Posts Tagged ‘cycling’

World Track Cycling 2008 - Women Pictures

April 1, 2008 in Pictures
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Pictures by John Pierce, PhotoSport International:

Victoriu Pendleton and S Reade wins Team Sprint GOLD for Women.

World Sprint Womens full podiums.

Rebecca Romero Takes Gold at Womens Pursuit.

Pictures of Shimano Electronic Gear Shifters used in Tour of California 2008 by Wegmann’s Gerolsteiner

March 3, 2008 in Pictures
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Pictures by John Pierce, PhotoSport International

Geelong Women’s Tour 2008 - Second place for Emma Rickards

February 27, 2008 in News Report
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News an Pictures by John Pierce, PhotoSport International
24 February, 2008 – Emma Rickards (AUS) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team took second place in today’s UCI women’s World Cup kick-off in Australia, finishing shortly behind the day winner Katheryn Matthis (USA, Webcor Builders) in a total race time of 3:04:46.

The team Cervélo-Lifeforce dominated the race from [...]

Ireland ladies cycling training camp

February 8, 2008 in Pictures
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Here are some picture of the previous post on the ladies training camp:

Cycling Ireland Women - Ladies Cycling Training Weekend

February 6, 2008 in News Report
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Fresh from the success of its initial training get together last month, the ladies are on the move again.
The Ladies Cycling Training Camp for ladies cyclists of all abilities and ambitions is taking place on 23/24 February in Blessington, Co Wicklow. It will include coached training spins in small groups, followed by talks on sports [...]

Canon back to the world Championships

February 5, 2008 in News Report
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Canon, a world-leader in imaging and information technology solutions has confirmed its continued support as the official imaging supplier to the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester 26th to 30th March 2008.
Canon’s regional Business Centre based in the North East is supplying a range of high-end mono and colour printing equipment to the event.  [...]

Ireland Cycling Women’s Testing Session

February 5, 2008 in News Report
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Any Women interested in competing in any cycling discipline – track, mountain bike & road - are invited to partake in testing on Sunday 10th February in the Alsaa Centre in Dublin.
This testing is part of our development programme for women, and will be conducted by Brian Nugent.
Similar testing programmes run by Cycling Ireland have [...]

Tour Down Under 2008 - Italians learned “headbutt” from the French

January 25, 2008 in Interesting, Jokes, Video
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About 2 years ago, one of the most shocking news in the world of sports was during the Soccer World Cup 2006 final match between France and Italy. French captain Zidane headbutts Italian defender Materazzi in extra time and eventually France lose 5-3 in the following penalty shootout.

Tour Down Under 2008 - Stage 4 - Video highlights

January 25, 2008 in Video
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Highlights by ABC News:

This video has footage from the controversial crash at the end of the race that led to the disqualification of Elia Rigotto after he headbutted Matthew Hayman. It also includes comment from Phil Liggett, overall leader Mark Renshaw, and stage winner Andre Greipel.

Food for thought: Can Robots cycle better than Human?

January 25, 2008 in Interesting
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Murata Boy, a cycling robot, measuring 50cm tall and weighing about 5kg, can ride a bicycle and balance itself on the two-wheeler.

The electronic invention was created by Japan’s Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd.
According to Murata Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd managing director Osamu Onishi, the robot is able to stabilise itself using a rotating disc built into [...]

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