GOLD FOR HOY, SILVER FOR PENDLETON

Chris Hoy

Chris Hoy kicked off the 2006 - 2007 winter track season for the British squad at the Sydney track world cup with a gold medal in the kilometre. Hoy, the reigning world champion, who threatened to drop the kilo from his repetoire after it lost it's Olympic status, finished in 1:02.242 to beat Jason Queally by twelve hundredths of a second.

Tim Veldt of the Netherlands was third.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.