Author Topic: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]  (Read 2507 times)

citoyen

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Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« on: 18 August, 2008, 11:33:39 am »
Er, I thought that was supposed to be a race?

d.
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Clare

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #1 on: 18 August, 2008, 11:35:39 am »
 ;D


onb

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #2 on: 18 August, 2008, 11:38:08 am »
Wasnt there a Danish tv presenter who after Denmark beat England at footie came up with the your boys took one hell of a beating line ,I hope someone has taped it and sent it back to him. :thumbsup:
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citoyen

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #3 on: 18 August, 2008, 11:40:55 am »
Wasnt there a Danish tv presenter who after Denmark beat England at footie came up with the your boys took one hell of a beating line ,I hope someone has taped it and sent it back to him. :thumbsup:

"Jan Molby, Viggo Mortensen, Brigitte Nielsen, Knud Rasmussen, King Canute, Lars Von Trier, Prince Hamlet, The Little Mermaid... Your boys took one hell of a beating!"

d.
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citoyen

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #4 on: 18 August, 2008, 11:44:00 am »
Actually, come to think of it, that was a Norwegian.

d.
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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #5 on: 18 August, 2008, 12:19:28 pm »
38.4 MPH. From a standing start. F@ck me  :o
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andygates

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #6 on: 18 August, 2008, 12:23:31 pm »
"The Great Britain men's team pursuit team destroyed Denmark to win the gold medal in a new world record time of three minutes 53.314 seconds."

""We knew it was fast but 3:53.314… we just can't believe it," [Geraint] Thomas told BBC Sport. "That's going to go down in history, that time won't be broken in a long time, we're the best team in the world."


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citoyen

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #7 on: 18 August, 2008, 12:30:57 pm »
[Geraint] Thomas told BBC Sport. "...that time won't be broken in a long time

Does the panel think this is true? Surely they've got the 3m50s barrier in their sights now? Clearly they were going close to flat out for the whole of that ride, but I reckon they're good enough to go even faster.

d.
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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #8 on: 18 August, 2008, 12:35:01 pm »
I think the only team capable of beating the WR at the moment is GB.

Denmark have improved a lot recently but they were nearly caught, FFS.
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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #9 on: 18 August, 2008, 12:57:03 pm »
I think the only team capable of beating the WR at the moment is GB.

Denmark have improved a lot recently but they were nearly caught, FFS.


Denmark rode a blinder of a race. They set a new national record and made it to the final. They deserve to be congratulated on a superb performance. Unfortunately for them they were somewhat eclipsed (as were everyone else) by the machine that is GB Cycling.

I don't believe (with a couple of exceptions) that we have the best cyclists in the world - but we do have the best setup for training and preparing track cyclists in the world. And in 2016 we will be struggling against the rest of the world if they emulate the systems we have in place here.

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #10 on: 18 August, 2008, 01:02:48 pm »
I think the only team capable of beating the WR at the moment is GB.

Denmark have improved a lot recently but they were nearly caught, FFS.


Denmark rode a blinder of a race. They set a new national record and made it to the final. They deserve to be congratulated on a superb performance. Unfortunately for them they were somewhat eclipsed (as were everyone else) by the machine that is GB Cycling.

I don't believe (with a couple of exceptions) that we have the best cyclists in the world - but we do have the best setup for training and preparing track cyclists in the world. And in 2016 we will be struggling against the rest of the world if they emulate the systems we have in place here.

..d

So let's enjoy iy while we can - it's been a  long time coming!!

And by 2016 maybe GB will have a TdF champion?

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citoyen

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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #11 on: 18 August, 2008, 01:09:55 pm »
Denmark rode a blinder of a race. They set a new national record and made it to the final. They deserve to be congratulated on a superb performance.

Fair point - sub-four minutes is a cracking ride by anyone's standards. Yet still they were not far off being caught!

d.
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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #12 on: 18 August, 2008, 01:54:32 pm »
Denmark rode a blinder of a race. They set a new national record and made it to the final. They deserve to be congratulated on a superb performance.

Fair point - sub-four minutes is a cracking ride by anyone's standards. Yet still they were not far off being caught!

d.


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Re: Team Pursuit Final [spoiler alert]
« Reply #13 on: 18 August, 2008, 03:02:58 pm »
Denmark rode a blinder of a race. They set a new national record and made it to the final. They deserve to be congratulated on a superb performance.

Fair point - sub-four minutes is a cracking ride by anyone's standards. Yet still they were not far off being caught!

d.

The blinder of a race was the one to get into the final - 3:56.8 or thereabouts. They were quite a bit slower in the final - probably knackered from the previous round?