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Brailsford to oversee British cycling until 2012

  • Cycling

  BRITISH CYCLING'S performance director Dave Brailsford (pictured) has been given a new long-term contract which will see him retained in the role until after the 2012 London Olympics, it was announced today.

ourselves at the top of the track discipline, as well as being among the best in the disciplines of BMX


Brailsford to oversee British cycling until 2012

  • Cycling News

 BRITISH CYCLING'S performance director Dave Brailsford (pictured) has been given a new long-term contract which will see him retained in the role until after the 2012 London Olympics, it was announced today.

ourselves at the top of the track discipline, as well as being among the best in the disciplines of BMX


EXCLUSIVE: No place for skateboarding in 2012

  • Skateboarding

  SKATEBOARDING appears to have lost its opportunity to make its debut in the 2012 Olympics but BMX

Instead the UCI are likely to propose instead the inclusion of BMX freestyling, a discipline which involves


Contractors short-list to build Velodrome announced

  • Archive News

  THE Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today announced a shortlist of six construction companies to build the Velodrome for the London 2012 Games.

A separate contract notice will follow at a later date to build a temporary BMX circuit in the Olympic

Park to host Olympic BMX events.

After the Games, the BMX circuit will be repositioned next to the Velodrome with a road cycle circuit


London Velodrome features curved roof

  • Archive News

curving roof at each end to form an oval shape, and be part of a cycling complex that will include a BMX

After the games, the BMX circuit will be relocated, with a road cycle circuit and mountain bike course


British Cycling complain about legacy of 2012

  • Archive News

  BRITISH CYCLING have complained to London 2012 about the lack of legacy for off-road competitors that will be left once the Games are finished.

  "The Board is happy with the siting, layout and basic specifications of the proposed velodrome and BMX


British Cycling complain about legacy of 2012

  • Cycling

  BRITISH CYCLING have complained to London 2012 about the lack of legacy for off-road competitors that will be left once the Games are finished.

  "The Board is happy with the siting, layout and basic specifications of the proposed velodrome and BMX


Skateboarding set for 2012 Olympics

  • Skateboarding

  SKATEBOARDING is set to become an Olympic sport at the London 2012 Games, it was claimed today.

to interest the youth of the world has seen them introduce snowboarding to the Winter Olympics and BMX


ODA launch race for Velodrome

  • Archive News

  THE Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today invited companies to bid to build the Velodrome for the 2012 Games, one of the big four permanent venues in the Olympic Park.

A separate contract notice will follow at a later date to build a temporary BMX circuit in the Olympic

Park to host Olympic BMX events.  

After the Games, the BMX circuit will be repositioned next to the Velodrome with a road cycle circuit


Hoy to help pick Velopark design

  • Archive News

  OLYMPIC gold medallist Chris Hoy will join leading names from the world of design and architecture to help choose the winning blueprint for one of London 2012’s flagship venues the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today.

there will be a permanent cycling legacy in the area with a state of the art velodrome, plans for a BMX


Britain finish top of the medals table

  • Archive News

  BRITAIN ended the World Track Cycling Championships in Palma De Mallorca on a high today when Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy (pictured) claimed two more titles to give the team a total of seven gold medals and a position at the top of the medals table.

the 20 riders in the competition, set the standard with a time of 1:02.074 and the 33-year-old former BMX


London 2012 begins work on Olympic Velodrome

  • Archive News

March 25 - London 2012 today announced that it had started building the £105 million Olympic and Paralympic Velodrome, which Sir Chris Hoy helped design.  

The Velodrome is a permanent facility in the Park, and will include the Olympic BMX circuit.  

thousands of people will be able to test their skills and simply enjoy themselves on the road, track, and BMX


British cyclists strike first gold of World Championships

  • Archive News

March 26 - Britain's team of Women's team pursuit trio Wendy Houvenaghel, Joanna Rowsell and Lizzie Armitstead secured the team's first gold of the  World Track Championships in Poznan tonight.

Reade, in her first high-profile event since crashing out of the Olympic BMX final, had only four weeks