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The Olympic road race, one of the most iconic events at the Games, is also one with the most turnover in medals. No rider has ever won two gold medals, and only one rider has won two medals; Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, with a gold medal in London 2012, following a silver medal in Sydney 2000. Until 1992 and the Games in Barcelona, all ...
Cycling events have been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing and swimming. Compared to the cycling at the 2008 Olympics, there were many changes in the Olympic track cycling programme. The men's and women's individual pursuit and points race, and ...
The men's cycling team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 and 3 August. [1] The gold medal was won in world record-breaking time by Great Britain's team consisting of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh. Australia took the silver medal and New Zealand won bronze.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, was a summer multi-sport event held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August.
In the run-up to the 2012 Olympics she won a further two World and two European golds, in both the team pursuit and the omnium, [16] before securing her place in the Great Britain team as those events made their Olympic debut. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kenny won a gold medal in the team pursuit with Dani King and Joanna Rowsell. [17] The ...
The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the London Velopark on 3 and 4 August. [1]The Great Britain team consisting of Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell won the gold medal in world record-breaking time.
The women's road race, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 29 July [2] over a course starting and ending on The Mall [3] and heading out of London into Surrey. [4] Nicole Cooke of Great Britain was the defending champion. In heavy rain, the race and gold medal was won by Marianne Vos of the
The men's cycling omnium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 4 and 5 August. [1] Lasse Norman Hansen from Denmark won the gold medal. France's Bryan Coquard won silver and Ed Clancy from Great Britain took bronze.