{"id":93131,"date":"2019-06-22T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=93131"},"modified":"2019-06-22T11:55:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:55:35","slug":"crowds-thrill-to-the-speed-of-the-uci-u-s-sprint-grand-prix-at-the-valley-preferred-cycling-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=93131","title":{"rendered":"Crowds Thrill to the Speed of the UCI U.S. Sprint Grand Prix at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-5116795459940592377docs-internal-guid-984244c8-7fff-73f8-66ad-53daa76fd6ad\"><strong>(June 21, 2019) Trexlertown, PA<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/span>Sprinters owned the day as the Valley Preferred Cycling Center held the 7th and penultimate day of UCI racing of the 2019 June meet at the C1 U.S. Sprint Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-5116795459940592377docs-internal-guid-984244c8-7fff-73f8-66ad-53daa76fd6ad\">The race action was thunderous at the VPCC with deep sprint and endurance fields featuring athletes from 19 nations vying to make the evening finals. Morning qualifying heats saw many of last week\u2019s favorites eliminated while a mix of local heroes and riders with emerging speed and form stepped up to earn rides in one the most exciting night sessions of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-5116795459940592377docs-internal-guid-984244c8-7fff-73f8-66ad-53daa76fd6ad\">Hometown star, <strong>Mandy Marquardt<\/strong> riding for Team Novo Nordisk, nabbed her first UCI win of 2019 proving that she is bringing great form into Elite Nationals. <strong>Sam Webster<\/strong> of New Zealand saw another dominant win over silver medalist <strong>Lehigh Hoffman<\/strong> &#8211; both of whom survived intense qualification rounds to fight it out under the lights. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-5116795459940592377docs-internal-guid-984244c8-7fff-73f8-66ad-53daa76fd6ad\">In the Points race, <strong>Regan Gough<\/strong>, lapped the field twice showing why he is a former World Champion in the Team Pursuit and confirming the great form he\u2019s exhibited throughout the season to date. The women\u2019s Points Race was made exceptionally challenging by the strong winds that kept the field together before local racer <strong>Colleen Gulick<\/strong>, riding a very cagey race, ultimately emerged victorious. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"m_-5116795459940592377docs-internal-guid-984244c8-7fff-73f8-66ad-53daa76fd6ad\">Complete results are available <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thevelodrome.us19.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=139ad1a46ad5e14bc84d2dcc7&amp;id=a8e1ebeb1c&amp;e=fab8c0ab3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thevelodrome.us19.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D139ad1a46ad5e14bc84d2dcc7%26id%3Da8e1ebeb1c%26e%3Dfab8c0ab3c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1561299604298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEnTL8tTKRdBzeuQNR5QVv-f-xHxw\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/thevelodrome\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10161741147010567\">COMPLETE IMAGE GALLERY ON FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nJoan Hanscom<br \/>\nValley Preferred Cycling Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevelodrome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thevelodrome.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2957,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Valley-preferred.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}