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

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

  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

  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

 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

  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 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

 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

  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

  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

  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

 AUGUST 19 - CHRIS HOY (pictured) today became the first Briton for a century to win three Olympic gold medals in one Games with another victory and Victoria Pendleton made it a double celebration for the all-conequering British track cycling team.

that event in Beijing because it was dropped from the programme to accommodate the introduction of BMX

 JULY 18 - LIAM PHILLIPS (pictured), a 19-year-old European BMX champion, has been added to Britain's

 The rider from Burnham-on-Sea will take part as BMX makes its debut on the Olympic programme.  

"The GB Cycling Team will compete in cycling every discipline in Beijing: track, road, mountain and BMX

“The inclusion of BMX into the Olympic programme for the first time is very exciting.  

”  Britain's Shanaze Reade is the favourite for the gold medal in the women's BMX event.

  JULY 8 - BRITISH CYCLING performance director Dave Brailsford (pictured) today hailed his squad for Beijing as "the strongest and most professional" he has ever known.

named a 24-strong team; 14 track cyclists, seven road cyclists, two from mountain bike and one from BMX

who will compete in the sprint, team sprint and keirin; Victoria Pendleton (sprint); Shanaze Reade (BMX

medal in Athens four years ago, is selected in the track team, while Shanaze Reade will compete in the BMX

 AUGUST 23 - DAVID BECKHAM (pictured) today backed London to put on the best Olympics ever when his home city hosts them in 2012.

medallists Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will also take part in London's eight-minute slot, but BMX