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Squad Depth Will Be Key To Great Britain Success

17 May 2012

Great Britain’s strength in depth in the men’s team pursuit will be integral to their Olympic gold medal ambitions in August when five riders will be used. That’s according to coach Dan Hunt. Ed Clancy, Andy Tennant, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant rode at the world champion...
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Dallaglio & Flintoff's Journey Into The Unknown

8 May 2012

Two lions of English sport look shattered as they slump into their chairs and gulp down coffee as if it is an elixir of life. It is the morning after the second stage of five has just been completed, a five day stage that has seen Lawrence Dallaglio and Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff make their w...
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Jess Varnish Ready to Use World Cup as Step Towards Olympic Glory

16 February 2012

Jessica Varnish completed the remarkable achievement of being called up to the Team GB cycling senior squad in only her second year as a junior on the Olympic Development Programme. At the time, Varnish was still at the tender age of 17, finding herself selected for the programme a year ahead of t...
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Jason Kenny to Take it One Race at a Time as World Cup Starts

16 February 2012

Jason Kenny is considered by many to be one of the greatest cyclists in world right now. An Olympic and World Champion in the Team Sprint event, Kenny came of age last year by winning gold in the individual sprint at the UCI Track World Championships. After defeating the legendary Sir Chris Hoy, Ken...
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Victoria Pendleton Aims To End Her Career On A High - Starting With the World Cup

16 February 2012

This could well be the last year we see Victoria Pendleton on a track. The reigning Olympic sprint champion has said that her glittering career will come to an end after the 2012 Olympic Games, as she prepares to go out on a high. Victoria gave up some of her busy schedule to talk competing, the Wor...
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British Competition the Tip of the Iceberg for Ambitious Chris Hoy

16 February 2012

Sir Chris Hoy, MBE, is a multiple world champion and triple-Olympic gold medal winner, taking three of cycling's most coveted prizes at the 2008 Beijing Games to become the first Briton to win three gold medals in a single Olympics since 1908. Ahead of the 2012 Track World Cup in Manchester, and...
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Dani King Focussed on Olympic Success Following 'Incredible' 2011

4 January 2012

The growing success enjoyed by British cycling over the past decade has been remarkable, to the extent that top accolades are no longer hoped for, but expected by both riders and supporters. Following Jason Queally's Kilo gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Team GB emerged to the forefront of...
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Cavendish Coming Of Age As Olympics And Fatherhood Beckon

28 November 2011

For those who know Mark Cavendish the thought that the winner of this year’s coveted green jersey at the Tour de France and world road race champion can be more motivated than ever appears both impossible and scary, at least if you plan to race against the man. Cavendish, after all, became the ...
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Armitstead Will Bounce Back From Copenhagen Disappointment

28 September 2011

After the disappointment of finishing seventh in the World Road Race Championships in Copenhagen, British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead still has her sights firmly set on the London Olympic Games. The Otley rider, who was frustratingly caught up behind a collision towards the end of the race, suggest...
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Cooke Rediscovers the Fire in Time for London

31 May 2011

Emblazoned on the white saddle of Beijing gold medallist Nicole Cooke’s bike is a fiery red dragon, the symbol of the road racer’s beloved Wales. Since that golden triumph in 2008 in the torrential rain beneath the Great Wall of China, the first of what would end up being 19 gold medals for T...
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