{"id":614,"date":"2011-02-13T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=614"},"modified":"2015-08-30T23:17:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T22:17:58","slug":"uci-track-cycling-world-cup-classic-manchester-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic &#8211; Manchester 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Author: Chris Maher. Pictures: Chris Maher | Photography<\/pre>\n<span class=\"dropcap square\">R<\/span>ound 4 of the #twc2011 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trackworldcup.co.uk\/\"><strong>UCI Track World Cup Classics<\/strong><\/a>, brings the Worlds best Elite Athletes back to the UK. February 18<sup>th<\/sup> to 20<sup>th<\/sup> will see Manchester once more host the final preparations before the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldchamptrackcycling.com\/en.html\"><strong>UCI World Track Championships<\/strong><\/a> 2011 in Alepdoorn, Netherlands on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> -27<sup>th<\/sup> March. Although most Nations are playing down the fact that it\u2019s still 6 weeks to the World Championships &amp; individual athletes are not at their best. Britain is still fielding the strongest squad since the 2010 Championships.<\/p>\n<p>No less than 8 Olympic Gold Medalists &amp; many Current or Ex World Champions will be out to gain as many points as possible, but top place France &amp; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> top place New Zealand have other ideas. Along with a strong Australia squad, this is going to the highlight of the World Cup Season &amp; a must see, for any Track Cycling fan. Tickets were sold out weeks ago, but you can still win tickets from various vendors by following the usual Social Networks.<\/p>\n<p>Latest update 14-02-11. Rebecca Romero won&#8217;t be taking part in this Track World Cup Classic whilst recovering from an injury. Rebecca should be back to full strenght for the Track World Championships in Holland, late March.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Britain<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> fields 25 athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s Sprint\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Women&#8217;s Sprint<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Crampton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Becky James<br \/>\nRoss Edgar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Victoria Pendleton<br \/>\nSir Chris Hoy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jess Varnish<br \/>\nJason Kenny\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shanaze Reade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s Endurance\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Women&#8217;s Endurance<\/strong><br \/>\nSteven Burke\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lizzie Armitstead<br \/>\nEd Clancy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Katie Colclough<br \/>\nSam Harrison\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Claire Galloway<br \/>\nPeter Kennaugh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wendy Houvenaghel<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Jason Queally<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dani King<br \/>\nLuke Rowe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Rebecca Romero<\/span><br \/>\nBen Swift\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joanna Rowsell<br \/>\nAndrew Tennant\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sarah Storey<br \/>\nGeraint Thomas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Laura Trott<br \/>\nBradley Wiggins<\/p>\n<p>Official Website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trackworldcup.co.uk\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.trackworldcup.co.uk\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UCI Website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uci.ch\/Templates\/UCI\/UCI5\/layout.asp?MenuID=MTYxNw&amp;LangId=1\"><strong>http:\/\/www.uci.ch\/Templates\/UCI\/UCI5\/layout.asp?MenuID=MTYxNw&amp;LangId=1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Chris Maher. Pictures: Chris Maher | Photography ound 4 of the #twc2011 UCI Track World Cup Classics, brings the Worlds best Elite Athletes back to the UK. February 18th to 20th will see Manchester once more host the final preparations before the UCI World Track Championships 2011 in Alepdoorn, Netherlands on the 23rd -27th&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,5,11,781],"tags":[7,16,20,26,17,23,798,13,32,22,4,58,78,8,3],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-2012","category-manchester-velodrome","category-track-cycling-news","category-uci-track-world-cup-classic","tag-british-cycling","tag-chris-hoy","tag-david-daniell","tag-geraint-thomas","tag-jessica-varnish","tag-laura-trott","tag-manchester-velodrome","tag-rebecca-james","tag-rebecca-romero","tag-ross-edgar","tag-track-cycling","tag-uci","tag-uci-track-world-cup-classic","tag-velo","tag-victoria-pendleton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4428,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/4428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}