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The past 18 months have been a whirlwind for young New Zealander Jesse Sergent - an Olympic bronze medal and a season on the Trek-Livestrong team have catapulted the 21-year-old to prominence and he's aiming to use that momentum to continue the success for the folks from 'Aotearoa'. New Zealand's performance in the team pursuit at last year's ...

Sign up for Alison Are you angry? I am. Imagine becoming a world champion and then being told your event is in danger of being axed from the Olympics.

The Royal Belgian Cycling Federation have joined calls urging the International Cycling Union to reconsider a proposal that would see the individual pursuit, points race and Madison removed from the Olympic track program.

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A week ago, I wrote an open letter to the Union Cycliste Internationale and International Olympic Committee regarding potential changes in the track-racing schedule at the 2012 Olympic Games in London - especially the proposed elimination of the individual pursuit.

The verdict on the fate of pursuiting events at the London Olympic Games will be met with mixed emotions by World Cup gold medal-winning cyclist Lauren Ellis.

Road race world champion Cadel Evans is predicting bigger things for seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in 2010 than he achieved in his comeback to professional cycling this season.

Cycling's governing body confirmed Wednesday it will deliver proposals to the IOC for a track race program at the 2012 London Olympics that offers equal gold medal opportunities for men and women.

Minutes after pedaling off the Olympic track in Beijing, American cycling standout Taylor Phinney was already talking about winning a gold medal at the 2012 London Games in the individual pursuit.

While recovering at home after having his tonsils removed, Taylor Phinney is busy putting together his 2010 racing schedule.

Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images The individual pursuit's status as an Olympic event is in the balance, but it can still bring a crowd to its feet, as Geraint Thomas of Wales found at the World Cup in Manchester when he set the second fastest time ever in competition over the 4,000m distance in qualifying.

Welshman Geraint Thomas lit up the Track Cycling World Cup event in Manchester by breaking the world record for the 4km individual pursuit, an event which if the UCI have their way will be thrown out of the London 2012.

Timing can be everything in sport and it would appear Geraint Thomas, through no fault of his own, has got his wrong as the UCI and IOC look certain to scrap 4km individual pursuit from Olympic programme.

Four diverse athletes and contributors to the world of cycling will be inducted Nov.

Fencer Mariel Zagunis became arguably the most successful American ever in the sport over the weekend when she captured her second-career world championship gold medal in saber.

Zagunis becomes World Champion in women's sabre Two-time Olympic gold medalist, Mariel Zagunis defeated Olga Kharlan of the Ukraine to become the 2009 World Champion in women's sabre, Oct.

USA Cycling National Development Team graduate Tyler Farrar scored a big win in Belgium over the weekend while current USA Cycling National Development program riders Taylor Phinney and Shelley Olds earned national titles on the track at the USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships in Carson, Calif.

The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the Home Depot Center velodrome on Friday with both Taylor Phinney and Sarah Hammer catching their opponents in their respective men's and women's individual pursuit final to add to their collection of national titles.

The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the Home Depot Center velodrome on Thursday with the women's team pursuit national record falling, young stars showing flashes of greatness in the men's team pursuit, an Olympian re-gaining his national title in the kilo and scratch race champions crowned.

Carson, Calif. The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships will take place September 30 October 4 at the Home Depot Center Velodrome in Carson, Calif.