Olympic Games

Van Hoecke lets loose in London and Belgian bosses send him home

Our tech editor answers reader questions on planning a trans-Oklahoma charity ride, drivetrain wear and radio scanning in the team car

IOC to strip Hamilton of gold medal; Julien Absalon ready for Olympic defense after Val d'Isère crash; bad news concealed from Olympic athletes

Want to know who will be in London and has medaled before? Or how much climbing there will be in each lap? Here it all is

Njisane Phillip: 'Watch out in '16. I'm coming'; London's unsung derny driver; BMX course video and 3D tour

British sprinter Victoria Pendleton is leaving track racing and the pressure of defending an Olympic title behind

Scot sprinter says someone will have to win gold over six consecutive Olympics to supplant the champion sprinter as Britain's best-ever Olympians

A mix of emotions, from the high of Sir Chris Hoy and Laura Trott to the controversial low of Victoria Pendleton

Hammer takes omnium silver, Meares tops Pendleton in the sprint, Hoy breaks Brit record and Casey B. Gibson captures it all

Lennard Zinn answers reader questions about tire sealant corrosion, making the tubeless transition and those funny Team GB helmets

Images from day six of the track program at the London 2012 Olympics, through the lens of Graham Watson

Hoy sets new gold-medal mark for Great Britain with his keirin win in London

Australian tops British favorite in match sprint final

Hammer narrowly misses out on track gold

Grégory Baugé's coach feels 'sorry for him'; Alberto Contador returns to pro peloton, receives 'positive reactions'; cyclists' odd thighs

Northern Ireland-based rider accuses British federation of intentionally leaving her out of team pursuit medal contention

Images from day five of racing at the Olympic Velodrome in London, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Frenchman Bauge turns the tables on the sprint gold medalist and takes up the question asking at the press conference

Trott, Hammer locked in tight race for the first women's Olympic omnium title

Baugé unfulfilled in match sprint finals and lets his frustration show

Images from day five of the 2012 Olympic track program, through the lens of Graham Watson

Briton stuns Frenchman to take revenge from the world championships and win his first individual gold

Hoy aims for keirin repeat as Brits chase three golds in the final day of track racing

Contador returns to racing; French question British equipment selection

Baugé, Kenny likely heading for a final showdown in Monday's match sprint program

Pendleton set an Olympic sprint record in the flying 200 meters before moving into the quarterfinals

Casey B. Gibson captures day four of the Olympic action at the London velodrome

Graham Watson focuses on the London Velodrome for day four of Olympic track racing

Njisane Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago and Australian Shane Perkins also make the semifinals at the London Games

The Dane had to bounce back from a crash in the points race to take the gold

Kazunari Watanabe and his mates missed out in the team sprint, but fans like his chances in the keirin

Gold-medal-winning team pursuiter Joanna Rowsell hopes to inspire others with alopecia

Three days of enthralling but one-sided competition see the hosts take a fourth gold medal from five finals

Casey B. Gibson is on hand at the Velodrome as the U.S. women's pursuit squad takes silver behind Britain

Australia took an early lead, but the Yanks didn't panic

Graham Watson captures the action at the London Games

Great Britain wins another gold in the women's team pursuit as Bryan Coquard leads the men's omnium

Great Britain grabs more gold and another world record as USA, Canada round out podium

Also making the quarters were Gregory Bauge, Shane Perkins, Njisane Phillip, Denis Dmitriev and Jimmy Watkins.

Sarah Lee Wai-Sze gave Hong Kong its first Olympic medal in cycling

The French three-time world champion had to settle for silver in the team sprint in London

Images from day two of the Olympic track events at the London velodrome in 2012

After two days inside the Olympic Velodrome, Team Great Britain has left no doubt who is hosting this track party

Images from day two at the Olympic Velodrome in London, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Host team sets new mark in the finals to topple rival Australia

Great Britain unmatchable in women's team pursuit qualifying

UCI, IOC work together to net doping first cycling doping offender of the Games, before she could compete

Briton comes from the back of the group in the final lap to win her heat over Meares

Was Britain's team sprint crash cheating or cunning? The UCI says it wasn't the former, but the IOC calls for a look at the rules

The host team is out for more gold in the second day of track events in London and the women's sprinters are back for more

Officials relegate two medal-qualifying squads and while Germany wins the women's team sprint, no one else benefits

Images from day one on the Olympic Velodrome at the 2012 London Games, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

British youngster admits to crashing intentionally to save Britain's gold medal run

A look at who has ridden in the cross-country Olympics, who has medaled and who will be heading to London with medals already

Images from day one of the track events at the 2012 London Olympic Games, through the lens of Graham Watson

Who is in the race for the medals in London

Get to know the numbers before the Olympic race. The number of qualifying slots are based on national ranking

Sir Chris Hoy leads British gold strike with the squad's second world record of the day

Officials relegate China in the sprint final to negate its first-ever cycling gold medal

Geraint Thomas anchors Team GB's new world record squad as the finale eight are set in men's team pursuit

Varnish misses out in her only Olympic event as Pendleton's medal chances reduced to two

Tech editor Nick Legan takes another look at neutral support bikes, as well as time trial support and Specialized's un-branded branding

Chris Hoy is expected to add to his impressive collection of Olympic silverware when he lines up in the men's team sprint

Sir Chris Hoy leads the home team into the pole position for tonight's team sprint finals

Great Britain tandem also goes under the previous world mark held by Germany

Track cycling events, explained

Bradley Wiggins on the death of a London cyclist; Great Britain and Australia develop hot pants; Tony Martin happy with silver

Wiggins looks to celebrate his historic season with a tonic, says he would be honored by knighthood, if not a little uncomfortable

The track events open Thursday in London and we preview all 10, with a look at the key match-ups

Equipment choices at the Olympic time trial ranged from one-off, unbadged frames and wheels to full trade-team spec. We profile a few of the podium finishers

Images from the 2012 Olympic time trial, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Images from the 2012 Olympic time trial, through the lens of Graham Watson

After a disappointing, injury-plagued performance in London, the Swiss Time Machine says Wiggins had the perfect ride

American watches Wiggins on the podium and says he wants to be there in four years, with a couple world titles to boot

Schultz: "I know I'm coming in as an underdog ... I think anything is possible."

Rivals weigh in on what makes Wiggins, Armstrong so good against the clock

Olympic road champ says he may not be done racing, but wants to take on a director role after a vacation