On September 19th, in the municipal Horta Velodrome Miquel Poblet will take place once again, a world-class event, the XII INTERNATIONAL TROPHY CITY OF BARCELONA – Memorial Miquel Poblet.
This race, part of the UCI international calendar consists on a top-level competition, only in the state and as UCI Tier I event, draws some of the best track racers in the world. This is therefore, an excellent opportunity to enjoy a full day at the track where the spectacle is guaranteed.
These are some of the teams/ selections registered:
- Italian Selection
- Cheka Selection
- English Selection
- Irish Selection
- Portuguese Selection
- Reino de Navarra
- Emerita Track Extremadura
- Eustrak Euskadi
- Jira Bira Parking Geltokia
- Balearic Islands Selection
- Comunitat Valenciana
- Catalan Selection
For newcomers to the professional discipline of track, and that may not be familiar with the powers in this cycling discipline, we can confirm that some of the best world specialists in their categories will fly in the Barcelona oval, you can’t miss that…
The trophy will start at 8:30am, when the first riders will take contact with the wood of the velodrome, used for the first time a few months ago.
There will be two categories, Elite and Junior, both women and men members.
The race schedule will be:
Morning:
- 8:30 – Official Training
- 9:00 – Flying 200m time trial (qualified the 8 best times per each category)
- 10:15 – Sprint ¼ final
- 11:35 – Sprint Semi-final
- 12:20 – Points race Women Elite
- 12:35 – Sprint Final
Evenening:
- 16:00 – Official Training
- 17:00 – Scratch Race Women Elite (15 km)
- 17:25 – Keirin Qualifies Series
- 18:05 – Scratch race Women Elite (8 km)
- 18:25 – Keirin play-off series Men Elite
- 18:40 – Point Race Men Elite (30 km)
- 19:10 – Keirin Semi-final Men Elite
- 19:25 – Keirin Final
- 20:15 – Official ceremonies
