Rad sports director causes racism scandal – gloomy results on the road

Corona chaos, no medal and a racism scandal as an absolute low point: The Olympic races were ultimately simply forgotten for German road cyclists. Apart from the sporting record, in which there is no precious metal like five years ago in Rio de Janeiro, sporting director Patrick Moster also caused a verbal derailment in the last race on the high-speed racetrack on Mount Fuji.

“I was in the catering and cheered on Nikias Arndt. In the heat of the moment and with the overall burden that we have here at the moment, my choice of words was wrong. I’m so sorry, I can only sincerely apologize did not want to discredit anyone, “said Moster on Wednesday the German press agency. Sixth place for Lisa Brennauer and 15th place for Max Schachmann in the individual time trial moved into the background, as did the Olympic victories of Annemiek van Vleuten and Primoz Roglic.

DOSB announces consequences after making a racist statement

Moster wanted to cheer on Nikias Arndt to catch up with the Algerian who was driving in front of the Cologne man. In doing so, he allowed himself to be misled into a racist dropout. “We ourselves have many friends with North African roots, as I said, I’m sorry,” emphasized the 54-year-old. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) reacted immediately and announced the consequences. “It is important that Patrick Moster apologized immediately after the competition. We will seek a personal conversation with him today and deal with the situation,” said DOSB President Alfons Hörmann. Actually, Moster is supposed to be on site at the railway competitions starting on Monday in Izu, west of Tokyo.

His bad taste somehow fitted the road riders’ messed up Fuji trip. At the foot of Japan’s most famous mountain, ambitions were thwarted the day before the road race by Simon Geschke’s positive corona test. After an almost sleepless night, Schachmann finished tenth, but the Berliner clearly missed the medal.

“I wasn’t dissatisfied with the performance. I went all-in because I didn’t want to hide for fifth or sixth place. It didn’t work at all in the time trial,” said Schachmann of the DPA. “Well prepared and then the day before the road race started. I’ll tick that off and see that I can set myself new goals and attack again for the year.” The next summer games in Paris in three years’ time are definitely one of the goals. Schachmann doesn’t want to do much differently beforehand, should he be nominated. “I have nothing to reproach myself with in preparation,” said the 27-year-old. After the road race, there had been discussions as to whether the Tour de France might not have been a better preparation for Tokyo.

Women also continue to wait for medals

Even with women, the BDR has to continue on hold in the hunt for an Olympic road medal. Whereby the German champion Lisa Brennauer with her sixth places in the road race and in the time trial was much closer. “I didn’t lose the podium in one place, I was always on about the same position,” said Brennauer. “As after the road race, I’ll be happy about the result tomorrow. A medal would have been a dream. I got the best out of myself, I have nothing to reproach myself for.”

The demanding course around the test track of the car manufacturer Toyota demanded everything from the drivers at temperatures of around 30 degrees. With over 400 meters of altitude, the route had practically no flat sections. The 33-year-old woman from Allgäu was already well behind in the interim times and was 1: 57.22 minutes behind van Vleuten at the finish. Lisa Klein was 2: 48.48 minutes behind at the end. “I’m definitely not satisfied with the placement. It should have been in the top ten,” said Klein.