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Major Track Races
- UCI Track Worlds
Mar. 26, 2008
- Los Angeles Track World Cup
Mar. 29, 2008Hoy makes history with sprint win
Britain's Chris Hoy made a mark in track cycling’s history books by winning his first try at a world sprint title in Manchester, England, on Friday
Hoy, the reigning world keirin champion and a former kilometer and team sprint champion, claimed ...
- Mar. 28, 2008Wanted: Strong fast women
If I were to write the perfect classified ad to recruit top female athletes to track cycling it would look like this:
Tired of your current sport? You might have an Olympic future in Cycling! Oarswomen, listen up – Rebecca Romero of ...
- Mar. 28, 2008Meares secures sprint spot for Beijing
Australia's reigning Olympic 500 meter time trial champion Anna Meares is celebrating after hearing she has qualified for the sprint event in Beijing.
Australia's sole women's sprint spot at the Games was under threat because of Meares' place ...
- Mar. 27, 2008Romero dips her oar in new waters
When newly crowned world women's pursuit champion Rebecca Romero first climbed onto a track bike, she fell off.
Any hardened trackie knows that such a tumble is not an unusual experience, but it is a measure of the former Olympic rower’s ...
- Mar. 27, 2008French sprinter Arnaud Tournant remains a powerhouse
On or off the track, you don’t mess with Arnaud Tournant, the powerhouse French sprinter who remains one of the most feared sprinters in the world and perhaps the best kilometer rider ever to take to the track.
After 13 years at the top of the ...
Mar. 27, 2008Britain sets world record in winning team pursuit
Reigning champions Britain defended their team pursuit title in a new official world record time of 3:56.322 at the world track cycling championships in Manchester England on Thursday.
Denmark finished second to claim the silver medal while ...
- Mar. 27, 2008Bos eyes gold in sprint
Reigning world sprint champion Theo Bos says he will not shy away from his rivals when the blue-ribbon event of the world track championships gets under way Friday in Manchester, England.
And the flying Dutchman believes his main challenger, big ...
Mar. 26, 2008Inside the pursuit
The world championships began with an unscheduled event, early morning blood draw from the UCI. The Holiday Inn was targeted at an ungodly hour for our teenage son (7am!) and no doubt, no one else was happy either. In any case, the Brits, Aussies, ...
- Mar. 26, 2008Commentary: Mixed day for Brits in Manchester
Until Wednesday morning, David Brailsford's ethical stance on Team GB's attitude to doping had been unquestioned.
The British team's Performance Director has long championed clean and fair competition and maintained that any deviation from that ...
- Mar. 26, 2008Phinney sets PR and Junior world record
Taylor Phinney continued his quest for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team on Wednesday, lowering his personal best time in the men's individual pursuit by more than two seconds and recording a new world-record time for a junior.
His mark of 4:22.358 ...
Mar. 26, 2008Wiggins defeats Huizenga in finals
Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins lifted British spirits by successfully defending his
individual pursuit crown here at the world track cycling championships on Wednesday.
Wiggins overpowered surprise Dutch finalist Jenning Huizenga in a ...
- Mar. 26, 2008Two riders bumped from worlds for hematocrit tests.
Britain's cycling director Dave Brailsford admitted on Wednesday the world track cycling championships had begun under a cloud after endurance rider Rob Hayles failed a blood screening test.
Britain is the team to beat at the championships, which ...
