Last weekend we tried something new and went to a round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup. It was hosted here in Hong Kong at the Velodrome near by us in Tsung Kwan O. The stadium has a 250m track and can seat 3000 spectators. It was only a built a few years ago, so very new and very well maintained.
None of us had ever been to a cycling event, so were keen to see what it was like. We always enjoy watching the Olympic cycling events, so had high expectations for a fun night. We had friends visiting from Oz and dragged them along too.
The facilities were great and we really enjoyed our night. The Aussies participated well and won a gold in the mens team pursuit - gave us the opportunity to sing the anthem out load and proud !!
A night of cycling wouldn't be complete with out a few crashes and there were some serious crashes in the Mens Omnium. This event has 25 starters and the last rider is removed on every other lap until there is a winner. It is very tough and we saw some serious jostling in the race. One of the crashes resulted in the Italian rider losing a LOT of skin off his butt. OUCH !!!!
A fun night - highly recommend to go if you ever get the chance.
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| The Ominum Race |
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| The derny rider in the Kierin race |
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| Our boys ! |
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| now that has GOT to HURT !!!!! |
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