First test on Olympic track for team pursuit

LONDON (AFP) — World team pursuit champions Australia are hoping to strike an early psychological blow in the battle for Olympic gold by qualifying fastest in the final World Cup event of the season Thursday. Qualifying for the men’s and …

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Aussies show their cards at Olympic team pursuit test event

LONDON (AFP) — Australia’s quest to regain the Olympic team pursuit crown was given momentum after they qualified fastest in

Meares, McCullouch set new team sprint record

LONDON (AFP) — Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch of Australia set a new world record in qualifying for the team

Australia set new women’s world team pursuit record

LONDON (AFP) – Australia set a new world record in the women’s team pursuit at the World Cup meeting for

Centenarian claims hour record

At the age of 14 he entered his first cycling event under a false name because he was too young:

Australia set new women’s world team pursuit record

LONDON (AFP) – Australia set a new world record in the women’s team pursuit at the World Cup meeting for

Great Britain set new women’s world team pursuit record

LONDON, Feb 17, 2012 (AFP) – Great Britain set a new world record in the women’s team pursuit at the

London velodrome ready to rumble

LONDON (VN) – If there was ever a question of hometown crowds being an
advantage for Team GB for the

Pendleton continues strong showing at World Cup Olympic test event

LONDON, Feb 18, 2012 (AFP) – Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton remained on course for her second sprint gold of the

Team sprint still problematic for Olympic champions

LONDON, Feb 18, 2012 (AFP) – A man one selection dilemma, combined with two
hungry rivals, are threatening to hamper

British track team gaining confidence for London 2012

LONDON (VN) – The British track team is quietly confident it’s on the right track heading toward the 2012 Olympic

Australia confident while British expectations are high

LONDON (AFP) — Racing in their home velodrome and backed by a lively partisan crowd of 6,000, Great Britain’s expectations

Records expected to fall at new Olympic track

LONDON (AFP) — Track cycling could be set for an Olympic boost when a host of world records are expected

Aussies stick it to Brits in World Cup team pursuit

LONDON, Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)—World champions Australia struck a  psychological blow ahead of the Olympics as they beat Great Britain

Hoy delivers at world cup test event

LONDON, Feb 18, 2012 (AFP)—Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy showed Britain the way to gold success in the London

Brits set boards alight on new Olympic track

LONDON (AFP) — Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish inspired Britain to produce two world record-winning performances Friday as

French team sprint trio shows Olympic ambitions

LONDON (AFP) — Former champions France put their Olympic team sprint ambitions on display Friday by dominating qualifying to set

Highlights Day 2: UCI Para-cycling Track Worlds

CARSON, Calif. – The second day of the 2012 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships presented by Samsung at the

UCI strips Bauge of track titles

The UCI announced Friday that it will annul world titles involving French rider Gregory Bauge after the track rider didn’t

Belgian trackie Iijo Keisse lands 2012 deal with Omega Pharma-Quick-Step

Belgian trackie Iijo Keisse has extended his contract, which will keep him with the new-look Omega Pharma-Quick-Step through the 2012

Koga pulls the wraps off its new Tee Tee Track bike

At the UCI Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands Koga unveiled its latest pursuit bike creation: the Tee Tee Track

2011 European track championships highlights

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2011 European track championships highlights

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Belgian trackie Iijo Keisse lands 2012 deal with Omega Pharma-Quick-Step

Belgian trackie Iijo Keisse has extended his contract, which will keep him with the new-look Omega Pharma-Quick-Step through the 2012

UCI World track championships, Day 2: A Casey Gibson gallery

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Smooth as silk: Jack Bobridge in the pursuit final. Photo: Casey

Hammer stuns Shanks to defend world pursuit crown

Hammer in the pursuit qualifyer earlier Friday. Photo: Casey B. Gibson

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) – American Sarah Hammer launched a stunning fighback to

Sarah Hammer scores pursuit title, Gregory Bauge repeats as world sprint champion

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) ─ American Sarah Hammer launched a stunning fightback to defend her three-kilometer individual pursuit title against New Zealand’s Alison Shanks at the world track cycling

UCI world track championships: Day 3 results

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) – Collated results from the third day of the world track cycling championships on Friday:

Women

Individual pursuit
Final

Sarah Hammer (USA) 3min 32.933 bt Alison Shanks (NZL)

2011 UCI world track championships, day 3: A Casey B. Gibson gallery

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UCI world track championships: day 4 results

