12 hours Ago By Paul McNamara
Chloe Leung Wing-yee will aim for the next step on her redemptive arc at the Hong Kong International Track Cup, as head coach Hervé Dagorne revealed he was trying to woo Australian great Bradley McGee for a role with the city squad. The three-day track cup, which begins on Saturday, is doubling as a test event for November’s National Games at the same venue. Dagorne said McGee, who claimed 2004 Olympic team pursuit gold, and won two track world titles as well as two stages of the Tour de France, would attend Monday’s final day at Hong Kong Velodrome to “have a look” at the local set-up.
“I want to convince him [to work with us] for the short term, then, if he’s keen, he can go for a longer-term job,” said Dagorne, whose vision is for McGee to work “in parallel” with a still-to-be-appointed track endurance coach. “[McGee] is a really good coach – I will introduce him to the cycling association, and show him the facilities,” Dagorne added. McGee is currently high performance coach adviser at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
Previously, he was the Australian men’s team road cycling head coach, before becoming the country’s national road technical director..
