Racing gets underway in the Olympic velodrome

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London's Olympic velodrome was christened tonight with three hours of team pursuit qualification, although the results weren't exactly what the crowd was hoping for.

Great Britain qualified second to Canada and Australia in the women's and men's events respectively, and have some ground to make up in the gold medal finals. The women will compete again tomorrow, while the men have an excruciating three-day wait for their final on Sunday, thanks to the BBC schedule.

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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.