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Old 08-12-16, 01:12 AM
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FYI, Xavier does some good analysis
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Old 08-12-16, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Voodoo76
Off topic, but there were a lot of Michigan connections to that Olympic velodrome. The builder, several officials, one of the on site announcers (a poster here on BF). And part of the venue security (the velodrome and as I remember the archery complex were together?) was a MI National Guard unit.
Yeah, one of Dale's first world famous velodromes. He's still building them, done one in Chicago, Cleveland, and trying like heck to build one in Detroit.
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Originally Posted by gtrob
And then the US women went out and had over a second on them by the 125m mark, talk about a fast start. They almost held it too. When you have a 5s lead on 3rd place maybe they pulled back on purpose? Coach could easily slow them down 1/10th a lap and save them the effort.

I think its clear based on times it will be UKvsUS and AUSvsCAN, but its so close it could go either way in each race.
They definitely slowed down, but that might have been due to Catlin pulling off, too. This is my rough charting of their splits:



Add 15 to the x-axis to get the lap splits - I subtracted it to condense the x-axis and make the differences a bit clearer. They had a ~20.15 starting lap and then were in the low- to mid-15s for a while, until a few that were 16+. Although take these numbers with a healthy grain of salt - I didn't have a great view of the line on each lap when I took splits. It was dependent on whatever camera angles their producers were giving, and when.

What is clear is a slowdown in the last km. Whether they slowed down due to their 4th rider's removal, or due to their coach dialing them back a bit - not sure. It would be nice to go back to the video and look at who was pulling when and for how long.
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Just rewatched the Team USA qualifier - Chloe Dygart did the lion's share, a 2 lap pull for her second and a 2.5 lap pull for her third. Absolutely NAILING the splits.

DAMN.
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Originally Posted by gtrob
And then the US women went out and had over a second on them by the 125m mark, talk about a fast start. They almost held it too. When you have a 5s lead on 3rd place maybe they pulled back on purpose? Coach could easily slow them down 1/10th a lap and save them the effort.

I think its clear based on times it will be UKvsUS and AUSvsCAN, but its so close it could go either way in each race.
Just re-watched GB and USA's TP qualifications runs.

- GB Looked so much smoother - each rider looked smoother in the saddle, rode cleaner lines and they appeared to have smoother transitions.

- Thought I saw at least one or two USA riders pull themselves forward on their saddles using their bars a few times.

- USA looked less certain transitioning from front to back.

- Hope Chloe Dygert's knee is okay - it was taped up a bit.

- It is possible that USA backed off on purpose. I am hoping they did.

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heh, I noticed that Valente is wearing bright yellow shoes - everyone else is in white. That's a nice way for coaches or viewers to be able to see the order.
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I think the GB women's squad can go 2 seconds faster than that, it looked very easy and smooth.
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Thought the Danes looked good, Hansen did some strong turns.
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regarding sprints:


-God damn UK...

-And Bos on a BT bike? I thought Kuga basically built him his own bike.

-I also thought Barette and Baronaski would have been in the sprint.
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Never in doubt, lol
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Originally Posted by gtrob
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-God damn UK...

-And Bos on a BT bike? I thought Kuga basically built him his own bike.

-I also thought Barette and Baronaski would have been in the sprint.
Yeah, the BT raised my eyebrows too.

Barrette and Baranoski both qualified for the keirin only.
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If you are not watching live, do not look at TP results. Go watch a replay of the men's TP gold run. Amazing ride.
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HOLY CRAP the men's TP final.

wow wow wow.
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Team GB strikes again haha.
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Originally Posted by gtrob
regarding sprints:


-God damn UK...

-And Bos on a BT bike? I thought Kuga basically built him his own bike.

-I also thought Barette and Baronaski would have been in the sprint.
Some 2004 Kogas were BTs...I think there was a big stink about that when it happened.



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Originally Posted by Poppit
Well held!
That attachment is so small I can't see what's going on.
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Originally Posted by carleton
That attachment is so small I can't see what's going on.
The Dutch woman is doing the wall of death avoiding the crash in the Keirin heats at Rio. You should be able to find the video on the net somewhere, not sure if you'd be able to see it on the BBC website.
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The Dutch woman is doing the wall of death avoiding the crash in the Keirin heats at Rio. You should be able to find the video on the net somewhere, not sure if you'd be able to see it on the BBC website.
Wow. Did she ride it out or crash after doing the wall ride?
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Watch: Dutch rider Laurine van Riessen's amazing crash escape on Rio track (video) - Cycling Weekly

video and info on there. Pretty wild!
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Who is the female commentator on NBCSports on-line track events?
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Not sure, is she NZ? Im watching the CBC feed but I imagine its the same. They are kind of dull to be honest.

Sprints are fun to watch, but lets be honest, it better come down to Kenny and Glaetzer
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Never in effing doubt, GB on top again
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Then they nearly take the Keirin! Came all the way from the back on the blue line for 2nd.
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