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SYDNEY, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Mountain biker Chris Jongewaard was on Monday chosen for Australia’s Olympic team as Cycling Australia nominated him after a tribunal ruling that upheld an appeal against his omission.
A Cycling Australia Appeals Tribunal last Friday backed the country’s top-ranked mountain biker who contested the [...]

Neben, Thorburn Added to Road Squad, McConneloug Rounds Out Mountain Bike Team
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 10, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today its three remaining nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. After naming 21 of the 24 cyclists that will compete in Beijing on July 1, USA Cycling today confirmed road cyclists Amber Neben [...]

by Justin Davis
PARIS, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - If there is one Olympian the British delegation will look to for gold medal glory in Beijing, it is sure to be Scottish track cycling king Chris Hoy.
A total of 10 gold medals will be contested at the [...]

Full Men’s Team, Women’s Automatic Nominees Named for Beijing
Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 1, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, including all 16 men’s athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX). Additionally, USA Cycling formally announced five [...]

by Justin Davis
PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’
competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled
battle for gold in Beijing will come with color and entertainment.
But once in the saddle, the pleasantries will be put to one side as four,
and [...]

PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - French cycling legend Jeannie Longo on Monday
clinched a place to compete in her seventh Olympics at the age of 49.
The five-time world champion staked her claim with an outstanding win in
both the road race and time-trial at the French National Championships last
week. She finshed in [...]

SYDNEY, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - Track sprinter Shane Kelly and road squad
rider Stuart O’Grady will race in a record fifth Olympics after being named in
a 28-strong Australian cycling team on Friday for the Beijing Games.
Three-times world champion Kelly, 36, a silver and bronze medalist in the
1000m time trial at Barcelona [...]

SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 26, 2008 (AFP) - French cycling legend
Jeannie Longo has all but clinched a place in the Beijing Olympics at the age
of 49.
The five-time world champion staked her claim with an outstanding win in
the time-trial at the French National Championships on Thursday.
She finshed in 31 minutes 16 [...]

PARIS, June 23, 2008 (AFP) - France’s reigning Olympic mountain bike champion Julien Absalon has admitted that losing his world title has relieved him of some of the pressure ahead of this summer’s Olympics.
Absalon, the world cross country champion a remarkable four years in a row (2004-2007), failed to [...]

Giro winner Contador ready for Olympics
MADRID, June 17, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion Alberto Contador has said he wants to compete in the Beijing Olympics.
“The next objective is the Olympic Games,” he told Spanish public television late Monday.
Contador said he wants to [...]

MELBOURNE, June 12, 2008 (AFP) - A new bicycle, designed with aerospace expertise, will give Australian cyclists the edge at this year’s Beijing Olympics, team organisers said here Thursday.
The ‘BT Blade’ will be ridden by Australia’s track endurance cyclists in events including the individual and team pursuit, while sprint [...]

BERLIN, May 21, 2008 (AFP) - German rider Andreas Kloden of Astana on Wednesday insisted he was still intent on showing up at the Beijing Games despite previously intimating he would no longer race for his country.
“I am evidently absolutely ready to race for the German federation in Beijing,” [...]

SANNOIS, France, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Veteran French cyclist Jeannie Longo, who is hoping to qualify for the Beijing Olympics this summer, won the Trophee des Grimpeurs (Climbers’ Trophy) for the fourth time on Sunday.
Longo, who turns 50 years in October, had already won the event which counts [...]

Brits set sights on Beijing after track medal bonanza
by Justin Davis
MANCHESTER, England, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - If Britain go on to fulfill expectations by dominating the track events at this year’s Olympics, a lot of their success will be down to the tiniest of details - and a [...]

Hoy states second case for gold in Beijing
by Justin Davis
MANCHESTER, England, March 29, 2008 (AFP) - World sprint champion Chris Hoy reinforced his Olympic gold credentials by defending his keirin crown in style here at the world track cycling championships on Saturday.
Hoy, who won his [...]

Cyclist Hushovd backs Olympic ceremony boycott
OSLO, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Top Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd has said he is prepared to boycott the opening ceremony to the Beijing Olympics in August to protest Chinese repression in Tibet.
“We sports people do not have any particular responsibility to take a [...]