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Great news. Now we will see the real racers again. Not robots. Chrispy2009-12-17 15:24:30

Now there is a project for Holy Roller

Just to fill you in. I have been a cycling nut since about 1968 as a little boy (but never took up riding till the late 80's) and followed Alan's career since the early 70's. I met Alan on the road about 3 years ago. At the time he came to live in Gordons Bay for a while to re-focus on his live after he sold his business in JHB. I was going up Helshoogte one Sunday morning (at the time I could manage a 3 1/2 hr Argus) and about a kilo from the top he came flying passed me. I said "At least I don't feel too bad being passed by the great Alan van Heerden". He slowed down and said " I will go a bit slower, just take my wheel". The best kilo I have done in my life. Legendary stuff.

Yes indeed. I reckon the best SA ever had. The one and only "Idol". RIP and our prayers to family and friends.

WOW that is sad. The best cyclist this country ever had? RIP

Pinarello = Style

Industry responds to IOC?s track decision By: Cycling News Published: December 11, 11:21, Updated: December 11, 00:59 http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com//photos/2008/features/olympic_gallery_review08/rjromeroDSC6293_220.jpg More Great gold: Great Britain's Rebecca Romero celebrates view thumbnail gallery Olympic revamp receives mixed response The International Olympic Committee?s (IOC) ratification of radical changes to the Olympic Games track programme has received a mixed response from national federations and riders alike. Decisions that create winners and losers within the same sport is likely always going to receive a mixed response, which is exactly what arrived from the cycling industry following yesterday?s IOC meeting. British Cycling?s performance director Dave Brailsford praised the IOC?s changes, which eliminate the individual pursuit, points race and Madison. "The issue of gender inequality within the Olympic track cycling events needed to be resolved and in that regard, I think the IOC move is to be applauded,? said Brailsford. ?The detail of how the parity could be achieved was by adding or removing events and there were always going to be winners and losers. ?It's a shame to have lost great events such as the Individual pursuit, points and madison, however I believe the UCI have been very creative to include the omnium within which the individual pursuit and the points race will still figure," he added. The decision is a double-edged sword for Brailsford, as it is for many of this colleagues at other national federations. While male and female track athletes will contend for an equal number of medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Brailsford?s individual pursuit champions Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Romero will not be able to defend their respective Olympic titles on home turf. "There didn't need to be such a massive overhaul," Romero told Radio 5 Live. "This is a massive overhaul of the Olympic track programme which will have massive consequences for the sport. A world away in New Zealand BikeNZ high performance director Mark Elliott is wrestling with the same conundrum. Three of the nation?s five Olympic track medals have come from the individual pursuit, and in Alison Shanks the nation also has the reigning International Cycling Union (UCI) World Champion. ?It?s disappointing from the viewpoint of endurance track that the blue ribbon event of individual pursuit has gone along with the points race and Madison,? said Elliott. ?That said the even gender split is commendable and BikeNZ is well placed in regards to the women?s team pursuit with our team picking up the silver medal at the world championships this year. Our power to podium programme has identified a group of talented women and we have been developing them for a year now. ?It?s a disappointment for Alison Shanks as the reigning world champion, but let?s remember that we still have the world championships in all of these disciplines every year,? he said. ?And for us to have a successful teams pursuit programme we must have world class individual pursuit riders. The focus for us now will be to have balance across world championship outcomes and our Olympic outcomes." Like Australia, New Zealand is both a winner and a loser from the IOC?s decision, with both nations having good prospects in the axed programmes and the introduced omnium. The Commonwealth nations have an added complication in that the changes made by the IOC don?t impact the Commonwealth Games, which will be staged in India next year. Commonwealth countries will have added motivation to continue track programs in the culled areas to ensure success at the Commonwealth Games events. Tweet all about it Here?s what track riders ? past and present ? had to say on their Twitter.com accounts. Chris Boardman: Individual Pursuit out of the Olympics....booooo. My World record might stand forever...yeeeea! Taylor Phinney: Well family, it seems that we have been unsuccessful in our fight. I dearly appreciate all your support! We now move on. Greg Henderson: It is a shame, in my opinion, that track endurance is ruined now in future Olympics. Jesse Sergent: Today is a sad day for endurance track cycling. Follow Cyclingnews on Twitter for the very latest coverage of events taking place in the cycling world - twitter.com/cyclingnewsfeed

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A sad day for track cycling!<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> www.cyclingnews.com IOC turns track events upside down By: Susan Westemeyer Published: December 10, 16:44, Updated: December 10, 16:03 Individual pursuit, points race, Madison out of the Olympics The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved massive changes in the track cycling events for the London 2012 games, eliminating the 4000 metre individual pursuit, points race and Madison from the programme. The London games will now feature five men's and five women's events, as proposed by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as part of a gender-equality plan, according to the Associated Press. The 2008 Beijing games had seven men's events and three women's events. "The changes reflect the IOC's desire to continually refresh the program, as well as its commitment to increase women's participation," the IOC said in a statement on the last day of its executive board meeting. Under the new plan, there will be 84 women track cyclists in London, or 45 percent, as compared to 35 riders, or 19 percent, in Beijing 2008. The new plan has events for both sexes in the individual sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and the omnium. The latter is a five-race event which includes a 3km individual pursuit, 200 metre sprint, 1km time trial, 15km points race and a 5km scratch race. There has been massive protest against the changes, which affect among others, American Taylor Phinney and Briton Bradley Wiggins. Briton Rebecca Romero, who is current Olympic champion in the women's individual pursuit, had announced her dissatisfaction with the plan before the announcement was made. ?I'm all in favour of moving to achieve parity between men and women but there must be a better solution," she said. "This is a major culling. There's got to be something better." Follow Cyclingnews on Twitter for the very latest coverage of events taking place in the cycling world - twitter.com/cyclingnewsfeed

What did we expect? Only the best photography!! Where will you post the rest?

