Road To 2008 Olympics Starts in Sydney
Preview: November 27, 2007
Starting Friday, the Winter season of UCI World Track Cups will start in Sydney and the Great Britain Cycling Team have sent a strong team to begin the qualification process for the World Championships in Manchester (Track) and also the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
In the coming days, we’ll have interviews with the riders and will be following the fortunes of the riders in the competition and publishing results at the end of each day. With it being Olympic Year, the entry for Sydney is not only a record in terms of the number of riders from around the World attending but also very strong in the number of current World Champions attending including the Brits who took the 2007 World Track Championships by storm in March.
British riders expected to race in Sydney include:
Great Britain Colours
Mark Cavendish (2005 World Madison Champion)
Edward Clancy (2007 Team Pursuit World Champion)
Matthew Crampton (2007 European Champs, 2nd U23 Keirin)
Steven Cummings (2005 World Team Pursuit Champion)
Chris Hoy (2007 World Champion Keirin, Kilo & Silver Team Sprint)
Jason Kenny (2007 European Champs, 3rd, U23 Mens Sprint)
Chris Newton (2002 World Points Champion)
Bradley Wiggins (2007 World Champion, Pursuit & Team Pursuit)
Anna Blyth (2007 U23 European Champion, Keirin)
Rebecca Romero (2007 World Silver Medallist, Pursuit)
Science in Sport Team
Victoria Pendleton (2007 World Sprint, Keirin and team Sprint Champion)
Wendy Houvenaghel (4th, 2007 World Championships, Pursuit)
Ross Edgar (2007 Track Worlds; 2nd, Team Sprint & 3rd, Men's Keirin)
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Jonathan Bellis (3rd 2007 World Under 23 Road Championships)
Ben Swift (King of the Mountains, Tour of Britain 2007)
RELATED LINKS
Mark Cavendish Interview Nov 2007
