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Cycling: Australia-GB rivalry set to ignite London velodrome

Racing in their home velodrome and backed by a lively partisan crowd of 6000, Great Britain's expectations of Olympic track cycling glory this summer are understandably high. But home hopes of another gold frenzy, four years aft [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

GB cycling coach on London Track Cup

Great Britain Olympic Programme Track Sprint Coach Iain Dyer has spoken of the challenge in finding the right line-up for the men’s team sprint ahead of the London Track Cup. Jason Kenny, Sir Chris Hoy and Matt Crampton were sele [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

NZ cyclist Archibald aims for London via Beijing

Southland track sprinter Matt Archibald will make his World Cup debut early in the new year. Less than four years after he attended his first national cycling championships, the former rower will head to Beijing in January to try to push [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Wiggins goes off track for London

A senior British Cycling official has said triple Olympic track gold-medallist Bradley Wiggins will focus on road events, primarily the Olympic road time trial, at London 2012 after taking part in the Tour de France. "As it stands [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: cyclist David Millar considers appeal ...

The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, first revealed by Telegraph Sport, has raised fundamental doubts about the British Olympic Association’s life ban on doping offenders. The CAS ruling in the case of US sprinter LaSha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling fans barred from summit of the London 2012 Road Race

But a row between London's Olympic organisers and cycling fans looks set to sour the event. Elite cyclists will ride the Olympics route, starting and finishing on The Mall in London through Hampton Court Palace. In Surrey, the course [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 cycling venue opens

Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy christened the London 2012 cycling track on Tuesday as the state-of-the-art velodrome became the first London Olympics venue to be completed. Four-time Olympic champion Hoy was joined for an early morning ride [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Scalextric to launch London 2012 cycling set

The Micro Scalextric Team GB Track Cycling set follows the company's tried-and-tested slot-racing format, but instead of its usual cars there are two miniature cyclists racing each other. Each of the two electric-powered cyclists' [...]

Posted On : Jan, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

TfL claims London Cycle Superhighway use is up by 70%

The scheme has been criticised by some people for not encouraging enough new cyclists and for spoiling the appearance of some Docklands streets. But Transport for London says the number of cyclists on the two pilot routes, which run from [...]