The final clash in a long battle Photos | Cyclingnews.com
From the CJ Farquharson’s best photos of 2012 gallery - click through and look at them all!
"It’s that time of year again, and I’ve been thinking about things I’d love to receive in my Christmas stocking how to show all my friends how much I love them… so here’s a selection of lovely things you can all buy me gift ideas for any women’s cycling fans in your life, for Christmas or any other reason. I don’t know what the online equivalent of leaving a catalogue/advert lying covered in giant circles around what you’d most like to receive, as a super-subtle hint to your nearest-and-dearests, but feel free to do that with this!"
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Presents for women’s cycling fans – part 1 « Unofficial Unsanctioned Women’s UCI Cycling Blog
Yes, it’s my Christmas wish list first set of gift ideas for women’s cycling fans - with books, clothes, art, jewellery and much more, for male and female fans of women’s racing at all levels. Click through and have a look, there’s some really nice stuff that I hope I’ll get in my stocking in there!
Laura Trott mug - via British Cycling Rouleur Mugs | Rouleur
Dear Santa, please could you bring me this lovely Laura Trott mug, designed by Richard Mitchelson? If you’re looking for gifts for other track fans, there are more, including Vicky Pendleton - and there are also mugs of Team Sky riders and cycling heroes.
I’ve been a very good girl, and my Christmas cuppa would taste extra-special from this.
Thank you very much
Sarah
"British Cycling has denied reports in the British media that it has sold off Victoria Pendleton’s gold medal winning track bike, robbing the multiple World and Olympic champion the chance to keep it herself. A story appeared in The Sun this morning, expressing the 31-year-old’s dismay at not being given the chance to buy what would have been the ultimate souvenir of her Olympic triumph, but the real story is very different."
— Confusion in British media over the sale of Victoria Pendleton’s bike - Velonation
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“I compete in a sport on an individual basis but I have never done it for me,” she said. “I was always cycling for my dad. Then the coaches got bigger and my results got better.
“Suddenly the responsibility grows and I’m doing it for somebody else, I’m doing it for a programme, I’m doing it for the country, I’m doing it for, like, everybody.”
In ‘Victoria Pendleton: Cycling’s Golden Girl’, she also revealed that the day she won Olympic gold in Beijing was the “saddest” of her life.
"— BBC Sport - London 2012: Victoria Pendleton feels ‘trapped’ by her success
McCulloch employed sound tactics
Kaarle McCulloch employed sound tactics to move through to the second round of the keirin during session seven of the UCI Track World Championships at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena.
Women’s sprint podium
Vicky Pendleton (c) won her sixth sprint crown ahead of Simona Krupeckaite (l) and Anna Meares (r) 2012 UCI Track World Championships at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena.
(via Cycling Australia’s Photo Gallery)
1. Victoria Pendleton, Great Britain
2. Simona Krupeckaite, Lithuania
3. Anna Meares, Australia
4. Lyubov Shulika, Ukraine
5. Shuang Guo, China
6. Miriam Welte, Germany
7. Virginie Cueff, France
8. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez, Cuba
9. Sandie Clair, France
10. Hyejin Lee, Korea
Ouch!
Vicki Pendleton won her sixth sprint crown but not without mishap. She crashed here during her first semi final heat against Anna Meares at the 2012 UCI Track World Championships at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena.
Jess Varnish + Victoria Pendleton Team Sprint World Record - London World Cup 2012 (by livetosport)
