In March 2008, I did my first Keirin race and liked it a lot.
So I started to educated myself by watching videos on YouTube.
I put together videos from the World Champion finals I could find.
World Championships 2006 Bordeaux
Results
1. Theo Bos
(NED)
2. Jos? Antonio Escuredo
(ESP)
3. Arnaud Tournant
(FRA)
Comments
Escuredo attacks and takes the lead as soon as the motor pulls off.
With 400m to go, Bos comes over the top, using the banking for accelaration
and taking off like a rocket. He quickly creates 15-20m gap and
everybody else is sprinting for Silver only.
Within the field, we have a bit bumping-people-up-the-track action.
World Championships 2001 Antwerp
Results
1. Ryan Bayley
(AUS)
2. Laurent Gan?
(FRA)
3. Jens Fiedler
(GER)
Comments
Looks like a warm-up ride at first, single file until 1.5 laps to go.
With 200m to go, the 3rd riders crashes and takes the three behind with him.
Jens Fiedler runs injured and carrying the remains of his bike
to the finish line securing the bronze medal.
World Championships 1997 Perth
Results
1. Fr?d?ric Magne
(FRA)
2. Jean-Pierre Van Zyl
(RSA)
3. Marty Wayne Nothstein
(USA)
Comments
The actions starts as soon as the motor pulls off.
Jens Fiedler goes to the front and counters an attack by moving up the track.
One lap later, almost the same situation, Fiedler now riding second wheel
counters an attack again by moving up.
Then with one lap to go, Magne takes off, quickly building a 10-15m gap, and brings it home.
Italy's Roberto Chiappa was second across the line and Germany's Jens Fiedler third,
but both were demoted for employing illegal tactics.
World Championships 1996 Manchester
Results
1. Marty Wayne Nothstein
(USA)
2. Gary Neiwand
(AUS)
3. Fr?d?ric Magne
(FRA)
Comments
Nothstein is behind the motor, with two to go Magne goes to the front.
Nothstein tries to pass Magne a number of times and Magne always bumps him up.
Only on the final meters, Nothstein and Neiwand can pass Magne.
This is also the first (chronologically) final with only six riders.
The UCI reduced the number down to six from nine some time in the early nineties
for safety reasons.
World Championships 1990 Maebashi
Results
1. Michael H?bner
(GER)
2. Michel Vaarten
(BEL)
3. Claudio Golinelli
(ITA)
Comments
Here we got nine riders in the final
and there's a lot of jockeying for positions behind the motor.
The Autralian (Page?) goes clear. With 100 m to go he counters an attack
by Varten, bumping him up track. y doing so he's leaving the sprinter's lane.
Huebner moves into the open poll lane and is about to pass the Aussie,
who moves back into the sprinter's lane. Huebner cross the line second
but wins Gold after the Aussie is disqualified.
World Championships 1982 Leicester
Results
1. Gordon Singleton
(CAN)
2. Danny Clark
(AUS)
3. T. Kitamura
(JPN)
Comments
There's a lot of elbow work between Singleton and the German rider.
While he untangles, Singleton almost touches the wheel of the leading Clark.
There's some physical thing going on between the Italian and the Belgium further in the back.
At the end Singleton passes Clark on the on the home stretch and bring home a clear victory.
There's a slow motion at the end of the clip discussing all the elbow work.
