Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie

Neat old video. Match sprint strategy has changed a lot over the last 20 years. Today, you don't see a lot of track standing and slow riding. Riders at the world pro level run monster gears and it's often a drag race right from the start. Even at my amateur master's national championships I didn't see any track stands and the sprints began long before the 200m to go mark. Gym work is critical in sprinter training, and those guys probably spent more time training in the gym than they did on the bike.