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

Book Review: Riis – Stages of Light and Dark by Bjarne Riis

  Riis Stages of Light and Dark by Bjarne Riis I read this book for Cycling Shorts during the summer and it has taken me a long time to finally put my thoughts about it into words. Not that I have mixed feelings about the book I do not but I needed to take time to try to put into words my thoughts as I suspected that I might just be a little controversial.   I believe it is important for us to confront the issues raised and Riis was the... 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

A Look Back at 2011 and Towards My 2012 Season

Jetse Bol - Oscar Freire (Rabobank) - Image Wessel van Keuk/Cor Vos ©2011 When I was 18 years old and I got an offer to sign a contract with the Continental Squad of Rabobank I knew exciting thing were coming, what I didn’t know was how good was it going to be! I had to take it step by step, coming to a big team it’s a big challenge and requires a lot of dedication and effort but it feels great when you get the results you worked so hard for... 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

National Time Trial & World Championships

  Jody on the track at Manchester Well with all the excitement of 1 year to go celebrations I thought it was a good idea to update you on my progress and let you know what’s been happening over the last few months. At the end of my last blog I was off to Glasgow to join over 600 riders, all raising money for Paralympics GB, on day 4 of the Deloitte Ride Across Britain. Myself and other members of the GB Para- cycling team (Darren Kenny, David... Read More