Category: Track cycling
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Is Shane Sutton a sexist foul-mouthed bigot?
Well, he is Australian (badoom-tish). If you don’t know Shane Sutton, he’s in charge of British Cycling’s Olympic track cyclists. He is the kind of guy people will often describe as “plain speaking”. Of late, Sutton’s speech hasn’t actually seemed all that plain. Jessica Varnish, a track sprinter who has recently lost her contract, claims…
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British Olympic track cycling preview in the form of a World Championships review
They just held the UCI Track World Championships. Some Britons did well. Some didn’t. Here’s a look at how the nation fared in a handful of the Olympic events to serve as some kind of Rio preview. Laura Trott Not strictly speaking an event. More of a person. However, Trott is quite important. Not only…
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Jens Voigt’s legs had one last thing to say
One of the many, many Jens Voigt jokes out there is that he can beat the hour record in under 60 minutes. It doesn’t quite work, because of course anyone who breaks the hour record does so in under 60 minutes. As soon as you pass the previous best distance within your hour of riding,…
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Seven cycling highlights for Great Britain from the London 2012 Olympics
Great Britain has been successful at cycling in previous Olympic Games, but I can’t imagine that they’ll ever do as well as this again. Britons should really stop and wallow in this while they can. They changed the format of track cycling for the 2012 Olympics and many people felt it was to prevent GB…
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Why Vicky Pendleton didn’t enjoy competing
Vicky Pendleton once said that while she enjoyed training, she hated competition. Some people couldn’t get their heads around this. Surely winning things was the good bit? Well, look at it this way. She has just retired from cycling having won a gold medal and a silver medal and the BBC say: “Victoria Pendleton’s career…
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Why I want Victoria Pendleton to win the Olympic women’s sprint
I wouldn’t say I was an enormous fan of track cycling, but it can definitely hit the heights every now and again. I support Britain’s male cyclists, but I don’t know them quite so well. Victoria Pendleton’s a different matter and this means that I give a toss. When you give a toss, sport’s a…