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Major Track Races
- UCI Track Worlds
Mar. 26, 2008
- Los Angeles Track World Cup
- Aug. 16, 2008Spain's points race winner Joan Llaneras plans retirement
Joan Llaneras is one of those oddball eccentrics who disappear into the woodwork and barely cause a stir for much of the racing season.
That’s not until the big-time events roll around and they sprout out of the background like tulips in ...
Aug. 16, 2008Llaneras scores points gold
Spaniard Joan Llaneras produced a stunning display of endurance and sprint riding here at the Laoshan velodrome to reclaim his Olympic crown in the men's points race.
Germany's Roger Kluge took the silver with Britain's Christopher Newton taking ...
Aug. 16, 2008Phinney qualifies for next round
Wiggins sets new standard in pursuit
Defending champion Bradley Wiggins set a new Olympic record of four minutes 15.031 seconds in winning his qualifying heat for the men's individual pursuit cycling at the Laoshan Velodrome on ...
Aug. 16, 2008Jennie Reed heads into Sunday's Olympic sprint qualifiers with confidence.
Jennie Reed is heading into Sunday’s sprint qualifying rounds with the added air of confidence that comes with owning a world championship gold medal. True, Reed did not take her world title at this year’s worlds in Manchester in the sprint — ...
Aug. 16, 2008Casey B. Gibson Beijing Olympic Gallery, Day 2
Aug. 16, 2008End of THIS road for Phinney and Hammer
American Taylor Phinney held his head high as he rolled off the wooden track at Beijing’s Laoshan velodrome. The American’s quest for an Olympic medal had just fizzled in the semi finals of the men’s Individual Pursuit, as Phinney fell to New ...
Aug. 16, 2008Wiggins earns pursuit gold
Britain's Bradley Wiggins of Britain successfully defended his Olympic crown when he won the individual pursuit track cycling gold in Beijing on Saturday.
New Zealand's Hayden Roulston took silver with Britain's Steven Burke winning the bronze ...
Aug. 15, 2008Brits dominate opening track tests
Scotland's Chris Hoy anchored Britain to an historic victory in the coveted Olympic team sprint final in Beijing Friday to leave world champions France with the silver.
Hoy, who is aiming for a further two gold medals in the five-day, ten final ...
Aug. 15, 2008Hammer ready to roll
In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, American track pursuit cyclist Sarah Hammer graced the pages of both Sports Illustrated and ESPN magazines. As her sport’s world champion in both 2005 and 2006, Hammer was touted in print as ...
Aug. 15, 2008McDonough optimistic ahead of track
“Lean and mean” is the mantra at USA Cycling ahead of the debut of five days of track cycling competition Friday at the Laoshan Velodrome.
The eight-athlete team hits the boards in nine events with realistic hopes of striking gold on the ...
Aug. 14, 2008Trackies put ‘MaskGate’ behind them
Call it MaskGate.Four world-class track cyclists land in one of the most polluted cities in the world and want nothing more than to protect the one organ – their lungs – that most determines whether or not they’ll win an Olympic ...
- Aug. 14, 2008Coach Neal Henderson arrives in Beijing.
Neal Henderson is the Sport Science Manager at Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. He is a USA Cycling certified coach and works with a diverse clientele at BCSM. He has been Taylor Phinney’s personal coach since 2006 and will is traveling with ...
