Rebecca Romero

British cycling clothing firm Shutt Velo Rapide has revealed that it will be racing kit supplier to the new Orbea-For Goodness Shakes team, whose launch we reported on earlier this month and which, uniquely for a British team will be putting both men’s and women’s squads on the road during 2010.

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.

As expected, the International Olympic Committee this afternoon ratified proposals by cycling’s governing body, the UCI to shake up the track cycling programme for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The move sees two events – the individual pursuit and points races – dropped from both the men’s and women’s schedules, and the men’s Madison is also consigned to the scrapheap.

Next year’s London-Paris bike ride has sold out in less than 24 hours, prompting organisers to start planning a second long-distance event on the Continent for later in 2010.

Registration for the event, to be held between 24 and 27 June, opened on Monday, and event director Sven Thiele said: “The web traffic was phenomenal. We thought it would take a month for the 350 places to be taken but we sold out in just 20 hours.”

The 550km London to Paris ride is certainly one of the blue-riband sportive events of the year, boasting rolling road closures, outriders and lead cars for the full stage race experience. And the organisers have announced today that they've bagged a couple of big names to increase the event's profile before entry opens on November 30. The L2P takes place on 24-27 June, 2010

One of Britain’s leading female athletes is reportedly considering switching from triathlon to cycling as she targets Olympic success at London 2012.

Chrissie Wellington, winner of the Ironman World Championships for the past three years, is considering focusing on the individual time trial in her quest for a gold medal, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.

Individual pursuit Olympic champion Rebecca Romero has attacked proposed changes to the women’s track programme at London 2012 that, if adopted, will prevent her from defending her title on home soil in three years’ time.

Olympic Women’s Pursuit Champion Rebecca Romero is thinking of switching from the track to the road in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, according to a report in the Guardian over the weekend.

Romero is considering focusing on the individual time trial in 2012 if proposals announced last week by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to overhaul the track programme for 2012 are adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when it meets in December.

Olympians James Cracknell and Rebecca Romero's tandem record bid has ended in disappointment as the duo have had to abandon their attempt to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats because of injury. Beijing cycling gold medallist Romero has had to withdraw from the ride because of pain in her knees.

The pair were just north of Johnstone Bridge near Dumfries when they had to give up, and were ahead of schedule on the 874-mile trip which would have seen them break the tandem record by three hours.