Following the 2017/18 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester, the action turns to Milton, Canada this weekend for the third round of this season’s competition.
About the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup
The Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup is a five-round competition which takes place between November and January.
Round three in Milton is the first of two back-to-back rounds taking place in December, with Santiago in Chile hosting round four next weekend.
The series concludes in the new year, with the fifth and final round taking place in Minsk, Belarus, from 19-21 January.
The venue
Milton is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, just 25 miles from Toronto, the home of Great Britain Cycling Team’s official bike supplier Cervelo
The town has a population of around 110,000 and is known for being the hometown of music producer Deadmau5 and former astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield.
The Mattamy National Cycling Centre is the home of Canada cycling and is the only velodrome of its kind in Canada.
The centre opened in January 2015 and was built for the 2015 Pan American Games at a cost of around £37million.
The 250m track is made of timber and has two 42 degree banks, with a capacity of around 1,500 for this weekend’s world cup - the first world-level cycling event to take place at the facility.
The schedule (UK times)
Friday 1 December
3pm - 10.06pm
Men’s and women’s points race qualification heats and finals
Men’s and women’s team sprint qualification heats
Men’s and women’s team pursuit qualification heats
Saturday 2 December
5pm - 9.25pm
Women’s sprint qualifying, 1/16 finals, 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals
Women’s team pursuit first round
Men’s team pursuit first round
Women’s omnium scratch and tempo races
Men’s keirin first round and repechages
11pm - 2.41am
Women’s sprint semi-finals and finals
Men’s team sprint finals
Women’s omnium elimination and points races
Women’s team pursuit finals
Men’s keirin second round and finals
Men’s Madison final
Sunday 3 December
3pm - 7.28pm
Men’s sprint qualifying heats, 1/16 finals, 1/18 finals and 1/4 finals
Men’s team pursuit first round
Women’s team sprint first round
Men’s omnium scratch and tempo races
Women’s keirin first round and repechages
9pm - 12.39am
Men’s sprint 1/2 finals and finals
Women’s team sprint finals
Men’s team pursuit finals
Women’s Madison final
Men’s omnium elimination and points races
Women’s keirin second round and finals
How to follow
Best of luck to Jon, Hayley and Lewis this weekend. Watch live coverage and highlights of previous days on Eurosport Player on Sunday from 9pm.
