Great Britain’s hopes of success in the men’s Madison at the Paris Olympics were knocked to the floor when Ollie Wood was ‘rear-ended’ by another rider – just one of a number of crashes in a chaotic race in which Portugal prevailed with a couple of inspired late plays.
The final quarter of the 200-lap event was beset by spills, throwing the race into disarray as Italy, Spain, and Belgium all had riders hitting the pine at speed. But the most dramatic incident saw Wood completely cleaned out by the Dutchman Jan-Willem van Schip.
