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British Cycling launch new Sky team

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OCTOBER 29 - BRITISH CYCLING today unveiled the new Sky HD Trade Team which includes Olympic heroes Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton (pictured), Shanaze Reade, Jamie Staff, Ross Edgar and Jason Kenny.

Cycling, from grass-roots to elite level.The sponsorship encompasses all forms of the sport - including BMX


Top British cyclist wants road racing kicked out of Olympics

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  OCTOBER 15 - A LEADING British cyclist has backed controversial calls for road racing to be thrown out of the Olympics because so many of the top riders, such as the American Floyd Landis (pictured), keep testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.

tarnished by so many doping scandals, it was track cycling that had to lose an event to make way for BMX


Hoy hoping cycling success will inspire new generation

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  SEPTEMBER 25 - TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy (pictured) said today that he hopes a new generation of youngsters will be inspired to get on their bikes by the success of the British team in Beijing.

"I tried BMX, mountain biking, the road, time trial and then eventually tried the track and that's the


Hoy hoping cycling success will inspire new generation

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  SEPTEMBER 25 - TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy (pictured) said today that he hopes a new generation of youngsters will be inspired to get on their bikes by the success of the British team in Beijing.

"I tried BMX, mountain biking, the road, time trial and then eventually tried the track and that's the


Major cycling events for 2011 awarded

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Krasnaya Pakhra, which is in the Moscow region and mentioned in War and Peace, has won its bid to host the BMX

biking’s biggest annual race heads to Canberra for 2009 and Mont-Ste-Anne, Quebec in 2010 while the BMX


Major cycling events for 2011 awarded

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Krasnaya Pakhra, which is in the Moscow region and mentioned in War and Peace, has won its bid to host the BMX

biking’s biggest annual race heads to Canberra for 2009 and Mont-Ste-Anne, Quebec in 2010 while the BMX


Sky sponsorship of British cycling to get underway

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  SEPTEMBER 18 - SKY'S multi-million pound sponsorship of British Cycling gets underway on Sunday when they back the London Freewheel, which will give people the opportunity to ride alongside Olympic gold medallists Chris Hoy (pictured) and Victoria Pendleton.

Joining the gold medallists will be Shanaze Reade, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the BMX after


Sky sponsorship of British cycling to get underway

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  SEPTEMBER 18 - SKY'S multi-million pound sponsorship of British Cycling gets underway on Sunday when they back the London Freewheel, which will give people the opportunity to ride alongside Olympic gold medallists Chris Hoy (pictured) and Victoria Pendleton.

Joining the gold medallists will be Shanaze Reade, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the BMX after


Hoy helps unveil VeloPark designs

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 SEPTEMBER 8 - CHRIS HOY, Britain's Olympic triple gold medallist, today unveiled the design for London's VeloPark to be used for the 2012 Games where it is hoped the country's cyclists will enjoy more success.

 The venue, at the North of the Olympic Park, will include a 6,000-seat velodrome and 400 metre BMX


Honour for Reade despite Olympic disappointment

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  SEPTEMBER 3 - A BMX and skateboard park is to be renamed after Shanaze Reade (pictured) by Crewe and

"There won’t be BMX racing there, but maybe I’ll try to expand my sprint cycling in the velodrome."


Olympic broadcaster joins forces with MTV

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  OLYMPIC broadcaster NBC has linked together with MTV in a unique pact that will help promote BMX

season-long, nationally televised, competitive tour for the growing action sports of skateboarding, BMX

BMX is due to make its Olympic debut in Beijing and Britain's Shanaze Reade (pictured) is the favourite


Britain set to hit Beijing medal target but no thanks to its athletes

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 AUGUST 3 - BRITAIN is set to achieve its target of winning 35 Olympic medals in Beijing but is heading for its worst performance in athletics for more than 30 years, the latest set of predictions published today warned.

Mark Cavendish (Madison); Chris Hoy (keirin); Rebecca Romero (3km individual pursuit); Shanaze Reade (BMX


Gold for Reade as she books Olympic place

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  BRITAIN'S Shanaze Reade (pictured) collected a second World Championships gold medal in Taiwan today and also booked her place in the Beijing Olympics.

Reade, a two-time world champion on the track in the team sprint, will compete solely in the BMX discipline


Moynihan plays down expectations of Britain finishing fourth

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  AUGUST 5 - COLIN MOYNIHAN, the chairman of the British Olympic Association, today tried to play down expectations of the team finishing fourth in the overall medals table in Beijing.

"The velodrome is superb, the BMX track is fantastic and while the road course is not typical, with a


British cyclists excel again with sixth gold medal of Olympics

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  AUGUST 18 - BRADLEY WIGGINS won his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics after he and his fellow team pursuiters saw off Denmark in the final in world-record time as Britain's cyclists claimed their fifth victory of these Games.

There is also the possibility of another four gold medals on the track and in BMX, including a third