Sunday is a day program, so there was no update between 12pm and 10am this morning. Sorry.
Points race started out even better than before, and we were tied first going into the last sprint. Daniele actually won two sprints. One from 3 laps out!!! The crowd was behind us, and as mentioned previously...going into the final sprint we were tied. But it wasn't to be, and we were swarmed by two teammates on the final to get squeezed for the win. But that really set the tone for a good day. More points!!!
The flying lap again was nothing to write home about.
Then came the crunch...!!!
In the first Madison...Eric slammed into the back of a rider who was checking up on an exchange. This sent him crashing into the track, and his bike spun out in front of Daniele, who also went down. Eric was totally shaken and his left Dura-Ace pedal is completely broken. Front Reynolds wheel is in serious need of re-truing. Not much track burn, but he had the stuffing knocked out of him falling from mid way up the track...down side to the bottom.
Daniele was sitting calmly on the apron when I got to him...but had a 3 inch by 1/8 inch splinter burried deep into his forearm. It looked nasty. But in true Canadian style...he got up and walked to medical control where they took it out. He has a fair amount of track burn, and his shorts, are no longer.
With Eric disoriented and Daniele walking around with part of the track in his body, we were neutralized for the balance of the day. Jackie rode the rest of the races, and Daniele actually came back from Medical to ride the final elimination with him. He has ridden above expectation, and will represent Canada at the next World Cup. Good for him.
We'll see what tomorrow brings.
I'm tired. Three bikes...three riders....
Chop
Results from Dag 4 posted here.
