lancelogan Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 What events Chris Hoy is doing at the olympics? I'm "applying" for tickets this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyS Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 There's talk of him doing the road race and time trial so that more people get to see him;-) Failing that the would think he'll be going for the kierin, team sprint and individual sprint although they've changed the rules in the sprint so only one rider from each country (I think) The ticket allocation system seems quite fair as long as you don't have a family of 5 for the main sessions ((( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Cowden Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Mark Thought this might be of interest. Iain * Sport * London 2012 Olympics blog Series: Watching the 2012 Olympic Games Previous | Index London 2012 Olympic blog Watching the 2012 Olympic Games: Cycling The Guardian's mini guide to events, tickets, venues and everything you need to know Victoria Pendleton -Cycling - 2009 World Track Cycling Championships - Day Two - BGZ Arena Velodrome Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton is one of Britain's best medal hopes Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA How it works Cycling is divided into four sections: road, track, mountain biking and BMX. Track cycling has lost some events, including the points race and men's madison, but the omnium will be a new race for both sexes Who's hot Cycling is one of the events where Great Britain expects to bring in a big haul of medals. They dominated at the 2008 Olympics, winning 14 medals, including eight golds. France, the next strongest team, managed two gold medals. At last year's track cycling world championships Australia put in a strong showing and took home six golds, twice as many as Britain. On the road, the likes of France, Spain, Russia and the USA always field strong teams while Switzerland will call on the quadruple men's world time-trial champion and current Olympic title holder, Fabian Cancellara Home hopes On the track Great Britain remain the leading nation in the world. Among many medal hopefuls Victoria Pendleton, who won the women's individual sprint in Beijing, and Sir Chris Hoy, who took gold in the men's individual sprint and the keirin, will be confident of further success in front of their home crowd. Liam Phillips recently won the silver medal in the BMX world championships and will be coming to his peak during the London games The road to London 23-27 March 2011 Track Worlds 31 August-4 September 2011 Mountain Bike Worlds 21-25 September 2011 Road Worlds 25-27 May 2012 BMX Worlds The stage The track cycling will take place in the 6,000-seater velodrome, with the BMX races on the specially constructed circuit next to it at the Olympic Park. The road cycling time trial starts and finishes at Hampton Court, with the climax of the road race taking place down the Mall. The mountain biking is set for Hadleigh Farm in Essex What they say "I don't need any inspiration or motivation to train for an Olympic Games being held on my doorstep" Liam Phillips, BMX Did you know? The velodrome was the first London 2012 Olympic venue to be completed Competition dates 28 July-1 August Road 2-7 August Track 8-10 August BMX 11-12 August Mountain Ticket prices Track £20-£325 Road £60 at finish, otherwise free BMX £20-£125 Mountain £20-45 Tempted to be there? You can apply for tickets between 15 March and 26 April. Visit www.tickets.london2012.com The application process for tickets for the Paralympic Games will begin on 9 September 2011, and tickets for the London 2012 Festival (part of the Cultural Olympiad) in October 2011 * Print thisPrintable version * Send to a friend * Share * Clip * Contact us * larger | smaller Sport * Cycling · * Olympic Games 2012 · * Olympics 2012: Cycling Series * Watching the 2012 Olympic Games More from London 2012 Olympics blog on Sport * Cycling · * Olympic Games 2012 · * Olympics 2012: Cycling Series * Watching the 2012 Olympic Games * More on this story * 500 day countdown to 2008 Olympics in Beijing Welcome to our London 2012 blog Steve Busfield: With 500 days until London 2012 and tickets now on sale, we've launched a new blog that will cover all aspects of the Olympics and Paralympics * Tiffany Ofili and the question of Olympic nationality * Olympic tickets: Visa fixes card expiry glitch * Golden rower Tom James forces his way back into Olympic reckoning * The Olympic spotlight will shine on Seb Coe for the next 498 days * Interactive Datablog: Which are the most expensive events? * Your guide to ticketing * How to go about buying your Olympic tickets * One hundred hopefuls for 2012 * Watching the Games * Print thisPrintable version * Send to a friend * Share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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