Revolution 29

Revolution 29 just happened at the Manchester Velodrome, and TrackCycling was there to take a few photos. Great to see track racing happening in front of such a huge crowd. More photos here and report here.

UCI Track World Cup Manchester

The first round of the UCI Track World Cup is happening at the Manchester Velodrome this weekend. Can the British track squad continue their dominance on home soil, or will the squads who did so well at the world championships this year, especially the French sprinters, put up a decent challenge? Check out all the details here.

Photo by: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

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Hipster Nascar has finally disappeared from Blogger's Blogs of Note page, so my numbers have gone down to "pre-fame" levels, but so have the amounts of dodgy Chinese spam and comments like "hey i really like your blog bikes are cool and i have a blog too it's about FINANCIAL SERVICES." So it's a case of swings and roundabouts, I suppose. Unfortunately, I'm sick with a bad cold right now, and couldn't be feckin' bothered posting anything substantive, so you'll have to make do with this classic photo for a while:

Bos versus Hoy - World Track Cycling Championships 2008 - Manchester Velodrome - Photo by johnthescone

Track Cycling World

TrackCyclingWorld was relaunched recently, and new editor Guy Swarbrick wants to turn the site into the premier online source of news and photos for elite-level track racing. Here are a few of his photos of the recent Revolution 24 meet at Manchester velodrome.

More photos at TrackCyclingWorld.

More photos at TrackCyclingWorld.

More photos at TrackCyclingWorld.

More photos at TrackCyclingWorld.

More photos at TrackCyclingWorld.

Make sure you head over there to check out the new site, because with people like 1982 World Keirin and 1998 Double World Masters Champion Gordon Singleton writing for them, you know they know what they're talking about. Unlike me. 90% of this blog is pure spoofing.

Revolution Track Series Online

It seems that sports broadcaster Channel M will be showing the final meet of this years Revolution series, from Manchester Velodrome on Feb 21st, live online here. Sweet. Thanks to Steve over at Velopaint for the heads-up.

Revolution 23

In other revolution-themed news, a whole host of trackstars, including Victoria Pendleton, will race at Revolution 23 in Manchester tomorrow night. It's completely sold out. How cool is that? A night of track racing at a big stadium-syle velodrome and it's sold out. Anyway, Channel 4 are apparently showing highlights of the night's racing, but I don't know if they'll be broadcasting them online. Fingers crossed.

Manchester Track World Cup

Check out these photos of the recent World Cup track meet at Manchester Velodrome. Thanks to Adam for letting me use them. Check out more of his excellent photos here.

Ed Clancy in the individual pursuit. Probably one of the best track photos I've ever seen. Photo by Adam.

World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Victoria Pendleton. Photo by Adam.

Lizzie Armistead leads the pack. Photo by Adam.

The Belgian pursuit team's bikes. BTs? Photo by Adam.

Manchester velodrome. Photo by Adam.

Team Lokomotiv crash during their team pursuit run. Photo by Adam.

Jon Mozely, the new boy of Team PloughmanCraven, out front during the points race. Photo by Adam.

Gaddy Chaid of South Africa in the Men's Sprint qualifying. Photo by Adam.

Track Cycling World Championships 2008

The Track World Championships start tomorrow at Manchester Velodrome, with three hundred cyclists from thirty seven countries competing in eighteen events. It should be an incredible five days of racing, with cyclists like Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Theo Bos, Victoria Pendleton, and Ryan Bayley competing. Ireland will have a representative also, when current Irish road race champion and Olympic track hopeful David O'Loughlin lines out on his swanky Dolan. David rides for Pezula Racing, an exciting new Irish team that is making a name for itself on the boards and on the road.

David O'Loughlin of Pezula Racing. Photo by Aidan Reade.

Also happening at the Worlds is the launch of a new website about track cycling, Track Cycling World, which promises to be one of the best resources for track on the web. It will include up to the minute news updates on track racing across the world, and video coverage of world class events. The lunatics who run the site have asked me to contribute to it, so in amongst all the good stuff there will be a few small articles from me, covering track racing in Venezuela. Here's hoping I don't lower the tone of the site...