Ben Dirs is saying not to give up hope

If you're watching this and thinking GB are stuffed, do not fear too much - Wiggler and Cavendish left it late at the World Championships and ended up winning. They made their move about 20 laps out. That said, they haven't really been in this yet yet, but still 36 laps to go

Posted By: blindasabat on August 19th 2008 at 11:17:55

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Watching the cycling Madison, and not having a fucking clue what is going on (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 10:56:11
- It's dead easy to understand in rule form.... (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 19, 11:10:23
  - Indeed - I was quite confident that I could follow it in the explanation - then (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 11:15:44
    - You ought to try watching it live...... (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 19, 11:17:25
      - there's a six-dayer coming to London later this year (n/m) (Other Sports) - blindasabat, Aug 19, 11:21:49
  - and here are a summary of those rules: (Other Sports) - blindasabat, Aug 19, 11:15:31
- how are Wiggy and Cav doing? (Other Sports) - blindasabat, Aug 19, 11:04:58
  - Erm....Still got a chance i think. Quite a few laps left (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tron, Aug 19, 11:08:41
  - Not brilliant by the sounds of it (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 11:07:26
    - Ben Dirs is saying not to give up hope (Other Sports) - blindasabat, Aug 19, 11:17:55
      - Live commentators are already making the excuses now though... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 11:18:46
        
        No excuses..... (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 19, 11:21:46
        
        "Looks like tiredness has got to them, they have been putting a lot of work in"... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 11:24:29
        
        Which is a consequence of being heavily marked...... (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 19, 11:26:48
        
        Of course - my point (badly made) is that the commentators are trying (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 11:30:27
        
        plus it makes it harder for the Brits to get the gap needed to get an extra lap themselves (n/m) (Other Sports) - blindasabat, Aug 19, 11:28:22
    - ooh - here we go... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Aug 19, 11:17:17

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