Fatigued after a long and successful Classics season which saw him reach his goal of becoming world number one, Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert is sticking by his original plan to give the Tour de France a miss this year. The […]
Belgium’s national couch, Carlo Bomans, travelled to Offida, Italy, to preview the Junior World Championships course Friday. His goal is simple, help recent Paris-Roubaix winner Jasper Stuyven defend his rainbow jersey August 8. Bomans drove the 16-kilometre circuit and filmed […]
Florence moves closer to hosting the 2013 World Championships with the conclusion today of two days of inspections by the International Cycling Union (UCI). Two inspectors from the UCI accompanied the Florence organisers in a helicopter fly-over of the proposed […]
Belgian Philippe Gilbert missed the chance to win his home race, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Sunday. However, Omega Pharma-Lotto’s team manger, Marc Sergeant, is pleased with Gilbert’s progression and said that the World Championships is the next major goal. Sergeant knows his rider […]
After a strong start to the UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, the United States has hit a rough patch on the track. Wednesday Sarah Hammer returned to competition for the first time this year and won the individual […]
The German track squad is not having an easy time at this year’s UCI World Track Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Currently the Germans are in fifth position out of thirteen countries in the medal count and the Deutschland coach is […]
The Australian track team continued their success in Copenhagen, Denmark, overcoming the loss of a man late in the race to secure gold in the men’s team pursuit ahead of rival Britain. New Zealand put in a dominating performance to […]
Teun Mulder of the Netherlands upset French hopes of a first gold at the world track championships Friday when he blitzed his way in record time to victory in the men’s kilometre. French duo Michael D’Almeida and Francois Pervis won […]
Former professional cyclist Paolo Bettini has admitted that he’s still undecided on whether he will take the place of the late Franco Ballerini as the Italian national coach. The Italians were close friends and, while the position is open for […]
Olympic silver medalist Alex Rasmussen handed Denmark their first gold of the world track cycling championships Thursday when he won the men’s scratch race. Rasmussen finished the 15km, 60-lap race ahead of Colombia’s Juan Esteban Arango, with Japan’s Kazuhiro Mori […]
Australia’s women’s pursuit team maintained the squad’s impressive gold medal momentum with victory in the 3km event at the world track cycling championships Thursday. Defending champions Britain finished second to take the silver, losing their world record in the process, […]
Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy took back his keirin World Championship title in Copenhagen, Denmark today to give him a British record of 10 world titles. Hoy dominated the final of the men’s event, finishing in front of Malaysia’s […]
American Taylor Phinney brought home the first gold medal for the United States men today by defending his 4000 meter individual pursuit title from last year. Phinney clocked 4,16.600 minutes to beat New Zealand’s Jesse Sergent in the final. Phinney’s […]
Australia’s Anna Meares and Kaarle McCullough successfully defended their team sprint title at the world track cycling championships on Thursday in Copenhagen, Denmark by beating China into a silver medal. McCullough said afterwards, “We’re so happy so have defended our […]
Malaysian sprint specialist Josiah Ng was disqualified from the men’s keirin at the world track cycling championships Thursday for obstructing Britain’s Chris Hoy. Ng was ruled to have obstructed former world champion Hoy, who crashed to the boards seconds after […]
The much anticipated duel between Taylor Phinney and Jack Bobridge in the individual pursuit at this week’s World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark wasn’t meant to be, with the Australian missing the mark for the gold medal round this time around. […]
Australian Cameron Meyer successfully defended his points race title at the world track cycling championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday. The 22-year-old finished off the event with 70 points, more than double the 33 point tally of silver medalist Dutchman […]
Anna Meares of Australia took the gold medal in the 500 meter time trial today at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, besting defending champion and reigning world record holder Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania and Olga Panarina of Belarus, who […]
