UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Poland) : Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:54 pm  

Surprised there's no thread on this as yet.

Started well enough with Vicky Pendleton finishing third to Anna Mears and Simona Kuperkaite in the 500m time trial - beating Sandie Clair and the crack Cuban rider in the process. Not bad for an event she doesn't specialise in but Kuperkaite was different class - shattered the world record by 0.3 secons (which had just been broken by Mears).

Chris Newton failed to win the Men's Points race.

Big event tommorow for me, Pendleton and Speedy in the Womens Team Sprint

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:17 pm  

mens team sprint second to france - not really a surprise, without hoy the french would start as favourites for this

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:41 pm  

Nice bike.

Re: UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Poland) : Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:56 pm  

Carneys Pint wrote:

Surprised there's no thread on this as yet.

Are you?

People fall off bandwagons just as easily as they jump on them.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:59 pm  

this would not even be on the bbc if we didnt have a such a good team. its a shame 1 of the terrestrials cant show extended highlight of the tour de france

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:24 pm  

shandy swiller wrote:

its a shame 1 of the terrestrials cant show extended highlight of the tour de france

There were decent highlights on ITV2 last year. Not terrestrial but most people now have access to it I'd have thought?

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:55 pm  

Mark Cavendish in the 15KM scratch race this evening should be entertaining...he's got definite issues to resolve following Beijing.
The GB Women in the Team Pursuit should be good too, Lizzie Armistead is hugely, hugely talented and hopefully won't falter in the big races as Wendy Houvenaghel has a sad history of doing.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:55 pm  

GB Women qualify fastest in the Team Pursuit and will face New Zealand in the final this evening.

None of the 3 British sprinters qualified directly in the Mens Keirin and are racing in the repechage to try and get through to the 2nd round.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:43 pm  

OrdsallRed wrote: GB Women qualify fastest in the Team Pursuit and will face New Zealand in the final this evening. Plug for my mate.

OrdsallRed wrote: GB Women qualify fastest in the Team Pursuit and will face New Zealand in the final this evening. Plug for my mate.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:11 pm  

Nemanja wrote: Plug for my mate. Which one?

Nemanja wrote: Plug for my mate. Which one?