The Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre (NCC) in Cou­va will now open at the end of Au­gust.

The Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre was orig­i­nal­ly sched­uled to host a cy­cling event called the Grand Prix of Bal­main from June 12-14 to of­fi­cial­ly open the Cen­tre, but will now ten­ta­tive­ly open at the end of next month ac­cord­ing to T&T Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion pres­i­dent Robert Far­ri­er.

The NCC is ex­pect­ed to make Cou­va the main hub for sport in the coun­try, as the town is al­ready home to the Na­tion­al Crick­et Cen­tre and the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um.

When the world class Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre opens its doors it will en­cour­age top in­ter­na­tion­al cy­clists to com­pete in T&T. The Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre will have a ca­pac­i­ty of ap­prox­i­mate­ly 2,500 pa­trons, who will view the ex­cite­ment around the 250-me­tre track.

The Cen­tre will al­so fea­ture a tem­per­a­ture and hu­mid­i­ty con­trolled at­mos­phere, video boards and a state of the art elec­tron­ic tim­ing sys­tem just to name a few.

In an ear­li­er in­ter­view, for­mer na­tion­al cy­clist Gene Samuel said he is keen­ly an­tic­i­pat­ing the open­ing of the Cy­cling Cen­tre. Samuel added that the young cy­clists will have a home.