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• Team Sky Harming British Trackies Says Jamie Staff
  November 22nd, 2010
  

  LONDON – Olympic track champion Jamie Staff fears the emergence of professional road cycling outfit Team Sky could harm Britain’s hopes of another dominating display in the velodrome at the [...]

• Hoy To Miss Commonwealth Games For European Championships
  July 16th, 2010
  

  LONDON, July 16, 2010 (AFP) – Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games in India because he wants to concentrate on the European Championships. Hoy, [...]

• Hoy Holds Hands Up To Sprint Blunders
  March 27th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, March 27, 2010 (AFP) – Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy said he only had himself to blame for the tactical errors that led to his surprise [...]

• Hoy Finally Beaten, Meyer Claims Third Gold
  March 27th, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN, March 28, 2010 (AFP) – Australian Cameron Meyer stole the show at the world track cycling championships Saturday after claiming his third gold in almost as many days. A [...]

• Hoy Primed as French Prepare For Sprint Assault
  March 26th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, March 26, 2010 (AFP) – In track cycling terms, the men’s match sprint tournament is about as close as you can get to a fight to [...]

• Hoy Takes Back The World Keirin Crown
  March 25th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, March 25, 2010 (AFP) – Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy reclaimed his world keirin crown for Britain after another trademark domination of the men’s event [...]

• Hoy Reclaims World Keirin Crown
  March 25th, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN, March 25, 2010 (AFP) – Britain’s four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy reclaimed his world keirin crown after a dominating display in the final of the men’s event at [...]

• Malaysia’s Ng DQ’d For Obstructing Hoy
  March 25th, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN, March 25, 2010 (AFP) – Malaysian sprint specialist Josiah Ng was disqualified from the men’s keirin at the world track cycling championships Thursday for obstructing Britain’s Chris Hoy. Ng [...]

• Hoy Will Drop Races To Stay All Gold
  December 23rd, 2009
  

  LONDON, Dec 22, 2009 (AFP) – British cycling great Chris Hoy is ready to abandon the defense of some of his Olympic titles at the 2012 London Games if it [...]

• Hoy Wheels Away In Fresh Triumph
  November 1st, 2009
  

  MANCHESTER, England, Nov 1, 2009 (AFP) – Sir Chris Hoy won his third gold at the Track World Cup here on Sunday as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet [...]

• Hoy Leads British Sprint Clean Sweep
  October 31st, 2009
  

  MANCHESTER, England, Oct 31, 2009 (AFP) – Sir Chris Hoy won the men’s sprint in a race where Great Britain monopolized the podium at the Track World Cup here on [...]

• Injured Hoy Withdraws From World Championships
  March 4th, 2009
  

  LONDON, March 3, 2009 (AFP) – Sir Chris Hoy, Britain’s four-time Olympic track-cycling gold medallist, announced on Tuesday he was withdrawing from this month’s World Championships in Poland because of [...]

• Hoy Arrives At Worlds In Great Fitness
  February 17th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Feb 17, 2009 (AFP) – British cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy has admitted he faces a race against time in oder to be fit for the World Championships in [...]

• Hoy Unhurt After Hard Crash In World Cup Keirin
  February 15th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Feb 14, 2009 (AFP) – Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has pulled out of racing the final day of the World Cup track meet in Copenhagen after a dramatic [...]

• Chris Hoy Stuck In Thailand Airport Because Of Protests
  December 1st, 2008
  

  LONDON, Dec 1, 2008 (AFP) – Four-times Olympic champion cyclist Chris Hoy was among thousands of people stranded at Bangkok airport because of protests, it emerged Sunday. Hoy and his [...]

• Pendleton Calls For Olympic Equality For Female Riders
  October 30th, 2008
  

  MANCHESTER, England, Oct 29, 2008 (AFP) – Victoria Pendleton has told 2012 Olympic Games chiefs it will be an embarrassment if female riders are not allowed to compete in the [...]

• Velodrome To Be Named After History-Maker Chris Hoy
  August 19th, 2008
  

  GLASGOW, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) – Chris Hoy, who won his third gold at Beijing on Tuesday to equal a 100-year-old British Olympic record, is to have a new national [...]

• Victoria Pendleton Wins Gold And Says Hoy Is Her Hero
  August 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) – Victoria Pendleton admitted that winning a maiden Olympic gold will take a while to sink in. After capping a tough, three-day [...]

• Triple Gold For Olympic History-Maker Chris Hoy
  August 19th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) – Flying Scotsman Chris Hoy equaled a 100-year-old British Olympic record on his way to winning his third gold medal of the Beijing Games on [...]

• Hoy and Kenny Set For Sprint Gold Duel
  August 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) – British duo Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny are set for an historic clash in the final of the coveted Olympic sprint [...]

• Hoy And Pendleton Set Their Sights On Sprint Gold
  August 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Newly-crowned Olympic keirin champion Chris Hoy is primed for a semi-final clash with three-time world sprint champion Theo Bos as he [...]

• Britains Chris Hoy Crowned Olympic Keirin King
  August 16th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Chris Hoy claimed his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics and third of his career when he powered his way unchallenged to [...]

• Golden Brits Clean Up On Beijing Olympic Track
  August 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Britain continued its dominance of the Olympic track cycling events here on Saturday by adding a further two golds, two silvers [...]

• Brits On Gold Rush, And In Record Time
  August 15th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) – Britain lived up to their billing as the dominant force on the boards of the Laoshan velodrome here Friday with a [...]

• Britain’s Hoy, Wiggins Chasing Gold To Be King Of The Keirin
  August 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Chris Hoy could face his biggest test yet as the king of the keirin when he bids to add Olympic [...]

• Olympic Champion Ryan Bayley Picks French For Team Sprint Gold
  August 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) – Double Olympic champion Ryan Bayley has picked the “unbelievable French” to draw first blood in the five-day track competition which gets [...]

• British Cycling Track Stars Set Sights For Olympic Gold Challenge
  August 12th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 13, 2008 (AFP) – Track giants Britain, France and Australia are putting the final touches to preparations for a five-day rivalry that is set to [...]

• Brits Set Sail For Olympic Cycling Paradise
  August 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) – British cycling chief Dave Brailsford is confident his Olympic squad will blaze a trail to the podium in Beijing by medalling [...]

• British Cyclists Plans Beijing Medal Spree
  July 26th, 2008
  

  LONDON, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Great Britain’s cyclists are planning a gold medal spree at the Beijing Olympics. Defending Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy are the leading [...]

• British Track Stars Eye Lion’s Share Of Beijing Gold In Cycling
  July 24th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, July 23, 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 [...]

• Chris Hoy, The Flying Scotsman Has His Aims Of Triple Beijing Olympic Gold
  July 12th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• British Track Stars Eye The Lion’s Share of Cycling Gold At Beijing Olympics
  July 1st, 2008
  

  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 [...]