London welcomed the Red Bull Mini Drome to York Hall, Bethnal Green, on Saturday, January 15, where over 1000 spectators gathered to get a taster of the world’s smallest velodrome in action.
Fixed gear riders from across the UK competed in a test of mental stamina, technical precision and raw strength to challenge for the Red Bull Mini Drome title.
Speeds peaked at over 20mph, as the 105 riders competed in single timed races on a track of only 25 metres in overall length.
The 32 fastest qualifiers were then automatically entered into the pursuit-style knock out round. The champion’s title was well and truly earned by Chris Akrigg from Yorkshire, who broke the world track record over 10 laps with a time of 35.473 seconds.
A delighted Akrigg said: “It was so much harder to ride than it actually looked and I didn’t think I was going to win. The key was to really hit it hard from the start and everything else just happened. What an awesome event!”
The Red Bull Mini Drome is engineered by Velotrack, the team who built the velodromes for the Atlanta Olympics and the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Red Bull Mini Drome will tour the UK in 2011. Dates and venues to be confirmed.
Red Bull Mini Drome – results
1st) #51 Chris Akrigg
Total Time: 0:35.473
Fastest Lap: 0:03,232
Max. Speed: 22.51mph
2nd) #102 Christian Vollmer
Total Time: 0:40,200
Fastest Lap: 0:03,788
Max. Speed: 18.90mph
3rd) #31 Matthieu Trinquartt
Total Time: 0:43,010
Fastest Lap: 0:04,106
Max. Speed: 17.44mph
4th) #92. Ady Ridley
Total Time: 0:45,521
Fastest Lap: 0:04,345
Max. Speed: 16.47mph
For more, head over to www.redbull.co.uk/minidrome
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