than normal, not much time for recovery.


  • #419
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭lennymc


    what benefit would cavendish have got from deliberately crashing into the korean rider (who wasnt in contention), apart from risking putting himself out of action for both the olympics and the worlds. I think it looks worse than it was tho, but it was a racing incident. Cav went down, the Korean rider went up, they met in the middle.


  • #420
    C3PO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,838 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Cav made a mistake ... the Commissars looked at it and decided to take no action ... why the vitriol towards him? Maybe he should have been sanctioned, I don't know enough about the rules of Omnium to have an opinion, but I don't see how the lack of punishment can be construed as Cav's fault?
    As Nak says - only a lunatic would deliberately collide with another competitor at that speed, he would be as likely to fall as the other cyclist!


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  • #421
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,117 ✭✭✭✭neris


    nak wrote: »
    You'd think no one had ever crashed on the track before. Didn't see any venom directed towards the rider responsible for the crash in the women's keirin. Only a psychopath would cause a crash intentionally. The comments on Sticky Bottle are delightful; Cavendish's wife is even getting dragged into it.

    Have been taken out myself on the bike by other people's inattention. In one case there was no apology even when I required medical attention, crashing is part of racing and people make mistakes. The way the omnium was run probably didn't help, the events were a lot closer together than normal, not much time for recovery.

    i think those comments on sticky bottle are from Facebook keyboard warriors whove not been on a bike since they were 8. Some stupid comments


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