The Valley Preferred Cycling Center

UPDATE: THE ODDS ARE NOW POSTED.

Can Poland’s Kamil Kuczynski defend his Keirin Cup title on Friday night?  Will Italy’s Roberto Chiappa make a grand return to Valley Preferred Cycling Center and write his name on the Cup? 

Is this the year Eddie Dawkins or Sam Webster becomes the first Kiwi to win the Keirin Cup?  Or will Andy Lakatosh or Yondi Schmidt grab a spot in the history books?

There’s already been plenty of buzz in T-town about who will win this Friday night.  Valley Preferred Cycling Center executive director Marty Nothstein chimes in on the subject.  

There are six riders he’s keeping an eye on.   But you tell us… who do you pick to win this year’s Keirin Cup:

UPDATE: So how did your poll pick do against Marty’s odds?  We figured this would be a fun little exercise considering the Keirin in Japan, the birthplace of the event, is known to be a highly wagered race.  This might not be Japan, but we can still have a little fun.  Here are the odds for tomorrow’s Keirin Cup XXV:

Men’s Keirin Cup XXV Eddie Dawkins (New Zealand) – 2-1 Roberto Chiappa (Italy) – 3-1 Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)– 4-1 Sam Webster (New Zealand) – 4-1 Andy Lakatosh (U.S.A.)- 6-1 Yondi Schmidt (Netherlands) – 7-1 Giddeon Massie (U.S.A.) – 7-1 Travis Smith (Canada) – 11-1 Joe Veloce (Canada) – 12-1 David Espinoza (U.S.A.) – 12-1

Women’s Keirin Cup XXV Willy Kanis (Netherlands) – 2-1 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) – 3-1 Monique Sullivan (Canada) – 3-1 Colleen Hayduk (U.S.A.) – 5-1 Hanna Latta (Australia) – 7-1 Kacey Manderfield (U.S.A.) – 9-1 Colleen Gulick (U.S.A.) – 9-1 Shelby Eck (U.S.A.) – 10-1 Mary Costelloe (Ireland) – 12-1 Kati Lawrence (U.S.A.) – 15-1

Photo by Anthony Skorochod of Cycling Captured