The two Canadian riders, both in great shape according to their coach Houshang Amiri, will start racing on the Krylatskoye Velodrome from Friday morning.

Zach Bell, 25th in the world standings (individual pursuit), who had finished in eighth place in the points race and eleventh in the Men’s individual pursuit at the first stage of the UCI World Cup in Sydney, Australia (Nov. 17-19, 2006), will face fierce competition from Russia’s Mikhail Ignatiev (World Cup # 1 Men’s point race gold medallist) and Alexander Serov (World Cup # 1 Men’s individual pursuit gold medallist), both racing at home.

Gina Grain, who had placed fifth in last year’s Los Angeles World Cup and fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (both results in the women’s points race) currently 19th on the World Cup standings, should be one of the best contenders.

You will find below their competition schedule.

Friday, December 15th

Men’s individual pursuit qualifying
Women’s points race 10 K qualifying - 2 heats
Women’s points race 20 K final
Men’s individual pursuit final (3-4 & 1-2)

Saturday, December 16th

Men’s points race 15 K qualifying - 2 heats
Men’s points race 30 K final

For full event programme and official results, visit: http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stLevelID=BF&level1=0&level2=0&idnews=4335