Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño

Aerial view of the Velodrome in Cali (r.)

The interior of the cycling track (run of the Track Cycling World Cup October 2012)

The Vélodromo Alcides Nieto Patiño is a cycling track in Cali, Colombia .

The cycling track was built in 1970, and in 1971 the track cycling competitions of the 6th Pan American Games were held there. The builder of the open-air railway was the Münster architect Herbert Schürmann . Originally the 250 meter long track was made of African wood, but in 1995 it was exchanged for local wood. In addition, the track was given a roof on the occasion of the Pacific Games in 1995 , which collapsed in 2001 and destroyed the track.

In 2007 the renewed lift was reopened. Since then, the Track Cycling World Cup has taken place there several times . The track is named after the Colombian sports official and journalist Alcides Nieto Patiño, who at the time was involved in the construction of the cycling track.

Web links

Commons : Velodromo Alcides Nieto Patiño  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ copamundopistacali.com
2. ↑ El hombre de vélodromo: Alcides Nieto Patiño on arcotriunfal.com ( Memento of the original of November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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.