Hope Cycle: a charity ride to raise critical funds for Lifeline
For many cycling offers hope when life is a bit challenging. A ride provides exercise and helps clear the mind. In lockdown, we can’t always go where we want to...
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Has Australian cycling been set free? The legacy of the Toyko Olympics
For so long the focus of the Australian Cycling Team has been on winning gold at the Olympic Games. As we ride towards the closing ceremony, there must be a sen...
Team Pursuit – a race for the ages: Italian gold and a result with universal appeal
It was destined to be fast. It was going to be exciting. It was going to be close. But the team pursuit at the Tokyo Olympics became much more than just another bike race. It was a display of power and determination that captivated all corners of glo...
Team pursuit final: a race for the ages – Italy wins gold with a world record
There is a lot more to say about this. For now, the numbers do the talking. The time splits (below) of the most beautiful team pursuit in history. ...
Team Pursuit preview (men, part 2): Italy versus Denmark for Olympic gold medal
And just like that, track cycling just got more interesting… much more interesting! After two days of competition we’ve seen multiple world records broken (mult...
Team Pursuit finals preview (men): NZL vs AUS for the bronze medal
Whatever happens in the race for the bronze medal in the team pursuit tonight, an Australian will be on the podium in Tokyo. It’ll be a battle of the ANZACs: NZL vs AUS… and Jordan Kerby will be a rider in focus. Let's cast our...
Team Pursuit overview (women): 3 rides, 3 world records – Germany topple Team GB
The last kilometre of the entire women’s team pursuit competition at the Tokyo Olympics was also the fastest. Germany rode the final four laps in 58.886. It was...
Bastion Cycles statement on Australian track bikes
Nothing can change the fact that the Australian pursuit team’s qualifying ride – when they ultimately finished with a time of 3:48.448 – is a terrific performan...
Simon Jones: “Hopefully that was entertaining” – another blunder by the high-performance director
The Australian Cycling Team’s high-performance director, Simon Jones, has offered a bizarre comment about Alex Porter’s crash in team pursuit qualifying.
“I guess sport is entertainment, hopefully that was entertaining.”
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Argon18 confirms: company is not responsible for handlebars that caused Porter’s team pursuit crash
In the coming hours we’ll find out more about the handlebar/stem combination that snapped during the Australian team’s qualifying ride in Tokyo. For now, the Au...