What is the Keirin?
Hugo Barrette talks about the six-lap sprint event where riders are released at speed from behind a derny
Canadian Rio Olympian Hugo Barrette from Îles de la Madeleine, Que. walks us through the Keirin. The Keirin is an exciting six-lap sprint event on the track where the riders get paced up to speed by a motorbike, called a derny, before being released to contest the win.
