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Cycling At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sprint
The men's cycle sport, cycling team sprint at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August. The Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Grégory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Kévin Sireau from France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, France took silver, and the bronze medal was won by Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy and Robert Förstemann. Competition format A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps. The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Velopark
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre in 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 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic and 2012 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games. Lee Valley VeloPark is at the northern end of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It has an indoor velodrome and a BMX racing track, which have been used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road bicycle racing, road course and 5 miles (8 km) of Trail#Bicycle trail, 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. Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Records In Track Cycling ...
The following are the national records in track cycling in Russia maintained by Russia's national cycling federation: Russian Cycling Federation. Men Key to tables: Women References ;GeneralRussian records ''29 January 2025 updated'' ;Specific External linksRussian Cycling Federation web site {{Records in track cycling Russia Records Track cycling track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Kucherov
Sergey Kucherov (born July 18, 1980) is a Russian track cyclist. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., he competed in the Men's team sprint for the national team. They finished 12th and 7th respectively. References 1980 births Living people Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Russia Sportspeople from Tula, Russia Russian male cyclists Russian track cyclists 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Dmitriev
Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev (; born 23 March 1986) is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he succeeded to the bronze medal race in sprint, winning the medal. Dmitriev is a four-time European Champion at senior level in the Sprint event for men, and the most successful sprint cyclist in the competitions's history. Major results ;2003 : 2003 UCI Juniors Track World Championships :: 2nd Team Sprint : 2003 European Junior Track Championships :: 2nd Team Sprint ;2004 : 2004 European Junior Track Championships :: 1st Team sprint, ;2006 : 2006 European under-23 Track Championships :: 3rd Team Sprint, ;2008 : 2008 European under-23 Track Championships :: 1st Team sprint ;2010 : 2010 UEC European Track Championships :: 1st Sprint, ;2011 : 2011 UEC European Track Championships :: 3rd Sprint : 2011 Russian Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Borisov (cyclist)
Sergey Vladimirovich Borisov (born 25 January 1983) is a Russian cyclist. He competed in the keirin and the men's team sprint at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in London. References 1983 births Living people Russian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Russia Sportspeople from Tula, Russia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Sunderland (track Cyclist)
Scott Sunderland (born 16 March 1988) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . Sunderland has represented Australia at the World Cup events including at Los Angeles in 2008, where he won the 1 km time trial and at Manchester in 2009. He is an Australian Institute of Sport and Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. His aunt, Jenny Sunderland, competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics in gymnastics. Career At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Australian men's sprint team that finished 4th. In August 2013 it was announced that Sunderland would switch from the Australian track cycling team's sprint programme to the endurance squad. He won the men's 1000 m time trial at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In November 2014 Sunderland was announced as part of the Team Budget Forklifts line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad Luke Davison, Glenn O'Shea, Jack Bobridge and Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Perkins
Shane Perkins (; born 30 December 1986) is an Australian and Russian (since 17 August 2017) professional track cyclist. Biography Early life Perkins was born in Melbourne, the son of Daryl Perkins. As a youngster, Perkins played cricket, football and basketball. He played basketball at a very high level aged 7 to 14, but did not enjoy it enough to continue. Perkins rode BMX for a short while and began cycling aged 13 in 1999 with his father, who had himself been a successful cyclist. His first cycling club was the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club, and his first medal was won at the Victoria state championships at Northcote, it was a gold medal in the sprint event, where he beat friend and rival Michael Ford. Within three months of taking up cycling, he had qualified to compete at the U15 Australian National Championships in Sydney, there he won two gold medals and broke two Australian records in the process. He went on to win 11 further National Championship titles between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Glaetzer
Matthew Glaetzer (born 24 August 1992) is an Australian Track cycling, track cyclist specialising in sprint events. He has represented Australia at four Olympic Games (2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016, 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024). At the 2024 Games he won two bronze medals. Career He competed in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint, team sprint event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the 2012 World Championship in the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint, team sprint with Scott Sunderland (track cyclist), Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins. Glaetzer represented Australia in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, men's sprint, Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin, men's keirin, and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint, men's team sprint events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 12 November 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégory Baugé
Grégory Baugé (born 31 January 1985) is a French professional racing cyclist. Early life Bauge first took up sport at the age of eight, playing football. His father enrolled him in the Aubergenville cycling school. At that time he took part in road races, mountain biking and trial cycling. In 2000 he joined a cycling club in Yvelines. Aware of his qualities and encouraged by his father, he gradually left road cycling to concentrate on track cycling. in July 2001, he participated in the French National cadet (15–16 years) sprint championships where he was beaten in the final by Guillaume Blot. In November 2001 he joined the Creteil Athletic Union, and permanently dedicated himself to the track. The following year, at 17, he entered the National Institute for Sport and Physical Education in Paris. Early career He joined the France junior sprint team in 2002. With Mickaël Murat and Francois Pervis, he became World Champion in the Junior (17–18 years) team sprint discipline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoy & Kenny
Hoy may refer to: People Given name * Hoy Menear (died 2023), American politician * Hoy Phallin (born 1995), Cambodian footballer * Hoy Wong (1920–2009), American bartender Surname * Hoy (surname), a Scottish and Irish surname * Høy, a Danish and Norwegian surname Places * Hoy, Iran, usually romanized Khoy * Hoy (Lake Constance), an uninhabited island in Lake Constance, Germany * Hoy, Orkney, an island in Orkney, Scotland ** Hoy (hamlet), a location on the Orkney island of the same name * Hoy, Shetland, a small island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland * Hoy Sound, north of the island of Hoy, Orkney * Hoy, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community Music * "Hoy", the Spanish title for "Wrapped" (Gloria Estefan song), a song by Gloria Estefan from her 2003 album ''Unwrapped'' * "Hoy", a song by Julieta Venegas from the 2013 album ''Los Momentos'' * "Hoy", a song by Maluma from the 2012 album '' Magia'' * "Hoy", a song by Miranda! from the 2004 albu ... [...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 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 after the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
