BUDDING Australian cyclists Scott Law and Alex Carver, impressed and surprised to claim the under 23 six day event in Gent, Belgium. Law and Carver were one of the youngest teams to contest the Memorial Noel Fore Carver, who just turned 18 on November 25, was one half of the junior World Champion team in [...]
OLYMPICS events such as cycling has taken a massive hit this week. Australia’s cycling bosses have condemned the changes and have already informed its aspiring medallists for bad news come the 2012 London Olympics – particularly the male athletes. National cycling head Shayne Bannan said he expected the individual pursuits, points raes and men’s madision [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Anna Meares took out a golden double as Australia finished the top nation at the UCI Melbourne track cycling World Cup leg on Saturday. Meares won the keirin and 500m time trial gold medals with her proud country Australia completing the three-day event winning eight of the 17 events at their home leg. Meares came from behind with two laps left [...]
TRIPLE Olympic rowing champion Drew Ginn took out the men’s 40km trial on Friday at the Oceania championships in Southland, New Zealand, his first major success in the sport. Fellow Australian Michael Matthew won the under-23 time trial and compatriot Alexis Rhodes took out the women’s event. But from champion rower to cyclist, Ginn, from Victoria, [...]
LEIGH Howard, one of Australia’s most promising young cyclists, has been named in the Australian squad for the Manchester Track World Cup. Howard is Geelong’s latest gun cyclist with many predicting his career is ready to soar. He joins Kaarle McCullock who was a Team Jayco Rider, joining fellow rider Shane Perkins. Australian rosters [...]
Reigning world champion Niels Albert took out his second straight World Cup win, with victory in the Chech Republic city of Plzen over the weekend. But it wasn’t easy pickings for the Belgium rider
The Jayco Herald Sun Tour’s decision to bring out one of the best riders in the world has paid off, with the event drawing more public attention, and receiving larger publicity in this year’s tour.
Major Draw card of this year’s Jayco Herlad Sun Tour, and Olympic Champion Bradley Wiggins, showed Australia why he is one of the most respected riders in world cycling, winning the fifth stage, and snatching the overall lead in this years event.
Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu has proved that age holds no barriers as he powered to victory in the first stage of the 2009 Jayco Herald Sun Tour today. The forty year-old out-powered his younger competitors throughout the 149km, to claim the win ahead of Jonathan Cantwell and Chris Sutton, who rounded out the podium on day [...]
The recent success for the Silent Lotto cycling team continued on the weekend with Philippe Gilbert claiming his second consecutive Paris-Tours crown.