BMX and track specialists prepare their Worlds at World Cycling Centre Autor: Administrator (marek.psenicka@centrum.cz), Téma: News BMX, Source: www.uci.ch Vydáno dne 15. 07. 2010 (2871 přečtení) In the final countdown to the 2010 UCI BMX World Championships which will take place in South Africa at the end of the month, the Supercross track at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland, is in demand. Nine National Federations and BMX clubs are training at the WCC this month in the run up to the Pietermaritzburg Worlds on July 31st and August 1st. With its 8 metre high starting ramp, the Supercross track in Aigle provides an ideal training ground for athletes who will be confronted with a similar ramp and track in South Africa. Among the BMX athletes benefiting from the WCC infrastructures in July are British riders Shanaze Reade (2008 World Champion) and Liam Phillips (2nd in Copenhagen leg of 2010 Supercross) as well as the Czech Republic’s Jana Horáková (4th in the 2009 BMX World Championships in Adelaide, Australia,) and mountain bike 4-cross specialist Romana Labounkova (2010 European 4-cross Champion). The athletes training on the WCC’s Supercross track this month represent Hong Kong, the Czech Republic, Japan, the Fédération Française de Cyclisme, British Cycling, BMX Verona (Italy), the Canadian Cycling Association, BMX Club Cournon (France) and Swiss Cycling. Meanwhile the WCC in Aigle is also in demand from track cyclists this month: Swiss Cycling will be training on the covered velodrome to prepare the UCI Juniors Track World Championships which take place in Montichiari (Italy) on August 11th - 14th. The Swiss Federation’s Juniors track cyclists will carry out two training camps between July 17th and 25th. Track cyclists from the Danish Federation are also training on the WCC velodrome from July 14th - 24th, while athletes from the Chambéry Cyclisme Formation were at the WCC from July 1st to 3rd to prepare the French Track Cycling Championships (July 5th - 11th).