Commonwealth Games
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Yeah thats me, looking forward to lining up against the bigs names fresh off the tour, doubt i'll see them much after the gun goes though!0
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Planning on going off the front are you
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^^^
Pross...
I hope he does wheelies up Montrose Street.ozzzyosborn206 wrote:Yeah thats me, looking forward to lining up against the bigs names fresh off the tour, doubt i'll see them much after the gun goes though!
Make sure we have a coffee and a chat before the race. It would be good to get as much info as possible about you and your team mates so the crowd can give you support.0 -
Oh and Matthew, WELL DONE on qualifying for the games.0
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If you want to add a bit of colour:
Geraint Thomas had a pet mole called Pedro, but it escaped by burrowing out of its pen.
There's plenty more colour on lots of riders here:
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Edit: PS - well done Ozzy!Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Go on, Ozzy. Give them hell.0
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Well done Ozzy, should be the experience of a lifetime!0
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That's brilliant Ozzy! Enjoy the experience
In other news, England team being announced today0 -
Well done Ozzy! I'll be there on the first corner with my camera t get a snap of you going off the front.0
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Bikepure SA reporting no Saffa mens RR team...
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Richmond Racer wrote:Bikepure SA reporting no Saffa mens RR team...
Very disappointing. I thought the course would be nicely suited to Impey who could be someone to give Cav a bit of a challenge.
With no Gerrans are those OGE boys riding Le Tour either thinking that the CGRR is too soon after France or are they picking up lucrative crit monies. Or do OGE have other plans for Gerrans & Impey?0 -
Alan A wrote:Richmond Racer wrote:Bikepure SA reporting no Saffa mens RR team...
Very disappointing. I thought the course would be nicely suited to Impey who could be someone to give Cav a bit of a challenge.
With no Gerrans are those OGE boys riding Le Tour either thinking that the CGRR is too soon after France or are they picking up lucrative crit monies. Or do OGE have other plans for Gerrans & Impey?
Dunno. Cav, Millar, G and so on are riding though, so...
Shame for Impey, also for guys like Meintjes, Van Rensberg, Van Zyl.0 -
Wiggins NOT named in the England track squad according to Richard Moore...0
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Richmond Racer wrote:Alan A wrote:Richmond Racer wrote:Bikepure SA reporting no Saffa mens RR team...
Very disappointing. I thought the course would be nicely suited to Impey who could be someone to give Cav a bit of a challenge.
With no Gerrans are those OGE boys riding Le Tour either thinking that the CGRR is too soon after France or are they picking up lucrative crit monies. Or do OGE have other plans for Gerrans & Impey?
Dunno. Cav, Millar, G and so on are riding though, so...
Shame for Impey, also for guys like Meintjes, Van Rensberg, Van Zyl.
It's the BBC effect. Domestic riders will get much more exposure at the games than anything else they can do bar win TdF. Incentives not so skewed for non-Brit pros....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
'course. The BBC.
Had forgotten about them for a day or so.0 -
http://www.weareengland.org/home/news/eight-olympic-champions-in-englands-cycling-team?returnlink=home/news%3fsitesectionid%3d115%26sitesectiontitle%3dNewsWomen’s Track Endurance
Lizzie Armitstead (dob: 18/12/1988; born: Otley, West Yorkshire; lives: Monaco)
Dani King (dob: 21/11/1990; born: Southampton; lives: Cardiff/Manchester)
Joanna Rowsell (dob: 05/12/1998; born: Cheam, Surrey; lives: Manchester)
Laura Trott (dob: 24/04/1992; born: Harlow, Essex; lives: Manchester)
Men’s Track Endurance
Steven Burke (dob: 04/03/1998; born: Colne, Lancashire; lives: Colne, Lancashire)
Ed Clancy (dob: 12/03/1985; born: Holmfirth, Yorkshire; lives: Holmfirth, Yorkshire)
Jon Dibben (dob: 12/02/1994; born: Southampton; lives: Stockport)
Andy Tennant (dob: 09/03/1987; born: Wolverhampton; lives: Cheshire)
Women’s Track Sprint
Dannielle Khan (dob: 01/09/1995; born: Solihull; lives: Stockport)
Jess Varnish (dob: 19/11/1990; born: Bromsgrove; lives: Cheshire)
Vicky Williamson (dob: 15/09/1993; born: Norfolk; lives: Cheshire)
Men’s Track Sprint
Matt Crampton (dob: 23/05/1986; born: Manchester; lives: Cheshire)
Kian Emadi (dob: 29/07/1992; born: Stoke-on-Trent; lives: Cheshire)
Philip Hindes (dob: 22/09/1992; born: Krefield, Germany; lives: Manchester)
Jason Kenny (dob: 23/03/1988; born: Bolton; lives: Manchester)
Para Cycling Tandem
Sophie Thornhill (dob: 09/02/1996; born: Stockport; lives Stockport)
Helen Scott (pilot) (dob: 25/07/1990; born: Halesowen, Birmingham; lives: Manchester)
Women’s Mountain Bike
Alice Barnes (dob: 17/07/1995; born: Northamptonshire; lives: Stockport)
Beth Crumpton (dob: 10/06/1994; born: Worcestershire; lives: Stoockport)
Annie Last (dob: 07/09/1990; born: Derbyshire; lives: Derbyshire)
Men’s Mountain Bike
David Fletcher (dob: 27/02/1989; born: Nottinghamshire; lives: Nottinghamshire)
Paul Oldham (dob: 05/09/1977; born: Colne, Lancashire; lives: Colne, Lancashire)
Women’s Road
Lizzie Armitstead (dob: 18/12/1988; born: Otley, West Yorkshire; lives: Monaco)
