Track Cycling - National Championships

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sivat
10-06-06, 02:52 AM
I just got home from the ADT Velodrome where the nationals are going on. The main race tonight was a 120 lap points race with sprints every 10 laps. I'm not sure if thats longer than normal, but man it seemed like it lasted forever. It was awesome.

bitingduck
10-06-06, 03:13 AM
120 laps is the official distance for the national championships, and we sometimes run them that long locally. Usually they're shorter because you're trying to fit 5 categories into an omnium with 3-4 races/category, and cram it into 3 hours or so.
Dubbayoo
10-06-06, 04:39 PM
I just got home from the ADT Velodrome where the nationals are going on. The main race tonight was a 120 lap points race with sprints every 10 laps. I'm not sure if thats longer than normal, but man it seemed like it lasted forever. It was awesome.

120 laps = 30km = 18 miles or so at roughly 30mph...so still shorter than most crts.

bitingduck
10-06-06, 06:01 PM
120 laps = 30km = 18 miles or so at roughly 30mph...so still shorter than most crts.

But with sprints every 8 laps at up to 40 mph.
Dubbayoo
10-07-06, 02:00 PM
But with sprints every 8 laps at up to 40 mph.

so like a short crit with prime laps.
bitingduck
10-07-06, 05:27 PM
so like a short crit with prime laps.

Every lap or every other lap. (every 2 km)
velodrome.co.nr
10-09-06, 12:33 PM
http://www.velodrome.org.uk/natsphotos.html

some photos from the british national track champs here