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Frenchman Gregory bauge edges four-time Olympic champion in Track World Championships sprint [detalii...]

Briton loses to defending champion in quarter-finals Pendleton moves through in womens competitionSir Chris Hoys bid to reclaim his mens sprint world title was ended by defending champion Gregory bauge at the Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen.The Olympic champion was pitted against Frances bauge in the quarter-finals after being caught napping by Germanys Robert Forstemann in the second round, requiring a repechage to reach the last eight.But in a titanic tussle with his successor as world champion, Hoy won the first contest before bauge won two in a row - the second by a whisker - to progress to the semi-finals and end the Scots participation in the event.Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton earlier went through to the final of the womens sprint competition with a 2-0 victory over Beijing silver medallist Anna Meares.She will meet Guo Shuang of China in the final.Chris HoyCycling guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

In pics: Ed Clancy and Gregory bauge celebrate gold [detalii...]

Victoria Pendleton holds off six-woman field to win keirin Chris Hoy pipped by Frances Kevin Sireau in mens sprintVictoria Pendleton won Keirin gold and Chris Hoy sprint silver on the final day of the Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia.Pendleton negotiated the first and second rounds of the event, which begins behind a derny pacing motorbike by finishing first and held off the six-woman field to triumph in the final ahead of French duo Sandie Clair and Virginie Cueff.In the mens sprint, Hoy beat his team-mate Matt Crampton in the quarter-finals before defeating the world champion Gregory bauge 2-0 in the best-of-three semi-final.Hoy, though, then suffered a 2-0 loss to Frances Kevin Sireau in the final and had to settle for silver.Laura Trott was fifth in the womens omnium after winning the last of the six events, the 500metres time-trial. Britain did not have a squad in the mens team pursuit, which was won by New Zealand.Victoria PendletonChris HoyCycling guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

British trio progress in track world championships Chris Hoy second in 10.111secSir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Matt Crampton qualified for the first knockout round of the mens sprint on day two of the Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland on Thursday.Twenty-four of the 50 riders entered would progress from the flying 200 metres time-trial to the knockout head-to-head sprints, and the British trio, who together won bronze in the team sprint on Wednesday night, eased through comfortably.Hoy was the second-fastest qualifier in 10.111 seconds, with Kenny third in 10.120secs and Crampton 10th in 10.274.Frances Gregory bauge, who was seeking a third straight world sprint title, qualified fourth-fastest in 10.142, with his team-mate Mickael Bourgain the quickest qualifier in 10.043.Sam Harrison withdrew from the four-kilometre individual pursuit because he is set to replace the ill Ed Clancy in the six-event omnium, which begins on Friday. Clancy returned home on Thursday morning alongside his team pursuit colleagues Andy Tennant, Peter Kennaugh and Steven Burke.The fastest qualifier in the non-Olympic individual pursuit was Australias Jack Bobridge, who last month bettered Chris Boardmans 15-year-old world record. Bobridge clocked four minutes 17.465 seconds on a slow track due to its long bends and short straights.He will face Jesse Sergent for gold tonight after the New Zealander recorded a time of 4mins 21.481secs, while Michael Hepburn and Rohan Dennis will be in an all-Australian battle for bronze.CyclingChris HoyJason Kenny guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Pendleton overhauls Chinas Shuang Guo for fourth sprint gold Lizzie Armitstead wins silver in the omniumSir Chris Hoy and other leading figures in the Great Britain track cycling team have always been at pains to make it clear that the road to London will not be smooth. That was underlined at the world championships even though Victoria Pendleton rode to her fourth successive gold in the womens sprint while Lizzie Armitstead took silver in a new event on the Olympic schedule, the omnium.A turbulent few days for the Beijing triple gold medallist Hoy ended with an early exit in the match sprint while more troublingly, perhaps, the International Cycling Union said they were likely to ban Great Britain from using their aerodynamic kit. That should not distract attention from Pendletons achievement, however, as this was her fifth world sprint title in six years, during which she has taken Olympic gold.She can now boast eight world titles, one more than the legendary Beryl Burton, so she can lay claim to being Britains greatest woman cyclist.The Bedfordshire woman overcame a fall in the opening lap of the second match of the final against Chinas Shuang Guo, when she lost control and somersaulted down the banking on the opening lap while travelling at just over walking pace. "It was a silly mistake," she said. "The track was a bit dusty and if its steep and you turn your wheel a bit its easy to lose your grip. But sometimes having a little crash gives you an adrenaline spike, so maybe it helped in the end."That was the only glitch throughout a series in which her dominance was summed up by the semi-final against her old adversary Anna Meares, the burly Australian she beat in Beijing last year, who succumbed in two rides. Pendleton has a chance to add a ninth world title today, when she contests the keirin motorpaced sprint.Hoys campaign was decided by a tyres width in the third match of the quarter-final against the defending champion, Gregory bauge of France. Hoy had taken the first match in straightforward style, but in the second bauge forced him to a standstill on the back straight. The Frenchman moved first, but Hoy then took the lead and was overtaken by half a wheel in the finish straight to set up the decider."You can make lots of excuses, but you have to be master of your own destiny and I made a basic error," said the triple Beijing gold medallist. "If you switch off for a single second you are vulnerable and I paid dearly."Earlier, Hoy had fallen victim to an enterprising piece of German skulduggery in what should have been a simple second-round match against Robert Forsterman. The German received a hefty push from his assistant at the start - which is within the rules, if frowned upon - which enabled him to attack from the off, catching the Olympic champion napping and opening a 10-length lead.The Scot came back strongly, but could get only as far as the Germans side. He then had to get back into the competition through the repechage round, a three-man sprint, which clearly took its physical toll.The other event on the days programme was the womens omnium, a multi-event discipline which has taken on new significance now it is in the Olympic programme although, confusingly, the precise Olympic format is unclear. Yesterday the event consisted of five separate short races mixing sprint and endurance disciplines, and Armitstead rode strongly in the points and scratch races to be in contention for the gold medal going into the final event, the 500m time trial. There she fell short, but she still took her second silver of the series and may contest the points race today.The confusion over the omnium format reflects the unstable state of a sport which now has to contend with the prospect of the International Cycling Union banning kit as and when they decide, with the main criterion being whether it is "in the market place at a realistic price". The principle is that technology should be available to all, but the UCI president Pat McQuaid was unclear what the terms meant in reality, although his press officer Enrico Carpani suggested a‚¬10,000 (9,000). The fact that Carpanis was merely a figure plucked out of the air is in itself an adequate reflection of where the UCI stands. What is clear is that the three leading track nations, Great Britain, Australia and Germany, are being targeted."Well make it work, as we always do," said the Great Britain performance director Dave Brailsford. "Weve always kept within UCI rules. For nine years weve kept within UCI regulations and the regulations havent changed. Its different enforcement and interpretation of the rules. What is a reasonable price compared to the amount you put in research and development? Weve put a million or a million-and-a-half into R and D and made 26 bikes, so you can do the sums for yourself."Victoria PendletonChris HoyCyclingWilliam Fotheringham guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]