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 department and cheered on Nikias Arndt. In the heat of the moment and with the overall burden we have here at the moment, I have missed my choice of words. I am so sorry, I can only sincerely apologize. I didn't want to discredit anyone, "Moster told the German press agency on Wednesday. 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.

Moster wanted to cheer on Nikias Arndt to catch up with the Algerian who was driving in front of the Cologne man.

He let himself be seduced into a racist dropout and shouted: “Get the camel drivers, get the camel drivers, come on.” Before Arndt, the Eritrean Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier and the Algerian Azzedine Lagab took to the track to fight the clock.

He couldn't explain to himself how this statement came about, said Moster.

"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.

"Discussion and processing"

“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. Rudolf Scharping, President of the Association of German Cyclists, condemned the statement as "unacceptable" and announced talks after the games. But he also mentioned the "special stress".

Arndt distanced himself from Moster's words. "I am appalled by the incidents at today's Olympic time trial and would like to distance myself clearly from the statements of the sporting director," wrote Arndt on Twitter: "Such words are not acceptable." Olympia and cycling "stand for tolerance, respect and fairness . I represent these values ​​100 percent and take my hat off to all the great athletes who have come together here in Tokyo from all over the world, ”Arndt continued.

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 moved all in because I didn't want to hide for fifth or sixth place.

In the time trial it didn't work at all, ”Schachmann told 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.

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 roughly the same position,” said Brennauer. “As after the road race, I'll be happy with 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 the top ten, ”said Klein.