Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles.

Main centres

Track cycling is particularly popular in Europe, notably Belgium, France and Germany where it is often used as off-season training by road racers (professional six-day 'Madison' events were often entered by two-man teams comprising a leading road racer and a track specialist).

Related Topics:
Belgium - France - Germany - Six-day 'Madison' events

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The sport also has significant followings in Japan and Australia. It is part of the Summer Olympic Games, and there are world championships as well as circuits of professional events in many areas.

Related Topics:
Japan - Australia - Summer Olympic Games

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Track racing reached a peak of popularity in the 1930s in the United States, when six-day races were held in Madison Square Garden in New York. The word "Madison" is still used to describe a relay cycling race.

Related Topics:
1930s - United States - Madison Square Garden

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