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Cycling At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Pursuit
The men's cycling team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 and 3 August. The gold medal was won in world record-breaking time by Great Britain's team consisting of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh. Australia took the silver medal and New Zealand won bronze. Competition format The men's team pursuit race consists of a 4 km race between two teams of four cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over. The tournament started with an initial qualifying round. The top four teams in the qualifying round remained in contention for the gold medal, the 5th to 8th-place teams could compete for a possible bronze, and the remaining teams were eliminated. The "first round" consisted of the four fastest qualifiers competing in head-to-head races (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winners of these heats advanced to the gold medal final. The other four quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Velopark
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the permanent venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Lee Valley VeloPark is at the northern end of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which have been used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and 5 miles (8 km) of mountain bike trails. The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. The facilities built for the Olympics were constructed between 2009 and 2011. The first event in the Velopark was the London round of the 2011 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series. Planning In February 2005, plans were announced for a £22 million VeloPark. Sport England would invest £10.5 million, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority £6 million an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Pursuit
The men's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 12 August. Team GB established new Olympic and World Records in both their heat and in the final; their gold medal made Sir Bradley Wiggins Britain's most decorated Olympian. The medals were presented by James Tomkins, IOC member, Australia and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI. Schedule All times are Brasília Time Results Qualifications The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final. * Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final * q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final First round First round heats are held as follows: Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Kovalev (cyclist)
Ivan Alexandrovich Kovalev (russian: Иван Александрович Ковалёв; born 26 July 1986) is a Russian professional racing cyclist, with the Russian Helicopters team. His brother Evgeny Kovalev is also a racing cyclist. Results ; 2005 : 2004–2005 World Cup :: 3rd, Individual Pursuit, Sydney : 2005–2006 World Cup :: 1st, Scratch, Moscow ; 2006 : 2005–2006 World Cup :: 2nd, Scratch, Los Angeles :8th Mayor Cup : 2006–2007 World Cup :: 1st, Scratch, Moscow :: 2nd, Team Pursuit, Moscow (with Alexander Serov, Nikolay Trusov and Ivan Rovny) ; 2007 : 2006–2007 World Cup :: 2nd, Team Pursuit, Manchester (with Alexei Bauer, Evgeny Kovalev and Nikolay Trusov) ;2009 :1st Stage 4 Five Rings of Moscow :1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Costa Rica :7th Kroz Vojvodina II ;2010 :1st Prologue Five Rings of Moscow :3rd Mayor Cup ;2011 :2nd Overall Tour of China ;2013 :1st Grand Prix of Moscow :1st Intelligentsia Cup Prairie State Cycling Series :2nd European Track Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Kovalev
Evgeny Kovalev (born 6 March 1989 in Moscow) is a Russian professional cyclist, who last competed with the Russian Helicopters squad. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. His brother Ivan Kovalev is also a racing cyclist. Palmarès ;2009 :1st Stage 2 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour :8th Tour of Vojvodina II :10th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;2010 :1st Stage 3 Grand Prix of Adygeya ;2013 :1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (''English'': Tour of Costa Rica) is a bicycle racing stage race held annually since 1965 in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI ... ;2014 :1st Stage 5 Grand Prix Udmurtskaya Pravda References External links * Russian male cyclists 1989 births Living people Olympic cyclists for Russia Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Russian tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper Von Folsach
Casper von Folsach (born 30 March 1993) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. Major results ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 9th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland ;2013 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Stage 5 Okolo Jižních Čech : 4th Kalmar Grand Prix ;2018 : 1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland : 2nd Gylne Gutuer : 2nd Duo Normand (with Emil Vinjebo) : 5th Hafjell GP The Hafjell TT (known as the Hafjell GP in 2018) is a single-day individual time trial road cycling race held annually in Norway since 2018. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. The race is part of the ''Uno - X Development Weekend'', ... : 10th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde References External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Quaade
