Bradley Wiggins Wins Individual Time Trial at the London Olympics

Following his historic Tour de France victory, Bradley Wiggins was the man to win the ITT today, and he just did it. He’s converted his individual pursuit speed and has had a phenomenal season.

Bradley Wiggins WINS GOLD at Individual Time Trial
London Olympic Games 2012 —Dra. Martha Castro

You couldn´t discount my other contender, Fabian Cancellara, probably the greatest time trialist who’s ever drawn breath and Froome, Froome on his day he’s very good. But Wiggins has prepared meticulously and he didn´t fail his loyal British compatriots.

Congrats, Bradley!

FINAL CLASSIFICATION:

Full Results

1	Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)	0:50:39.54
2	Tony Martin (Germany)	0:00:42.00
3	Christopher Froome (Great Britain)	0:01:08.33
4	Taylor Phinney (United States of America)	0:01:58.53
5	Marco Pinotti (Italy)	0:02:09.74
6	Michael Rogers (Australia)	0:02:11.85
7	Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)	0:02:14.17
8	Bert Grabsch (Germany)	0:02:38.50
9	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain)	0:02:49.82
10	Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia)	0:03:30.18

 

Dutch Cyclist Woman Vos Marianne Wins Gold Medal At the Olympics

Congratulations to the Dutchwoman cyclist, Vos Marianne for her Gold Medal win today, just few minutes ago.

TOP TEN FROM TODAY ON THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1 Marianne Vos (Netherlands) 3:35:29
2 Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 3:35:29
3 Olga Zabelinskaya (Russian Federation) 3:35:31
4 Ina Teutenberg (Germany) 3:35:56
5 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) 3:35:56
6 Emma Johansson (Sweden) 3:35:56
7 Shelley Olds (United States of America) 3:35:56
8 Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France) 3:35:56
9 Liesbet De Vocht (Belgium) 3:35:56
10 Aude Biannic (France) 3:35:56

Women´s Road Race at London Olympic Games Tomorrow

Be ready to watch LIVE at 4:00 am Pacific Time tomorrow Sunday, the Women´s Road Race! I am SO EXCITED! Aren´t you?
Ingrid Drexel, professional Mexican road cyclist will be competing along with Nicole Cooke (one of my favorites to win the goldf medal).
GO INGRID…SHOW THEM WHO OWNS THE ROAD!

Startlist

Bib	Athlete	+
1	COOKE Nicole	+
2	ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth	+
3	MARTIN Lucy	+
4	POOLEY Emma	+
5	GUNNEWIJK Loes	+
6	van DIJK Ellen	+
7	van VLEUTEN Annemiek	+
8	VOS Marianne	+
9	ARNDT Judith	+
10	BECKER Charlotte	+
11	TEUTENBERG Ina	+
12	WORRACK Trixi	+
13	ARMSTRONG Kristin	+
14	NEBEN Amber	+
15	OLDS Shelley	+
16	STEVENS Evelyn	+
17	BACCAILLE Monia	+
18	BRONZINI Giorgia	+
19	CANTELE Noemi	+
20	GUDERZO Tatiana	+
21	GILLOW Shara	+
22	HOSKING Chloe	+
23	SPRATT Amanda	+
24	FAHLIN Emilia	+
25	JOHANSSON Emma	+
26	SODERBERG Isabelle	+
27	ANTOSHINA Tatiana	+
28	PANKOVA Larisa	+
29	ZABELINSKAYA Olga	+
30	HUGHES Clara	+
31	NUMAINVILLE Joelle	+
32	RAMSDEN Denise	+
33	de VOCHT Liesbet	+
34	HENRION Ludivine	+
35	POLSPOEL Maaike	+
36	BIANNIC Aude	+
37	CORDON Audrey	+
38	FERRAND PREVOT Pauline	+
39	VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie	+
40	da SILVA SOUZA Fernanda	+
41	FERNANDES SILVA Clemilda	+
42	FERNANDES SILVA Janildes	+
43	de GROOT Robyn	+
44	MOOLMAN Ashleigh	+
45	van de WINKEL Joanna	+
46	GONZALEZ VALDIVIESO Yumari	+
47	GARCIA Danielys	+
48	ANDRUK Alona	+
49	AMIALIUSIK Alena	+
50	LIU Xin	+
51	GARCIA MARROQUIN Evelyn Yesenia	+
52	MOBERG Emilie	+
53	MAJERUS Christine	+
54	NA Ahreum	+
55	DREXEL Ingrid	+
56	TREIER Grete	+
57	MANEEPHAN Juthatip	+
58	HSIAO Mei Yu	+
59	PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna	+
60	TCHALYKH Elena	+
61	SUNDSTEDT Pia	+
62	WONG Wan Yiu Jamie	+
63	HAGIWARA Mayuko	+
64	BATAGELJ Polona	+
65	HALBWACHS Aurelie	+
66	MUNOZ GRANDON Paola Andrea	+

