Berlin, Germany

Velodrom

The round hall is dug deep into the ground, and its flat silver roof sits in a field of apple trees. Every winter the Six Days of Berlin fills it with music and racing.

One lap: 250 m
Track: Wood
Banking in the bends: 45°
Banking on the straights: 12°
Width: 7.5 m
Indoor or outdoor: Indoor
Built: 1997
People who can watch: About 12,000

Did you know?

This velodrome opened in 1997. The whole hall is dug deep into the ground, and only its flat silver roof pokes out!
Hundreds of apple trees grow round the roof. From the outside, the velodrome looks like a silver lake in an orchard.
Every winter, the Six Days of Berlin comes to this hall. The first Six Days in Berlin was raced in 1909, more than a hundred years ago!
At the Six Days, the band plays an old tune called the Sportpalast Waltz. Then the whole crowd whistles along!
The World Championships came here in 1999 and in 2020. In 2020, Emma Hinze won three gold medals on this track!
So much earth was dug out to build this velodrome that it filled more than a thousand trains!

The race announcer tells riders these facts at Velodrom.

Race at Velodrom

In Watt Fighters you race here on your own bike, on a smart trainer or with a power meter. Your watts move your rider round the track. On the steep bends you need speed, or you slide down the banking. You can race every event here: match sprint, elimination, points race, scratch race, unknown distance, time trial, keirin, flying 200 m, open track.

Race here in Watt Fighters

Velodrom

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Race at Velodrom

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