Cycling

The Guardian
London 2012 Olympic countdown: 24 weeks to go
The Guardian
There's a chance to admire one of the outstanding Olympic buildings this week at the track cycling World Cup held at the velodrome in the Olympic Park. Nicknamed "The Pringle" because of its curved crisp-like shape, it was favourite to win last year's ...

British cycling gold medal hope has frightening four wheel experience
Insidethegames.biz
With London 2012 getting closer, Reade believes her peformance will benefit from her experience in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics. She crashed out in the final of the BMX competition having been a favourite to bring home a medal, but insists she has ...
Broken bones and broken dreams: BMX star's Olympic bidCNN

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Mirror.co.uk
Cycling hotshot Kenny is gunning for Hoy
Mirror.co.uk
Kenny, who is in final preparations for the Olympic test event in London next week, believes a decision on the sprint place will be made after April's Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne. "I have a sneaky suspicion the World Championships ...

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More Than The Games
MacLean on course to upgrade Olympic silver at Paralympics
More Than The Games
By Sportsbeat staff FORMER Olympic silver medallist Craig MacLean is on course for success at the Paralympics after striking gold at the Para-Cycling Track World Championship in Los Angeles. GOAL: Craig MacLean, 40, is looking to upgrade his team ...
London 2012: The GB para-cycling team targets World Championship successBBC Sport

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Davis bicycling enthusiasts can ride with American stars of the sport
Sacramento Bee
Many Hall of Fame inductees and other cycling legends are scheduled to ride in the event. They include two-time world champion and three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, world champion and Olympian Ruthie Matthes and Olympic silver medalist ...

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Kent Online
In the saddle
Kent Online
by Tim Collins Olympic gold medallist Jamie Staff will be riding high when he visits his home town with some of his US Olympic cycling team riders next week. Jamie achieved national fame for his gold medal winning performance at the 2008 Beijing games ...
Olympic gold medallist to ride into townThis is Kent

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Eurosport.com ASIA
Cycling-Longo's husband charged for smuggling EPO
Reuters
| PARIS Feb 10 (Reuters) - Patrice Ciprelli, coach and husband of former Olympic and world champion Jeannie Longo, was charged on Friday for smuggling erythropoietin (EPO). He admitted purchasing EPO for "personal use" and was charged on three counts ...
Officials: Longo's husband arrested over EPO buyAlbany Times Union
Patrice Ciprelli confessed the purchase of EPObettor.com (blog)
Longo's husband questioned on EPO smugglingEurosport.com ASIA

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Environmental Transport Association
London Cycling Campaign launches petition for radical new Dutch-style cycle routes
British Cycling
To coincide with the campaign launch, the LCC released radical new designs for cycling infrastructure at Parliament Square and the Olympic Park; similar to design ideas submitted recently by the group for the controversial Blackfriars junction.
British Cycling challenges mayoral candidates to make London safer for cyclistsCycling Weekly
London Cycling Campaign urges cyclists to sign Love London, Go Dutch petition ...road.cc
Fiat's 'share the road' campaign hits the papersBike Biz
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
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ESPN
Gwen Jorgensen makes meteoric rise
ESPN
Meri-Jo Borzilleri has been a journalist for more than 20 years, most recently for the Colorado Springs Gazette, where she covered the US Olympic Committee and three Olympics before resigning to freelance in 2007. Her work has appeared in The Seattle ...

Broken bones and broken dreams: BMX star's Olympic bid
CNN
"It's grown a massive amount," said Reade, who has also won track cycling world titles alongside 2008 Olympic gold medalist Victoria Pendleton. "Before the Olympic Games in 2008 it was big, but then after ... people understood our sport a lot more.