Rasmus Christian Quaade (born 7 January 1990) is a Danish former road and track bicycle racer. He also competed professionally from 2009 to 2021 for the Blue Water Cycling (two spells), , , , , , and squads. Quaade was also the subject for a documentary film, following him in the leadup to the 2011 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, called ''Moon Rider''. Major results Road ;2009 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Chrono Champenois : 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2010 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Chrono Champenois ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 2nd Chrono Champenois ;2012 : 1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mørkøv
Michael Mørkøv Christensen (; born 30 April 1985) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclists Jacob and Jesper Mørkøv. Career Born in Kokkedal, Mørkøv started as a track cyclist, becoming national champion in the points race in 2004. In the 2008 Olympic games, he won the silver medal in the team pursuit. As a road cyclist, Mørkøv became national time trial champion in 2005. Mørkøv rode the 2010 and 2011 Giro d'Italia, finishing both. Mørkøv rode his first Tour de France in 2012, drawing attention by featuring in the most important escapes of the first three stages, where he gained enough points to lead the mountains classification. He held polka-dot jersey until stage 7, where stage winner Chris Froome took it. In 2013, he won Stage 6 in the Vuelta a España. In August 2015, it was announced that Mørkøv would join for the 2016 season, at the request of Alexander Kristoff, with a view to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Norman Hansen
Lasse Norman Hansen (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games, ten medals (including three golds) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals (including two golds) at the UEC European Track Championships. Biography He won the gold medal in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After two seasons with Blue Water Cycling, He signed with the squad for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. After the collapse of the team, in September 2018 he revealed that he would join the team on a two-year deal from the start of 2019, in part because they were willing to give him the freedom to compete on the track in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In December 2020, he signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season. In August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Summer Time
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and evenings one hour more. BST begins at 01:00 GMT every year on the last Sunday of March and ends at 01:00 GMT (02:00 BST) on the last Sunday of October. The starting and finishing times of daylight saving were aligned across the European Union on 22 October 1995, and the UK retained this alignment after it left the EU; both BST and Central European Summer Time begin and end on the same Sundays at 02:00 Central European Time, 01:00 GMT. Between 1972 and 1995, the BST period was defined as "beginning at two o'clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the day after the third Saturday in March or, if that day is Easter Day, the day after the second Saturday in March, and ending at two o'clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the day a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand At The 2012 Summer Olympics
New Zealand competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Olympics. The New Zealand Olympic Committee sent 184 athletes, 97 men, and 87 women to the Games to compete in 16 sports, the nation's largest ever delegation. New Zealand left London with a total of thirteen medals (six gold, two silver, and five bronze), finishing fifteenth in the overall medal standings. This was considered one of the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the second-largest number of gold medals behind eight at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and tying with the 1988 Summer Olympics for the largest number of medals. Five of these medals were awarded to the team in rowing, three in cycling, two in sailing, and one each in athletics, canoeing, and equestrian. Among the nation's medallists were rower Mahé Drysdale, who won gold in the men's single sculls, and track cyclists Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergent, who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 410 athletes to the Games to compete in 23 sports. Australia left London with a total of 35 medals (8 gold, 15 silver, and 12 bronze), the lowest in Summer Olympics since 1992. Ten of these medals were awarded to the athletes in swimming, including the gold from the women's freestyle relay team; six in cycling, five in rowing, and four in sailing. Nine Australian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London, while 11 of them managed to claim their Olympic titles for the first time. From the twenty-three sports played by the athletes, fourteen of them contained at least a single Olympic medal. With the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, Australia's team-based athletes proved successful in London, as the field hockey teams and the women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. British athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, alongside Australia, France and Greece, though Great Britain is the only one to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. London is the first city to host the Summer Olympics on three different occasions, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. Soon, it will be joined by Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 in hosting the Olympic Games for a third time. Team GB, organised by BOA, sent a total of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women, to the Games, and won automatic qualification places in all 26 sports. The government agency UK Sport targeted a total of 48 to 70 medals, with a commitment of at least a minimum amount, one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
