Spain's Gutierrez wins Tour of Benelux prologue
Jose Ivan Gutierrez, of the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the prologue of the Tour of Benelux here on Wednesday. The Spanish cyclist, last years winner, is on good form and set the standard with a time of 5:31.09 minutes over […]
RECALL: Electra Bicycle Company Expands Recall of Amsterdam Bicycles
NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 19, 2008Release #08-365 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 261-1644CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Electra Bicycle Company Expands Recall of Amsterdam […]
Track cycling medal winner breakdown
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. […]
Pendleton to meet Kanis in Olympic sprint semis
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 […]
Zubeldia moves over to Astana
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 […]
Tour duties force Aussies to drop Lancaster
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 […]
Battle of the 'Brads' could light up velodrome
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 […]
Bayley picks French for team sprint gold
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 […]
Fans struggle against Great Wall at cycling venue
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 […]
The stars to look out for at the velodrome
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 […]
