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Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Points Race
The men's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome. There were 23 competitors from 23 nations. The event was won by Joan Llaneras of Spain, his second victory in the points race (after 2000) and third consecutive medal in the event (with a silver in 2004). Llaneras was the only person, of any gender, to win multiple medals in the points race, which is no longer on the Olympic programme. His two gold medals made Spain only the second nation to win multiple golds in the men's event; Italy had three (as well as one in the women's event). Silver went to Roger Kluge of Germany. Great Britain earned its first medal in the men's points race with Chris Newton's bronze. Background This was the eighth and final appearance of the event, which would be replaced by the Omnium in 2012 (a multi-component event that concludes with a points race). It was first held in 1900 and not again until 1984; after that, it was held every Summer Games until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laoshan Velodrome
The Laoshan Velodrome () is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007. The velodrome hosted Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics, track cycling disciplines during the Olympics. It has a capacity of 6,000 spectators, a 250-metre oval shaped track, and a total land surface of 32,920 square metres. The Laoshan Velodrome will be used for international and national cycling competitions and training after the Olympic Games. The seating capacity may be reduced to 3,500. The velodrome was designed by Schuermann Architects, designers of the ADT Event Center in Carson, CA and the UCI Cycling Center in Aigle, Switzerland. References External l ...
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Volodymyr Rybin
Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybin (born 14 September 1980 in Kreminna) is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist, who has achieved most success on both the track, where he was 2005 world champion in the points race. Rybin won a silver medal as well in the Madison in 2006 and has represented Ukraine at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... Palmarès External links * * 1980 births Living people Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Ukraine UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Ukrainian male cyclists Ukrainian track cyclists Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Ratajczyk
Rafał Ratajczyk (born 5 April 1983, in Żyrardów) is a Polish former professional racing cyclist. Doping In December 2009, he was banned by the Polish Cycling Association for half a year for doping. He tested positive for ephedrine. 2 December 2009 Career highlights # 2002: 3rd in European Championship, Track, Scratch, U23, Buttgen (GER) # 2004: 1st in European Championship, Track, Points race, U23, Valencia # 2004: 2nd in European Championship, Track, Scratch, U23, Valencia # 2005: 1st in National Championship, Road, ITT, U23, Poland, Sobótka (POL) # 2006: 1st in Manchester, Scratch (GBR) # 2006: 1st in Sydney, Scratch (AUS) # 2006: 2nd in World Championship, Track, Points race, Elite, Bordeaux # 2006: 2nd in European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite, Ballerup (DEN) # 20 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachary Bell
Zachary "Zach" Bell (born November 14, 1982) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015 for the Jet Fuel Coffee–Sympatico, Rite Aid Pro Cycling, , , , , and teams. Born in Whitehorse, Yukon, Bell resides in Watson Lake, Yukon, and now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Team . Career At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bell finished 7th in the men's points race and 12th in the men's madison (cycling). He finished 2nd in the men's omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne. Later that year, Bell finished 8th in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Major results ;2003 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Delta ;2004 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2005 : 1st Stampede Road Race ;2006 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Shenandoah ;2007 : 1st Overall Tour de Delta ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Burnaby Six Days : Tour de Bowness ::1st Criterium ::1st Hill Climb : Vuelta a El Salvador ::1st Stages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Kreutzfeldt
Daniel Kreutzfeldt (born 19 November 1987, in Roskilde) is a Danish track cyclist. His brother, Christian, is also a racing cyclist. Palmarès ;2005 :National Track Championships ::3rd, Pursuit ::2nd, Team Pursuit ;2006 :National Track Championships :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Alex Rasmussen, Casper Jørgensen and Martin Lollesgaard) :2006–2007 UIV Cup :: 3rd, Amsterdam ;2007 :2006–2007 UIV Cup ::1st, Bremen (with Robert Kriegs) ::2nd, Copenhagen ::3rd, Rotterdam :National Track Championships :: 1, Team Pursuit (with Alex Rasmussen, Casper Jørgensen and Martin Lollesgaard) :: 3, Scratch :: 3, 1 km time trial :2007–2008 UIV Cup : 3rd, Amsterdam ;2008 : 3rd, Jysk/Fynsk Mesterskab :Ringerike GP :: 1st, Stage 5 :: 1st, Young rider classification :National Track Championships :: 3rd, Team Pursuit :: 2nd, 1 km time trial : 3rd, Chrono des Herbiers : 2008–2009 Track Cycling World Cup :: 2nd, Team Pursuit, Manchester : 2nd, Six Days of Copenhagen ;200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Meyer
Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first represented his country at the World Junior Track Championships in 2005. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Meyer won his first senior World Championship in the Points Race in Pruszków, Poland. In 2009 he was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia. He won the time-trial event at the 2010 Australian National Road Race Championships. Meyer's younger brother Travis Meyer is also a professional racing cyclist, and was one of 's first signings alongside Cameron and fellow Australian Jack Bobridge. After four seasons with , in October 2015 Meyer announced that he would be joining for the 2016 season, alongside fellow Australians Nathan Haas and Mark Renshaw. Meyer announced his departure from on 14 June 2016; for persona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time. This time zone is used in all predominantly Chinese-speaking regions, giving international Chinese websites and TV channels the same time. In Indonesia, it is known as Central Indonesian Time ( id, Waktu Indonesia Tengah / WITA) while in Western Australia, it is known as Australian Western Standard Time. As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila, Makassar, Denpasar, Perth, Irkutsk'' North Asia *Russia – Irkutsk Time **Far Eastern Federal District *** Buryatia **Siberian Federal District ***Irkutsk Oblast East Asia *Mainland China – China Standard Time *Hong Kong – Hong Kong Time (Hong Kong Standard Time) *Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In China
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Time'' (BJT, ) domestically and ''China Standard Time'' (CST) internationally. Daylight saving time has not been observed since 1991. China Standard Time (UTC+8) is consistent across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Mongolia, etc. History In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Shanghai. By the end of 19th century, the time standard provided by the observatory had been switched to GMT+08:00. The practice has spread to other coastal ports, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloton
In a road bicycle race, the peloton (from French, originally meaning 'platoon') is the main group or pack of riders. Riders in a group save energy by riding close ( drafting or slipstreaming) to (particularly behind) other riders. The reduction in drag is dramatic; riding in the middle of a well-developed group, drag can be reduced to as little as 5%–10%. Exploitation of this potential energy saving leads to complex cooperative and competitive interactions between riders and teams in race tactics. The term is also used to refer to the community of professional cyclists in general. Definition More formally, a peloton is defined as "two or more cyclists riding in sufficiently close proximity to be located either in one of two basic positions: (1) behind cyclists in zones of reduced air pressure, referred to as ‘drafting’, or (2) in non-drafting positions where air pressure is highest. Cyclists in drafting zones expend less energy than in front positions." A peloton has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track Cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it was held on velodromes similar to the ones used today. These velodromes consisted of two straights and slightly banked turns, though they varied more in length and material than the modern 250m track. One appeal of indoor track racing was that spectators could be easily controlled, and hence an entrance fee could be charged, making track racing a lucrative sport. Early track races attracted crowds of up to 2,000 people. Indoor tracks also enabled year-round cycling for the first time. The main early centers for track racing in Britain were Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester and London. The most noticeable changes in over a century of track cycling have concerned the bikes themselves, engineered to be lighter and more aerodynamic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison
The men's Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August at the Laoshan Velodrome. This track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ... event consists of a single race. This race is a 50 kilometre, 200 lap race. Cyclists compete in pairs, with one resting as the other rides. Placing is determined first by laps, then by points. Points are awarded based on intermediate sprints held every 20 laps. The first finisher in each sprint earns 5 points, the second gets 3, the third finisher earns 2, and the fourth place cyclist after each sprint gets 1 point. Ties after both laps and points are broken by the placing in the last sprint. Argentina wins the gold medal. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Madison Track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
