Track racing, Rio 2016 **spoilers**

[coffeejo]

What?!

 

[smutchin]

Silly

 

[rich p]

Blinkin' 'eck

 

[Buddfox]

No, they're doing their best to share responsibility!

Yeah, Eilers is making a point... didn't disqualify them? Well don't disqualify me...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Whose turn is it to overlap now?

 

[rich p]

This could get messy

 

[Supersuperleeds]

The German was way passed. He must be disqualified.

 

[rich p]

I hope he stays in

 

[rich p]

Eiler's Aint clear...

 

[philk56]

Best of three?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Dr Hutch on Twitter just described this as "Devil take the frontmost"

 

[Buddfox]

The German was way passed. He must be disqualified.

I think camera angle makes a big difference here - the head on shot doesn't make it look so clear, if we think the white line matters. Though Boardman read out the rule and it seems the salient measurement point is "when the derny bike leaves the track" and that is not required to be at a fixed point. But there's no good camera angle of that point (that I have seen)

 

[rich p]

Eiler's Aint clear...

For fans of the Generation Game

 

[Archie]

I'm not sure Eilers was overlapped. Do-over.

 

[smutchin]

Commissaire normally

So it's open to interpretation.

Next question: Was the derny going fast enough?