SB Nation User Blog: umwolverine

It's Official - 2012 London Games Track Events Gutted

umwolverine — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:14:10 -0000

to promote equality in the olympic track events, the IOC has eliminated the indivudal persuit, points race, and madison from the 2012 London Games.

what remains are 5 events each for the men and the women (as opposed to 7 for the men and 3 for the women at beijing):

    individual sprint
    team sprint
    keirin
    team pursuit
    omnium (3km individual pursuit, 200 metre sprint, 1km time trial, 15km points race and a 5km scratch race)

source: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ioc-turns-track-events-upside-down

JB/LA on image rebuilding?

umwolverine — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:04:33 -0000

JB/LA on image rebuilding?

has no one told this two that once something's in print, it doesn't go away? what is this? revisionist history?

"I always had in mind that the strongest rider would win the Tour, and that made my job easier," he [JB] added. "Alberto was the strongest guy. I also knew that Lance was realistic enough, and he's enough of a team player to accept when someone else is in a better position."

Pereiro Confirmed for Astana for 2010

umwolverine — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:52 -0000

Pereiro Confirmed for Astana for 2010

ED: Not the hugest deal, but I have gotten some requests for more front-page stories so the Radio Shack kit gets pushed down further. Bottom line: Contador seems to have weighed in on the matter, and if Astana are smart (an open question), they will give the Boss what he wants/needs.

Astana stays ProTour; Lampre rejected

umwolverine — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:08 -0000

Astana stays ProTour; Lampre rejected

Basque Parlament vote For Vuelta return

umwolverine — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:25:34 -0000

Basque Parlament vote For Vuelta return

Live streaming of 2016 Olympic Host City Presentations/Announcement, Friday, 2 Oct

umwolverine — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:49:24 -0000

Live streaming of 2016 Olympic Host City Presentations/Announcement, Friday, 2 Oct

universal sports will do LIVE streaming of host city presentations and the host city pick

08.45 local / 2.45am edt usa - Chicago presentation
10.25 local / 4.25am edt usa - Tokyo presentation
12.05 local / 6.05am edt usa - Rio de Janeiro presentation
14.45 local / 8.45am edt usa - Madrid presentation

16.00 local / 10.00am edt usa - Host City Announcement (voting session begins)

UCI Planning Radical Changes to the Olympic Track Program

umwolverine — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:27:10 -0000

in an effort to bring parity to the men's and women's olympic track program, the uci is proposing radical changes to the olympic track program for the london 2012 games. the revamp would include eliminating the individual pursuits, points, and madison. instead, there would be five events each for the women and the men: individual sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit, and an omnium.

for those such as i not familiar with the term omnium, wikipedia describes it as "a multiple race event in which all contestants compete against each other in five different disciplines." the uci is looking at the flying 200m time trial, a points race, a scratch race, and an individual pursuit for the 2012 omnium.

final decision is suppose to be determined by 12 december 2009.

source

Tour L'Ain/ Stage 2 LIVE

umwolverine — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:14 -0000

Tour L'Ain/ Stage 2 LIVE

Tour L'Ain stage 2 ticker.

Tour of Poland - Stage 4 LIVE

umwolverine — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:43:25 -0000

Today's stage is another long haul (239.7km) from NAŁĘCZÓW to RZESZÓW. A little hillier/bumpier than the early stages, with what looks like 1 sprint and a flat 3x5.9km closing circuit.

Official w website (choose btwn Polish, French, English).

Live ticker in polish (google translations don't work too well).

Video (TVP1) is georestricted. See cyclingfans and myp2p for live streaming links.

Stage starts at 12.10 local.

75 - 5 words short. humpf.

Vuelta Burgos - Stage 1 LIVE

umwolverine — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:32:48 -0000

Vuelta Burgos - Stage 1 LIVE

Today's 143km stage from Ona to Briviesca has two Cat 2 climbs with an uphill sprint finish (hello, paging AV).

official website. Spanish ticker.

Live streaming is scheduled to start at 15.45 local. See cyclingfans and myp2p for links.