Video: Huge track crash between Team GB & Japanese cyclists at the UCI Junior World Championships

Kenyond, paranoia? Why would you suggest a team that has already lost (they've been lapped) would try to sabotage something? Don from swamis has got the proper picture, as for saying stay on the front a bit longer etc, due to the other rider already preparing to come through this adds to the potential danger. This is one of the most technical events in cycle racing and requires an extraordinary level of skill. Once the japanese rider swings up there's handling errors from both teams, but the crash is caused by the japanese rider attempting an exchange under the red flag.

Guys, for the team pursuit, the UCI rule is that when one team is about to overtake the other team, a race commissaire raises a red flag to alert the team being overtaken not to make an exchange.  The team being overtaken may not make an exchange until the other team has safely passed.    If you look at the video, you can see the commissaire  (about 50m before the start/finish line) holding up the red flag, signaling to Japan that it is about to be overtaken and must not make an exchange.   It is the lead rider's repsonsibility to look out for the flag.  Japan made an illegal exchange and this results in an immediate DQ and caused the crash.   This was an error solely on Japan's part.    Whether GB could have avoided with better bikehandling isn't relevant.  Anyhow, these are kids, they make mistakes.

Well you can certainly tell which commenters here have never ridden track properly. One of the first things you are taught is to look before you change line. It is the Japanese rider's responsibility to ensure that it is safe to pull up the track, which is why she looks. She screwed up by then still swinging up - track riding 101. 

Does that completely cause the crash, no. Inexperience on the part on the british rider also contributes. It looks like she tries to slow down to avoid hitting the Japanese rider. Doing that on a track bike isn't easy, and pulls her down off of her line. If she had kept powering through they would probably have been fine (slowing down is rarely a practical solution to a situation on a track bike). 

Is it just me or has someone pulled the video?

"Watch as Great British cyclists cause an enormous on-track crash when Britain's squad attempt an overtake at the UCI Junior Track World Champs..."

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Stop mislead people please

I see nothing wrong with Japanese riders

Seems the GB team overtook when in the most blind spot there is. The lead Japanese rider couldn't see them. If the second Brit hadn't fallen into the Japanese line, it all would have been fine. I really don't see what the Japanese team could have done differently. 

Ha "with Raybould getting old" what a great typo.

I am surprise there is no flag protocol to stop this happening, once a team is 3/4 lap down they are done for anyway.

The japenese rider even looks back! Was it an attempt of sabotage?