There really is only one place to be this coming weekend and that’s at the HK Velodrome where double Olympic Gold medalist and multiple World Champion Laura Trott is among a galaxy of world class cycling stars taking part in the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Hong Kong. Joining her is Hong Kong’s London Olympic cycling medalist Sarah Lee Wai Sze and World Champion, Tour de France Green Jersey Winner and sprinter extraordinaire Mark Cavendish and triple Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Jason Kenny.
Hong Kong is the third and final round of the 2015/16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – the first two legs having taken place in Cali, Colombia and Cambridge, New Zealand in October and December 2015 respectively. Around 300 world class cyclists will participate and as 2016 is also an Olympic year not only will cyclists be wanting to win the World Cup they’ll also be looking towards securing Olympic qualification.
The schedule of race is as follows
Friday 15 January
Team pursuit qualifying (men and women)
Team sprint qualifying (men and women)
Points (men and women)
Scratch (men and women)
Saturday 16 January
Team pursuit (men’s and women’s finals)
Team sprint (men’s and women’s finals)
Omnium (men and women, events 1-3)
Women’s sprint
Men’s keirin
Sunday 17 January
Men’s sprint
Omnium (men’s and womens, events 4-6)
Women’s keirin
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Hong Kong
Date: 16-17 January, 2016
Venue: Hong Kong Velodrome, Tseung Kwan O
Tickets: $200, $150, $120 from HK Ticketing