Track cyclists

Tomic on track in individual pursuit

The Age (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Australian track cyclist Josephine Tomic has made the medal round of the individual pursuit at the Melbourne World Cup despite being hindered by leg injury.

Tomic on track in individual pursuit

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Australian track cyclist Josephine Tomic has made the medal round of the individual pursuit at the Melbourne World Cup despite being hindered by leg injury.

Tomic through to medal round

ABC (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Australian track cyclist Josephine Tomic has made the medal round of the women's individual pursuit at the UCI World Cup meet in Melbourne, despite being hindered by leg injury.

Meares welcomes Olympic schedule changes

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Top Australian track cyclist Anna Meares has defended the expected changes to the Olympic schedule, saying the previous program was unfair and sexist.

• Meares welcomes Olympic schedule changes - The Age

Modern spectacle to Classic Adelaide

Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

A talented flying squad of Australia’s fastest tarmac rally drivers promise spectators an exciting introduction to a new Modern Competition category at the 13th Classic Adelaide international tarmac rally starting next week. An entry list of more than 25 crews and cars features the winners of every other major tarmac rally run this year in Australia and New Zealand. Boasting the latest performance...

Keisse to return to Gent Six Day with Kluge

cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Belgian track cyclist Iljo Keisse will return to the Zesdaagse van Gent (Gent Six day) at the end of November, not with the partner who rode with him for the past two years, Robert Bartko, but with another German, Roger Kluge. Keisse won the event last year with Bartko, but was subsequently declared positive for doping after a control showed two banned substances, cathine and HCT. He fought the charges,...

Hoy looks to 2012 as Beijing glow fades

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

Team GB are switched on despite possible changes to the 2012 track cycling programme A year ago this week, Great Britain's cyclists assembled for the World Cup in Manchester in the euphoric haze that followed the team's domination in Beijing. Against a relatively weakened international field the squad continued where they had left off in China, taking 14 gold medals. Twelve months on, the mood is...

Angry Romero hits out at 'ludicrous' changes to Olympic cycling programme

Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

Rebecca Romero has slammed as 'ludicrous' the proposed changes to the Olympic track cycling programme which would deny her the opportunity to defend her title at the 2012 Games.

• Romero attacks 'ludicrous' changes - The Guardian
• Romero hits out at events revamp - Scotsman.com

Romero 'shocked' by Olympic changes

France24 (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

British Olympic champion Rebecca Romero has hit out at "ludicrous" plans to change the track cycling programme which would mean she could not defend her title at the 2012 Games in London. Romero won Olympic individual pursuit gold in Beijing last year but her event is in danger of disappearing from the Olympic programme as part of a plan to ensure male and female cyclists compete in the...

Review - Dreher Club Scull “the best value for clubs”

Rowperfect (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

Image via Wikipedia Ian South, longtime Kingston Rowing Club coach and former coach to internationals Rebecca Romero, Sarah Birch and Jen Goldsack has been testing and reviewing sculls for an article in the UK Rowing and Regatta magazine. We sent him a pair of Dreher carbon adjustable Apex (£399), Dreher Club Big Blades (£350) and [...]

Romero to keep interest on track

icWales (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

CYCLING: Olympic champion Rebecca Romero will retain an interest in the track despite her imminent switch to the road as she again seeks to reinvent herself ahead of London 2012.

Romero considers quitting track for road

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009

• Proposed changes may push Olympic champion into switch • Bradley Wiggins fears track endurance cycling will die Rebecca Romero, the Olympic pursuit champion, is considering taking up the road time-trial in an attempt to win another gold medal in London in 2012. With the individual pursuit expected to be dropped from the Olympics when the International Olympic Committee votes on proposed...

Wiggins angry at Olympic pursuit cuts

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009

• UCI wants to even up men's and women's events • Wiggins won the individual pursuit in past two Olympics Bradley Wiggins, three times an Olympic champion, has hit out at plans which will deny him the chance to defend his individual pursuit title at London 2012. The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced proposals last month to even up the number of men's and women's events. But the...

Bos to Cervelo through 2011

cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009

Theo Bos will ride for Cervélo TestTeam through 2011, the Swiss Professional Continental team announced Friday. He is leaving the Rabobank development team after only one year. The 26-year-old made his name in track cycling, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and with five World titles to his credit. He is the most successful Dutch track cyclist of all time, but this season...

Riders share thoughts after opening Vuelta stage

cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009

During the opening stage of the Vuelta a España, some riders got to compete on relatively dry roads before a mid-stage downpour made conditions wet and slippery for the rest. Races completed a 4.5km prologue to kick off the Spanish Grand Tour in Assen, The Netherlands. Below, several riders share their reactions after the prologue time trial. Ex-track cyclist Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil) - 4th...