Marianne Vos of Holland, the only woman ever to win world championship titles on the road, on the track, and in cyclocross, celebrates winning the Women's Points Race gold medal. She dominated the race from start to finish, and was the only rider to lap the field. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images.
Ireland's David O'Loughlin riding in the qualifying round of the Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit. After a disappointing ride, David finished 10th, two places outside qualification. Clive Rose/Getty Images.
Joan Llaneras of Spain riding uptrack of the peleton in the Men's Point Race. Llaneras would go on to win the race, reclaiming the gold medal he won in the Sydney olympics in 2000. At 39, Llaneras is oldest male cyclist competing in the Olympics. Check out his beautiful Cervélo P3C. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images.
Britain's Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy riding the Men's Team Sprint in style. They destroyed the competition and claimed gold ahead of the world champion French team. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images.
The Women's Points Race field, led by Italy's Vera Carrara and Great Britain's Rebecca Romero. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images
The New Zealand Men's Team Pursuit squad riding their way to the bronze medal. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images.
Sarah Hammer of the US, Trine Schmidt of Denmark and Satomi Wadami of Japan crash in the Women's Points Race. Hammer injured her shoulder and was taken to hospital for x-rays, Schmidt didn't seem to be injured, but Wadami had to be carried from the velodrome on a stretcher. Let's hope they are all okay. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images
The gold medal winning British Men's Team Pursuit squad of Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins pose for the cameras after receiving their medals. The team smashed their own world record in the process of winning, setting a time of 3:53.314. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images.
It has been a pretty amazing few days at the Laoshan Velodrome. The British domination that everyone was expecting has been, if possible, even more dominant than anyone thought it would be. Gold medals in Men's Team Sprint, Men's Keirin, Men's Individual Pursuit, Men's Team Pursuit and Women's Individual Pursuit. Silver in Men's Keirin and the Women's Individual Pursuit, and Bronze in Men's Individual Pursuit and in the Men's Point Race. Plus, with the Men's and Women's Sprint finals and the Madison all happening tonight, the British team could add another few gold medals to their tally. The most exciting race so far has to have been the Men's Point Race, won by Spanish legend Joan Llaneras, which was full of action, sprints, breaks and tactical riding. Tonight is the last night of velodrome action, so whatever you do, don't miss it.
Marianne Vos of Holland, the only woman ever to win world championship titles on the road, on the track, and in cyclocross, celebrates winning the Women's Points Race gold medal. She dominated the race from start to finish, and was the only rider to lap the field. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images.
Ireland's David O'Loughlin riding in the qualifying round of the Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit. After a disappointing ride, David finished 10th, two places outside qualification. Clive Rose/Getty Images.
Joan Llaneras of Spain riding uptrack of the peleton in the Men's Point Race. Llaneras would go on to win the race, reclaiming the gold medal he won in the Sydney olympics in 2000. At 39, Llaneras is oldest male cyclist competing in the Olympics. Check out his beautiful Cervélo P3C. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images.
Britain's Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy riding the Men's Team Sprint in style. They destroyed the competition and claimed gold ahead of the world champion French team. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images.
The Women's Points Race field, led by Italy's Vera Carrara and Great Britain's Rebecca Romero. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images
The New Zealand Men's Team Pursuit squad riding their way to the bronze medal. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images.
Sarah Hammer of the US, Trine Schmidt of Denmark and Satomi Wadami of Japan crash in the Women's Points Race. Hammer injured her shoulder and was taken to hospital for x-rays, Schmidt didn't seem to be injured, but Wadami had to be carried from the velodrome on a stretcher. Let's hope they are all okay. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images
The gold medal winning British Men's Team Pursuit squad of Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins pose for the cameras after receiving their medals. The team smashed their own world record in the process of winning, setting a time of 3:53.314. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images.
3 comments:
"At 39, Llaneras is oldest cyclist competing in the Olympics."
Wrong. Unless you meant to say male cyclist or track competitor. The legendary Jeannie Longo is aged 49 years 9 months. She finished 4th in the TT and missed the bronze medal by just one second,
Joy, thanks for the comment. It was remiss of me to not specify, I did mean male cyclist. How could anyone forget about Jeannie Longo? I heard that she's aiming to compete in London in 2012!
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