DUNDEE winning the Champions League? Almost certainly an unattainable pipe dream in football but an aspiration that could become a cycling reality this weekend.
The UCI Track Champions League is the competition and the Dundonian in question is Mark Stewart who heads into Friday and tomorrow’s double-header finale at London’s Lee Valley VeloPark lying in fourth place in the men’s endurance event.
This is just the second season of a tournament designed to make cycling more fan-friendly and it clearly appeals to Stewart, too. The former British Cycling rider tends to appear more on the road than the track these days but an invitation to compete in this month-long event held in four European locations was too good to turn down, especially with partner Emma Cumming, a New Zealand cyclist, also taking part.
