Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“Yes, that was an unusual tactic from the Frenchman........blasting off and getting three-quarters of a lap up then hanging on for grim death...”
I didn't see the race, but I've seen the splits. That race was rather similar to last year's WCh final on the same track (Jack Bobridge v Stefan Küng); in this case, however, the 'blast off and hang on for grim death' tactic worked.
Corentin Ermenault comes from good stock - his father was a top pursuiter back in the days of Obree and Boardman.
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“...as the German was clawing it back lap by lap. One more lap and the German would have won !”
Filippo Ganna of
Italy (the world champion, as it happens) will be pleased to know you've changed his nationality for him.
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“Katy takes gold in the re-vamped Omnium.”
2 golds and a silver for Archibald this week...not bad at all.
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“I know we mainly sent a team of youngsters but then so did a few other countries so it was a bit disappointing that we didn't get anyone in the quarter finals of the men's or women's individual sprints”
Two GB men in Ryan Owens and Joseph Truman contested the quarters after qualifying second in 9.752 (!) and fifth in 9.830 respectively. A young Frenchman (Sebastien Vigier; qualfied third in 9.816) also did but they all lost out to more experienced sprinters at that stage.
On the women's side, Rachel James (Becky's elder sister) was a Paralympic tandem pilot until fairly recently and Eleanor Richardson is a physiotherapist who wasn't even expecting to be selected for these champs. James also fell in the keirin yesterday so it's no surprise neither of them made the quarters.