UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong 2016 - South China Morning Post

‘Family reunion’ gives Hong Kong cycling star Sarah Lee more of a buzz than a World Cup bronze medal in the keirin

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 13:45:30 +0000

Home rider Sarah Lee Wai-sze wrapped up the Hong Kong leg UCI Track World Cup with a bronze medal in the women’s keirin on Sunday but she said she felt like a winner with her parents in the spectators’ gallery. Lee added the bronze to her silver medal in the sprint won the previous night and she told reporters that she first spotted her father seated in the spectator stand among the 2,700-strong fans at the Hong Kong Velodrome, before spotting her mother and other family members. I have not seen...

Mission accomplished: Track Cycling World Championships next for ambitious Hong Kong?

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 13:15:15 +0000

Hong Kong will consider hosting the Track Cycling World Championships after the UCI World Cup series was successfully completed at the Tseung Kwan O venue on Sunday. The chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Association, Leung Hung-tak, was delighted with the response of the first ever world level event at the Hong Kong Velodrome despite costs soaring to more than HK$7 million over three days of competition. We have proved we can successfully host the World Cup and a higher level competition is part...

Sarah Lee bags silver and then says sorry to fans for not winning gold at UCI Track World Cup

Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:30:15 +0000

Sarah Lee Wai-sze returned to form by winning silver in the women’s sprint at the UCI World Cup on Saturday night and then apologised to her fans for not winning gold. The Hong Kong star proved what a difference a few weeks can make after she struggled to hold her own in the series’ previous leg in Cambridge, New Zealand. This time, the power was back as she almost raised the roof at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O in front of 1,700 happy fans. However, Lee was annoyed that she was...

Hong Kong's Yang Qianyu gets bronze boost in UCI Track World Cup series

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 13:30:45 +0000

Home rider Yang Qianyu’s hard work on the road paid off on the track when she won bronze in the women’s scratch race on the opening day of the World Cup series in Tseung Kwan O on Friday. Not a noted track rider, Yang has focused on road racing as she targets next week’s Asian Championships in Japan, but she received an unexpected boost before an appreciative crowd on the first day of competition at the Hong Kong Velodrome. WATCH: British star Mark Cavendish on his first taste of the action in...

Hong Kong riders’ ambitions still burn bright as Rio Games dream is fading

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:32:11 +0000

Meng Zhaojuan’s Olympic dream may be drifting away from her, but the cyclist is not planning to give up trying to qualify, and that means she will be giving her all as she leads the Hong Kong pursuit team in the UCI World Cup event today. The third and final round of the world series takes place over the next three days in the state-of-the-art Tseung Kwan O velodrome, and also represents the seventh round of the Olympic qualification for Rio. READ MORE: ‘Poor traveller’ Meng Zhaojuan looks...

Briton Laura Trott still hungry for more gold as she gears up for Hong Kong leg of UCI World Cup

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:15:00 +0000

Endurance rider Laura Trott is still hungry for more glory after a successful career with two Olympic gold medals and five World Championship golds. The 23-year-old Briton is one of the key attractions at the Hong Kong leg of the UCI World Cup, which kicks off on Friday, along with her men’s counterpart Mark Cavendish, who has won 26 stages of the Tour de France. I want to win and just love winning. I guess it’s that feeling that keeps me going and I don’t want to stop, too Laura Trott Trott won...

Cycling star Mark Cavendish: ‘If I win in Hong Kong, I might as well **** off the Olympics’

Wed, 06 Jan 2016 04:00:15 +0000

British cycling star Mark Cavendish has warned Hong Kong fans not to expect him at his blistering best at the UCI Track World Cup this month - saying if he wins the event he might as well “f*** off” the Olympics as he will have peaked too soon. The sprinter, third on the list of all-time Tour de France stage winners, is targeting an Olympics medal this summer and will compete in the multi-event omnium at Hong Kong Velodrome on January 17. But he admitted securing qualification and impressing GB...

Hong Kong cycling fans urged to support Track World Cup

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:30:00 +0000

Follow @JamesPorteous Hong Kong cycling chiefs are hoping fans turn up in force for the UCI Track World Cup this month, the...

Cycling World Championships could be on the way to Hong Kong, hope local organisers

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:15:00 +0000

The success of next month’s maiden track UCI World Cup in Hong Kong could pave the way for more international competitions with the world championships a possible target, a senior cycling official said. Leung Hung-tak, chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Association (HKCA), said they would consider staging a leg of the World Cup series again in 2017 if the response to the inaugural event, to be held at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O on January 15-17, was heartening. We have a top-class...

Cycling superstar Mark Cavendish set for World Cup track meeting in Hong Kong

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 17:00:00 +0000

British cycling star Mark Cavendish is set to become one of the top attractions at Hong Kong's inaugural World Cup track meeting in January. Cavendish, a multi-stage winner at the Tour de France, has put his hand up for competing at Tseung Kwan O as he returns to the track in his first major race in his build-up towards Rio de Janeiro, according to Cyclingnews and the UCI World Cup series. This is definitely good news to us.[Mark] Cavendish is one of sport's household names and his presence will...

Hong Kong to stage a round of cycling track World Cup

Mon, 04 May 2015 13:15:30 +0000

Hong Kong will stage one round of track cycling’s World Cup for the first time after a speedy confirmation from the sport’s governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI). A bid was made only last week for the HK$10 million event and the UCI responded quickly with a positive answer. UCI has repeatedly requested Hong Kong to stage the event and that’s why the response came so fast Leung Hung-tak, Hong Kong Cycling Association chairman A statement from UCI said Hong Kong will host a round...

Hong Kong confident of getting nod to host World Cup track cycling

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:15:15 +0000

Superstar Sarah Lee Wai-sze and other top Hong Kong riders are set to compete in a leg of the World Cup in front of a home crowd after the local cycling association decided to splash the cash on the HK$10 million event. Association chairman Leung Hung-tak revealed yesterday it would bid for one of three legs of the international series in the coming season after successfully sorting out financial issues. The UCI has always wanted Hong Kong to host a leg of the World Cup series Leung Hung-tak He...

Hong Kong perfect for hosting a leg of track cycling World Cup: top official

Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:00:45 +0000

Hong Kong could host one leg of the 2016 track cycling World Cup, but the city must raise more than HK$5 million to make the dream a reality. The world governing body of the sport, the International Cycling Union, was keen to see top- class events being staged in Hong Kong due to the city's promotional value, said Leung Hung-tak, chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Association. "We have been repeatedly approached by the world body to see if we are interested in staging the track World Cup," said...