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Irish Cycling Team Announced for Track World Cup
IrishCycling
By Cycling Ireland The Irish Cycling Team has been announced for the third and final World Cup event of the 2011-12 season. The London Olympic Velodrome is the venue for this final round, which is being used as a test event for the Olympic Games in ...
US team announced for final UCI Track World CupBike World News

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Sabotage Times
Fights Over Doping Charges Cast Shadow Over Cycling
New York Times
On Wednesday, the anti-doping authorities in France raided the home of the cycling legend Jeannie Longo, a winner of multiple Olympic medals who was still competing at age 53. The police were investigating allegations that Longo's husband, ...
Alberto Contador And Professional Cycling's Drug ApologistsSabotage Times
Kelly: Contador ban 'not a major one'The Score
1 in 10 athletes may be doping, WADA saysCBS News

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Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Cycling's Ullrich gets two year ban
The Sun
Ullrich, who retired in 2007 after also winning an Olympic gold and silver medal at the Sydney 2000 Games, became the first German to win the Tour de France in 1997. He also finished second in the gruelling event FIVE times, three of them behind Lance ...
For 2005 Tour, Ullrich stripped of 3rd-place finishShreveport Times
Reading the Ullrich Decision: What really happened here?Podium Cafe
LEAD: Ullrich admits, regrets contact with doping scandal doctorMonsters and Critics.com
Cyclingnews.com -The Guardian -Herald Sun
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British Cycling
News: Bob Maitland Legacy
British Cycling
As many readers will remember, 1948 Olympic medallist Bob Maitland died in August 2010 and left his estate to British Cycling to provide a suitable legacy in the names of Bob's late wife Muriel Maitland and himself. The Solihull Cycling Club is now set ...

Evening Standard
New designs to make London landmarks safer for cyclists
Evening Standard
Radical redesigns of Parliament Square and the approach to the Olympic Park have been proposed to make them safer for cyclists and pedestrians. The London Cycling Campaign unveiled the schemes as it launched its Love London, Go Dutch campaign to ...
Lost on the roadTimes Online
London junctions reviewed for cycle safetyBikeRadar.com
London cycle junctions safety review announced by TfLBBC News

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CBC.ca
CAS bans Jan Ullrich for two years
ESPN
The UCI wanted Ullrich banned for life to prevent him from ever working again in professional cycling. Cycling's governing body appealed to CAS to challenge a decision by Switzerland's Olympic committee to decline responsibility for prosecuting the ...
Ullrich verdict set to be handed down by CAS on ThursdayCyclingnews.com
CAS bans Jan Ullrich for 2 years for blood dopingUSA TODAY
Alberto Contador gets two-year ban and stripped of 2010 Tour de FranceThe Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk -Washington Post
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Cycling: 'Cavendish and co will be too hot to handle at Olympics'
This is Grimsby
GRIMSBY cyclist Phil Bell believes Team GB will be too quick for their opponents at this year's Olympic Games in London. With current world champion Mark Cavendish at their disposal, Great Britain are again expected to reign supreme in the cycling, ...

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TIBCO with split Olympic and NRC focus in 2012
Cyclingnews.com
The TIBCO Women's Pro Cycling Team is going into the 2012 season with two major focuses, sending athletes to the London Olympic Games and winning the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC). The team added four women to the a core of returning ...

USA TODAY
Jeannie Longo's husband arrested
ESPN
AP PARIS -- French police raided the home of cycling great Jeannie Longo on Wednesday and arrested her husband on suspicion that he bought doses of the banned performance enhancer EPO. The 53-year-old Longo was expected to be questioned following the ...
Officials: Husband of seven-time Olympian arrested for EPOUSA TODAY
Home of Top Female Cyclist SearchedNew York Times
Officials: Longo's husband arrested over EPO buySan Francisco Chronicle
The Guardian -VeloNation
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Allentown Morning Call
Valley Preferred Cycling Center sets 2012 World Series of Bicycling schedule
Allentown Morning Call
Forget that it's 2012, the year of the London Olympics, and that top cyclists from all over the world will be heading to Trexlertown to take part in the 2012 World Series of Bicycling at the Valley Preferred Cycling from June 15 through Aug.
Cycling: Velodrome releases its 2012 World Series of Bicycling scheduleSportsTalk (blog)

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