2012 Olympics velodrome unveiled in London
Exclusive pictures as Hoy, Pendleton and co. train on new tꦐrack






















168澳洲5最新开奖结果:The 2012 London Olympics moved a step closer today with the unveiling of the 6,000 capacity velodrome in London. It’s the first Oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlympic venue to be completed, and with 521 days to go until the Games begin, a host of c🍰ycling dignitaries attended.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson called the ♎venue a “fantastic theatre of sport,” while British Cycling’s Dave Brailsford added that the site had the potential to be a world record-beating venue.
The new velodrome will play host to a track World Cup round next year but today the cream of the nation’s track rider🦋s, including Victoria Pendleton and Sir Chris Hoy took to the boards in a s♊taged training session.
“If you take all the best bits out of all the velodro♚mes in the World and put them all together, this is what you get,” said Brailsford.
“The concourse, the way the seats have been designeℱd, it’s all a great idea. I▨t’s a great track with some clever access and flow from the infield as well. It’s just difficult to fault it.”
Perhaps more importantly, Brailsfꦫord believes that the track itself is of the highest possible standa♎rd and that in the correct circumstances, London 2012 could well see a number of records fall.
“There’s no reason why this can’t be the fastes🍸t track in the world but you need a lot of things to be right,&ꦜrdquo; Brailsford said. “You all also need the right conditions.”
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In any case,♋ over a year ahead of the main event, the Olympic velodrome is already exerting its own particular mystique.
“The riders were so excited to come down here,” Brailsford said. “When you’re waking up a꧒t five in the morning, not being able to sleep about it, ಌthen you know you’re in the right place.”
Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at gxiaowu.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the 🐲coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading fi🐲gures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.