London 2012

British track legend Jason Queally is targeting a sensational return to top-flight competition with the aim of making the Team Pursuit squad for the London 2012 Olympics, when he will be 42 years of age.

Westminster City Council has announced a £14 million overhaul of Piccadilly Circus that will do away with its one-way system and remove guard railings installed almost half a century ago in a naked streets-style scheme similar to one introduced at Oxford Circus last year.

Athletes and officials will be using bicycles supplied by BMW to get around London’s Olympic Park in 2012 after UK-based companies such as Pashley and Brompton, the latter based in the capital, were denied the chance to put in their own bids.

Those concerned about the environmental impact of the Games may also have raised an eybrow about the bikes being supplied by a motor vehicle manufacturer.

Olympic individual pursuit champion Rebecca Romero, who is switching to the road as she targets gold in the individual time trial at London 2012, took another step along that path at the weekend when it was announced that she has signed for the new Orbea-For Goodness Shakes outfit.

The full 2010 line-up was officially unveiled yesterday at the Redbridge Cycling Centre, and Orbea-FGS says it is the first UK-based team to support both male and female squads, something that leading pro teams such as Cervélo TestTeam and HTC-Columbia already do.

Olympic Velodrome Jan 2010 where the roof will be

Olympic Velodrome Jan 2010 work

Olympic Velodrome Jan 2010 low view

Olympic Velodrome Jan 2010 track

Olympic Velodrome Jan 2010 aerial view

Olympic Velodrome Jan 2010 end view