National Cycling Centre

The first indoor track in Britain, and the home of the British team. Many Olympic champions learned to race on these boards. A long steel arch holds up the curved silver roof.

One lap: 250 m
Track: Wood
Banking in the bends: 42.5°
Banking on the straights: 12.5°
Width: 7 m
Indoor or outdoor: Indoor
Built: 1994
People who can watch: About 3,500

Did you know?

This velodrome opened in 1994. It was the first indoor track in all of Britain!
The British team trains right here. Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Laura Kenny all raced on this track on their way to Olympic gold!
The World Championships have come here three times, in 1996, in 2000 and in 2008.
In 1996, Chris Boardman rode more than fifty-six kilometres in one hour on this track. Nobody beat that for more than twenty-five years!
A huge steel arch, longer than a football pitch, holds up the whole roof. So there are no posts in the way when you watch!
People call this the busiest velodrome in the world. Thousands of people learn to ride the track here every year, and lots of them are kids!

The race announcer tells riders these facts at National Cycling Centre.

Race at National Cycling Centre

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

National Cycling Centre

Did you know?

Race at National Cycling Centre

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