Hannah Barnes (dob: 04/05/1993; born: Northamptonshire; lives: USA)
Lucy Garner (dob: 20/09/1994; born: Leicestershire; lives: Belgium)
Dani King (dob: 21/11/1990; born: Southampton; lives: Cardiff/Manchester)
Emma Pooley (dob: 03/10/1982; born: Norwich; lives: Zurich)
Joanna Rowsell (dob: 05/12/1998; born: Cheam, Surrey; lives: Manchester)
Laura Trott (dob: 24/04/1992; born: Harlow, Essex; lives: Manchester)
Men’s Road
Stephen Cummings (dob: 19/03/1981; born: The Wirral; lives: Italy)
Jon Dibben (dob: 12/02/1994; born: Southampton; lives: Stockport)
Alex Dowsett (dob: 03/10/1988; born: Chelmsford, Essex; lives: Chelmsford, Essex)
Tom Moses (dob: 03/05/1992; born: Keighley, West Yorkshire; lives: Keighley, West Yorkshire)
Ian Stannard (dob: 25/05/1987; born: Chelmsford, Essex; lives: Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire)
Andy Tennant (dob: 09/03/1987; born: Wolverhampton; lives: Cheshire)
Scott Thwaites (dob: 12/02/1990; born: Ilkley, West Yorkshire; lives: Leeds)
Sir Bradley Wiggins (dob: 28/04/1980; born: London; lives: Chorley, Lancashire)0 -
Ah, well done Tom Moses!!!http://www.georgesfoundation.org
http://100hillsforgeorge.blogspot.com/
http://www.12on12in12.blogspot.co.uk/0 -
Has Ian Stannard recovered from crash? Thought he was in a brace?0
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johnboy183 wrote:Has Ian Stannard recovered from crash? Thought he was in a brace?
Hmm. Seems a tad optimistic. Supposed to go nowehere near a bike till late-Jun. Oh well, its a long list really. Register them on the start list now, but the event entry closes the day before anyway.0 -
Cavendish, riding for Isle of Man, may have to do more work than usual anyway, so evens things out a bit.Alan A wrote:Richmond Racer wrote:Bikepure SA reporting no Saffa mens RR team...
Very disappointing. I thought the course would be nicely suited to Impey who could be someone to give Cav a bit of a challenge.0 -
Sharon Laws gets overlooked for the British women's road team yet again. Despite showing well through the Women's Tour and taking the QoM jersey.
Bit of a shame, seeing as Trott's & King's road performances are mediocre to say the least. They may be all-conquering on the track, but they don't seem to do much on the tarmac. Also, with Barnes & Garner in the team how many sprinters do you need?
Wonder what the story is there?0 -
mikenetic wrote:Sharon Laws gets overlooked for the British women's road team yet again. Despite showing well through the Women's Tour and taking the QoM jersey.
Bit of a shame, seeing as Trott's & King's road performances are mediocre to say the least. They may be all-conquering on the track, but they don't seem to do much on the tarmac. Also, with Barnes & Garner in the team how many sprinters do you need?
Wonder what the story is there?
It's disgraceful how every single female cyclist hoping for a place at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been overlooked for the British women's road team. :roll:
Scandalous I say.
You sir (or Madame) need to read a newspaper or two this year.0 -
Le Commentateur wrote:
Cavendish, riding for Isle of Man, may have to do more work than usual anyway, so evens things out a bit.Alan A wrote:Richmond Racer wrote:Bikepure SA reporting no Saffa mens RR team...
Very disappointing. I thought the course would be nicely suited to Impey who could be someone to give Cav a bit of a challenge.
As with last year's National Champs I think he'll have some help from David Millar and co.0 -
Great to see Hannah Barnes getting a ride on the women's road squad. That's certainly a race I'll be watching.
Any chance of Wiggo not winning the TT? Didn't think so...English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg0 -
Wiggo would need to lose a leg to lose TT gold.You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.0 -
London?Alan A wrote:http://www.weareengland.org/home/news/eight-olympic-champions-in-englands-cycling-team?returnlink=home/news%3fsitesectionid%3d115%26sitesectiontitle%3dNews
Sir Bradley Wiggins (dob: 28/04/1980; born: London; lives: Chorley, Lancashire)0 -
Alan A wrote:mikenetic wrote:Sharon Laws gets overlooked for the British women's road team yet again. Despite showing well through the Women's Tour and taking the QoM jersey.
Bit of a shame, seeing as Trott's & King's road performances are mediocre to say the least. They may be all-conquering on the track, but they don't seem to do much on the tarmac. Also, with Barnes & Garner in the team how many sprinters do you need?
Wonder what the story is there?
It's disgraceful how every single female cyclist hoping for a place at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been overlooked for the British women's road team. :roll:
Scandalous I say.
You sir (or Madame) need to read a newspaper or two this year.
Go on then Paxman, put me to rights. I'm all ears.0 -
mikenetic wrote:
Go on then Paxman, put me to rights. I'm all ears.
No need to, there is no British team for anything at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.
Interesting fact: Did you know Paxman's granny lived next door to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome site?0 -
Oh I see, it was a snark about me having a slight brainfry and not typing English, rather than any sort of meaningful insight into the Sharon Laws situation.
Good, glad that's cleared up then.
So, Sharon Laws. Why hasn't she been selected to ride for *any country that she could possibly represent, which as I understand it, is pretty much England*, given her excellent form this season?
Alan, throw me a bone here.0
