Helena Casas Explained

Helena Casas
Full Name:	Helena Casas Roigé
Birth Date:	27 July 1988
Birth Place:	Vilaseca, Spain
Discipline:	Track cycling
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Helena Casas Roigé (born 27 July 1988) is a track cyclist from Catalonia. She represented Spain at the 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.^[1]

Casas competed for the Spanish track cycling team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. There, she finished seventh, alongside her partner Tania Calvo, in the women's team sprint, and rode a flying lap of 11.707 seconds in the qualifying round of the individual sprint race, which left her in the penultimate position against a field of 26 other competitors.^[2]

Career results

2008

Grand Prix International Ville de Barcelone

1st Keirin

1st 500m Time Trial

2013

Copa Internacional de Pista

1st Team Sprint (with Tania Calvo)

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

2014

International Track Women & Men

1st Keirin

2nd Sprint

Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona

1st Keirin

1st Sprint

Prova Internacional de Anadia

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

2015

2nd Keirin, Irish International Track GP

Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

Prova Internacional de Anadia

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

2016

Prova Internacional de Anadia

1st Keirin

1st Sprint

Fenioux France Trophy

1st Sprint

2nd Keirin

Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona

2nd Keirin

2nd Sprint

3rd Keirin, Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal

2017

TROFEU CIUTAT DE BARCELONA-Memorial Miquel Poblet

1st Keirin

2nd Sprint

3rd Keirin, Belgian International Track Meeting

Notes and References

Web site: Helena Casas Roige. 7 February 2015. cyclingarchives.com.
News: Tania Calvo y Helena Casas, séptimas en la velocidad por equipos. Tania Calvo and Helena Casas finished seventh in the team sprint. es. 12 August 2016. Marca. 4 February 2017.