The men’s and women’s Olympic road races are already in the history books, but for those interested in watching NBC’s coverage of the remaining time trial, track, cross-country and BMX events, here is a schedule:
Day 5 Wednesday, August 13
11:30 a.m. Women’s Individual Time Trial
1:30 p.m. Men’s Individual Time Trial
Day 12 Wednesday, August 20
10:15 a.m. Men’s BMX […]
Entries Tagged as 'track'
Olympic cycling on NBC
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Olympics · BMX · track · races · cycling · sports
Sharing the ride: article on Lea family
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments
In case you missed it in Tuesday’s Intelligencer Journal, there was a good article on Beijing-bound Olympic track cyclist Bobby Lea, his brother, Special Olympian Syd Lea, and their mother, Tracy Lea.
They came to the Acadia Neuro Rehabilitation Center, in the Greenfield Corporate Center, on Monday to talk about the challenges they have faced.
Tags: Olympics · track · Lancaster · cycling · sports
Great day in Grandview
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Bicycle racers came from across the mid-Atlantic and spectators came from inside their homes to the Grandview Grand Prix criterium race on Saturday. About 240 racers participated in the various categories that ranged from beginner to professional. About another 50 children competed in free kids’ races.
Spectators who saw the professional/category 1/2/3 race on Saturday afternoon got to see […]
Tags: track · Lancaster · professional · cycling · sports
Bicycling Hall coming to velodrome?
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments
The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame may find a new home about an hours and 15 minutes from Lancaster adjacent to the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, formerly the Lehigh Velodrome.
According to an article in the Morning Call newspaper, Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham announced Tuesday an agreement to provide 12 acres of county-owned land near the bike […]
Tags: track · cycling · sports
Regional pros racing in 2008 - none local
January 16th, 2008 · No Comments
USA Cycling recently posted a spreadsheet of 14 continental teams which will be racing in domestic professional races this year. Although the region is well represented on the rider rosters, there will be no locals in the professional peleton this year.
Brad Viera, a Lancaster native and Millersville University student, is absent from the listings. He […]
Tags: Lancaster · track · season · races · cycling · professional · sports
T-Town bound: Veloswap on Saturday
October 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Me, my boys and my money are headed to Trexlertown Saturday for the annual end-of-season swap meet at the Valley Perferred Cycling Center, formerly the Lehigh Valley Velodrome.
The veloswap is billed as the largest on the East Coast. The sale draws a wide array of bicycle riders - from tattooed punk rock messengers, to roadies, […]
Tags: track · Green Mountain · season · cycling · sports
Velodrome season ends with Madison
August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
The Valley Preferred Cycling Center, formerly the Lehigh Valley Velodrome, will wrap up its season with the Madison Cup competition Friday night.
This will be the 31st annual Madison, which is a competition involving two-man teams taking turns in the lengthy race and literally hurling each other forward as they pass off the racing responsibility. The name for that […]
Tags: track · fall · season · races · cycling · sports
Track Season Opens
June 14th, 2007 · No Comments
The Lehigh Valley Velodrome begins its professional racing season Friday night with Red Robin 21st annual Keirin Cup.
Racing at the Trexlertown velodrome begins at 7:30 p.m.
The opening event of the 2007 Valley Preferred Professional Race Series, Keirin Cup will host riders from Italy, Germany, Australia, Norway, Malaysia, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Holland, Denmark, Argentina, Hungary, […]
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