The official Team Sky App for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available to download.
An official Team Sky App for iPhone and iPod Touch, which keeps cycling fans up-to-date with all of the action surrounding the team and includes, for the first time, pro rider tracking, has been launched.
The Team Sky App, created in partnership with Map My Tracks, the outdoor social network for sports enthusiasts, features all the latest race and rider news as well as up-to-date photo galleries that give an insight into the team's daily activities.
Race reports give fans immediate access to reviews, news and photos and also included are details of all the forthcoming Sky Ride events held around the country on closed roads.
The Team Sky App is the first to use an embedded version of OutFront within the app. The OutFront all-sport GPS computer is a comprehensive training and tracking app that lets cycling fans, as well as Team Sky pro riders, track and share their rides live for others to follow on the web. For the first time, fans can follow their favourite riders live or replay a training ride, all from within the app.
Team Sky is at the forefront when it comes to talking to their fans and using social media to keep fans informed. The Team Sky app takes things one step further with Twitter and Facebook integration that lets the pro team riders notify their followers as soon as they start riding so they don't miss out on the action. Once live, followers can watch their progress on the app or online at www.mapmytracks.com.
When not out riding users of the Map My Tracks powered tools can access their activities on the www.mapmytracks.com website that provides a range of helpful tools to keep track your performance. With an active community of sports enthusiasts that includes cyclists from around the world, Map My Tracks lets you share rides and compare the performance against thousands of other rides and routes. The F1-style performance telemetry lets users measure speed, pace, calories burned, elevation gain or loss and much more while out on their rides.
The launch of the Team Sky App means that participants of the forthcoming Sky Rides can benefit from the same technology as the Team Sky pro riders and track their rides for others to follow in real time.
The Team Sky iPhone App is free to download from the Apple App store and access to the training tools powered by Map My Tracks is available to iPhone 3, iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 users as a one-off purchase for £2.99. iPod users get all the latest news and features from the team but due to the lack of GPS in the iPod the training tools are not available.
