Olympic Preparations Help Boost Numbers
November 2007

The track calendar for 2007-8 looks healthy. First there was a record entry in Sydney for the UCI World Cup meeting. BikeRadar reported that 15 reigning world champions and 395 competitors were expected - claiming the biggest ever field for an international track meeting.

One week later many teams travelled to the new Laoshan Velodrome for the Good Luck UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic (7-9 Dec) - a rehearsal for the Olympic Games Track events (14-19 August 2008).

In the New Year attention switches to Los Angeles for the third round of the series and renewed efforts to qualify for the Olympics. Meanwhile the European 6 Day circuit continues along with its own timetable - however the cancellation of the Maastricht 6-Day may indicate that the problems of pro road racing are now impacting track sponsorship.

The remaining UCI Track Calendar up to the Worlds is

11.12.2007 16.12.2007 Zesdaagse van het Noorden Zuidlaren NED
15.12.2007 16.12.2007 International Challenge Cup U25 Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion AUT
26.12.2007 26.12.2007 71 Grosser Weihnachtspreis Westfallenhallen Dortmund GER
26.12.2007 26.12.2007 Latrobe Carnival Latrobe Velodrome AUS
27.12.2007 01.01.2008 Samsung 6-Tagerennen Zürich Hallenstadion Arena, Zürich SUI
28.12.2007 28.12.2007 Launceston Carnival Launceston Velodrome AUS
29.12.2007 30.12.2007 Devonport Carnival Devonport Velodrome AUS
03.01.2008 08.01.2008 6-Daagse van Rotterdam Rotterdam NED
10.01.2008 15.01.2008 Bremen Sechs-Tage-Rennen AWD-Dome Bremen GER
18.01.2008 20.01.2008 Coupe du Monde III / World Cup III Los Angeles USA
24.01.2008 29.01.2008 Berliner 6-Tage Rennen Velodrom Berlin GER
31.01.2008 05.02.2008 6-days Ballerup Copenhagen DEN
15.02.2008 17.02.2008 Coupe du Monde IV / World Cup IV Ballerup Copenhagen DEN
27.03.2008 30.03.2008 UCI World Track Championships Manchester GB

But the UCI list does NOT include -

19.12.2007 19.12.2007 Revolution 2 Melbourne AUS
12.01.2008 12.01.2008 Revolution 19 Manchester GB
07.02.2008 12.02.2008 Six Day Hesselt BEL
23.02.2008 23.02.2008 Revolution 20 Manchester GB
15.03.2008 15.03.2008 110th Austral Wheelrace Melbourne AUS

Contact us if there are more track meetings that we have missed