Medal Count London Olympic Games 2012 Pacific Time 2 pm

OVERALL MEN-WOMEN-MIXED

Actualizado al 28 de julio de 2012 a las 15:30 Horas (Tiempo de México)

Pos	País	Oro	Plata	Bronce	Total
1	China	4	0	2	6
2	Italia	2	2	1	5
3	Estados Unidos	1	2	2	5
4	Brasil	1	1	1	3
4	Corea del Sur	1	1	1	3
6	Australia	1	0	0	1
6	Kazajastán	1	0	0	1
6	Russia	1	0	0	1
9	Japón	0	2	1	3
10	Colombia	0	1	0	1
10	Holanda	0	1	0	1
10	Plonia	0	1	0	1
10	Rumania	0	1	0	1
14	Bélgica	0	0	1	1
14	Hungría	0	0	1	1
14	Noruega	0	0	1	1
14	Corea del Norte	0	0	1	1
14	Serbia	0	0	1	1
14	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Dra Martha Castro Noriega

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy Will Carry British Flag At Olympics Opening Ceremony

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, 36 years old, will indeed carry the British flag tomorrow at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. Hoy has been a four-time Olympic champion and that is the reason why he won the vote of the British athletes and officials over the weekend.

Hoy will lead out Team GB in the athletes’ parade in front of 80,000 spectators in the stadium and more than a billion TV viewers worldwide.

He tweeted: ‘Delighted to be able to say that I’ll be carrying the flag at the Opening Ceremony! Massive honour!’
Hoy later said to reporters:

“The team is not due to travel until the Saturday, chances are I probably would not have gone so it’s a great opportunity for me in my last Olympics.<<2
It will be something special and especially with it being the home Games it will be quite an experience.
It’s the stuff of dreams and I am still in shock a little bit at receiving such a huge honour.”

“The general feeling is just of sheer excitement and anticipation. It is reaching fever pitch.’
He also warned Wiggins that his life will now change dramatically – that is likely to be even more the case should the 32-year-old become cycling’s next knight of the realm.”
“Any accolades or honours that come his way will be fully deserved,” added Hoy.
“In the cycling world he’s a superstar already, he’s used to a lot of attention wherever he travels. In the UK that is where the real change will happen when he is walking about.”
“I think his life will change drastically, but I think he will handle it very well, I don’t see him changing and he’ll be just the same Bradley we have always known.”

Cavendish Wins Tirreno-Adriatico Stage2

Cavendish said: “I always want to win and I think every sprinter here at Tirreno does too. It gives you a psychological advantage for Milano-Sanremo.

“I felt good day and though about not sprint, so as not to show how I felt. But we wanted to win and we rode for it. We know we have good form and now we can kind of relax for the rest of the week.”

Stefano Pirazzi (Colnago) and Diego Caccia Farnese (Vini-Selle Italia) enriched the stage with a 199km breakaway but the long, straight final kilometre was made for the pure sprinters and the duo were caught in the closing stages.

From: http://ping.fm/jlyOG

Bradley Wiggins Wins Paris-Nice Stage4

Just a wonderful scenery today, but the riders would probably have described it more aptly as breathtaking or heart thumping. Navigating the constant twisting, turning uphill terrain on a bicycle didn’t leave much room for enjoying the view as the racers took on a full house of categorized climbs, three 3s and two 2s that required their focus, concentration, and stamina. The grades weren’t really enough to split the peloton badly until the end when legs got tired and speeds got serious. 

FINAL RESULTS AFTER STAGE 4

1. Bradley WIGGINS (GBR) Sky
2. Levi LEIPHEIMER (USA) Omega Pharma +00.06
3. Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA) BMC +00:11
4. Sylvain CHAVANEL (FRA) Omega Pharma +00:14
5. Maxime MONFORT (BEL) RadioShack +00:18

Nothing Is For Free Olympics Cycling Road Races

I am an avid competitive cyclist and I am happy they are going to charge fans to watch road races; why shouldn´t they? Cyclists and everybody working with them and for them work very very hard and people HAVE to start learning that they have to pay for what they get. 

