via London 2012 Press Release Bradley Wiggins hopes to carry his Tour de France-winning form into the London 2012 Time Trial. The 32-year-old Londoner recently became the first British winner of the Tour’s yellow jersey, the victory owing much to his proficiency against the clock as he won the stage nine and stage 19 Time…
Month: July 2012
London 2012 – Ed Clancy Believes In Squad Strength
via London 2012 Press Release Defending champion Ed Clancy believes the strength-in-depth of Great Britain’s men’s Team Pursuit squad will be an advantage when action begins in the Olympic Velodrome on Thursday. Clancy was part of the British quartet that won gold in Beijing 2008 and returns to the Olympic track alongside Geraint Thomas, with…
Giovanni Visconti wins the Circuito de Getxo
After his victory on Amorebieta in April, Giovanni Visconti made?his final?sprint prevail at the Circuito de Getxo following?some superb work from Movistar Team to claim their 24th success of the season. Sanz takes 3rd. The hills of Biscay are land conquered for Giovanni Visconti in his irregular 2012 season as he obtained the second victory…
Iconic Sydney Mountain Bike Endurance Race To Host Two World Champions
The JetBlack WSMTB 12 Hour mountain bike race will be run for the third time at the Dargle Farm property near Windsor on 11 August. Organisers Rocky Trail are expecting 400-500 mountain bikers at the start line of the popular Sydney endurance race, including Jason English and Jessica Douglas, the two reigning Australian 24H Solo…
Gregory Bauge Has Eye Of The Tiger
via London 2012 Press Release Three-time world Sprint champion [W:Gregory Bauge] is desperate to begin competition at the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome, saying: ‘The tiger will be released in a few days.’ The 27-year-old Frenchman won the world title for the third time in four years in Melbourne, Australia in April. Bauge, whose Olympic Games…
Bike Tart – Genius Ideas & Classic Components; Pace RC200
By Bike Tart (Twitter @BikeTart) Well, less classic component as classic frame? Continuing the retro-bling MTB theme from Friday?s Bike Lust, today I present the Pace RC200. ?I used to drool over these in between reading Mint Sauce and the rest of MBUK. ?I always dreamt of owning one, and I?d still love one now.…
Paris-Corr?ze Offers Possibilities For BMC Racing Team
What could be two distinctly different races at the two-day edition of Paris-Corr?ze provides the BMC Racing Team with a host of possibilities, Assistant Director Max Sciandri said. Blythe, Lodewyck For The Sprint Sciandri said Wednesday’s 168.1-kilometer road race is an opportunity for the team’s breakaway specialists or sprinters while Thursday’s 170.2 km race…
Niccol? Bonifazio To Be A Future Star For Team Lampre-ISD
“It was impossible not to notice the top results Niccol? Bonifazio obtained, but mostly we were struck by the human qualities and by the improvement margin he’s showing”. Using these words, Lampre-ISD’s general manager Giuseppe Saronni introduced?Niccol? Bonifazio as a member of the group of young athletes that will be future stars of the blue-fuchsia…
London 2012 – All Work And No Gain?
By Caelli Greenbank (Twitter @fireflycaelli) It?s always been a part of professional cycling, but it?s a phenomenon that?s come under fire lately ? the question of who chases versus who wins. It?s very much a question of the sprinters.? Traditionally, when a team has a sprinter that they believe can win the stage, the onus…
Mark O’Brien Hopes To Help Budget Forklifts To NRS Four-Peat
Mark O?Brien will carry unrivalled momentum into this week?s Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland but the pre-race favourite is not focused on his personal aspirations. Instead, it?s all about trying to ensure that Team Budget Forklifts keeps its perfect National Road Series (NRS) record intact. O?Brien has started Cycling Australia?s Subaru NRS with a hat-trick…