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The world’s best cyclists return to Melbourne for three big days and nights of scintillating racing at Hisense Arena (formerly Vodafone Arena), November 20-22. Track cycling was the first event to sell out for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and was more than five times over-subscribed. The 2004 World Track Championships in Melbourne was also a sell-out event. After seven years in Sydney the Track World Cup comes to Melbourne for the first time and tickets are sure to be in demand. To ensure you secure a seat, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of an early release of tickets to be offered from Monday, August 18 and will last for only one week. Please watch for the early-bird ticketing offer shortly via your email. If family and friends would like to be part of the offer, they can go to www.trackworldcup.com.au and sign up via the site. Provisional Event Schedule This is a provisional event schedule. The schedule is in line with previous Track World Cups, therefore, it is unlikely that there will be any significant changes.
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Olympic Track Cycling Preview Australia had unprecedented success at the Athens Olympics collecting five gold medals on the track, plus the women's road race with Sara Carrigan. Ryan Bayley stole the bulk of the headlines in 2004 winning the men's sprint and keirin. However, the men's sprinting landscape has changed significantly in the past four years. Reigning world sprint and keirin champion, Chris Hoy of Great Britain, is now the dominant male sprinter and will be the man to beat. Joining Hoy on the list of favourites is Frenchman Kevin Sireau. Sireau broke the 10 second barrier over 200 meters in qualifying for the Sprint at the World Championship and ended up with the silver medal. At this year's World Championships Bayley qualified eighth fastest in the Sprint and finished in 11th place. But Bayley is a proven big stage performer and can never be underestimated. Joining Bayley in the sprint events will be Olympic debutant Mark French. The former junior world champion didn't make it past the qualifying round at this year's world championships but has made huge gains in training since the start of the season. Shane Kelly will be riding in his fifth Olympics chasing that elusive gold medal in the team sprint or the keirin - maybe even in both events. In the team pursuit Australia has been the benchmark for the majority of this millennium. After breaking the world record in March, with a time of 3:56.32, Great Britain has now taken that mantle. The Australian quartet (Brown, Lancaster, McGee, Roberts) that delivered gold in Athens is likely to be the combination on the track in Beijing. They won't surrender their title to the old enemy easily. Unfortunately, Australia won't be able to defend two of the gold medals it won in the Greek capital. Despite being the only country to win Olympic gold in the Madison, Australia failed to qualify a spot in this event. The team to beat in the Madison will be Great Britain's Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins. They won the world title this year in Manchester and Cavendish followed this up with four stages wins at the Tour de France. Anna Meares, winner of the 500m time trial in Athens, has seen her pet event taken off the Olympic program to make room for BMX. Meares focus has now turned to the sprint, which she collected a bronze medal in at Athens. The big favourite for the women’s sprint is Great Britain’s Victoria Pendleton. The current World Champion got the better of Meares at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and will start with the psychological advantage over her Australian rival. Like in the madison, Bradley Wiggins will also start as the man to beat in the individual pursuit. Australia's Brad McGee will be aiming to dethrone the defending champion. In the women's individual pursuit it took a world record from New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer to deny Katie Mactier gold in 2004. Since Athens Ulmer has retired and Mactier has won world and Commonwealth titles. This time round the challenges will come from Rebecca Romero, Great Britain, and Sarah Hammer, USA. In the men's points race Cameron Meyer has been performing strongly at World Cup level and finished fourth at this year's World Championships. The young Western Australian may provide the surprise in Australia's medal tally. The Olympic track program runs from Friday 15 to Tuesday 19 August.
For media information on the event contact Matthew Keenan, Marketing & Communications Manager, Jump Media and Marketing For race management information contact Susan Stewart, Event Director, Track World Cup (Melbourne) |
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