Tandem race

Rail tandem

The tandem race is a discipline of track cycling .

The tandem race is basically the sprint discipline , but this is carried out by two drivers on a two-seater tandem . The man in front is the helmsman, while the driver sitting behind has almost no view to the front and has to fully rely on his partner. Very high speeds (up to 80 km / h) are reached on a tandem.

From 1908 to 1972 the tandem race was part of the program at the Olympic Games . In 1995 the discipline was also deleted from the world championship program and has since been almost forgotten. The tendency towards shorter and shorter cycling tracks makes this discipline difficult, as there is too much pressure on the corners in the tight corners of the shorter tracks.

Nowadays, however, there are still tandem races in "para-cycling" in disabled cycling. Here the visually impaired or blind driver sits in the back and is controlled by a "pilot". These races (sprint, pursuit, time trial) are also held in the UCI Para Cycling competitions and are also Paralympic disciplines.

Results of the UCI track world championships

See also : UCI Track World Championships

year	gold	silver	bronze
1966	Pierre Trentin , Daniel Morelon	Klaus Kobusch , Martin Stenzel	Walter Gorini , Giordano Turrini
1967	Bruno Gonzato , Dino Verzini	Pierre Trentin , Daniel Morelon	Daniel Goens , Robert Van Lancker
1968	Giordano Turrini , Walter Gorini	Daniel Goens , Robert Van Lancker	Sanji Inoue , Hideo Madarame
1969	Jürgen Geschke , Werner Otto	Jürgen Barth , Rainer Müller	Pierre Trentin , Daniel Morelon
1970	Jürgen Barth , Rainer Müller	Jürgen Geschke , Werner Otto	Gérard Quintyn , Daniel Morelon
1971	Jürgen Geschke , Werner Otto	Jürgen Barth , Rainer Müller	Pierre Trentin , Daniel Morelon
1972	Discipline not carried out
1973	Vladimír Vačkář , Miloslav Vymazal	Viktor Kopylov , Vladimir Semenez	Jürgen Geschke , Werner Otto
1974	Vladimír Vačkář , Miloslav Vymazal	Viktor Kopylov , Vladimir Semenez	Benedykt Kocot , Andrzej Bek
1975	Benedykt Kocot , Janusz Kotliński	Vladimír Vačkář , Miloslav Vymazal	Anatoly Jablunowsky , Sergei Komelkov
1976	Benedykt Kocot , Janusz Kotliński	Ivan Kučírek , Milos Jelinek	Anatoly Jablunowsky , Vladimir Semenez
1977	Vladimír Vačkář , Miloslav Vymazal	Vladimir Semenez , Aleksander Voronine	Horst Gewiss , Wolfgang Schäffer
1978	Vladimír Vačkář , Miloslav Vymazal	Gerald Ash , Leslie Darcewski	Sjaak Pieters , Lau Veldt
1979	Yavé Cahard , Franck Dépine	Dieter Giebken , Hans-Peter Reimann	Vladimír Vačkář , Miloslav Vymazal
1980	Ivan Kučírek , Pavel Martinek	Yvon Cloarec , Franck Dépine	Giorgio Rossi , Floriano Finamore
1981	Ivan Kučírek , Pavel Martinek	Dieter Giebken , Fredy Schmidtke	Ryszard Konkolewski , Zbigniew Piątek
1982	Ivan Kučírek , Pavel Martinek	Dieter Giebken , Fredy Schmidtke	Sjaak Pieters , Tom Vrolijk
1983	Philippe Vernet , Franck Dépine	Ivan Kučírek , Pavel Martinek
1984	Frank Weber , Hans-Jürgen Greil	Philippe Vernet , Franck Dépine	Vincenzo Ceci , Gabriele Sella
1985	Vitezslav Voboril , Roman Rehounek	Nelson Vails , Leslie Darcewski	Sascha Wallscheid , Frank Weber
1986	Vitezslav Voboril , Roman Rehounek	Kit Kyle , David Lindsey	Andrea Faccini , Roberto Nicotti
1987	Fabrice Colas , Frédéric Magné	Andrea Faccini , Roberto Nicotti	Vitezlav Voboni , Lubomír Hargaš
1988	Fabrice Colas , Frédéric Magné	Hans-Jürgen Greil , Uwe Buchtmann	Jiri Iliek , Lubomír Hargaš
1989	Fabrice Colas , Frédéric Magné	Jiri Iliek , Lubomír Hargaš	Andrea Faccini , Federico Paris
1990	Gianluca Capitano , Federico Paris	Masaru Saito , Narihiro Inamura	Markus Nagel , Uwe Buchtmann
1991	Emanuel Raasch , Eyk Pokorny	Lubomír Hargaš , Pavel Buráň	Frédéric Lancien , Denis Lemyre
1992	Gianluca Capitano , Federico Paris	Lubomír Hargaš , Pavel Buráň	Anthony Peden , David Dew
1993	Federico Paris , Roberto Chiappa	Stephen Godfather , Dany Day	Arnost Dromanek , Lubomír Hargaš
1994	Fabrice Colas , Frédéric Magné	Emanuel Raasch , Jens Glücklich	Federico Paris , Roberto Chiappa

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCI Regulations Track Races, there: 3.2.184ff "Tandem"
2. ↑ UCI Para-Cycling regulations, there: 16.8.001ff "Track Races" ( Memento of the original from 15 May 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ The Polish duo was subsequently disqualified because they did not go through the doping control. See: Cycling4Fans - Doping: K - L. In: cycling4fans.de. Retrieved October 14, 2017 . 
4. ↑ The German tandem riders Fredy Schmidtke and Dieter Giebken were taken out of the ranking because of doping. s. Cycling , September 7, 1983, p. 3