MANCHESTER REVOLUTION
The Revolution Championship at the Manchester Velodrome, in Manchester, England, will see Future Stars, sprinters and endurance riders racing as part of a team. Young talent will get the chance to join heroes such as Chris Hoy and Mark Cavendish as both Future Stars and elite riders accumulate team points across championship races at each event.
Canada will be a guest team during the Revolution event on Saturday night January 16th 2010 and will be inviting 3 Junior boys, 3 Junior girls, plus the possibility of 3 Elite Endurance riders and 1 Sprinter for this self-funded project. Sunday Jan 17th will be a coaches lead training session for the Juniors.
Athletes interested in the opportunity are asked to meet the following time standards by Monday, November 30th. To receive an official result it must be electronically timed with drop bars and rear disc only.
Boys: Flying 2km time trial - (first 500m – 32.2 then 2:23.0 for the 2km)
Girls: Flying 2km time trial – (first 500m – 35.5 then 2:38.5 for the 2km)
The Forest City Velodrome, in London, ON, will be offering opportunities to any athlete interested in attempting to meet the standards on Nov. 28 at the CanAmQue Challenge and during the day on Nov. 29. Log on to the following link for more information:
http://www.forestcityvelodrome.ca/race_calendar.php#race_198
Please forward all results to Petrina Tulissi at track@canadian-cyclist.com by 5:00 pm on Monday, November 30th.