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BMX Olympic Hopeful Tries Adding Weight

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:41:09 +0000

One of Britain’s Olympic medal hopefuls is taking a different route with her preparations for the London games, by experimenting to see whether adding weight will help her to gold. 23-year old Shanaze Reade is working with her nutritionist to establish whether a few extra pounds could be the key to her future success.

“We have sports scientists looking at how much the bike weighs, but now we’re looking at finding the optimum weigh...

By Chris White

Wiggins Targeting 2012 Time Trials

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:14:02 +0000

Three-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins will focus on the road time trial event at the London 2012 Olympics, supporting Mark Cavendish in his bid for golf in the Olympic road race just days before.

Wiggins was a key member of the squad that helped Cavendish win the world road race championship in Copenhagen in September, but he may not be able to play a full role in...

By Chris White

Storey Omitted from Olympic Team

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:24:34 +0000

Despite taking part in the latest World Cup event, Sarah Storey will not become the first British Paralympic and Olympic athlete after being omitted from the women’s team pursuit squad.

The 34-year old helped the team to the gold medal at the event in Colombia, but was told that her performances in Cali weren’t good enough to seal a place in the team for next year’s Olympics in London. Storey teamed up with Laura Trott and By Chris White

Cavendish Collects MBE

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:55:06 +0000

World road race champion and 2011 Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish was at Buckingham Palace this week to collect his MBE from the Queen. The award is recognition for what has been a successful season – and career for Cavendish – who has become one of the best sprint cyclists in the world, if not the very best.

Cavendish won five st...

By Chris White

British Trio Find Form

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:53:25 +0000

Great Britain’s track cyclists were on top form at the Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia, taking the gold medal in the women’s team pursuit, as well as other medals in the omnium and individual pursuit.

The British team, consisting of Laura Trott, Wendy Houvenaghel and Paralympic gold medallist Sarah Storey ...

By Chris White

Centenary Tour de France to Start in Corsica

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:49:27 +0000

For the first time in its currently 98 year history, the 2013 Tour de France – the 100^th staging of the premier event – will start in Corsica, the island off the south coast of the country.

Corsica is currently the only region of metropolitan France that has never been included in the race, but event director Christian Prudhomme has confirmed that the centenary event will feature a visit to the isla...

By Chris White

Contador Decision Expected in January

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:18:30 +0000

Having spent four days giving evidence before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will now have to wait until the New Year to learn whether or not he will stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.

Contador tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol...

By Chris White

Females to Lead GB in Cali

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:25:47 +0000

Team Great Britain have announced a three-rider team for the second Track World Cup event of the season in Cali, Columbia, with Paralympic champion Sarah Storey stepping up her bid for a place in the Olympic team as part of the team pursuit squad.

British cycling have announced a smaller squad for the event which takes place between the 1^st and 3^rd of December, with two time British national...

By Chris White

Cavendish wins on Track Return

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:24:18 +0000

Mark Cavendish, the world road race champion, made a successful return to track cycling by winning the scratch race at the Revolution 34 event at the Manchester Velodrome.

In his first appearance on the track since the World Championships of 2009, Cavendish took the victory in a time of 17 minutes across the 15km race ahead of Steven Burke....
By Chris White

Contador Decision Expected in January

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:15:29 +0000

Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador may have to wait until January to learn his fate, as his long-running doping case continues next week. Contador is facing the Court of Arbitration for Sport having tested positive for Clenbuterol in the 2010 Tour de France, but was cleared, and now the Union Cyc...
By Chris White

Landis Given Suspended Jail Sentence

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:08:43 +0000

The disgraced winner of the 2006 Tour de France Floyd Landis has been handed a one-year suspended jail sentence having been found guilty of using a hacker to spy on an anti-doping laboratory.

The American was stripped of his title and failing a drugs test, and confessed to using performance-enhancing substances throughout his career. Landis’ former trainer, Arnie Barker, was also convicted by the court in Paris and r...
By Chris White

Hoy Wins Gold in Astana

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:08:13 +0000

Sir Chris Hoy took the gold medal in the men’s sprint event at the Track Cycling World Cup opener in Astana, Kazakhstan. The four-time Olympic champion also won silver in the Keirin event.

In the best of three final, Hoy was in competition with Denis Dmitriev of Russia, and the Scotsman won 2-0, having already knocked out team-mate By Chris White

Brailsford Medal Warning

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:50:08 +0000

The coach of the British cycling team has warned fans and riders not to expect the same results at the London Olympics as the team achieved in Beijing three years ago. Dave Brailsford believes that changes to the structure of Olympic cycling events have made it much more difficult to win gold medals.

In an interview with the BBC, Brailsford, who lead the squad to 14 medals in total, said “We will win fewer than eight golds from ...
By Chris White

Cycling Transfer Window Slams Shut

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:26:04 +0000

The period for the cycling teams to make their transfers has come to a close, with a number of big names taking up rides elsewhere for the 2012 season. The ‘transfer window’, similar to that in football, allows teams and riders to work with other people, with this year’s market full of riders without places, following the winding down of HTC-Highroad.

Mark Cavendish was the biggest n...
By Chris White

Gilbert Wins Velo d'Or

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:52:26 +0000

Having won a series of classics in 2011, this year’s Velo d’Or was awarded to Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert, who pipped Cadel Evans and Mark Cavendish to the award. He took a total of 18 victories in the season and scored 89 points in the voting, ahead of Evans (73) and Cavendish (54).

The prestigious award given to th...
By Chris White