It’s day six of the UCI Cycling World Championships and Glasgow City Centre is getting ready to host another road race this afternoon.
Meanwhile, BMX events can be watched for free at Glasgow Green.
City centre road closures remain in place in anticipation of bikes zooming past in a relay race at 1pm.
The first races of the day began at Glasgow BMX Centre at 8am with the BMX Racing Challenge world championships, an event that gives “skilled amateurs” the chance to go up against the best in their age category.
Qualification rounds have been running throughout the morning with the BMX World Challenge Final taking place later this afternoon.
Meanwhile at Glentress Forest down in Peebles, the first day of mountain bike cross country events kicked off this morning.
Here is a run down of what can be expected the rest of the day.
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Road racing - Glasgow
People in Glasgow can line the streets once again today to catch another glimpse of road race action.
Time trials for the mixed team relay race will commence in the city at 1pm.
The race will follow the main roads of the city centre, from Merchant City to Glasgow Green and over to the West End past the University of Glasgow.
A full map of the race can be found here.
BMX - Glasgow Green
Today at Glasgow Green both the Men’s and Women’s BMX Freestyle Flatland Elite Qualifying rounds will be taking place at 15:00.
The event is completely free to attend, with the opportunity to see the event creative event.
There are no obstacles - just a smooth surface for riders to showcase their own routines of BMX tricks. The UCI describes it as “parkour combined with breakdancing… on a bike”.
Track cycling - Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome will play host to three elite races this evening.
The Men’s Elite 1km Time Trial Final will begin events at 17:25, followed by the Women’s Elite Points Race at 18:40 and the Men’s Elite Madison race at 19:45.
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Track para-cycling - Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Paracycling track events will be going on throughout the afternoon at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, with the first event being the Women’s Elite Sprint ⅛ Finals at 12:30.
Highlights of the day will include the Mixed Team Sprint finals as well as the Men’s Elite 1km Time Trial final.
While tickets for the track cycling are now scarce, the events can be watched live on UCI Cycling's website.
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