Track

Erik Zabel will be opening the 99th edition of the Berlin Six Days, which take place from January 28 to February 2. Zabel did his final race in Berlin last year, but he still has strong ties to the velodrome […]

The German Six Day events continued to be plagued by problems. The Munich Six Days were canceled a few days ago, leaving only Berlin and Bremen in Germany. The Bremen Six Days are underway, but the racers were stopped in […]

Organizers of the Munich Six Day race say the event for 2010 has been cancelled due to lack of crowds. The cancellation of the 46-year-old event is a huge blow to German Six Day racing. During the event last year […]

British sprinter Mark Cavendish has said that he is walking away from track racing, thus banking all hopes of a medal in the London 2012 Olympics on the road race. “I had my chance in Beijing 2008 and I have […]

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge today defended the UCI’s decision to cut the program of Olympic track cycling. The new programme, to come into effect for the 2012 Games in London, sees cycling lose the individual pursuit, the […]

British track cyclist Chris Hoy is focusing on gold for the London Olympic games in 2012, and is willing to narrow his focus even if it means lowering his overall medal count. Hoy won gold medals in the sprint, team […]

Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli won the Zurich Six Days in their native Switzerland, one lap ahead of Germans Leif Lampater and Christian Grasmann. Swiss riders Alexander Aeschbach/Tristan Marguet closed out the podium spots. It was Risi’s 60th Six Days […]

Track rider Bruno Risi calls it quits after 18 years as a professional and the crowd gave him en emotional good-bye yesterday in the next to last night of the Zurich Six Days. Risi’s career started in 1991 and if […]

Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli have increased their lead after four nights in the Zurich Six-Day race. The Swiss duo won both Madison races and have now a one-lap lead over Germans Leif Lampater and Christian Grasmann. But the race […]

In order to put more of an endurance emphasis than at the last three World Championships, and to make it more attractive to the public, the UCI has increased race distances and added an elimination race to the Omnium event […]

British Cycling’s performance director Dave Brailsford has slammed the decision taken by UK Sport to cut funding for high-performance cycling, saying that it could limit the amount of medals won by riders in the London Olympics. The cuts would see […]

The third round of the 2009/10 Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia saw some impressive performances, despite the absence of many of the stronger teams. France, and particularly the Cofidis team dominated the sprint events, with the British and Australian […]

The derny hour world record set by Maas van Beek last Monday is not yet official and may not become official. Despite a UCI official and the doping control, the important step of registering the attempt with the International Cycling […]

With the majority of reactions to the new Olympic track programme being negative, Great Britain’s Performance Director Dave Brailsord is broadly optimistic; particularly that it gives women the same number of events as men. “The issue of gender inequality within […]

Belgian track cyclist Kenny De Ketele has voiced his disappointment at the confirmation of the changed Olympic track programme. De Ketele and racing partner Iljo Keisse were fourth in the Madison at the Olympic Games in Beijing last year, agonisingly […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved several substantial changes to track cycling, among them, the elimination of the individual pursuit, points race and Madison from the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The IOC’s decision goes hand in hand with […]

In advance of a decision expected to be announced tomorrow, Olympic pursuit medallists Rebecca Romero and Bradley Wiggins have expressed differing views about the planned reforms to the track events. Both previously stated their dissatisfaction when it was reported that […]

Printed copies of a petition totalling over 4,000 names were sent to the International Olympic Committee yesterday, pushing for the retention of the individual pursuit in the London 2012 Games. According to AP reports, a total of 4,408 people signed […]