News
WEEK BEGINNING AUGUST 8TH 2005
- Ross Sander wins World Championship silver
- Welsh Cycling Junior rider Ross Sander has won a World Championship silver medal with the Great Britain Junior Pursuit team in Vienna, Austria.
- Unfortunately the silver medal ride ended with disaster for Ross as the team crashed in the final against New Zealand, and Ross was taken to hospital with a suspected broken wrist.
- Earlier in the day, the Great Britain Junior team, which included former Robert Price Wales talent team rider Ross, had been in superb form, qualifying for the final nearly a second quicker than their New Zealand opponents and edging track giants Australia out of the top medals.
- Welsh Cycling president Mr Bill Owen stated "whilst we are disappointed to learn of the crash in the final, we are delighted that Ross has won a World Championship silver medal. Coming so quickly on the back of his and Matt Rowe's European Gold medals in Italy just two weeks ago, it again shows that Welsh Cycling has a very bright future at world level. We wish Ross a very speedy recovery from his injury"
- Ross will now look to receive the best medical treatment as he aims to become one of the youngest ever competitors to be nominated to ride for Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006.
- Ross Qualifies For World Championship Final
- Welsh Cycling has been notified that the Great Britain Junior pursuit team has qualified for this evenings World Championship final.
- The team, which includes Welsh rider Ross Sander, rode a 4:13 earlier today to qualify.
- Click back here tomorrow to find out how Ross and the team get on tonight!!
- James Claims National Youth Girls Series
- Rebecca James (Abergavenny RC) claimed the National Mountain Bike Points Series in the Youth Girls category at the weekend with another excellent ride to finish second on the day of the final. James went into the event on a high after her win at round four, proving she had the form and the confidence to take overall victory at Sherwood Pines.
- Matt Rowe 8th in Worlds!!
- Following on from his great gold medal at the European Track Championships, Welsh Rider Matt Rowe finished a fantastic 8th in the final of the scratch race at the World Junior Track Championships.
- For a full report on Matts ride and reports on Ross Sander as he goes in the team pursuit can be found HERE (External Link).
- Tywyn Seafront Crits
- In front of a large holidaying crowd, Dysynni CC put on a fantastic evenings crit cycling in Tywyn on Saturday.
- With races all night, starting from Under 8's right through to a full field for the senior and junior race, the evening was a wonderful spectacle of cycling around the town. Congratulations go to Pete Jennings and his full team of volunteers from the club for their hard work and effort.
- Full results on the evenings races can be found HERE (External Link).
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