Sprint gold medallist Harrie Lavreysen has for so long been the velodrome’s untouchable. For the first time in years, he has a genuine threat in the Australian.
If there is any comfort in being beaten by the best, it is having the best acknowledge you are the hardest to beat.
Lavreysen has for so long been the velodrome’s untouchable. The flying Dutchman who won gold at the last Olympics and all of the last five world championships. To draw him in a match sprint spells almost certain death for any rival. In November 2023, back at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome once more, Richardson ended Lavreysen’s perfect record by beating him in the final of a UCI Track Champions League meet. At their next encounter in London, Lavreysen won once more. Both times, there was no more than a whisker in it.
“I put my best foot forward, I didn’t leave anything out on the track, said the 25-year-old. “Harrie’s a really tough opponent. He’s one of the greatest sprinters we’ve ever seen on this planet.
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