Cycling thread!

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Yay Vicky and Jess - they beat the Aussies!

Does anyone remember the Madison, the really weird race they did in Beijing. Does anyone know why they dropped it from the games?

Oh God, poor old VP, Anna Mears IS such a dirty fighter, I hate that.

Honestly, though, I think VP is just happy to be out of it, she's said loads of times she doesn't enjoy competing at all.

She touched her

There is some speculation that the Madison was dropped in favour of the Keirin to appease Chinese money as there is a massive betting scene on the race over there.

You know when Cav is looking towards the camera and sparkling his lovely eyes? That's for me that is, fact

Oooh here comes another giant bottom, attached to the lovely Sir Chris. I really hope he can to this.

Exhausting this afternoon watching all this sport.

I think it's Japan where Keirin is a big betting thing.

Cav does nothing for me, he is so charmless!

I am actually doing a cry for Vicky, poor woman.

Love ya losty

Go Chris!!!!!!!

Look at all those royal asses on MY velodrome seat

Right, come on Hoy.

So, what's going on here then?

YY, I hope vp can now enjoy her success, with some distance from it all.

Or Japan, somewhere they do betting a lot anyway.

Marvellous, more Cav for me then.

I am trying to watch this but I'm so nervous for him. Well done lovely Laura Trott though, that photo of her as a little girl with Wiggo and one of his medals was lovely.

Here he goes...

Waaaaaaaaaaaaa

I am horse from screaming!

Excellent!

Woooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Yay

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Woohoo Chris!

Gold for Hoy brilliant

Hoarse not horse

Oh this is so lovely well done Sir Chris, can he be knighted twice?

And breath

My DB looks EXACTLY like Chris Hoy!

Oh yeah yellow, the keirin was invented in Japan for the specific purpose of gambling. That can be my new interesting fact of the day.

Well that was fab and joint bronze which is quite cool.

Fab video of Cav winning in Belgium, by the way. I love how you have no idea he's there until he crosses the line ahead of the bike we're with

Cav for the track in Rio!!??

Oh I hate how they're not even mentioning VP now, it's like "no gold, forget her."

They haven't even shown her medal ceremony, unless it's coming up after Hoy.

What was the change in rules that apparently "seemed to guarantee" that we'd lose??