Post Olympic Track

The Manchester Velodrome has been confirmed as the venue for the first major track cycling event following the Olympic Games in Beijing.

The first round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup will take place in Manchester from 31st October to 2nd November 2008. It will feature members of the Great Britain Cycling Team, as well as other top riders from around the world, racing head-to-head on one of the world’s fastest cycling tracks.

The World Cup event, which is supported by UK Sport, Manchester City Council and British Cycling, takes place over three days packed with 17 different race disciplines which all feature as World Championship events.

Great Britain’s cyclists astonished the world when they won a record haul of nine gold medals at the World Championships in Manchester earlier this year where world records tumbled on the super fast track.

Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy both won two gold medals and Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins teamed up to win gold in a dramatic Madison race. Former rower Rebecca Romero led the women’s team pursuit riders to gold and also won the women’s individual pursuit. In the men’s team pursuit race, Wiggins led the team to victory and a new world record and also took the individual pursuit title.

The Manchester round of World Cup series will not be a parade. The World and Olympic champions will take to the boards aiming to win World Cup medals and to gain the valuable points needed to get to the World Championships.

Tickets
Tickets go on general sale from early August 2008 and will be available through sales agents Ticketmaster.

Website
Full details of the event can be found on the official web site at www.trackworldcup.co.uk.