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

On Track in Mallorca

USA Women Training in Mallorca A few weeks ago my boyfriend Jetse and I did a short visit to Mallorca, he had to do an intense block of training and the guys from Performance United have their training base there so I was excited to catch up with my sister Sofia! It was impossible not to fall in love with the place, with those amazing views and all the mountains! We arrived at Sofia’s apartment in Alaró, such a nice little town. Very close... Read More

Spain, training and track racing

  3 Nations Over the past few weeks I’ve been to Spain, trained hard and got way too nervous whilst watching some World Cup track racing in Colombia. After choosing not to ride the track this winter, it’s been clear a long cold few months awaited me at home. So on being offered a week out in Majorca training I jumped at the chance! I was heading out to join my team mate Martyn Irvine – Ireland’s number 1 track rider and Olympic hopeful... 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