Gold for the men’s Pursuit Team, with the women by far the fastest; Victoria Pendleton takes inaugural women’s Keirin The men’s Pursuit Team of Great Britain successfully defended the Olympic title that it took four years ago in Beijing, China, […]
Fifth Gold for Hoy in Team Sprint but Pendelton and Varnish disqualified The records tumbled in the first day of competition in the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome as the medals were decided in both the men’s and women’s Team Sprint, […]
Jason Kenny selected over 2008 gold medallist for individual sprint Chris Hoy’s ambition of trying to repeat the historic three gold medals he won in Beijing 2008 has been dashed following confirmation that British selectors have opted for the younger […]
World’s top riders to compete in Glasgow after Olympic Games Several of the medallists from the upcoming London Olympics will likely line out in the Chris Hoy velodrome in Glasgow after it was confirmed today that the UCI had decided […]
Canadian’s near-miss on title in worlds sharpens resolve for 2012 Games The omnium – love it or hate it, we better get used to it. There are six disciplines run over two days – flying lap, points and elimination on […]
Australian wants to focus completely on road racing Cameron Meyer, one of the most exciting track riders in the sport, has decided to call it quits on that aspect of his career. Although the Olympic Games will be held this […]
Brailsford weighing up Hoy vs Kenny selection for Olympic sprint British Cycling’s performance director Dave Brailsford has admitted that he is facing a tough task in deciding whether Chris Hoy or Jason Kenny should be selected for Great Britain’s sprint […]
Final day sees the fastest ever 500 metres, and the men’s Keirin won by the usual rider in an unusual way The 2012 World Track Championships, in Melbourne, Australia, drew to a close with yet another World record falling to […]
Trott takes the Omnium; Meyer responds with the Points Race; Baugé takes back his sprint crown; Meares gets a Keirin consolation Day four in the Melbourne velodrome saw yet more “Ashes” battles between host nation Australia and its old enemy […]
Pendleton takes Meares and sixth title; O’Shea takes the Omnium; Judges take out sprinters who can’t keep their line The third day of the World Track Championships in Melbourne, Australia, was another eventful one, as the commissaires made themselves felt […]
Italian forced out of Omnium due to yesterday’s points race crash Liquigas Cannondale sprinter Elia Viviani’s hopes of taking a track gold at the world championships in Melbourne came to an end today when the Italian was a non-starter in […]
Former rower convinced it’s not too late to secure Olympic qualification History was made on Thursday when, in an event she was primarily riding to loosen up for Sunday’s individual pursuit, Caroline Ryan became the first Irish person to land […]
Great Britain wins the Team Pursuit Ashes again; Anna Meares on fire for the home nation The Melbourne track once again proved that it is one of the fastest in the World as the records continued to tumble on day […]
Great Britain breaks own Team Pursuit record; France and Germany interfere in pre-Olympic “Ashes” battle The first big story on the first day of the World Track Championships in Melbourne, Australia, was the big “Ashes” battle between the host nation […]
RusVelo’s Kovalev unsure about participation The Russian RusVelo team faces the possibility that it will lose the services of one of its riders, Ivan Kovalev, as the result of a hit and run accident in Australia. The 25 year old […]
Cyclones squad listed prior to next month’s Melbourne clash Prior to what will be the final major international meet prior to the Olympics Games, Cycling Australia has announced an impressive lineup for the world track championships, which will be held […]
Two Golds for VeloNation blogger in “London Prepares” World Cup One of the big heroes of the weekend’s final round of the Track World Cup on the new London Velodrome was VeloNation’s newest blogger Joanna Rowsell. The Great Britain rider, […]
Third fastest ever Team Pursuit to put pressure on Great Britain; second gold for Hoy; close-as-possible Omnium glory for Hammer There was more excitement in the new London Velodrome in the final night of of racing the World Cup event, […]
