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Cycling at Beijing 2008 (now includes Paralympics)
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| juan86 |
Posted on 16-08-2008 10:19
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Just a quick question, why dont great timetrials like Cancellara, Zabriske, ... race in track cycling (that 3 km timetrial, forgot how its called), are they not allowed, dont want to, too tired. I think that a powerhouse like Cancellara could easily ger a medal. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-08-2008 10:21
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They just don't want to. A high level of specialisation is needed for each discipline of road and track, and even more for any particular event of road or track.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-08-2008 10:23
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Its the 4km Individual Pursuit
Well, it is a different type of bike, they wont necessarily be able to easily do well. I think Cancellara did look into it, but it seems he chose not to.
To take part, they would need to have qualified. Something which they didnt even try to do. It would be interesting to see what they could do though.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-08-2008 10:46
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DB boys are working hard to but Cavedish in the trek race and make belgium shirt..but where the hell is Malaisya boys..they are great. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-08-2008 10:56
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The 2 Malaysians both made it straight through to the Semis of the Keirin. Awang won his heat, Ng was 2nd behind Edgar (After Chiappa's DSQ)
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 16-08-2008 10:57
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issoisso wrote:
This is the part where I'd like to put every PCM player in the world in front of the TV, point at the Keirins and yell in their ear "SEE?? THERE IS NO FRICKING BLOCKING!!!! WHEN THERE IS THEY ALL CRASH"
Isso its a fucking game and unfortunately blocking is part of the game, deal with it. Id give anything to stop blocking too but there is nothing going to change. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:00
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Smoothie wrote:
issoisso wrote:
This is the part where I'd like to put every PCM player in the world in front of the TV, point at the Keirins and yell in their ear "SEE?? THERE IS NO FRICKING BLOCKING!!!! WHEN THERE IS THEY ALL CRASH"
Isso its a fucking game and unfortunately blocking is part of the game, deal with it. Id give anything to stop blocking too but there is nothing going to change.
blocking is my track cycling "doping" 
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:02
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Yes i agree, next year lets hope for Crashes and a great new system where the rider who causes a crash gets Disqualified |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:02
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issoisso wrote:
Smoothie wrote:
issoisso wrote:
This is the part where I'd like to put every PCM player in the world in front of the TV, point at the Keirins and yell in their ear "SEE?? THERE IS NO FRICKING BLOCKING!!!! WHEN THERE IS THEY ALL CRASH"
Isso its a fucking game and unfortunately blocking is part of the game, deal with it. Id give anything to stop blocking too but there is nothing going to change.
blocking is my track cycling "doping"
Well I just saw some blocking in the most recent repechage, so it does happen.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:06
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SportingNonsense wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Smoothie wrote:
issoisso wrote:
This is the part where I'd like to put every PCM player in the world in front of the TV, point at the Keirins and yell in their ear "SEE?? THERE IS NO FRICKING BLOCKING!!!! WHEN THERE IS THEY ALL CRASH"
Isso its a fucking game and unfortunately blocking is part of the game, deal with it. Id give anything to stop blocking too but there is nothing going to change.
blocking is my track cycling "doping"
Well I just saw some blocking in the most recent repechage, so it does happen.
I see lots of boxing in. no blocking. just guys swerving wildly to avoid crashing
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:11
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Here we go. Points race. should be wild, insane, interesting and generally impossible to understand what the hell s going on
A bit like our 30 lap races yesterday 
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:19
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I love the points race. Great to watch. Its very easy to understand too, well easy when youve rode a few |
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| alex153 |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:25
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This should be good....what have I missed so far?
2 swedish cycling silver in the olympicsB)
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-08-2008 11:52
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Smoothie wrote:
Its very easy to understand too
I was referring to the fact that eurosport tends to go large stretches of time without showing how many points each person has, leaving us with no clue 
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| Shooting Star |
Posted on 16-08-2008 12:00
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Joan Llaneras wins gold in the points race! Silver to Kluge and bronze to Newton. |
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 16-08-2008 12:03
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In the Keirin i saw a semi-blocking. The Japanese guy that won the repechage he was zigzaging in front of the other guys to dont let the pass.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 16-08-2008 12:07
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jolly_antunes wrote:
In the Keirin i saw a semi-blocking. The Japanese guy that won the repechage he was zigzaging in front of the other guys to dont let the pass.
Did the others yell and whine about it? Did they try to have him kicked from the Olympics? Did they feel like they were moral winners? No on all three counts? There you have it, no harm in semi-blocking.
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 16-08-2008 12:09
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Waghlon wrote:
jolly_antunes wrote:
In the Keirin i saw a semi-blocking. The Japanese guy that won the repechage he was zigzaging in front of the other guys to dont let the pass.
Did the others yell and whine about it? Did they try to have him kicked from the Olympics? Did they feel like they were moral winners? No on all three counts? There you have it, no harm in semi-blocking.
And did i said something against it??? I don't think so...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-08-2008 12:09
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Waghlon wrote:
jolly_antunes wrote:
In the Keirin i saw a semi-blocking. The Japanese guy that won the repechage he was zigzaging in front of the other guys to dont let the pass.
Did the others yell and whine about it? Did they try to have him kicked from the Olympics? Did they feel like they were moral winners? No on all three counts? There you have it, no harm in semi-blocking.
A. Zig-Zagging
B. Zig-Zagging left and right mimicking the moves of the person behind you so as to keep them from passing you.
Riders do A. You do B. with the express intention of pissing people off
EDIT: french and NCL guys do C. move in front of a guy who's coming from behind at double your speed. ever seen a real rider do that?
Edited by issoisso on 16-08-2008 12:10
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-08-2008 12:14
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issoisso wrote:
I see lots of boxing in. no blocking. just guys swerving wildly to avoid crashing
Ok next year game...cyanide should do something about it...crashes also in track game. But this is will look nasty..there will lot of kamikaze's..who just play the game to take someone down |
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