Olympic Track Cycling

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

What a way to end, 2 more GOLD one SILVER. I am looking forward to the World Cup in Manchester end of October. Me and the missis have tickets for the Friday.

Enjoyed that the last few days, hope the BMX can live up to that.

Perhaps I can get my work finished now.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Great stuff - out of interest, wonder what makes a cyclist want to concentrate more on track cycling rather than, say, the Tour de France type stuff? Because essentially they're both about being strong and quick.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Great stuff - out of interest, wonder what makes a cyclist want to concentrate more on track cycling rather than, say, the Tour de France type stuff? Because essentially they're both about being strong and quick.

TDF is 3 weeks non stop pain, Track shorter bursts. Team GB reckon they will enter a team into the TDF by 2010 and apply the same system. Also track is about sprinting and pursuit/endurance hence why Boardman/Miller transfer over well to time trails and prologues but then get blown out the back the first sight of a mountain.

Look forward to that, in a non olympic year Wiggins, Cavendish, Thomas, Cummings, Miller (think is banned from IOC events) Nicole Cooke and Emma Pooley (womens event) all compete in the TDF. If you add the Giro and Tour of Spain even more. None or the TDF competitors did well in the Olympics as they had no time to recover.

 

[Trigger]

Hugh Porter just said she bakes a cracking sponge cake.

Victoria Sponge, Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Medal annoncer got Chris Hoys name wrong, think he called him Craig, did not seem amused.

 

[Trigger]

Victoria just getting her golden necklace, I wonder if she'd like a pearl one too?

 

[Stat Brother]

Just watched it 'as live'.
Fan-fookin-tastic, as this thread proves I've loved the cycling start to finish, but hats off to such a professional team, top to bottom.

 

[Stat Brother]

70 km/hr

I can do that.

(Going down into Brighton from Ditchling, with the road closed)

On the track, fook off.