Seven Irish riders will be competing in the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Pruszkow, Poland this weekend. This is the first World Cup of the track cycling 2017/2018 season, and will take place from the 3rd – 5th November. Racing kicks off tomorrow at 11am Irish time, with Mark Downey, Marc Potts and Lydia Gurley competing.
Gurley, who won silver at the European Championships in the Madison two weeks ago, will be competing in both the Points Race and the Scratch Race, looking to go one better than her fourth place in the Scratch Race at the Europeans in Berlin.
Relative newcomer to the Irish Team, Marc Potts, will also be keen to better his Berlin performance, where he came agonisingly close to a medal in the Scratch Race, finishing fourth.
Having performed outstandingly on both the track and road this year, Mark Downey will be competing in the Points Race, an event in which he won gold at three World Cups last season, and a bronze in the European U23 Championships.
SCHEDULE:
Friday 3rd November
Men’s Points Race
Mark Downey
Men’s Scratch Qualifiers
Marc Potts
Women’s Points Race
Lydia Gurley
Women’s Scratch
Lydia Gurley
Saturday 4th November
Women’s Sprint
Robyn Stewart
Women’s Omnium
Lydia Boylan
Men’s Scratch Final
Marc Potts
Men’s Madison
Mark Downey
Felix English
Sunday 5th November
Men’s Omnium
Felix English
Women’s Keirin
Shannon McCurley
Women’s Madison
Lydia Boylan
Lydia Gurley