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Hill the Star as Keirin League Shines




10th May 2008: The highlight of week 2 of the Brooks Cycles Track League was the Velodrome.org.uk sponsored round 1 of the Keirin League. After two keenly contested heats the final six riders put on a great display of speed and skill over this 3 lap event. As the pacer pulled off, Dave LeGrys launched an impressive attack to gain three lengths of his rivals. However as the riders entered the home straight the ever impressive Steven Hill judged his effort to perfection to win by half a length from Kian Emadi. Kian was the top points scorer on the night in the A Class events as he won the Devil and the 30 lap Scratch more........

Baxter is Mr Consistent in Welwyn



Youth Omnium

10th May 2008: A great days racing in a glorious day with 84 entries spread across the 7 age groups. The Youth A group with 28 entries produced some highly compoetitive racing from a strong group of riders Mark Baxter was Mr consistent with 2,1,2,2 in the 4 race programme with Felix English although scoring three wins his 7th place in the Devil cost him dearly more ...

McGlynn/Hunter Smash WR to Grab Gold




9th May 2008: Great Britain cyclist Aileen McGlynn smashed the 3km pursuit world record to grab gold on day two of the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. The Glasgow-based star – piloted by Ellen Hunter - shaved the world record by just 700 hundredths of a second off the previous time, clocking 3.36.752 seconds more........

Gibb on Form, but Not in Control



Tony Gibb

9th May 2008: An excellent evenings racing with fine weather and a massive attendance of senior riders. George Olive with a fine finishing burst from 200m out was too quick for Tony Gibb in the opening 10 lap scratch for A riders. Tony made amends in the Devil while John McClelland took the 10 lap Block Handicap from Lewis Atkins and fast improving Phil Lisher more ...

Gold's Galore for GB at Paralympic WC




8th May 2008: Great Britain cyclist Darren Kenny has vowed to take the Beijing paralympics by storm after grabbing two gold medals at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. The 38-year-old – who won two gold medals at the Paralympic Games in Athens – also set two world best times but was prevented from having them ratified as world records because anti-doping officials were not in attendance at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester more........



Preston Park



Preston Park - The Place to Be: Can it get better than this? The third Preston Park meet of the season produced another record attendance in fabulous conditions and thrilling battles in all categories. More and more Sussex riders are realising more .....



Bruce Croall



Croall Dominates Week 2 at Meadowbank:
Week Two of the Meadowbank Track League saw City of Edinburgh riders Bruce Croall dominate the racing, extending his overall lead to twelve points more .....



Portsmouth



Dawkins and Serruya are Susie's Stars:
Youth riders Rosie Serruya and Martin Dawkins claimed victory in the U16 Girls and Boys Omnium at Susie's Youth Track Meeting, Serruya took five points overall after winning all five events from Bryony Darben, whereas Dawkins fought of the strong Felix English to win the Boys event more .....



Agisko



Agiskoviner Dominate Week 2 in Welwyn:
Despite the threat of rain there was a good attendance of senior riders for this weeks Welwyn Track League however the Youth numbers were somewhat lower than the previous week as a number of riders were due in Portsmouth the following day for the BC Youth Omnium series more ...



Steve Hill



Hill on Form as Brooks TL Returns:
The 2008 Brooks Cycles Track League started on Thursday 1st May 2008 under fine sunny skies and although the air temperature was cold the racing on the track was hot. In the A Class League National Squad member Steven Hill showed his early season form as he won three events more .....



Preston Park



Yates Brothers Dominate in Brighton: Miracles do happen. Travelling west towards Brighton through heavy rain, dark clouds appeared to be overhanging the coast and it looked as if this would be a wasted journey. On arrival at Preston Park, however, the track was more or less dry and preparations were underway for another classic meet more .....



Preston Park



Preston Park Kicks Off in Style:
Despite the unkind wind-chill factor, a record number of 77 riders signed on for the first skirmishes of the season and a total of 23 races took place covering all age-groups and categories more .....



George Shaw



NTCA Teams Up with GO-Ride:
The Newcastle Track Cycling Association (NTCA) is proud to announce a new initative for this year, with the introduction of Go -Ride activities on Monday nights, The sessions will be aimed at children who cannot yet ride the track more........



Winter Track



Winter Track Series Starts in Perth:
Our winter season started on 4th April, in conjunction with The Tour de Perth riders registration night, this event was held over Saturday and Sunday, with the Saturday races being held in pouring rain, about 65mm (25ins in the old money), no wonder I ride the track more........



Worlds



Manchester Worlds - Best Ever!:
The Union Cycliste Internationale has been delighted with last week’s World Track Championships held in Manchester 26th – 30th March. The five day event saw Great Britain win nine gold medals and set two world records. The crowds filled the Velodrome in SportsCity with the final four nights completely sold out more........



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In 2008 Velodrome.org.uk hosts the inaurgural Midland Sprint Series, the events provide Women and Masters riders with a revolutionary format of Omnium Sprint events more........

Track Leagues

Tuesday: Meadowbank TL, Edinburgh more ....
Wednesday: Preston Park more .... Portsmouth more ....
Thursday: Brooks Cycles TL, Newcastle-under-Lyme more ....
Friday: Welwyn Track League more .... Scunthorpe TL more ....

Open Events

10 May: BC Youth Track Omnium, Welwyn more ....
10 May: BC Youth League - North, Scunthorpe more ....
18 May: BC Nat Tandem Sprint/Youth Omnium, Newc more ....
25 May/8 June: Velodrome.org.uk Midland Sprint Series more ....
15 June: Midsummer Open, Newcastle-under-Lyme more ....



Track League Standings


Position Name Club Points

1st

Kian Emadi Tunstall Wheelers

17

2nd

Steven Hill Brooks Cycles

16

3rd

Robert Lambton Newport CC

7


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EXCLUSIVE: The Dolan DF3

Dolan DF3
After the huge success of the original Arc, Terry Dolan decided to create his own mould rather than base his version on Peter Teschner's Teschner Track Pro. Trying to improve a frame that was already far superior to others on the market was a hard task to undertake more........

Dolan's Andy Fenn Wins Paris Roubaix

Andy Fenn

Dolan rider Andy Fenn has claimed victory in the 2008 Junior Paris Roubaix, after timing his attack to perfection to ride to his biggest win to date. The 2006-07 DHL Future Stars champion caught the last rider more........

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YOUTH SESSIONS: Our summer programme has been expanded to include more opportunities for 9 to 16 year old riders. If these sessions prove popular, then a Youth Track League could be established in 2009 more ....

DERNY PACERS MASTERCLASS: Manchester Velodrome would like to offer an enhanced training opportunity to its regular Structured Derny Training more ....

GEOFF COOKE SPRINT MASTERCLASS: Geoff Cooke who has 18 times been a World Masters Track Champion has a wealth of sprint coaching. He is currently the Great Britain Cycling team's National Youth Sprint coach. more ....

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