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[hamdan-fazza]

@f3 story 🚴📅(17.07.2017) ____________________________ Sheikh Hamdan (Fazza)@faz3 #sheikhhamdan #sheikh_hamdan #hamdan #hamdanmrm #fazza #fazza3 #faz3 #f3 #mydubai #dubai #uae #crownprinceofdubai #حمدان #فزاع #hamdanbinmohammed #almaktoum #prince #ОАЭ #велоспорт #cycleracing (at England)

[procyclinguk]

Fun times at the #ovotourseries in Redditch yesterday watching the men and women race. Team Wiggins' @gabzcullaigh won the men's race and Team Breeze's @megbarker97 won the women's after a crash halted the race. #cycling #roadbike #cyclist #roadslikethese #fromwhereiride #roadcycling #cyclists #lovecycling #cyclingphotos #instacycling #rideyourbike #lovecycling #outsideisfree #cycleracing #bikeracing #bikerace #tourseries #britishcycling (at Redditch)

[garynfrancis]

Andre Griepel & Richie Porte at today’s media call #andregriepel #richieporte #tdu #australia #southaustralia #lottosoudal #bmc #adelaide #cycleracing #uci #tour down under

[cycle365project]

Revolution Track Cycling Series

You spend ages waiting to see some track cycling and the ride bike 3 events come along in quick succession!

Yet another slightly different event format, this afternoon I attended the London round at Lee Valley Velodrome. Today was the first round of three with Glasgow and Manchester to come. It runs in the style of a team champions league, the winning team being that which gains the most points over the series. For me the end result is not important, more just getting to see some great competition.

The tickets for Revolution tend to be cheaper than the UCI events, even though many big cycling names are in the line up, and also some future stars. As such, I took the plunge this time and bought a track centre ticket in order to get a different angle on the races.

The track centre experience is obviously different to the outer seats. At previous events I had looked at track centre spectators and wondered why many didn’t seem to be paying too much attention to the racing. Now I understand; track centre has the distractions of cyclists warming up, to follow a full lap one has to rotate through 360 degrees - dizzying to watch a 100 lap points race - and with a wider angle of view there’s much more to oggle at. It’s good to get photo images from the inside though when cyclists are on the lower boards, they tend to be behind the glass barriers.

All things considered, it was worth paying the extra for a one off experience. One can still access the outer areas for the usual angles and food. Towards the end there was a nice touch from Women’s team WNT, handing out envelopes of autographed team picture cards.

[cycle365project]

UCI Track Cycling World Cup

This 2017/18 series consists of 5 rounds between October and February with each round staged in a different country. This weekend sees The National Cycling Centre in Manchester host the UK round. The series sits just behind the The World Championship and Olympic Games in terms of counting towards world rankings, with National and accredited trade teams taking part.

Over the 3 days, there is a multitude of disciplines for the many big track names to compete in. Athletes present include Kristina Vogel, Katie Archibald, Jon Mould, Max Levy and Joe Truman, but only one male and female Australian competitor.

Friday evening saw the Velodrome about two thirds full with spectators of all ages enjoying a good atmosphere (without the deafening noise and disco lights of the 6 day London event!). Although a smaller venue than London, Manchester normally delivers the more enjoyable and better run experience.

There was some exciting racing with Katie Archibald narrowly missing out on the Omnium Gold Medal to USA’s Jennifer Valente and Jonathan Mould grabbing The Scratch Silver on the Line. Katie went on to get the Gold on Day 2 in The Madison with Elinor Barker, and another Gold in the team pursuit on Day 3, while the men’s team won Team Pursuit Gold on Day two.

World Cup Rounds 3 and 4 take place over the first two weekends in December in Canada and Chile with Round 5 in Belarus the weekend of 19 January. The Track World Championships are scheduled at the end of next February in The Netherlands when the Australians, conspicuous by their absence in Manchester, will no doubt provide further formidable competition. On Day 3, Matthew Glaetzer (Aus) posted the first ever sub 1 minute time for the Kilo at sea level!

[cycle365project]

Bournemouth Cycleworks Summer Road Race

This annual road race, sponsored by Bournemouth Cycleworks is organized and run by a veritable band of volunteers for British Cycling licenced amateur riders. The course consists of a 9km circuit, essentially skirting around the outside of the Lulworth Castle grounds. Over the 10 laps, the riders will climb a total of 4000 feet.

Organizers, marshals, support staff and riders gather at Wool village hall for signing-on and briefings. I counted 46 riders including representation from Army and Navy clubs. At the scheduled 10am start time the riders were led out from the hall carpark by a Tour of Britain-like caravan of motor cycle outriders, commissar’s and other support cars, including medical, up to the start line south of Wool at the crest of the B3071 near West Lulworth.

The course soon takes a left turn descending to East Lulworth and the gate to Lulworth Castle. There follows a left turn up the narrow lane on the northern perimeter wall of the Castle towards Combe Keynes and then back onto the B3071 to climb to the finish line.  At each junction, the marshals temporarily halt the traffic while the peloton pulls on to and off the B3071, the support cars having radioed ahead of their imminent approach. A slick and superbly organized event with 10 passes by the peloton to keep the spectators interested, and small cash prizes for the riders down to 10th place.

[challengerbmxmag]

from: Pheby, John.Miyamoto, Akito., eds. The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English-Japanese Dictionary. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983. Print. 

[recycle-and-bicycle]

Just started work on the medasl for this years Spy Vélo CX cup series to enter or to find out more visit http://www.iwcx.co.uk/