The Lee Valley Velopark will be hosting the fourth round of the TISSOT UCI Track Cycling World Cup series which will take place on Friday 14th December till Sunday 16th. The event is returning to London after a four-year hiatus in which the venue hosted the first round of the series in December 2014.
London is the fourth round of this year’s series, with the other events taking place in Milton, Canada, Berlin in Germany, Hong Kong, and Cambridge in New Zealand.
Such a prestigious event, which is the highest level of annual cycling in the world, is a great chance to see some of the stars from the world of international cycling with Olympic and Paralympic athletes taking part.
Competition
The competition is now seen as one of the most important dates in the cycling calendar. Behind the Olympics and World championships, the cycling world cup is third in regards to the amount of world-ranking points a cyclist can achieve.
What makes the Track Cycling World Cup such a popular event is that it is open to national and registered trade teams (teams that compete in other tournaments consisting of cyclists from different nationalities) competing in a number of cycling disciplines.
The final points are decided by riders or their teams collecting as many points as possible from each discipline they are competing in. The rider or team that gains the most points in each discipline will wear a white jersey, but in the next round of the discipline if they do not maintain the lead, they will lose it to the new leader.
At the end of the tournament the World Cup trophy is then given to the nation with the highest number of points in respective disciplines at the end of the final rounds of the series.
Medals
In the 2012 championships Britain won eight gold medals with a star-studded team that included Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton.
Sessions
There will be two sessions on the Friday. Session one will start at 11 in the morning with doors opening at 10, the second session starting at seven in the evening, doors opening at six.
The second day sessions three and four will be starting at 11 and the second session will be a seven in the evening, the last session on the Sunday will start early at nine with session six starting at three in the afternoon.