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) — Collated results from the fourth day of the world track cycling championships on Saturday:

Men

Keirin
Final

1. Shane Perkins (AUS), 2. Chris Hoy (GBR), 3.

2011 UCI track world championships, day 4: a Casey B. Gibson gallery

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2011 world track championships results, final

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) — Collated results from the 19 finals of the world track cycling championships on Sunday:

Men

Sprint
Final

Gregory Bauge (FRA) 10.224 and 10.220 bt Jason Kenny

Koga pulls the wraps off its new Tee Tee Track bike

At the UCI Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands Koga unveiled its latest pursuit bike creation: the Tee Tee Track bike. Kirsten Wild rode the bike in the

Sarah Hammer’s world champion Felt TK1

Hammer's Felt TK1 is an impressive machine. She has ridden the model since before the Beijing Olympic Games and must feel at

Sarah Hammer scores 3rd medal at 2011 UCI world track championships

Hammer is very happy to be finished with her marathon track championship. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Sarah Hammer on Sunday became

Stevens, Craddock among Americans for Pan Ams

A collection of young men and veteran women highlight the U.S. roster for next month’s UCI Pan American Road and Track Continental Championships. Current national champions Evelyn Stevens

American Matt Baranoski earns bronze at junior track worlds

American Matt Baranoski (Perkasie, Penn./SUB 49) earned a bronze medal in the kilo event at the junior world track championships in Moscow, Russia, on Friday.

Baronski finished in 1:04.660

Men set American team pursuit record at junior worlds

The American team qualified ninth and set a new American record for the team pursuit at the UCI junior track championships in Moscow Thursday.

The pursuit team — Gregory Daniel

Olympian Mark Whitehead dead at 50

USA Cycling has confirmed the death of Mark Whitehead, a member of U.S. Olympic track cycling team in 1984.

Tom Moran photo

Whitehead, 50,

Olympic champion Romero to skip London Games

LONDON (AFP) — Britain’s Olympic cycling champion Rebecca Romero confirmed on Monday that she will not compete at the London 2012 Games next summer.

British Cycling said the 31-year-old double

Florida masters racer refuses doping test, hit with two-year suspension

A 45-year-old Miami, Florida, cyclist has accepted a two-year suspension from cycling after refusing to submit a sample at the USA Cycling masters national track championships in July,

Viviani vying for Italian worlds team with Steamboat win

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (VN) – The Liquigas-Cannondale train lined up 20km from downtown Steamboat Springs Thursday with a young Italian on the back. When he stormed through the

2011 European track championships highlights

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Bos welcomes Renshaw, mulls return to track for London

Theo Bos. Photo: Andrew Hood

Theo Bos says he’s looking forward to the arrival of Mark Renshaw to Rabobank and says he’s mulling

Kashechkin delays attempt on world hour record

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kazakhstan’s Andrey Kashechkin has pushed back his attempt to set a new world hour record, the Astana team cyclist announced Monday.

Kashechkin had scheduled

Pennsylvania masters racer sanctioned for 8 months after positive test

Michael Miller of Morgantown, Pennsylvania, has accepted an 8-month ban from cycling after he tested positive for a banned stimulant at USA Cycling’s masters track nationals in Trexlertown,

U.S. cyclists claim 24 medals at 2011 Parapan American Games

The U.S. contingent cleaned up during the cycling competition at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

U.S. cyclists earned 24 medals — nine gold, 11 silver and

American Cycling Association rejoins USA Cycling as local association for Colorado, eastern Wyoming

GOLDEN, Colo. (VN) — Following a near-four-hour meeting on Friday that at varying times was caustic, contentious and a little confused, the American Cycling Association’s club members voted

Bos headed for surgery, ends Olympic plans

PARIS (AFP) — Theo Bos of the Netherlands is due to undergo surgery that will rule him out of next year’s London Olympics, his Rabobank team announced on

USA Cycling drops 30-34 masters category for nationals beginning in 2012

There will be one less stars-and-stripes jersey up for grabs at USA Cycling’s masters road and track national championships in 2012.

The governing body dropped the 30-34 age category

Sarah Hammer wins women’s omnium at 2011-12 UCI Track World Cup stop in Cali, Colombia

Sarah Hammer smiles after winning the scratch race at the Alcides Nieto Patino velodrome in Cali, Colombia. Photo: Luis Robayo | AFP

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