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Nathan O’Neill has won the Gold medal for Australia in the Men’s Road Individual Time Trial with fellow Team Mate Ben Day taking the silver. The bronze medal went to Gordon McCauley of New Zealand who was lucky to make the games after being knocked off his bike on New Years eve.
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
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Australia’s Oenone Wood, Kathryn Watt and Sara Carrigan have won a clean sweep of the medals in the Women’s Road Individual Time Trial after New Zealand favourite Sarah Ulmer withdrew from the race.
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
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Mark Cavendish has ended the Track Cycling with a win in the Men’s Scratch Race for the Isle of Man. Australia’s Ashley Hutchinson has won the silver with James McCallum from Scotland winning the bronze.
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
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Katie Mactier has beaten fellow team mate Katherin Bates in the Women’s Individual Pursuit at the cycling velodrome. Emma Jones from England beat Alison Shanks from New Zealand to take the bronze medal.
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
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World Champion Victoria Pendleton has won the Gold medal for England in the women’s sprint over the Olympic Champion Anna Meares. Kerrie Meares beat New Zealand’s Elisabeth Williams to claim the bronze for Australia as well.
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
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Australia has added a further cycling Gold to their tally as Ryan Bayley beat Scotland’s Ross Edgar in the final. Travis Smith from Canada beat Matthew Crampton for the bronze medal.
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
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England have won the Gold medal in the 4000m Team Pursuit over Australia who take the Silver. New Zealand won the Bronze medal at the 3000m mark after catching the Malaysian cyclists.
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
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Australia have cleaned up on the Cycling Track tonight with the latest medal coming in the form of Gold in the Men’s Points Race won by Sean Finning. Silver was claimed by Hayden Roulston of New Zealand while the Bronze went to Geraint Thomas of Wales.
Friday, March 17th, 2006
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Josiah Ng, the new overall winner in World Cup keirin, is confident that he will be able to handle the pressure and bring home the Gold for Malaysia at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games track cycling competitions.
A silver-medal finish behind Athens Olympic silver medallist Theo Bos of Holland in the keirin last Friday gave him […]
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
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Commonwealth cycling champion Nicole Cooke has suffered another setback in the build-up to defending her crown in Melbourne.
The 22 year old crashed in a World Cup race in New Zealand and was lucky to escape with just cuts and bruising.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
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Australian track cyclist Ben Kersten was disqualified for not holding his line with two laps left in the Keirin final on Friday in Sydney but will still compete at the Commonwealth Games.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
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Commonwealth Games riders Tasmanian Sid Taberlay and South Australian Chris Jongewaard have claimed the silver and bronze medals behind Kiwi gun Kashi Leuchs at the Oceania titles in Rotorua.
Shaun Lewis won the under-23 race.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
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The strong Australian women’s Commonwealth Games road cycling squad will continue its build-up this week in the Geelong Tour.
The three-day event starts on Tuesday with an 8km time trial at Portarlington and a criterium later in the day.
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
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With the start of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, less than a month away the Bermudan cyclists are making their final preparations for one of the most important competitions of their lives.
Tyler Butterfield, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Sunday, is presently racing in France with is Vendee U team and finished a creditable […]
Monday, February 27th, 2006
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Commonwealth Games cyclists Ben Kersten and Anna Meares will lead a strong developmental Australian team at next month’s World Cup track round in Sydney.
Games riders Sean Finning and Shane Perkins will also ride in the March 3-5 event at the Dunc Gray velodrome.
It will be their final competition before the Melbourne Games track program starts […]
Monday, February 27th, 2006
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Two crashes have marred the last session of the Australian track cycling championships at the Adelaide Superdrome.
Former junior world champion Kial Stewart is in hospital with an injured left shoulder after a two-rider crash during the second round of the men’s open keirin.
Queenslander Loren Rowney was forced to withdraw from the women’s under-19 20km points […]
Sunday, February 26th, 2006
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World cycling champion Katie Mactier took a successful first step in her campaign for Commonwealth Games and world championships glory.
Mactier easily qualified fastest for the final of the 3000m individual pursuit on day two of the Australian track cycling championships at the Adelaide Superdrome.
Riding in the last heat against rival Kate Bates, Mactier clocked a […]
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
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ALEXIS Rhodes has never let go of her dreams, and yesterday, the South Australian who received horrific injuries in the training accident that claimed the life of Amy Gillett-Safe was chosen for the Australian Commonwealth Games cycling team.
The 21-year-old received severe chest injuries and multiple spinal fractures and was on life support for a week […]
Sunday, February 12th, 2006
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Australia have named their cycling team for the Commonwealth Games next month.
Road Cycling (women): Natalie Bates, Sara Carrigan, Rochelle Gilmore, Olivia Gollan, Alexis Rhodes, Kathryn Watt, Oenone Wood
Road Cycling (men): Allan Davis, Ben Day, Simon Gerrans, Mathew Hayman, Nathan O’Neill, William Walker
Mountain Bike (women): Claire Baxter, Emma Colson, Dellys Starr
Mountain Bike (men): Josh Fleming, Chris […]
Saturday, February 11th, 2006
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
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