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

Viva La Revolution! – British National Madison Championship & Revolution 39

GB’s sprint team came away relatively empty handed, but it wasn’t through lack of effort. National Madison Championships and Revolution 39 report. Revolution 39 landed at the National Velodrome at Manchester on Saturday – the National Madison championships made an understated start to proceedings, run during the afternoon before the main event, with a surprisingly sparse crowd privileged to be present to witness some absolutely corking race... 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

Keirin: Speed Racers

Keirin: Speed Racers Inside the High-Octane and Lucrative World of Japan’s Cycling Spectacle Here’s a short film I stumbled upon by fashion and portrait photographer Jonathan de Villiers. It’s an arty look into the often brutal world of Japanese Keirin racing. This is quite a sedate view of the sport compared to other films but no less engaging. It’s not heavy on detail but it’s certainly beautifully shot. Filmed at the... Read More

2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

My first peek at the London Velodrome. Josiah.      Read More

Revolution 36 Series Finale Report – Return of the Sprinters

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The Revolution Continues…. The Manx Missile returns to the Track

  Rob Hayles Retirement Presentation - Image ©Copyright Ben Dando @ Cycling Shorts. Saturday night saw the arrival of the much anticipated second Revolution of the season and the return of Mark Cavendish to the track after more than 2 years. Mark’s last outing was at the World Championships in 2009 and as a former World Madison Champion it was great to see him back at the track reunited (if only for a manly hug) with his former partner... Read More

Revolution 33 Report – The First of the Season

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Interview With Jamie Staff MBE

Jamie Staff – Image ©Copyright Way Ahead PhotographyThursday 09:10 California Time A few weeks ago I hooked up for a chat with British Track and BMX cycling star Jamie Staff to find out how the World and Olympic champion is settling in to his new life and routine over in the States as USA’s Director of Sprint, and to discuss his other projects and thoughts on his old team back in the UK. It’s 9am California time and Jamie’s... Read More

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