The opening round of the 2009 UCI track cycling world cup starts on Friday October 30 at Manchester velodrome.
The three-day event sees the cream of international track cycling talent take to the boards at the national cycling centre in Manchester, contesting numerous sprint and endurance events.
The host nation will be fielding a very strong set of riders, split into a compact sprint-focused Team Sky+ HD line-up and a larger, more traditional team wearing the read, white and blue of Team GB.
The Manchester event is the only track world cup to take place in Europe, with the other three rounds in Australia, Colombia and China. The track world championships take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 2010.
Read more about the Manchester Track World Cup in our full preview>>
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Manchester track world cup: News and features
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Day one summary: Gold for Hoy, Pendleton, Thomas and Newton
Third fastest pursuit of all time for Geraint Thomas
Live coverage of Friday's track world cup sessions
Manchester track world cup preview
Great Britain and Sky+ HD teams namedTeam GB unveils Manchester World Cup squad
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Cycling Weekly's Rider Profiles
Cycling Weekly's dummies' guide to track racing
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Manchester Track World Cup photo galleries
Day three
Day two
Day one
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Schedule of events (and winners)
Friday, October 30
Women's sprint - Victoria Pendleton (GB)
Women's scratch Race - Belinda Goss (Australia)
Men's individual pursuit - Geraint Thomas (GB)
Men's Keirin - Chris Hoy (GB)
Men's points race - Chris Newton (GB)
Men's kilo TT - Stefan Nimke (Germany)
Saturday, October 31
Women's points race - Lizzie Armitstead (GB)
Women's individual pursuit - Wendy Houvenaghel (GB)
Women's 500m TT - Anna Meares (Australia)
Women's team sprint - Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch (Australia)
Men's sprint - Chris Hoy (GB)
Men's Madison - Kenny De Ketele and Tim Mertens (Belgium)
Sunday, November 1
Women's Keirin - Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
Women's team pursuit - Wendy Houvenaghel, Jo Rowsell, Lizzie Armitstead (GB)
Men's team pursuit - Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Andy Tennant and Geraint Thomas (GB)
Men's scratch race - Ivan Kovalev (Russia)
Men's team sprint - Jamie Staff, Ross Edgar and Chris Hoy (Sky+HD)
Men's JKA keirin - Matt Crampton (GB)
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British riders taking part
Find out more about each rider by clicking on their name.
Team Sky+HD
Ross Edgar
Chris Hoy
Peter Mitchell
Victoria Pendleton
Jamie Staff
Team GB
Lizzie Armitstead
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
David Daniell
Wendy Houvenaghel
Rebecca James
Jason Kenny
Chris Newton
Joanna Rowsell
Ben Swift
Andy Tennant
Geraint Thomas
Jess Varnish
Chris Newton in action during last year's world cup round in Manchester
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Track world cup on TV
BBC
The Manchester world cup will be shown on BBC, with selected coverage on terrestrial channels as well as via the red button (Freeview, cable, satellite systems) and BBC website. Uninterrupted audio coverage will come via BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra on each day.
Friday, October 30: 19.00-23.00, Live coverage, red button/internet
Saturday, October 31: 19.00-22.30 Live coverage, red button/internet
Sunday, November 1: 14.00, Live coverage, BBC2
British Eurosport
Sunday, November 1: 17.30-19.30, Highlights, Eurosport 2
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2009/2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
October 30-November 1: Manchester, UK
November 19-21: Melbourne, Australia
December 10-12: Cali, Colombia
January 22-24, 2010: Beijing, China
March 24-28, 2010: Track World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark
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