Velodrome Amédée Détraux
| Velodrome Amédée Détraux | |
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| The Vélodrome Amédée Detraux (2014) | |
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 Baie-Mahault
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 14 '55.9 " N , 61 ° 35' 38.4" W |
| operator | Regional Comité de Cyclisme de la Guadeloupe (CRCG) |
| start of building | 1991 |
| Renovations | 2009 |
| capacity | 9000 spectators |
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The Vélodrome Amédée Détraux is a cycling track in Baie-Mahault in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe .
The cycling track is 333.33 meters long, the surface is made of concrete. This makes it the largest cycling track in the Antilles and, with a capacity of 9,000 spectators, the largest stadium in Guadeloupe.
The railway was built in 1991 and was initially called Vélodrome de Gourde-Liane , after the district where it is located. After a renovation before the French championship in track cycling , it was reopened in 2009 and renamed Vélodrome Amédée Détraux after a local cycling star . Détraux (1949–2009) was involved in building the track and cycling in Guadeloupe and founded the Association pour la promotion du cyclisme Antillais (APROCA).
Web links
- PSS / Vélodrome Amédée Detraux (Baie-Mahault, France). In: pss-archi.eu. Retrieved September 7, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Farrand: Gallery: Riders train for Euro Track Championships in Guadeloupe. Cycling News, October 14, 2014, accessed September 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Sylvain Pigeau: portrait d'Amédée Detreaux. In: claudeceprika.wordpress.com. July 26, 2009, accessed September 8, 2015 (French).