UCI Track Cycling World Cup Mexico Team Announcement


Irish Track Cycling Team Set to Compete in Second World Cup in Aguascalientes, Mexico


The Irish Track Cycling Team continue their campaign to qualify points for the World Championships in  March this weekend, when the two person team will compete in the second round of the 2014 World Cup season in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Caroline Ryan will be competing in the Points Race and the Individual Pursuit, while Eoin Mullen will compete in the Sprint and the Keirin.


Ryan is currently ranked second in the World in the Women’s Individual Pursuit, and a strong performance this weekend could see her move back into the number one spot, as Australia’s Rebecca Wisiak leads by just 10 points. Mullen, who is based in the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, is Ireland’s premier sprinter, and will be looking to emulate the 200m national record of 9.965 seconds, that he set last January on this Velodrome.


The main aim for riders this weekend is to secure points towards qualifying for the World Championships.


The World Cup runs from the 5th – 7th December in Aguascalientes, Mexico.


Schedule:


Thursday 5th December:


Women’s Points Race: Caroline Ryan


16.40 local time (22.40 Irish time) Qualifying Round (10km)

20.35 local time (02.35 Irish time) Final (20km)

 

Friday 6th December:


Women’s Individual Pursuit (3km): Caroline Ryan


10.00 local time (16.00 Irish time) Qualifying Round

19.45 local time (01.45 Irish time) Finals

 


Men’s Sprint: Eoin Mullen


11.00 local time (17.00 Irish time) 200m Qualifying Round

21.13 local time (02.13 Irish time) Finals

 

Saturday 7th December: 

 

Men’s Keirin: Eoin Mullen


12.55 local time (18.55 Irish time) Qualifying Round

20.08 local time (02.08 Irish time) Finals

 


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