Having initially promised that the road races at the London 2012 Olympics would be one of the few events that the general public would be able to watch free of charge and without tickets, the organisers have announced plans to charge fans who want to watch on the key vantage point of Box Hill, provoking widespread criticism.

Anyone now wanting to watch on Box Hill, which the riders will race past numerous times, will need a ticket. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have stated that the decision has been made in order to protect the stretch of land, which is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, from overcrowding. But Baroness Doocey, who is the Chair of the Olympic Committee at the London Assembly, told British radio station LBC 97.3 that she would be questioning LOCOG and the government about it.


“I’m very unhappy about it,” she said. “We were promised cycling was going to be free – and I think for them to go back on that promise now is totally wrong. I’m going to ask them to seriously reconsider that decision. I think it’s completely and utterly wrong.


“They are saying they need to restrict access, but there are many ways to do that. They don’t need to charge people for it. I can’t think of any reason that would justify charging for something that was promised to the public as: ‘Don’t worry, if you haven’t got a ticket there are lots of events you can see free like the marathon and cycling’. You can’t then go back and say ‘well actually, some of it is free and some you’ll have to pay for’.”

From: http://ping.fm/Hgpai

Lance Armstrong to join Liloan race

SEVEN-TIME Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong might be seeing action in the 2012 Xterra Philippines Championship Off-road Triathlon on March 18 in Liloan, Cebu.

Cebu over-all coordinator Oscar Rodriguez said that Sunrise Events Chairman Fred Uytengsu, organizer of the event, has invited Armstrong to join the event.

“We are expecting feedback from him either on the last week of February or in the first week of March,” Rodriguez said.

After retiring from pro cycling, Armstrong joined the Xterra US Championship in Utah, his first in 20 years, and secured the fifth spot. He then finished No. 23 in his first Xterra World Championship at Kapalua, Hawaii.

“It would be great to have him but Xterra would overshadow Ironman. It would also be a security and logistical headache. Just imagine racing with one of the greatest sportsmen alive,” Rodriguez said.

He also added that he has seen Lance run during the New York Marathon and he has his own close-in security like those of the President of the United States of America.

From: http://ping.fm/7DCHE

Russian Cyclist Can Spoil Cavendish’s Home Olympics

Russian sprint cyclist Denis Galimzyanov could spoil Mark Cavendish’s home Olympics, six-time Tour de France winner Erik Zabel has warned.
Galimzyanov is the lead sprinter for Russia’s Katusha team, where Zabel works as a consultant, and despite his finish of 11th in last year’s World Championship in Copenhagen, he has the potential to challenge for medals in London, Zabel told RIA Novosti.
“I always say to Dennis that he should think of victory, that anything is possible for him at the Olympics. Maybe Cavendish will make a mistake at the Games? That can happen to anyone,” said the 41-year-old German, who won every Tour de France green jersey between 1996 and 2001.

“If the Russians can ensure a good formation at the finish for their leader – yes, they can get involved in the fight with the Germans, British and Italians. So nothing’s impossible for Denis in this situation.”
Zabel joined Katusha as a consultant in October. “I am now concentrating on Denis above all because the Olympics are ahead,” he said.
“Russia has a total of three cyclists in the road race. We’re already working on plans, preparing, working on some individual points.”
Zabel added that Galimzyanov did not need much improvement to be a medal contender.
“The top ten at the World Championships are cyclists of the highest class and to get there, to be close to them in the results is good in its itself, but if you consider the density of the results, then the difference in the top 20 between the medalists and those outside the prizes is negligible.
“So for a young cyclist it was a good result. Denis has a chance for a medal at the Olympics even with exactly the same lineup of power in the race as there was in Copenhagen.”
Zabel said Russia has other medal hopes.
“I think Denis has great prospects, but it’s not just him. [Alexander] Porsev is an excellent guy – he’s not on the list of the leaders of world cycling now, but it seems to me he can become a real star,” Zabel said.
While 24-year-old Galimzyanov has yet to win a Grand Tour event, he had a strong 2011 season with victory in the Paris-Brussels race, the Tour of Beijing and the Three Days of De Panne.
Porsev, 25, only turned professional in 2011, but is seen as one of Russian cycling brightest prospects.

From: http://ping.fm/oMHDg