Cycling on the BBC

Hyperupdate · Feb 19, 2011

Track World Cup, Manchester
Venue: Manchester Velodrome Dates: 18-20 February
Coverage: Watch live all three days on BBC red button and online (UK only) and BBC Two on Sunday; full coverage details here

The Tour de France, road and track World Championships and the Manchester World Cup event all feature on the BBC in 2011.
Online video is available to users in the UK only.
Saturday 19 February:
Sessions 0930-1600 & 1900-2300 GMT
Women: Sprint, Omnium, Scratch Race
Men: Omnium, Keirin
Live coverage from 1900-2300 on BBC Red Button (Freeview 2120-2300) and website (UK only); uninterrupted coverage from 1855 GMT on BBC 5 live sports extra
Day session: 0930-1600
The women's omnium kicks off Saturday's events, where Lizzie Armitstead will compete for Team GB. A spell in hospital with a gallbladder infection last week has not been ideal preparation for the 22-year-old but she will be keen to show her class.
Victoria Pendleton will take to the track again, this time in the qualifying rounds for the women's sprint where competition will come from team-mates Becky James and Jess Varnish.
Sir Chris Hoy's bid for gold on his home track will continue as he goes in the qualification rounds for the men's keirin.
Laura Trott takes part in the women's scratch race.
Evening session: 1900-2300
The women's scratch race is the first final on Saturday night and Trott will hope to be in contention.
The women's omnium will take in its elimination round with Armitstead in action again.
Ever popular, the keirin will climax and could see Hoy take glory in one of the three events he won a gold medal in at the Beijing Olympics.
Following the keirin, the final round of the men's omnium could see Ben Swift still in with a chance over the 1km time trial.
As the evening reaches its finale the women's sprint is sure to be one to watch with favourite Pendleton likely to be challenging for victory in the final.
Sunday 20 February:
Session 0815-1720
Women: Omnium, Keirin
Men: Team Sprint, JKA Keirin, Team Pursuit
Live coverage on BBC Two and website (UK only) from 1330-1715, commentary from 1355-1455 on BBC 5 live sports extra
The men's team sprint will be Hoy's third chance at victory when he is joined by Kenny and Matt Crampton in the highly competitive field.
Like Hoy, Pendleton will be looking to taste success for what could be a third time when she races in the keirin.
Armitstead's omnium campaign will come to a close on Sunday with a 500m time trial.
Finally, one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the World Cup will take place on Sunday when the men's pursuit team get together with three-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins joining Thomas, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant in the squad.
There will be qualification rounds throughout the day but the team pursuit final promises to round the World Cup off in style.

World Track Championships
Saturday 26 March
1415-1545, BBC One/online
Sunday 27 March
1500-1730, BBC Two/online
Further dates to follow.

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