Manchester World Cup: Emma Davies chasing Gold
20th November 2004by British Cycling
Britain's Emma Davies will be aiming to complete her collection of medals when she contests round three of the UCI Track World Cup at Manchester on January 7-9, 2005.
“Last season I had placings of second, third and fourth in the World Cup. Now I would love to add a gold at Manchester,” said Emma. The omens are good for the 26-year-old from Knutsford, Cheshire. “Earlier this year, I achieved my best World Cup result of the season when I took the silver in the 3,000-metres pursuit at Manchester.
“As double national champion I would expect to be riding both the pursuit and points race in the Manchester round,” she added. “Predicting the likely results is difficult at this stage because we’re not certain about who the opposition will be. But whoever’s in the field, it’s sure to be a very high standard.” Emma has been a top performer in the World Cup since 2001 when she won silver in Colombia, followed by a pursuit gold in Mexico the following year.
Other news hot off the press is that she has just signed a contract to ride for Belgium’s Vlaanderen-Interim team next season. “I’m very excited about the prospect. I’ll be based in Belgium from April until September,” she said. “One advantage of the revised UCI calendar, with track racing becoming a winter sport, is that I can concentrate on the track in the winter months and on the road during the summer,” Emma explained.
“For the next few months I’ll be fully focussed on the track. I missed the Moscow round of the World Cup but now I’m back in full training. I expect to ride round two in Los Angeles on December 12, followed by the Manchester round, which will be my main hit.”
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