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UCI World Track Cup, Sydney
Nov 30 to Dec 2, 2007
The Winter season of UCI World Track Cups started in Sydney and the Great Britain Cycling Team sent a strong team to begin the qualification process for the World Championships in Manchester (Track) and also the Beijing Olympics in 2008. After three gold medals, two for the Great Britain Team and one for the SiS pro team, Great Britain finished the competition in 4th whilst Science in Sport were 11th in the rankings for teams.
| Day 1, November 30 |
It was a low key start by Great Britain standards on day 1 of the Sydney round of the UCI World Track Cup. In the Women’s Pursuit, Wendy Houvenaghel was GB’s top finisher in fourth place whilst in the Team Sprint, the Great Britain trio of Jason Kenny, Mat Crampton and Chris Hoy also lost their bronze medal ride off to finish fourth in that event.
In the Men’s Pursuit, Steve Cummings made a good return to the track with fifth place while in the Men’s Points race, Chris Newton started his Olympic Challenge with sixth place in the final. It was a disappointing Women’s Sprint event for Victoria Pendleton with eight place and in the Women’s Scratch, riding for Scotland, Kate Cullen finished 11th.
| Day 2, December 1 |
After no medals on the first night, the Brits stepped up a gear on day two, winning Gold in the Team Pursuit whilst in the final of the Keirin it got even better with a GB 1-2 as current double World Champion Chris Hoy showed he’s boss winning ahead of Ross Edgar riding in the black of SiS.
| Day 3, December 2 |
There was a Golden feeling to the end of the World Track Cup in Sydney as triple World Champion, Victoria Pendleton, sealed a glorious end to the three day competition winning Gold in the Women’s Keirin whilst Anna Blyth was 10th. There was also a Bronze for Chris Hoy in the Men’s Sprint whilst in the Madison, Wiggins & Cavendish were 13th and Swift & Bellis 16th.
| Related Interviews |
The defending UCI World Track Cup Champion for the Women’s Pursuit is Britain’s own Wendy Houvenaghel. The rider who was fourth in the World Track Championships in 2007 has won the UCI World Cup twice for the Pursuit event, 2006 and 2005 and starts her 07/08 campaign in Sydney this weekend. British Cycling talks to her about the challenge ahead.
Interview Wendy Houvenaghel -Nov 2007
At the last Olympics, only one British athlete won three medals, GB cyclist Bradley Wiggins. With the Olympics less than a year away now, his attention has turned to some unfinished business from Athens 2004 – and that’s winning the events he feels he should have won three years ago. British Cycling talks to him...
Bradley Wiggins Olympic Challenge
After winning the World Points title in 2002, GB’s Chris Newton has consistently showed he is a contender for the Points race on his day and having won Olympic medals in the last two Games in Sydney and Athens, Chris is now embarking on his challenge to make the GB team for Beijing in 2008.
Interview-Chris Newton Nov 2007
We speak to Rebecca Romero who is making a name for herself in cycling in double quick time after a Silver medal in the Women’s Pursuit only a year or so after starting a career racing bikes. Rebecca starts her 2007/08 World Track Cup campaign in Sydney this weekend with a goal of not just making the British team for the Beijing Olympics but also winning a medal there, a Gold medal of course!
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