Track stand

General Admission test (English: stood still; French: surplace ) is a term used in track cycling, which indicates a tactical maneuver in the sprint.

The railway Sprint is usually of two drivers for two to three rounds (depending on track length 750 to 1000 meters) down. It would be - apart from the possibility of tactical maneuvers, such as the surprise attack - unwise to deny the race from the start with high speed because the enemy then just hanging out in the slipstream and at the end of the leader of the slipstream would overtake. Therefore, the drivers drive at first slowly and mostly watching each other, each driver trying to get into the more favorable for the final sprint position. This is usually the rear: One has the enemy in view, can intercept attacks better, and in the final sprint of the rear driver can be exploited for the wind shadow of the front ( " Sprinter hole ").

There are several tactical ways in which the leading driver may try to force his opponent the leading position ( the starting order will be drawn ). One of them is standing trial: The driver remains on the site, which the enemy forces, either also rest or drive past and so to take the lead. The driver must be stated nowhere and can not even touch the ground with their feet, so he must balance on the stationary bike. This must not move more than 20 centimeters backwards in the process. Standing attempts are allowed before the second round.

The technique of standing trial is the wheel while "downhill" to provide for railway, but the front wheel to the right " uphill " pursue. Easy forward and reverse pedaling the cranks approximately horizontally placed produces small forward and backward movement of the wheel. Both these movements come across the gravity - resistance and cause simultaneously by the severely battered front wheel counter-balancing the sideways movements. However, it is not always possible in the competition to find the ideal position for a standing trial and execute him unchallenged. Therefore, this maneuver requires the match practice a lot of strength and skill.

In recent years, the number and length of standing attempts at official competitions were increasingly limited. Today, only two trials of each not exceeding 30 seconds are allowed per run. If the time limit is reached without changing the positions of the riders get a signal (usually a whistle ), whereby it calls for further driving. By this time limit attempts at standing have lost much of their meaning.

In Six Days on the other hand are longer standstills also minutes to the spectacular and popular among the viewers deposits of Sprint tournaments.

As with most races standing Try this applies between Gabriel Poulain and Henry Mayer in 1906: After six standing trials of 20 to 45 minutes in a runoff, the judges finally decided to draw. The longest standing attempt at a web - World Cup took place during the recent train - Cycling World Championships 1955 in a run between the Dutchman Jan Derksen and the Italian Antonio Maspes at the Milan Vigorelli train instead. It lasted 32 minutes and 20 seconds and was eventually canceled by the commissioners. Legendary was also the standing attempt by Sergio Bianchetto and Giovanni Pettenella in the semifinals of the sprint the Italian Championships in 1965 on the Velodromo Ganna in Varese. It ended after 63 minutes, shaken as Bianchetto over high heat cramps and completely exhausted suffered a circulatory collapse and fell off the bike. Pettenella other hand remained on his wheel until the jury announced Bianchettos task. The standing trial was broadcast live by RAI on the radio.