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Inquitus

neris wrote: »

What was/or is the madison?

200 laps with points for sprints periodically and a big point bonus for taking a lap, 2 riders per team swing in and out with a hand sling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDScj91sBQs

Beasty

Massive improvement from Cav compared with the Worlds. Incredible performance!

EDIT: Maybe he's targeting Wiggo's place in the TP!!

Inquitus

Wow that was amazing

DominoDub

CAV looking in great form in the ID Pursuit ...catches World Champ

Inquitus

Wiggins gold medal time at Beijing beaten by Cav there


Rank Cyclist Nation Result Notes
1st Bradley Wiggins Great Britain 4:16.977

RobFowl

Cav looked not just fast but really smooth as well...

Beasty

Inquitus wrote: »

How did Gaviria end up ahead of Cav when the sprint finished with Cav behind the Kiwi? did they ring the bell on the wrong lap? and cut away?

Sounds like a correction's on the way based on some comments Boardman just made

DominoDub

Wow Wiggo's Pursuit Olympic Record broken by the great dane Hansen ...in the omnium

Inquitus

Beasty wrote: »

Sounds like a correction's on the way based on some comments Boardman just made

I watched a replay of it and they rang the bell when the bunch crossed the line and they should have rung it when the Aussie 1/4 a lap behind crossed the line, really not sure how they are going to sort that mess out.

Beasty

Going to be an interesting elimination. In the Worlds Hansen only picked up 10 points with Cav taking 38 for 2nd place

The Cycling pianist

Anybody got a link for an online stream? Rte 2, Rte News Now and BBC 1 are all showing the ****ing tennis

Weepsie

The Cycling pianist wrote: »

Anybody got a link for an online stream? Rte 2, Rte News Now and BBC 1 are all showing the ****ing tennis

http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/live/

It's on BBC Olympics 3 too if you tune it in on sky

The RTE stream is about a minute behind

ThisRegard

Silly mistake by Cav in the elimination.

DominoDub

Big Mistake by CAV ..was getting boxed in during Elimination Race ..tried to save his position by using the inside track ..forced off by track Judges .big chance to get points after the main guys got eliminated very early on.

Beasty

Well Cav was certainly looking after himself until he completely ran out of space in the elimination there

Boudat leads on 106, Viviani 2nd on 104 then Cav on 96

Kluge & World Champion Caviria are both on 90 with Norman on 86.

Fair chance Gold will come from those 6

fryup

is Cavandish liked amongst his colleagues ?? or is he seen as a prickly character?

Beasty

fryup wrote: »

is Cavendish liked amongst his colleagues ?? or is he seen as a prickly character?

Think the only people that have reason to dislike him are his opponents! You can see from the support he gets in his pro teams and the praise he gives teamates he's most definitely a team player.

Obviously though he's not been immersed in track in the way the rest of the track team are and they are bound to have built up a bit more camaraderie as a result.

Beasty

Two sessions today.

From 2pm we'll have the women's sprint 1/8th finals, the Kilo TT in the men's Omnium then the start of the women's Omnium with the scratch

Then at 8pm it's almost much wall to wall Omnium with the men's Flying lap before the conclusion of the event with the Points race. The women will do their IP and Elimination race, with just the 9-12th place ride off in the women's Sprint to intersperse the multi-disciplines of the Omnium.

RobFowl

Cav looking good for a medal, GB 1/2 in womens sprint looking likely Womens omnium should be a cracker with Sarah Hammer/Laura Trott esp

Beasty

The British women are definitely showing the required speed in the sprint. I guess it's going to be down to tactical nouse and mentality and you always need to be aware of someone like Anna Meares given her vast experience (I for one would be delighted if she could get the ..... bronze:P).

Unfortunatley in some ways the dominance of Trott and Hammer in the Omnium may detract a little from it by the end of the event, but who knows who else may be able to get into the mix.

C3PO

I know it's been discussed before but I think the British have been very clever in the way that they have targeted track cycling and rowing and funnelled their major effort and funding into those sports! Last time I looked they were 2nd in the overall Gold medal table which is some change from the one Gold I believe they achieved in Atlanta in 1996!

DominoDub

That was a fun unplanned interview just now with CAV on the beeb post 1KM ..a insight into his state of mind and the workings of his head during the event.:D

ednwireland

And the coverage is back on bbc Olympic channel 6

Beasty

Cav was 4th in the Flying Lap in the Worlds in 13.211s. Viviani, O'Shea and Veldt were faster

Inquitus

Beasty wrote: »

Cav was 4th in the Flying Lap in the Worlds in 13.211s. Viviani, O'Shea and Veldt were faster

Cav's been doing 12.8 or so in training apparently.

odyssey06

Cavendish clocks 12.793 and is 2nd in this event... any idea what he has to do in the final event??? I think it's on later this evening? Sorry not an omnipedia...

Inquitus

odyssey06 wrote: »

Cavendish clocks 12.793 and is 2nd in this event... any idea what he has to do in the final event??? I think it's on later this evening? Sorry not an omnipedia...

The final event is a bit of a crap shoot, 160 laps and you have a sprint every 10 laps worth 5/4/3/2/1 to the first across the line and you get 20 points if you can take a lap, all points are added to your existing score going into the race.

dastardly00

Viviani leading overall going into the last race, Cav second.

Beasty

Trott was 2nd to Hammer in the Omnium IP in the Worlds in London

Beasty

Anna Meares showing what a true ambassador she is for the sport. Jo Rowsell showing she'll have a future in media if she wants it.