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Rebecca Romero won Silver in Athens as part of the GB rowing team, now four years later she is going for Gold in the track cycling individual pursuit event. At this years World Championships in Manchester she won two Golds, which bodes well for Beijing. However in this interview she shows her human side – a complicated mix of self doubt and ambition. (more…)
When: 31st October to 2nd November 2008
Where: Manchester Velodrome
Details: The first round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup will feature members of the Great Britain Cycling Team, as well as other top riders from around the world, racing head-to-head on one of the world’s fastest cycling tracks.
The World Cup event takes place over three days packed with 17 different race disciplines which all feature as World Championship events.
Great Britain’s cyclists astonished the world when they won a record haul of nine gold medals at the World Championships in Manchester earlier this year where world records tumbled on the super fast track.
Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy both won two gold medals and Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins teamed up to win gold in a dramatic Madison race. Former rower Rebecca Romero led the women’s team pursuit riders to gold and also won the women’s individual pursuit. In the men’s team pursuit race, Wiggins led the team to victory and a new world record and also took the individual pursuit title.
More info: www.trackworldcup.co.uk