Phone Francois from Manic Cycles Cell: +27 82 413 8935 Chrispy2009-11-19 12:53:20

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Can confirm it is 6.8kg as per UCI rules.

Jean Spies using his track expierence to good use. Good one boet!

You know something no one else knows?

Run Forrest run! It does not look too healthy.

Uwe put his crash and subsequent roasties into perspective tonight when I asked him how he is doing. He went to the hospital on Monday so that they can check and make sure there is no serious damage. He overheard a conversation of another patient that is 38 years old and were there for his 3rd round of chemo treatment. He did not know whether he has 12 or 18 months to live. As Uwe quite rightly said: What is a couple of roasties after a crash in a race? Respect, that's all I can say.

The important thing is that they must have fun and "play" with the bike. Then you will make sure they keep on cycling. Seen too many over eager parents put the kids into a rigorous training regime and by the time they should start being competitive they have lost the enjoyment of cycling.

Take it your real name is Rip van Winkel. You been sleeping the last 50 years?

His real name is William Mellor. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Seth is a figment of his imagination. And he makes money with it.

Hoy vs Sireau at the World Cup Manchester 30 Oct - 1 Nov. Going to be HUGE.

'They will work it out' October 09 2009 at 11:40AM By Daily News Reporters A charge of assault against South Africa's most capped Springbok, Percy Montgomery, was withdrawn today by his wife. This was confirmed today by a lawyer involved in family discussions since a Sunday fracas in which Montgomery allegedly assaulted the model and mother of two by "squeezing her leg" and "throwing a punch at her", according to a charge sheet. Said the attorney who had spoken this week to the parties: "I have had discussions with Tasmin and the Tobitts (her parents) and I am certain the matter will be resolved as a family matter. "They will work it out." Releasing Montgomery on R1 500 bail on Monday, a Verulam magistrate ordered him not to assault, threaten or verbally abuse his wife, Tasmin. He was also ordered not to communicate with, threaten or harass her parents. Police Superintendent Vincent Mdunge said it was believed the Bok kicking coach was under the influence of alcohol after having dinner at the Oyster Box in Umhlanga at the weekend. This breaking news flash was supplied exclusively to iol.co.za by the news desk at our sister title, the Daily News. For more about this story, carry on watching iol.co.za or click here to subscribe to the digital or print edition of the newspaper.

UITSLAGBLAD - 6 Oktober 2009 ITEM NR NAAM SPAN TYD PUNTE 1 43 Daniyal Matthews 1.02.00 2 95 Juan Ihlenfeldt 3 U10/12/14 3 156 Wade Theunissen 750 m 4 96 Ryno Lourens 5 1 10 Matthew de Freitas 2.19.21 4 U16/19 2 123 Bradwin Daniels 1500 m 3 47 Brent van Rooyen 4 52 Craig Abrahams 5 1 90 MC Dreyer 2.04.14 2 111 Maroesjka Matthee 7 Social League 3 174 Marius Carstens 1500 m 4 5 1 32 Wayne Botha Sozo 1.57.09 5 2 11 Russel Palm Sozo 3 8 1500 m 3 123 Leonardo v Onselen PPA 2 4 128 Chad Hendricks Rockets 1 5 1 176 JC Jantjies 1.27.60 2 95 Juan Ihlenfeldt 9 U10/12/14 3 43 Daniyal Matthews 1000 m 4 156 Wade Theunissen 5 NR NAAM SPAN TYD PUNTE 1 146 Victor Grobbelaar 2.51.00 2 47 Brent van Rooyen 10 U19/16 3 12 Bradwin Daniels 2 Km 4 10 Matthew de Freitas 5 1 Sozo 52.97 5 2 Intellibus 54.61 3 11 Team Sprint 3 Quick Release 54.76 2 4 Bellville 55.49 1 5 PPA 56.97 1 176 JC Jantjies 3.06.42 12 U10/12/14 2 96 Ryno Lourens 2 KM 3 85 Juan Ihlenfeldt 4 54 Piso Teale 5 1 32 Wayne Botha Sozo 28 5 2 195 Avery Arendse Q Release 19 3 14 10 Km Points 3 123 Leonardo van Onselen PPA 17 2 4 120 Brandon Langeveld Intellibus 4 1 5 1 90 MC Dreyer 2.51.74 2 111 Maroesjka Matthee 15 Social League 3 174 Marius Carstens 2 Km 4 170 Jaco Scholtz 5 NR NAAM SPAN TYD PUNTE 1 146 Victor Grobbelaar 18 2 10 Matthew de Freitas 13 16 U19/16 3 47 Brent van Rooyen 7 3 Km 4 123 Bradwin Daniels 4 5 1 117 Jean Smith Sozo 5 2 195 Avery Arendse Q Release 3 17 Elimination 3 32 Wayne Botha Sozo 2 4 63 Reginald Benjamin PPA 1 5 1 117 J Smith Sozo 12.1 5 2 67 Louis Knipe Q Release 3 19 Keirin - Final 3 119 Morne van Greunen Sozo 2 4 136 Evan Carstens Intellibus 1 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 SPANNE Sozo 94 Intellibus 27 Quick Release 16 PPA 18 W.E. Rockets 23 Wilde Boyz 32