Originally Posted by david.r.maurice
This seems the right place to put my Japanese Keirin Questions - so if any of you could help I'd be grateful. (A friend of mine in Japan got me hooked on Keirin, and now I'm busy all day looking at form and videos!)
I additionally can't read Japanese, and my mate has gone incomunnicado..
1) Given that the Japanese are such sticklers for detail - where can I find the finishing times? You'd think they would be on the websites but noo.......only put up the last 200m times!
2) Are the 'groups' in Keirin any good during the race - isin't the back guy always screwed over?
3) Is there a big differrence between a motorised pacer and the normal pacer used in Japan - surly the guy on the bike might be urged to go a little slower/faster?
Thanks for giving me your time reading my silly Qs!
1. keirin is only ever timed over the final 200m
2. yes...the back guy is at a disdvantage, but that's racing
3. not really. The pedalling pacer is very experinced and under strict instructions (in Japan....elsewhere they vary a lot) about speed, so everyrace is as fair as possible.