The double Olympic champion claimed five of the eight sprints in the 80-lap event and gained a lap on the field, roared on by the Manchester Velodrome crowd. Her final tally saw her win by a ...

The Manchester Velodrome is the National Cycling Centre, Britain's primary indoor Olympic cycle track and widely regarded as one of the World's finest and fastest board tracks. The velodrome is ...

The majority of tracks are constructed from wood strips. Britain has one of the best in the world at the Manchester Velodrome, used memorably at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The track is steeply ...

The velodrome is different from venue to venue - it can vary in length from 250m to 500m. The one in Manchester, for example, is a 250m international standard velodrome. Each track is banked to allow ...