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The elimination race is always the exciting event but so much happened in that race. Hansen dropped a right bollock, felt Cav had the race sewn up but for that panicky move up the inside.
Top racing
Shame that one by Cav - if he hadn't of gone on the inside he was out anyway. Not bad though.
yep. looked like he got stuck
bloody cracking weekend of cycling on telly and at home. Knackered this morning having stayed up to watch Cav in Devil Take The Hindmost, but very much looking forward to tonight's racing in both Omniums...
Don't you just love a Cav interview - I'm not even sure he was supposed to be being interviewed there.
Yes, that made me chuckle.
Laid back enough to just be chatting along with old friends.
Come on local lass Laura.
Glad you mentioned the Cav interview - that wasn't on the cycling iPlayer channel, so I went on to BBC1 to watch it. Classic Cav.
Cav was v funny indeed
He seems to be happy in himself there - hope he can get something out of this.
Wasn't Trott flipping quick there? Last 2 laps on the front and nobody could get round her.
Link to it? I was watching it online and that seems to have large swathes of silence while they switch between events...
Tonight's racing should be good.
[quote=crazy-legs ]Link to it?
You need to find the BBC1 coverage on iPlayer (go to channels and schedule). It was on just before I posted, so just before 15:00.
Flipping hell is it on again already?
I've got so much work to do this week and was really wanting to get out and ride a bit as well.
Oh well.
How does his flying lap stack up vs the rest? I mean, we know he's quick and his TT/Pursuit performance suggests he has some decent stamina built in too, so hopefully he can score well in that 'controllable' environment.
Then looks like there's half a dozen or eight still in contention, so points race will have to be contested rather than just marking someone else out of it, so maybe sprint points will become vital as opposed to trying to steal laps.
I think the evening entertainment's sorted then.
Come on local lass Laura.
Sorry, you're not nicking her.
She's the only thing my hometown (Cheshunt) has going for it now that the shine's come off Sir Cliff.
😉
[quote=theotherjonv ]How does his flying lap stack up vs the rest? I mean, we know he's quick and his TT/Pursuit performance suggests he has some decent stamina built in too, so hopefully he can score well in that 'controllable' environment.
Hoy seemed to think he would be a lot better at that than the pursuit and kilo, so should be promising. Was talking him up for the flying lap in the "interview" mentioned above.
Cav - "Oh my God, Chris, can I have an autograph?".
Haha.
Chakaping - we're only borrowing her and Jason 🙂
That's OK then.
They might have named a leisure centre after her but I don't see her moving back to settle down with JK in future.
Another type of riding here, Charlotte DuJardin just won gold. Yay.
Another type of riding here, Charlotte DuJardin just won gold. Yay.
Very definitely the wrong thread, take your horse dancing off somewhere else! 😉
Cav going well, up into 2nd.
Laura Trott up in the Omnium IP in a moment.
Hammers bike... Crankset on other side, why? Any ideas, left handed;)
Hammers bike... Crankset on other side, why? Any ideas, left handed;)
It got covered a few pages ago. Supposedly aerodynamics. Chris Boardman reckons it's mostly bollocks though, says Team GB tried it out about 10 years ago and found sod all difference.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/product-news/usa-olympic-felt-ta-frd-track-bike-229573
Interesting, how wide is the line between a sod all and a marginal gain?
Go Cav go......
160 laps of points racing.
This could either be a nailbiting race to the wire or a total yawn-fest...
That lap gain from Hansen has pushed Cav back down to Bronze medal position. This is going to be harsh, it's very close up the top and he's not got any allies.
That didn't look good
Cav just took him out.
Cav - WTF?
Totally caused a big crash then.
I wouldn't be surprised if Cav gets DQ'ed for that.
Might he be disqualified?
Edit, just saw post above!
Um...
OK, wtf just happened there?! Cav was lucky not to go down there, I think he actually caused that crash...
Wtf is Cav up to?
Race neutralised.
He may as well go sit down. Really stupid thing to do. No way can he go unpenalised.
That looked deliberate from Cavendish.
He'll surely pay a price for that.
genuine accident though, does that hold weight?
Cav is just being his usual arrogant self
Arrogant or clumsy?
Looked deliberate to me
How does that work with the leader on the deck for 4 laps?
Is he allowed to just rejoin?
Dunno - he looked round seconds before moving down, must have seen the guy?
Total bulldozer move by Cavendish....