The boys’s group pursuit on the Olympic Video games is likely one of the oldest biking occasions, courting again to the 1908 London Video games. Nice Britain claimed the primary gold medal and within the latest previous, have been the dominant group.
The British group received gold in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro however since 2016 have needed to rebuild after the retirement of Brad Wiggins and Ed Clancy.
Italy and Denmark have been the usual bearers in recent times however the British have been quickly making a comeback to the highest.
The competitors begins on August 5 with a qualifying spherical. Solely the highest 4 groups can compete for the medals however which color is set within the first spherical. The highest eight groups advance.
The highest 4 qualifiers go face to face – second versus third and first versus fourth. The winners of every warmth compete for the gold.
Even when they’re shedding, the groups need to combat for each millisecond as a result of the following two quickest occasions of the opposite six groups will compete for the bronze medal.
Males’s Workforce Pursuit opponents
- Australia: Oliver Bleddyn, Conor Leahy, Kelland O’Brien, Sam Welsford
- Belgium: Lindsay de Vylder, Tuur Dens, Robbe Ghys, Fabio van den Bossche
- Canada: Dylan Bibic, Michael Foley, Mathias Guillemette, Carson Mattern
- Denmark: Carl-Frederik Bevort, Niklas Larsen, Frederik Rodenberg Madsen, Michael Mørkøv, Rasmus Lund Pedersen
- France: Thomas Boudat, Thomas Denis, Valentin Tabellion, Benjamin Thomas
- Germany: Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Roger Kluge, Theo Reinhardt, Tim Torn Teutenberg
- Nice Britain: Daniel Bigham, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon, Oliver Wooden
- Italy: Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon, Jonathan Milan
- Japan: Eiya Hashimoto, Shunsuke Imamura, Kazushige Kuboki, Shinji Nakano
- New Zealand: Aaron Gate, Keegan Hornblow, Tom Sexton, Campbell Stewart
Males’s Workforce Pursuit contenders
Italy prevailed within the final Olympic Video games males’s group pursuit, powering house to a slender victory over Denmark with Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni, Jonathan Milan and Francesco Lamon setting a world report within the gold medal spherical.
Denmark’s Carl-Frederik Bevort, Niklas Larsen, Frederik Rodenberg, Michael Mørkøv, and Rasmus Lund Pedersen received the higher of the Italians on the World Championships in Glasgow, nevertheless. It is a battle of energy and know-how as groups attempt to turn into as aerodynamic as doable.
An professional in aerodynamics, Dan Bigham has been revolutionizing the British group pursuit squad and pushing the group – together with Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon, and Oliver Wooden – again into the checklist of favourites for the medals.
Males’s Workforce Pursuit schedule
- August 5: Males’s Workforce Pursuit Qualifying – 11:27 CET
- August 6: Males’s Workforce Pursuit First Spherical – 13:14 CET
- August 7: Males’s Workforce Pursuit Closing – 12:04 CET
