🚴🌈 | Geen Keirin finale voor Harrie Lavreysen! Ook hij blijkt slechts een mens. Jeffrey Hoogland is wel zonder problemen door 👍👎 #Ballerup2024 #TrackCycling 📺 Stream baanwielrennen op HBO Max
Lavreysen and Hoogland fall short in Keirin event, Japanese Yamasaki stunts with World Championship gold
CyclingFriday, 18 October 2024 at 08:58
A big surprise at the World Track Cycling Championships in Ballerup: Harrie Lavreysen failed in the semifinals of the Keirin event. As a result, Lavreysen's quartet of world titles is over. Hoogland advanced to the finals but fell short of the medals and finished last. Surprisingly, the gold went to Japan's Kento Yamasaki.
The second sprint event of the World Championships was the Keirin. In that event, a group of six sprinters is brought up to speed by a pacer. When he leaves the track, it is then up to the sprinters. They then ride three more laps to decide the race. Defending champion Lavreysen could set a remarkable record if he won the Keirin. After all, it would be his fifteenth world title on the track. That would make him the absolute record holder. After winning the Team Sprint, Lavreysen was tied with Frenchman Arnaud Tournant.
Lavreysen qualified convincingly for the semifinals of the Keirin on Thursday afternoon by winning his heat. Jeffrey Hoogland also made it to the semifinals. He had to accept only one rider ahead of him in his heat. The first round was also the end for the third Dutch competitor, Tijmen van Loon. In the semifinals, Lavreysen and Hoogland were in the same heat. They were in fourth and fifth position. With two laps to go, they moved up to second and third. Whereas Hoogland then advanced to the lead position and won the heat, Lavreysen remarkably lost a position and finished fourth. With that, he was surprisingly eliminated; thus, a fifteenth-world title was not on the horizon. Later this tournament, Lavreysen will still be in action in the Kilometer and the Sprint.
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Hoogland falls short of medal
So, there was no Lavreysen in the final, but Hoogland did, who had a good chance for a medal. He competed against defending champion Colombian Kevin Quintero, Pole Mateusz Rudyk, Israeli Mikhail Yakovlev, Brit Harry Ledingham-Horn, and Japanese Yamasaki. After the pacer was gone, Hoogland took the lead right away. Quintero came close and tried to pass Hoogland, entering the final lap. That was successful; Hoogland fell behind, but Quintero, in turn, was surprised by Japanese Yamasaki, who took the gold. The silver was for Yakovlev, and defending champion Quintero went home with bronze.
🚴🌈 | Een Japanse wereldkampioen keirin! Yamasaki is de snelste! De tactiek van Jeffrey Hoogland blijkt achteraf niet de juiste te zijn. Een zesde plek voor de Nederlander. #Ballerup2024 #TrackCycling 📺 Stream baanwielrennen op HBO Max
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Latest Comments
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024