SCCU Good Friday Meeting

  SCCU Good Friday Meeting Herne Hill Velodrome, Burbage Road, SE24 9HE : 29 March 2013   Marcel Kalz at Good Friday picture ©Paul Wright Top International riders competing at the historic Good Friday meeting this year are Sprinter Robert Forstemann, Six Day riders Christian Grasmann, Marcel Kalz, Leif Lampater, Nico Hesslich (all Germany) & Manuel Cazzaro (Italy).   Andy Tennant (Madison Genesis) is the leading British rider supported... Read More

James Golding – An Inspirational Man

James Golding is an inspiration even if he doesn’t like to hear it. Here is his story. James has previously cycled across America, completing 3,473 miles in 24 days. His next challenge is to attempt to break the 7-day cycling world record of 1546.8 miles to raise funds for charity and become the first official person to break this record since 1940. He will head to Australia to do so. Golding, 32, has amazed both the cycling community and medical... Read More

Day 1 – World Track Championships

Women’s Team Sprint Podium We woke up today in a snow covered mornin in Minsk. The trainings prior the race started early at 9am and all the Countries were here with their very best exponents. The first session began at 1pm while Sarah Hammer qualified 1st in the IP Australia did the same in the men’s TP and we were ready for the opening ceremony and the finals to begin at 6! The opening ceremony was beautiful they put on an amazing show... Read More

UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Day 3 Report

Men’s Sprint   GOLD – Germany (BOETTICHER) SILVER – Germany (FOERSTEMANN) BRONZE – Rusvelo (DMITRIEV)   An all-Germany final saw Friday night’s Team Sprint gold medallists Robert Foerstemann and Stefan Boetticher go head to head for gold in the Men’s Sprint final. It was Boetticher who got the better of his countryman, winning the first match and taking the second with a stunning sprint in the final 200m that saw him take gold... Read More

UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Day 2 Report

Jessica Varnish of Great Britain leads Olivia Montauban of France in the Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals. – ©Alex Broadway/SWPIX.COM Men’s Keirin   GOLD – Germany (BOETTICHER) SILVER – Team Jayco-AIS (LEWIS) BRONZE – Japan (SAKAMOTO)   When the gold medal race eventually got underway – after a false start by Japan’s rider Takashi Sakamoto, a faulty gun and a few issues with the derny -  it was Australia’s... Read More

UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Day 1 Report

©Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com Men’s Team Pursuit   GOLD – Denmark (FOLSACH, HANSEN, NIELSEN, QUAADE) - 4:01.289 SILVER – Germany (BEYER, BOMMEL, REINHARDT, THIELE) – OVL BRONZE – Belgium (DE KETELE, DE BUYST, DE PAUW, VAN HOECKE) - 4:06.951   Denmark took GOLD in the Men’s Team Pursuit Final, beating Germany convincingly to win the first gold medal of  the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Glasgow. Germany lost two riders which... Read More

Revolution 36 Series Finale Report – Return of the Sprinters

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Sofia Arreola in the pursuit of her Olympic Dream

We are in the sprinting line on our way to the Olympic Games of London. Sofia has to participate in the four World Cups, Pan American Championship and the World Championship in order to make enough points to qualify. The qualification system its complicated, it’s a ranking for Continents. The American continent has 5 places for the women’s omnium and we have Sarah Hammer (USA), Tara Whitten (Canada) and Marlies Mejias (Cuba) that have secured... Read More

Update From Cali World Cup

  Cali Track World Cup 2011   Update From Cali World Cup The highlights of yesterday are quite interesting; in the men’s team sprint qualifying the German trio of Rene Enders, Maximilian Levy and Stefan Nimke set a new World Record in an impressive ride (42.914), the women’s team sprint was won also by Germany with Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte. Results:
 1 Germany 
 Rene Enders
 Maximilian Levy 
 Stefan Nimke 2 Team Erdgas... Read More

My Sister Sofi

Sofi & Nancy   My Sister Sofi by Nancy Arreola Sofi and her papa Rolando in Apeldoorn for the World Championships Sofi Arreola is a young successful rider from Mexico (she also happens to be my sister) and she’s aiming for a place to ride for her country at the London Olympic Games in 2012. Sofi has won 6 gold medals in the Jr. PanAm champs, 4th place in the Junior Worlds in Moscow 2009 and she’s finished within the top 10 in almost... Read More

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