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An Olympic velodrome track is 250 metres long
The banking is steepest at the ends, where riders hold around 45 degrees Track cycling at the Olympics is held on a 250-metre wooden oval, and the bends are banked so riders can carry speed without sliding. Sprinters reach more than 70 kilometres an hour on the straight. The track surface is usually made from African hardwood. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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An Olympic velodrome track is 250 metres long: the short answers
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- The banking is steepest at the ends, where riders hold around 45 degrees. The figure is taken from Union Cycliste Internationale, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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