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  1. oldcrank

    2016-2017 Track Season

    The 2016-2017 season has already begun with a number of carnivals including a few National Championships. Some changes this year include moving the World Cups from one per month over four months to two World Cups a week apart in November (Glasgow 4th to 6th and Apeldoorn 11th to 13th) and...
  2. oldcrank

    2015 Athletics season discussion and results

    Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 1500 WR 3:50.07 in Monaco!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Acgm0IOEs
  3. oldcrank

    2015-2016 Track Season discussion and results

    Pan American Games currently taking place in Canada for athletes from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Track cycling started yesterday with the hosts winning both the men's and women's team sprint and qualifying slightly faster than the Sarah Hammer led USA...
  4. oldcrank

    2014-2015 Track Season

    Live streaming of the Euro Champs from Guadeloupe http://www.canal10.fr/
  5. oldcrank

    Every Man Remembered

    http://www.everymanremembered.org/ My Grandmother's brother John: Private J Compton, Royal Marine Light Infantry passed from this world Saturday 16 October 1915 interred Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
  6. oldcrank

    Masters Track

    Report and full results from 2014 Australian Masters Track Championships just completed in Melbourne: http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/Home/ArtMID/2732/ArticleID/6920/World-Class-performances-by-Victorians-at-the-Masters-Track-Nationals Historic videos from Northcote Velodrome, Melbourne...
  7. oldcrank

    Paarl Boxing Day Track Meeting

    Nolan Hoffman wins his fifth Boxing Day 25 mile at the historic Paarl Boxing Day Track Meeting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPW7bQueL4o
  8. oldcrank

    Para-cyclists get their chance too!

    UCI President Brian Cookson has announced the 2014 UCI Para-cycling World Track Championships will be held in April at Aguascalientes, Mexico. Expect the record book to be completely re-written! http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/disability-sport/25475931
  9. oldcrank

    Hour Record Rules Revisted/Revised

    I suggested in another thread that if Brian Cookson was elected UCI President it was possible the Absolute Hour Record would return, at least in part because a number of bicycle, wheel and component manufacturers that give financial support to our sport were requesting that it return. It...
  10. oldcrank

    New Velodromes Opening

    It is sad to see professional European road cycling teams/events folding/being discontinued at an alarming rate, but at the same time it is comforting to see track cycling flourishing. Brand new state-of-the-art indoor velodromes are set to open in January 2014 in Hong Kong (Tseung Kwan O...
  11. oldcrank

    Bertie: Liar, Cheat and Coward.

    Has any other rider in the history of sport risked the livelihood of countless thousands of his countrymen and women: farmers; ranchers; meat processors; butchers; livestock and food inspectors; truck drivers; shop owners; and restaurant owners just because he was too much of a coward to...
  12. oldcrank

    Know Thy Enemy

    This two part doco played recently on ABC television. I think it was very well done. http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/knowthyenemy/default.htm http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/knowthyenemytwo/default.htm
  13. oldcrank

    Team mates on Tour podium

    In 1984, 1985 and 1986 Greg Lemond was on the TdF podium with a team-mate. He is generally believed to be a non-doper. If a team in 2013 had the first two places on the podium as well as fourth overall, the polka-dot jersey, the white jersey, some stage wins and the team title, like La...
  14. oldcrank

    Emmanuelle

    Emmanuelle, Emmanuelle, Emmanuelle, good-bye.
  15. oldcrank

    J-Rod

    Looked a little too easy for him to ride away from the biggest doper in the race.
  16. oldcrank

    Wigans admits to drug use!

    About 55 seconds in... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3_qGQ0mYk
  17. oldcrank

    Can Phinney win or podium the final TT?

    Has anyone in third last place on GC ever won a final GT individual time trial stage?
  18. oldcrank

    The Eternal Second

    Is this Farrar's lot in his cycling life?
  19. oldcrank

    Are women pursuiters faster than Pro Tour sprinters?

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/saputo-burnaby-4-im3/day-4/results Women's Omnium Flying 200: 2nd: Sarah Hammer 12.277 seconds Men's Omnium Flying 200:......13th: Tyler Farrar........12.287 seconds
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