DHL Sprint School

Welcome to the DHL Sprint School

The DHL Sprint School will take place six times throughout 2008 and will culminate in ‘Future Revolution’ at Newport Velodrome at the end of the season.  The programmes for the schools have been developed with help of Iain Dyer, Head Sprint Coach at the Olympic Development Programme, and will be delivered by British Cycling Talent Team coaches.  The aim of the schools is to provide coaching and competitive opportunities for young riders who are not already on the superbly successful British Cycling Talent Team. 

DHL has been supporting the youth racing at the Revolution series in the shape of the DHL Future Stars.  Their sponsorship was always intended to serve as a springboard for developing further youth development initiatives.

The schools will be open to riders between the ages of 12 and 15 who have track accreditation, this ensures a fair cross section of young riders.  Every Track League in the country has been approached and asked to nominate 4 riders per school, (2 girls and 2 boys,) who they feel would benefit from the sprint schools. The schools will have a sports academy feel, with on track training from as well as off the bike workshops which will include subjects such as nutrition,  bike maintenance and racing etiquette.

One of the truly unique aspects of the Sprint School is that it will be supported and fronted by some of the World’s greatest sprinters; participants in the schools will get the opportunity to meet and learn from the stars such as Craig MacLean, Jamie Staff and Victoria Pendleton.  Craig MacLean hopes to see more young cyclists going into sprinting rather than endurance events – “Sprinting is such a specific discipline, I sometimes think it doesn’t get as much support as the endurance events but it is a such a fun part of the sport, getting young riders interested in it from an early age can only help benefit the sport as we head towards a home games in 2012.”

Guy Elliott, CEO DHL,is enthusiastic about the Sprint School format, "we are aiming to attract more young people to the sport and provide them with a fantastic opportunity to learn from our top riders. We hope some of these aspiring young riders are able to kickstart their cycling careers and gain access to the 2012 Olympic development programme through attending the sprint schools this year.”

The main objective is:

• To be inclusive
• To be fun
• To be educational
• To enable youth riders to compete in a real race environment

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How to join Sprint School
If you don’t live near a track league then drop us an email and we will let you know how you can qualify to come to one of the schools.

Sprint School Rider Login
Members of the Sprint School can access their personal home page by logging in at the top left hand side of the page. Once logged in you will be able

• to view your profile
• post your 200m TT times
• view a summary of the fastest overall times
• watch video footage from the sprint schools
• watch training videos from the sprint school mentors
• chat to other sprint school members in the forum.

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Information for Riders

Please bring your bike, kit and a water bottle for the track sessions and something comfortable for the classroom time.

Timings:

09:15 - Arrive to register and rack bikes in Track Centre

09:30 - Briefing for all riders and coaches in Function room

After the briefing, all riders are separated into groups and will spend half the day on the track and half in the class room.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided for all riders.

16:00 - School finishes