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The British have a perchance for TV double acts - the Morecombe and Wise show, The Two Ronnies, Richard & Judy . via Daily Peloton

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“Hayden was one second behind Bradley Wiggins in qualifying - and he's hardly done any track work. "Bradley has had wind tunnel testing, he's been peaking for this event, he's got all the latest bike stuff. We haven't touched that stuff yet”

Photo / Reuters New Zealand's solitary gold at the track cycling world championships may have been snared in a non-Olympic event but BikeNZ remains buoyant about its medal chances in Beijing. via The New Zealand Herald

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“I certainly came into these championships knowing I could win my first two events and I know we've got a chance in the madison. That will be my goal for Beijing as well to win two golds and then try to go for a third in the madison.”

Two down and one to go. After his majestic victories in the team and individual pursuit competitions here at the world track championships, Bradley Wiggins goes in search of his third gold medal of the week ... via The Independent

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“My team did so much to help me early on, but there was too much going on at the finish. With 300 metres to go I thought: 'maybe I'm out of this...'. I was ten back, but then I saw a gap down the left and when there's a gap normally I go through it”

Mark Cavendish of High Road claimed victory in a wild bunch sprint where miraculously nobody crashed. via Cycling News

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“It really shouldn't have come as a surprise as they have worked steadily towards it”

Great Britain duly delivered their fifth gold medal of a remarkable World Championship in Manchester last night when the Women's Team Pursuit team, anchored by Individual champion Rebecca Romero, destroyed ... via Telegraph.co.uk

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“You never give up, you just have to fight to the end.”

Bradley Wiggins won his third gold medal of the track cycling world championships Saturday, partnering Mark Cavendish to victory in the men's madison. via The Chronicle-Journal

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“She is a class act. I believed that I could do it but I knew the main problem would be if she pulled out a massive ride and I didn't. "But if you ride with a passion, if you start with that, it feeds you.”

Great Britain is continuing to shine at the cycling World Championships in Manchester, with the gold tally now at eight. via Channel 4

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Credit Agricole, a leading European banking group, and Banco Popolare, one of the major banking groups in Italy, have entered into an exclusive 30 day period of negotiations to examine the possibility of a ... via Earth Times

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Britain broke world records in the men's and women's team pursuit at the world track cycling championships on Thursday. via SI.com

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“You're talking about young kids with their first experience who are just being a little bit overwhelmed”

AUSTRALIA has left the opening day of the track cycling world championships empy handed. via The Australian

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