NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 19, 2008Release #08-365Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 261-1644CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908Electra Bicycle Company Expands Recall of Amsterdam Bicycles; Chain Can [...]
Olympic medal winners from the track cycing which finished here Tuesday. Men Sprint 1. Chris Hoy (GBR)2. Jason Kenny (GBR)3. Mickael Bourgain (FRA) Team Sprint1. Great Britain (Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff)2. France (Gregory Bauge, Kevin Sireau, Arnaud Tournant)3. [...]
Victoria Pendleton of Britain boosted her bid for a first Olympic gold by easing into the semi-finals of the women's sprint tournament on Monday. Pendleton dominated Simona Krupeckaite of Lithania over two legs of their quarter-final to book a semi-final [...]
Haimar Zubeldia has signed a two-year contract to race with Johan Bruyneel's Astana team. The 31 year-old from the Basque region of Spain is moving over from his home team of Euskaltel-Euskadi where he began his pro career. Zubeldia has [...]
Australia's defence of their coveted Olympic team pursuit crown from Athens has been hit by Brett Lancaster's failed bid to leave the Tour de France a week before the race finished. Lancaster was a key member of the team that [...]
Bradley McGee is hoping to put a silver lining around yet another injury-hit season when he saddles up with Olympic medals - not history - on his mind at the Laoshan velodrome on Friday. But as he aims to qualify [...]
While riders marvelled at the backdrop of the Great Wall for Olympic cycling events here, spectators said the structure built to keep out invaders also prevented them from watching races. Road races on the weekend and Wednesday's time trials were [...]
Double Olympic champion Ryan Bayley has picked the "unbelievable French" to draw first blood in the five-day track competition which gets underway with the men's team sprint on Friday. Bayley, who added two golds from the men's sprint and keirin [...]
American Kristin Armstrong joined a select club of cyclists when she added the Olympic time trial gold to her 2006 world title here on Wednesday. Cambridge University graduate Emma Pooley of Britain claimed the silver with triathlon Iron Man specialist [...]
The Olympic track cycling competition is held at the Laoshan Velodrome from August 15-19. Here are some of the stars to look out for over the 10 gold medal events. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) The Englishman won a medal of every [...]
Switzerland's reigning world champion Fabian Cancellara powered to his maiden Olympic time trial crown to grab his second medal of the Games' cycling events on Wednesday. Gustav Larsson of Sweden, Cancellara's teammate at the professional CSC outfit, finished second at [...]
Whenever Kristin Armstrong does anything worthy of note, she gets the inevitable question. And on Wednesday the newly-crowned women's Olympic time trial champion gave the same, well-rehearsed answer: "No, I'm not related to (Lance Armstrong) but we have a lot [...]
French great Jeannie Longo made clear her long career in elite cycling was far from over after narrowly missing out on an Olympic bronze medal in the women's time-trial here Wednesday. The 49-year-old recently won the French road and time-trial [...]
When the Olympic track cycling competition gets underway on Friday, the power and speed of the world's biggest track stars won't be the only thing on display. At the Laoshan Velodrome, the big medal favourites will also unleash millions of [...]
Track giants Britain, France and Australia are putting the final touches to preparations for a five-day rivalry that is set to thrill fans at the flying saucer-shaped Laoshan Velodrome beginning Friday. Global pacesetters Britain set the bar high by winning [...]
Spanish rider Iban Mayo was banned for two years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal by the sport's world governing body the UCI, the Lausanne-based CAS said on Tuesday. The statement said: "The Court of Arbitration [...]
Continuing to work toward the District’s goal of providing innovative, alternative transportation for residents and commuters, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty launched the District’s highly anticipated SmartBikeDC program today. SmartBikeDC is the first self-service, public bike rental program in North America. [...]
German rider Linus Gerdemann of the Columbia team took the overall lead after winning a sprint finish for the third stage of the Tour de l'Ain cycling race here on Tuesday. Gerdemann crossed the line ahead of French duo David [...]
