SAVE THE VELODROME!!!

['Dale]

@ Le Turbo,

 

Good post.

It's true that it has been underutilized over several years of sitting on prime property.

[blonde kid]

VygiesKraal is in a poor condition I've heard... Belvile is also concrete, 250m. VygiesKraal is 500m if I'm correct..? And the elite riders need a Indoor track to set up qualifying times for the Olympics.

The track must be on olympic Standard! bellville Velodrome is the only one in SA.

PS: Bradley Wiggo Wiggins won his first Junior World Title on Bellville velodrome Track!!

No he didn't he was 4th in the Points he won his first Junior title in Cuba in the individual Pursuit

[javadude]

I saw Taylor Phinney win a World Junior title at the velodrome. That was a cool night, yet the stands were empty. I dont think cyclists care about the track in particular. This forum has thousands of members, and yet this thread is struggling to find an audience.

 

If people cant be bothered to comment here they pretty much wont be bothered about fighting for the track.

[pastapouch]

Its a sad state of affairs. I grew up in Krugersdorp in the 80's. We had a fantastic athletics stadium with a 500m cycling track. I trained on the track every Tuesday and Thursday night under floodlights. Races there were really well attended, with some epic battles fought by the top pros. I have really fond memories of those days.

 

This is what the stadium looks like now:

 

same here...didn't train there though.