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Cycling At The 2006 Commonwealth Games
The cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was made up of three disciplines: *Track cycling * Road bicycle racing * Mountain biking The track cycling was held at the Vodafone Arena, the (road cycling) Time Trial took place on a course on the St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road, and the State Mountain Bike Course, Lysterfield Park hosted the mountain bike event. The road race was contested on a circuit through the Royal Botanic Gardens. Medal summary Medal table Road Mountain bike Track External links Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Track Cycling page (Archive)Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Road Cycling page (Archive)Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Mountain Biking page (Archive) {{2006 in road cycling 2006 Commonwealth Games events 2006 Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Velodrome
Manchester Velodrome is an indoor Olympic-standard cycle-racing track in Manchester, England, which opened in 1994. Part of the National Cycling Centre, the facility has been home to British Cycling since 1994, coinciding with the nations rise to track cycling dominance at World and Olympic level. The velodrome was also home to UCI ProTeam Ineos Grenadiers, formerly known as Team Sky between 2010 and 2019, a period when the team won 6 Tour de France, 2 Vuelta a Espana and 1 Giro d'Italia with Great Britain riders. The Manchester Velodrome has been cited as the major catalyst for Britain's successes in track and road cycling and has been described by ''Cycling Weekly'' as the "beating heart of British Cycling’s ascension to the top of world cycling". For 18 years from opening, it was the only indoor Olympic-standard track in the United Kingdom before the completion of the Lee Valley VeloPark for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It is one of the busiest velodromes in the world used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Cooke
Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cycling discipline. Cooke announced her retirement from the sport on 14 January 2013 at the age of 29. Early life Cooke was born in Swansea, and grew up in Wick, Vale of Glamorgan. She attended Brynteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend, where she gained the Rankin Prize, awarded each year for the highest academic achievement by a girl at GCE A Levels. She began cycling at 11, starting at Cardiff Ajax Cycling Club of which she is a life member. At 16 she won her first senior national title, becoming the youngest rider to take the senior women's title at the 1999 British National Road Race Championships. At 17 she became the youngest rider to win the senior women's title at the 2001 British National Cyclocross Championships. Later that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Hayles
Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is a former track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, until his retirement in 2011. He now occasionally provides studio-based analysis of cycle races for British Eurosport. Career He first represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, where he rode the team pursuit. Hayles represented England in the points race and team pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won silver in the individual pursuit. He was a member of the pursuit team that came third, and rode the Madison with Bradley Wiggins, finishing fourth. From 2001 to 2003 Hayles rode for the team in France. During this time Hayles rode the Paris–Roubaix classic, one of cycling's five 'monuments', three times but was unable to finish the race on any occasion. Hayles still reports to love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Manning (cyclist)
Paul Christian Manning, (born 6 November 1974, Sutton Coldfield) is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008. He is strong in the Individual and Team Pursuit disciplines on track and has won many medals for Britain in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Track World Championships and Track World Cups. He was the British national individual pursuit champion in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He was also the national points race champion in 2005. On 17 August 2008, Manning was a member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with a time of 3:55:202, beating their Russian opponents comfortably to go through to the final ride-off for silver and gold. The following day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit broke their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiara Bisaro
Kiara Bisaro (born 12 November 1975) is a Canadian mountain biker. Bisaro participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens coming 15th in the women's cross-country event. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the cross-country Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ... event. References 1975 births Living people Canadian female cyclists Canadian mountain bikers Sportspeople from British Columbia Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosara Joseph
Rosara Joseph (born 21 February 1982 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cyclist who won a silver medal for New Zealand in the Women's mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. She is also the current Oceania champion, a Rhodes Scholar at St John's College, Oxford, and a lawyer. Cycling *In training for the 2006 Commonwealth games, in 2005 she finished 16th in the World Cross Country Mountainbiking Championships in Italy *Silver Medal for New Zealand in the Women's Mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.University of Cantebury *She finished ninth in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the women's cross country race. Education and prizes * 2000 – Brooker's Prize in Legal System * 2002 – Duncan Cotterill Award in Law * 2003 – Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Prize in Law * 2003 – Russell McVeagh Prize for Excellence in Intellectual Property * 2005 – Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours, Canterbury * 2005 – Gold Medal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Hélène Prémont
