Cycle Racing in London - London Velopark, Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Westerley Cycling Club (Paperback)

Chapters: London Velopark, Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Westerley Cycling Club, Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Redbridge Cycling Centre, London Triathlon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The London Velopark is a cycling centre to be constructed in Leyton in east London, England. It will serve as one of the 'Big Five' permanent Olympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark will be situated at the northern end of London's Olympic Park. The funding for the Velopark was confirmed in February 2005 and the project was scheduled to go ahead whether or not London's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics was successful. However as London's bid for the Games was successful the velodrome will be built with a spectator capacity of 6,000 rather than 1,500 seats that it would otherwise have had. The other facility at the site which will be used for the Olympics is the outdoor BMX racing track, which will also have a spectator capacity of 6,000. In addition to the two Olympic venues the London Velopark will feature a 1.6 km road racing circuit, and a cross-country mountain bike course. However the road racing at the Olympics will take place in Regent's Park and Hampstead Heath and the surrounding streets, and the mountain biking will be held east of London near Hadleigh Castle in Essex. The Velopark is scheduled to be completed in 2011. In 2004, during London's Olympic bid, the estimated cost was 37 million, including 20 million for the velodrome. In 2009, at the time work began on the construction of the velodrome, the estimated cost of that facility alone was 105 million. The velodrome will also be used for the 2012 Paralympics. Since London won the games, the planned size of the v...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2216173