Olympics / Track News: Day two of the track cycling competitions in Rio de Janeiro. Before the team pursuit final takes center stage for Wiggins and his teammates late this evening, the women will also compete in the team sprint. All events will be streamed live from 9:00 PM to midnight. [blog style="def" cols="2" display="specific" specific="52703" posts_per_page="0" … read more
Olympics / Track Cycling News: The first decisions will be made today at the Olympic Velodrome. The men's and women's team pursuit finals start at 21:00 PM. All events can be followed via livestream on ZDF. [blog style="def" cols="2" display="specific" specific="52703" posts_per_page="0" offset="0" pagination="no" ad_id="0" ad_count="3" … read more
Cycling: Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) has just won the Olympic individual time trial in Rio, repeating his triumph from 2008. The veteran finished ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands), 47 seconds behind, and Chris Froome (Great Britain), 1:02 minutes back. Tony Martin (Germany) finished no higher than twelfth… read more
Cycling: It's already day three in Rio and the German Olympians are still waiting for their first medal. They hope to win it by Wednesday at the latest, when the road cyclists begin their time trial. With Tony Martin, the German Cycling Federation (BDR) has a strong contender in the Olympic spirit, and Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara is hoping for another gold medal… read more
Cycling: Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) has won the gold medal in Rio! After more than 240 km, he prevailed in the sprint of a three-man group ahead of Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) and Rafal Majka (Poland). Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) and Sergio Henao (Colombia), along with Majka, initially looked like the most promising medal contenders before a crash took them both out of the race… read more
