This Friday night, June 9, the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Pennsylvania, USA, will be hosting "thevelodrome.com’s Open de Nations", an internationally sanctioned race welcoming a field of both Olympic and World medallists from all over the globe. Among the well-known cyclists will be Jan van Eijden of Germany, 2000 world sprint champion and team sprint world champion, as well as Italy's Roberto Chiappa, Holland's Teun Mulder and Tim Veldt, Germany’s Sebastian Frey, Eric Weispfenning, Christian Grasmann, Stefan Loffler, Stefan Steinweg, and Christian Lademann. Also scheduled to ride are Australia's Pete Fitzpatrick, and America's Ryan Nelman, Dave Clinger and Jenny Reed.
Both a UCI and USA Cycling National Track Calendar event, the Open de Nations hosts a variety of races. This week, the men and women will have a mix of sprint and endurance racing. The feature events of the evening will be a men’s sprint, a women’s keirin and a 30k men’s Madison to help prepare the field for the Madison Cup on June 23.
