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Tommy Hill heads to Oulton Park with the Swan Yamaha team this Bank Holiday weekend, with a busy race three race schedule for the third round of the 2012 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship.
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Blogvent Day 12: Female cyclists set for more pedal power in 2012
Where else could we go with number 12 other than looking at the London 2012 Olympics? An obvious choice, perhaps, but we are going to focus more specifically on cycling in light of the furore that has been generated by this week’s tweaks to the sport’s Olympic schedule.
The International Olympic Committee has moved to equalise the number of male and female events in cycling in time for the 2012 Games with both sexes taking part in the same five events – sprint, team sprint, keirin, omnium and team pursuit.
The move will see cycling as an Olympic sport shift from endurance to sprint racing in a bid to spice up the sport, while giving parity to men and women. The move has naturally angered those athletes, such as Britons Rebecca Romero and Bradley Wiggins, who were both hoping to go for gold in their home Games, but the move has been instigated by cycling’s governing body, the International Cycling Union as part of what they call ‘the bigger picture’ for cycling.
"The UCI has got to look at the big picture and at the future of global cycling,” says the president of cycling’s governing body Pat McQuaid. "We had to create gender equality and we tried to get more events but the IOC refused, so we had to make some hard decisions and change the track cycling programme."
Cycling is an attractive proposition for sponsors and the innovative technology that goes into bicycle design actually makes it a great platform for technology companies. The use of Computational Fluid Dynamics in cycle design gives the sport a tangible cross-over with Formula 1, where the use of CFD has played a key role throughout the past decade especially. Such advances in technology really add to cycling’s buzz. It’s restructuring in time for the London 2012 Olympics will also ensure its awareness is further raised – heightening its overall appeal around the world.
We’d better get started on “A Beginner’s Guide to Keirin and Omnium’ then...
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