misforturob
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Dutch jury for a Dutch rider in The Netherlands?
Schreiber did move towards the barriers for a split second but not enough to impede Brand IMHO.
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Dutch jury for a Dutch rider in The Netherlands?
Schreiber did move towards the barriers for a split second but not enough to impede Brand IMHO.
She clearly sees Brand coming up on her left and closes the door. Whether it was worthy of relegation I don’t know. In the replay the commentator says he suggests Brand thought she had the win as she takes her hand of the bars to celebrate but I think she was indicating that Schreiber had cut her up.
misforturob
Senior Member
For what it's worth most Dutch commenters on Insta posts think it was a poor decision.
Schreiber didn't take to the podium so the 2nd step was empty in the presentations
Schreiber didn't take to the podium so the 2nd step was empty in the presentations
tricky to say, I dont think it was intentional as such, right but it still happened, and there was a drone shot they replayed during the lengthy deliberations, which hasnt been shared online yet that I can find, but it showed much more clearly Schreibers deviation from her line & moving left across Brands line towards the barrier which meant Brands sprint was affected.
now whether it affected it enough to change the result I dont know, Id say probably not, Brand said not as well but maybe she was just being a gallant loser, but it would have been alot closer result for absolute sure without it.
thats also to me part of it, we all thought neither rider celebrated because they were so close and it was a photo finish neither knew who had won, again the drone shot showed Schreiber actually crosses the line nearly half a bike length in front, so she knew she'd crossed the line first for sure, but didnt celebrate, even though later shes saying it was her most monumentous victory ever, probably because she knew that brief mistake if you like was going to be called for a review.
and its a harsh call no question because I think Schreiber had done enough to win that race, and had beaten Brand, and yet youve got a finish straight thats how many metres wide ? and your screwing around near the barrier, making a small mistake after 7laps of racing, and paying for it big time.
I saw theyre saying they are exploring legal options to overturn it, but I thought rule number 1 of all bike racing when you sign on is the commissaires decisions are final.
now whether it affected it enough to change the result I dont know, Id say probably not, Brand said not as well but maybe she was just being a gallant loser, but it would have been alot closer result for absolute sure without it.
thats also to me part of it, we all thought neither rider celebrated because they were so close and it was a photo finish neither knew who had won, again the drone shot showed Schreiber actually crosses the line nearly half a bike length in front, so she knew she'd crossed the line first for sure, but didnt celebrate, even though later shes saying it was her most monumentous victory ever, probably because she knew that brief mistake if you like was going to be called for a review.
and its a harsh call no question because I think Schreiber had done enough to win that race, and had beaten Brand, and yet youve got a finish straight thats how many metres wide ? and your screwing around near the barrier, making a small mistake after 7laps of racing, and paying for it big time.
I saw theyre saying they are exploring legal options to overturn it, but I thought rule number 1 of all bike racing when you sign on is the commissaires decisions are final.
Hommelbier
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Thibau Nys wins today's European Championships just ahead of Joran Wyseure. Cam Mason placed a creditable 6th. At one point not happy with the others in the chase group allowing him do the work.