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mikeeb #1017218 13th Aug 2016 6:45pm
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Loads !


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Originally Posted by granny
Loads !

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Gold..... thumbsup form the girls in the velodrome. Team GB have done it again !!!

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They are the best. World record too.

Can anyone tell why they have 4 cyclists and one always drops to the back and eventually one drops out ? Still haven't caught onto why they do that.

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Originally Posted by granny


Can anyone tell why they have 4 cyclists and one always drops to the back and eventually one drops out ? Still haven't caught onto why they do that.


They take turns at the front, where it's hardest because of air resistance, while the others "shelter" in the leader's slipstream. When the leader is tired, he/she drops to the back for a rest. Eventually one who is in the lead rides him/herself to exhaustion, increasing the group speed, then drops out. The time is taken from when the third rider crosses the line, and it wouldn't actually help to have another rider at the end.


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Thanks Chris. I thought the final three could be due to being little point in four of them getting in each others way, but did not at all understand the reason for dropping back.

Didn't they do well ?


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stayed up late last night to watch Mo Farah. Incredible man. Another Gold and it's not really possible to find suitable words .


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Mo Farrah, what a legend.

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He is something else and makes it look too easy

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Well done Andy Murray.. GOLD


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5 Golds yesterday, we are flying
2nd on the medal table
What is happening? It is unbelievable smile



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Another gold
That horsey dancing rubbish thingy, hahaha

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It's not horsey dancing rubbish, it's 'Dressage'. You wouldn't be able to make your wife do that, let alone a four legged friend. So there ! Well done GB.


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Cycling again....Laura Trot in the next 5 mins.

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