As with the women, the male team pursuers are also doing well on Izu’s cycling track.
In the third of four series, New Zealand and Italy fought a tough game. Filippo Ganna finally convinced his team with a phenomenal final kilometer, good for an impressive world record (3’42″307).
The Danes, the previous world record holders, saw it happen just before their duel with Great Britain. Their answer should be there.
Hansen, Larsen, Madsen and Pedersen in turn seemed on their way to a world record, but at the end of the race it went completely wrong. The Danish leader smashed right into the lagging Brit Tanfield and the top time was gone.
The Danes are qualified for the final because they actually overtook the British. So they get a second chance at the world record against Italy.
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