Izu Velodrome

Izu Velodrome
Izu Velodrome (2011) with a view of the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji
Data
place	Izu , Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 0 '41.3 "  N , 139 ° 0' 55.2"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 0 '41.3 "  N , 139 ° 0' 55.2"  E
owner	Japan Keirin Association
opening	October 2011
surface	Siberian spruce (cycle track)
architect	Gensler Architects, San Francisco (Halle) Schürmann, Münster / Westphalia (specialist planning and construction)
capacity	1800 seats
Capacity (internat.)	4300 seats
Events
2015 Japanese Track Cycling Championships Asian Cycling Championships 2016 Summer Olympics 2020

The Izu Velodrome ( Jap. 伊豆ベロドローム , Izu Berodorōmu ) is a hall with velodrome in Japanese Izu and part of Japan Cycle Sports Center .

The Velodrome is home to the first cycle track in Japan that meets the standards of the Union Cycliste Internationale for international competitions. It is 250 meters long and its decking is made of wood. The hall was designed by the US architecture firm Gensler Architects ; the German architect Ralph Schürmann from Münster planned the railway and carried out the construction of the velodrome. The costs were partly covered by a Memorial Plaque Project , in which around 2000 people could immortalize themselves on a wall with their names for a fee. The interior of the track can also be used for other sports.

The Velodrome was opened on October 29, 2011 with a top-class "Track Party". Among the starters were prominent drivers such as Theo Bos , Elia Viviani and Nicole Cooke .

The hall is also home to the UCI's World Cycling Center , in cooperation with the Japanese Olympic Committee , the Japan Keirin Association and the Japan Cycling Federation . Since then, around 800 athletes from 22 different Asian national associations have been trained there.

There are 45 cycle tracks in Japan, but with lengths of 333, 400 or 500 meters, they serve competitions in the Keirin and do not have the international length of 250 meters. All but three lanes are open and have an asphalt surface .

For the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, it was initially planned to build a mobile cycling track in Ariake ( Tokyo Prefecture ). In the interests of sustainability and cost reduction, however , the IOC agreed in December 2015 to host the track cycling competitions in the Izu Velodrome , 120 kilometers away .

gallery

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  Aerial view

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  inner space

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  Model of the cycling track

Web links

Commons : Izu Velodrome  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gensler Dialogue 23, 2013: Izu Velodrome

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daniel Benson: Japan ready to open first indoor velodrome. In: Cyclingnews. August 31, 2011, accessed January 24, 2016 . 
2. ^ WCC Satellite Centers. In: uci.ch. July 31, 2014, accessed November 27, 2015 . 
3. ↑ KEIRIN.JP. (No longer available online.) In: keirin.jp. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015 ; accessed on January 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ IOC approves switch of cycling venues for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In: The Japan Times. December 9, 2015, accessed January 24, 2016 .