Marie-Hélène Prémont (born October 24, 1977) is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker. She is a 6-time Canadian Champion, represented Canada twice at the Olympics (2004, winning a silver medal, and 2008), a Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and from 2004 to 2008 was a regular medal winner on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross country circuit. Career Born) in Quebec City, Quebec, Prémont rode for Oryx/Procycle from 1999–2004, and Mont-Velo/Liken. From June 2004 through 2008, and in 2012 she rode for the Rocky Mountain Bikes race team. For the 2009-2011 seasons she rode for the Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Team. She has been a member of the Canadian National team since 2000. She has won the Canadian National Elite Women's Championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. She won a bronze in the 2003 World Cup circuit in Kaprun, Austria. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal. She won three silver medals in the 2004 World Cup Circuit in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seamus McGrath
Seamus Patrick McGrath (born March 5, 1976, in Mississauga, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional mountain biker. Riding the sport for more than 15 years as a member of the Canadian national team, McGrath has won two medals in mountain biking at the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006), and later represented his nation Canada in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008). Before retiring to focus on and organize the annual Tour de Victoria race in late 2008, McGrath also trained and raced professionally for Haro-Lee Dungaree and Fuji Bikes under an exclusive sponsorship contract. Growing up in Flamborough, Ontario, McGrath made his official debut at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where he joined his teammate Roland Green to take the silver medal and climb on top of the podium for Canada with a spectacular 1–2 finish. When he first competed for Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, McGrath scored a career-high, ninth place in the men's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oli Beckingsale
Oliver James Beckingsale (born 7 June 1976 in Backwell, Bristol), is an ex-professional mountain biker. He represented Britain at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, and England at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006. He retired from professional cycling in 2013. Major results ;2001 : 1st National XC Championships ;2002 : 1st National XC Championships ;2005 : 1st National XC Championships : 6th UEC European XC Championships : 9th UCI World XC Championships ;2006 : 1st National XC Championships : 1st British National Points Series : 2nd Cross-country, Commonwealth Games ReferencesBiography British Cycling British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation) is the main national governing body for cycle sport in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It represents Bri ... External linksInterview with British Cycling18 April 2008 1976 births English male cyclists Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Killeen
Liam Killeen (born 12 April 1982), is a British professional mountain biker. He represented England in cross country racing at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 where he came 3rd, and became Commonwealth Champion in 2006. He has won the British Mountain Biking National Champion over five consecutive years; 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He competed for Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and was chosen as the sole male cross-country rider for the British team for the London Games in 2012. Early life Killeen had been interested in cycling from a young age, but a trip to the Malvern Classic introduced him to cross-country cycling when he was about thirteen. He had previously been interested in motocross. Career Having won multiple titles both at the junior and Under-23 levels, he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where he took the bronze medal. Despite having won his first major medal at the international level, he continued to compete i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Carrigan
Sara Carrigan (born 7 September 1980 in Gunnedah, New South Wales) is a professional cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen and is currently a member of the Belgian Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam. She was formerly a member of Professional cycling Team, ''Van Bemmelen – AA Drink'' (NED). She lives in Nerang in Queensland and is a member of the Gold Coast Cats cycling club. She graduated from Somerset College in 1998 and completed her tertiary education at Griffith University. Her greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the 2004 Summer Olympics Women's Road race where she won the gold medal. With a few laps to the finish Carrigan crossed a gap to the leading group to join fellow Australian cyclist, Oenone Wood. At the start of the final lap Carrigan broke away, with only Judith Arndt of Germany following, leaving Wood to successfully distract the rest in the following group, allowing her to win the gold medal. Carrigan was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Watt
Kathryn ("Kathy") Ann Watt (born 11 September 1964) is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain (gold in the road race, and silver in the pursuit). She has won 24 national championships in road racing, track racing, and mountain bike, four Commonwealth Games gold medals, and came third in the world time trial championship. She was made a life member oBlackburn Cycling Clubin 1990. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. The daughter of marathoner Geoff Watt, Kathy Watt turned first to running, winning the national junior 3 km championship. She began to train on a bike after achilles tendon problems. For a while, she competed in duathlon (running and cycling), but found she was a better cyclist than runner. In 1996, Watt was in a legal dispute with the Australian Cycling Federation over who would race the pursuit in the Olympic Games. Watt had been told that she would be but was replaced a few da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
