The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is delighted to announce that Hong Kong will host the 2017 UCITrack Cycling World Championships.
The announcement is made while the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships is currently taking placeat the 6,000 seat velodrome in London’s Lee Valley VeloPark. A flag handover ceremony between GreatBritain and Hong Kong will take place immediately following the final race tomorrow, where the UCI flagwill pass from the current to the new hosts.
The 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships will take place between 12 and 16 April at the Hong KongVelodrome, and will be just the second time in track cycling’s history that Asia has hosted the eventfollowing Maebashi, Japan in 1990. Hong Kong successfully hosted a round of the 2015/2016 UCI TrackCycling World Cup in January of this year.
Commenting on the award, UCI President Brian Cookson said: "I am delighted that the 2017 UCI TrackCycling World Championships will be held in Hong Kong. Since London 2012 when Hong Kong won its firstever Olympic medal in cycling with Lee Wai Sze in the women’s Keirin, Hong Kong has progressed steadily.
"The fact that the event is going to Asia for the second time marks an important milestone in the furtherglobalisation of track cycling. The UCI is already very much involved in the region with UCI World CyclingSatellites Centres in Japan, Republic of Korea and India. We are convinced that the continent has hugeathlete, commercial and broadcast potential and we will work with all our stakeholders to ensure theimpact of these Championships is felt long after 2017."
Hung-Tak Leung, Chairman of the Cycling Association of Hong Kong, China, said "hosting the UCI WorldChampionships will further arouse interest in track cycling among the public and help identify talents for the
team."
The Hong Kong Velodrome has a 250-metre cycling track and spectator facilities for 3,000 people. It openedin December 2013 and occupies 6.6 hectares. Its wavy rooftop design is inspired by cycling helmets.
For more information, please contact:
Louis Chenaille
UCI Press Officer
+41 79 198 7047
louis.chenaille@uci.ch
John Zerafa
VERO Communications
+44 7813 814 816
jzerafa@verocom.co.uk
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