and they did, remarkably including Porter who licked his wounds and rode again in the restart, before pulling out to see the remaining three riders on the team finish fifth in a time of 3:48.448.Īlex Porter's battle scars. Then thankfully Callum Skinner, the former Team Sprinter and an Olympic gold medal winner in London 2012, tweeted to confirm that rule 3.2.074, concerning ‘mishaps’, covers just this type of thing and the Aussies will get another go. Hope they get a re-start but I don’t think it’s guaranteed? #Tokyo2020 /4eFcPyXGHG Road sprinter Caleb Ewan summed up our immediate thoughts when the crash happened.īallsy call for the Aussies to stop riding, always wait until you hear the gun. Feeling for the TP boys😢 Not sure what the rules are but hoping they get another chance🙏 Here, however, the stem looks to have broken at the point where the base bar meets the aero stem, and the cause of that is still unknown.ĥ years of hard work just for your bars to fall off. It is not uncommon for these to break, but usually, an impact from a pothole or over-tightening of the stem bolts will be the cause. Initially, we assumed that the fault was with the steerer tube. Porter was quickly back on his feet, but was visibly angry and, after removing his bike from the bottom of the track, began checking his injuries which appear to include road rash on his face. There was no hope of keeping it upright and aside from the physical discomfort of the crash at around 65kph, there must surely be some second looks at the bikes from the riders using the same equipment. While riding in man 4 position - at the back of the line - Alex Porter suffered a nasty crash when the front end of his Argon 18 track bike snapped clean through the middle. Looking at the inside of the bar, it's amazing to see just how little material is used for parts that have to deal with such large forces.Īlex Porter pooooor guy /nHNT4WtOZf > 'Medical tape' row as record-breaking Danish pursuit team accused of bending UCI rules The Australian men’s team pursuit quartet had to take to the start line again after what looked like a snapped stem sent Alex Porter smashing into the boards at 65kph. We remain committed to our partnership with the team and wish them the best of luck as they continue to compete at the highest level. We unfortunately are unable to provide further detail on the manufacturer of the equipment nor why this particular bar was swapped out for the race. While Argon 18 has designed a handlebar for the bike, and provided that bar to the team, it was not our bar in use during this incident.
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A full equipment review is in progress by the Australian Cycling Team and we will have more details shortly, but at this time we can confirm it was not an Argon 18 handlebar which experienced this failure. We are greatly relieved that no one was seriously injured and applaud the team’s quick return to the track to complete the race. Like all of you, we were devastated to see the Australian rider crash in the men’s team pursuit. Our focus at this time is to continue supporting the Australian cycling team for the remainder of the competition. We are in constant contact with the Australian Olympic cycling team and coaches, and give our assurances that we are using all means available to investigate why this occurred. Our first concern was for Alex Porter and the entire team. Our team is working with the Australian Olympic Team to understand the cause behind the failure of one of our handlebar units during the four-person, Australian pursuit challenge at the Tokyo Olympics overnight. Regarding the handlebar failure during Olympic Competition. Hours later, Bastion Cycles confirmed it made the handlebar that failed. The full statements from Bastion Cycles and Argon 18 are directly below, and below that is our original article.
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* Update 3rd August, 09:10am: the Australian national track cycling team's official bike partner Argon 18 issued a statement yesterday evening via social media to clarify the handlebar on Alex Porter's bike that snapped during the Tokyo Olympics team pursuit qualifying round was provided by another manufacturer.
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