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Coronavirus, Features, Geopolitics, Hong Kong, Racing, Track cycling, women's cycling - March 4, 2020

The sprinter, her struggle, and the storm raging back home

Sarah Lee's bronze medal at the Berlin Track World Championships wasn't the biggest result of the meet – but after weathering a social media outcry, the Hong Kong protests, the death of her coach and the threat of coronavirus, it was one of the most meaningful.

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Features, Filippo Ganna, News, Track cycling - February 29, 2020

Ganna sets new men’s individual pursuit world record, wins fourth title

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Berlin, Feb 28, 2020 (AFP) – Italian Filippo Ganna beat his own men’s individual pursuit world record with a time of four minutes and 1.934 seconds before clinching his fourth world title in the event in Berlin on Friday. The 23-year-old, who rides on the road for Team Ineos, was close to breaking the symbolic …

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Cycling Australia reveals new track bike for Tokyo Olympics

Cycling Australia has officially revealed the bike that its track riders will compete on at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Argon 18’s new 2020 Electron Pro is the result of more than two years of research and development in a collaboration that involved Cycling Australia, Argon 18, Zipp, Monash University and Adelaide University. Much of the …

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French federation releases Look T20 track bike for Tokyo

On the heels of the release of Hope’s wild Team GB track bike, French manufacturer Look has something special of its own: the T20 track machine that will be used by the French team at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The T20 doesn’t look as unusual as GB’s bike, but Look has an equally large pile …

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Bastion reveals 3D-printed parts for Australia’s 2020 Olympic track campaign

Bastion Cycles Track Crank for Tokyo Olympics

Late last month British Cycling revealed a wild-looking track bike it had developed (with Lotus and Hope Technology) with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mind. Australia mightn’t have an eye-catching new bike for its Olympic track campaign (not yet, anyway), but it does have some fascinating new components, developed in partnership with boutique Australian bike …

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