Ridley’s latest aero carbon Omnium Fast track bike is unsurprisingly optimized for going fast in the omnium races at the velodrome. Those are the ones that pit you head-to-head with other riders on ...

The omnium event is four races — a scratch, tempo, elimination and points race — to award the best “all-around” rider on the track. For the men's event, the first three races are 40 laps long.

(Adds quotes) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Four races in two Olympics. Four gold medals for Laura Trott. Not bad for a woman who says she still feels "like a little girl riding ...

The Omnium, a multi-discipline event, is an all-round test of a track rider’s credentials at the Paris Olympic Games. With the men’s event taking place on August 8 and the women’s on August 11, here’s ...

Jennifer Valente rolled around the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines one last time with the American flag held aloft Sunday, a dominant defense of her Olympic omnium title giving her a ...

Can't view the above video? Click here. Jennifer Valente has won back-to-back golds in cycling omnium. She is now the most decorated Olympic medalist in American women’s cycling history, with five ...

June 14 (Reuters) - Olympic Omnium champion Jennifer Valente has been selected in the U.S. six-member track cycling team for the Paris Games, USA Cycling said on Thursday. The 29-year-old recovered ...

When women's Olympic track cycling was expanded to the same number of events as men's and Omnium was first introduced in 2012 in the Olympic Games, supplanting such time-honoured races as the ...