Press room

Nimke: "Illness disrupted my preparations" 2009-03-07 German sprinter, Stefan Nimke, is a four-time Olympic medallist (of 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics). Among those achievements, the most prominent one was winning the gold medal in the team sprint at 2004 Athens Olympics. This 31-year-old cyclist won many times and took the podium also during the World Cups, as well as the world championships. Since Thursday, Nimke, along with his teammates, have been practicing before the world championships on the BGZ Arena velodrome.

The Japanese in Pruszkow 2009-03-06 Another foreign team, after Germany, who will come to Poland to practice before the Track Cycling World Championships, is the Japanese squad.

UEC congress in Pruszkow 2009-03-06 On Sunday, the congress of the European Cycling Union (UEC) will take place in Pruszkow. The main point on the session agenda is going to be the election of a new UEC president.

USA Cycling sends four to track worlds 2009-03-06 USA Cycling will send four riders to the upcoming 2009 UCI Track World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland, March 25-29. Headlining the team will be Taylor Phinney, who broke two national records at the Copenhagen World Cup last month.

Tournant joins French TV 2009-03-05 The former world champion and the Olympic medallist, Arnaud Tournant, will join the team of consultants and experts of the French public television, which is going to broadcast the Track Cycling World Championships – Pruszkow 2009.

Chris Hoy withdraws from World Championships 2009-03-03 Due to an ongoing hip injury sustained during one of the worst crashes of his cycling career in Copenhagen last month, Chris Hoy has been forced to withdraw from competing in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, which take place in Pruszkow, Poland on 25-29 March 2009.