Zero to hero: A budding cyclist tries out riding track for the first time

Adam Becket cycles a lot, but never before has he taken to the boards. The 2024 Olympic velodrome beckoned

Track cycling
(Image credit: ©️ Louis Legon)

I’ve been to velodromes before, of course. I’ve been inside the Stab velodrome at Roubaix, and the Olympic one in London too, but I have never been on the track before. I’ve cycled Herne Hill too, but yet again that feels quite different from the vertiginous slopes of the indoor boards I’m in front of here in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

It helps that I have Sir Chris Hoy, one of the most successful track cyclists of all time, at my side to impart advice and tips before I head out on the track.

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