Britain were among several nations to protest against Denmark’s use of shin tape and undergarments during qualifying on Monday. The petition was unsuccessful and tensions then boiled over when a Danish rider, Frederik Madsen, crashed into the wheel of Britain’s Charlie Tanfield in a crunch team pursuit heat. “So that the other team is aware that [they] can race to meet only one rider somewhere, which they didn’t do. “I’m not saying things at Charlie – I’m basically just shouting because I’m frustrated, not at Charlie but at the situation. But the crash meant that the British team were unable to race for a time that might have seen them progress to the bronze medal race.

Source: The Guardian August 03, 2021 09:45 UTC