2021 UCI Track Champions League

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2021 UCI Track Champions League
First edition of the UCI Track Champions League
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Dates6 November – 4 December 2021 [lower-alpha 1]
Location Europe
Races4
2022  

The 2021 UCI Track Champions League was the first edition of the UCI Track Champions League, a track cycling competition held over four rounds in November and December 2021.

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It was established in March 2020 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Discovery, Inc. as the UCI Track Cycling World League, [2] before the UCI Track Champions League name was adopted the following November. [3]

Titles were awarded in two categories – Endurance and Sprint – for women and men; the women's titles were won by Emma Hinze (Sprint) and Katie Archibald (Endurance), while the men's titles were won by Harrie Lavreysen (Sprint) and Gavin Hoover (Endurance). [4] [5]

Events

The inaugural season of the UCI Track Champions League was due to consist of six events in November and December 2021. [6] In September, the scheduled second round – due to be held at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on 20 November – was cancelled without replacement, due to its continued use as a vaccination centre during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. [7] The scheduled final round – due to be held at the Sylvan Adams National Velodrome in Tel Aviv on 11 December – was cancelled on 2 December, following a change in public health restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, which resulted in the country's borders being closed to non-citizens. [1] [8]

Each round had two races for each of the two categories of racing, for a total of eight races during the season. The Sprint category consisted of individual sprint and keirin races, while the Endurance category consisted of scratch and elimination races. [9]

Events
RoundDateVenueLocation
16 November Flag of Spain.svg Velòdrom Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca
227 November Flag of Lithuania.svg Cido Arena Panevėžys
33 December Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee Valley VeloPark London
44 December

Points standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, with twenty points being awarded to each race winner. [9] In the case of a tie on points, a countback system was used where the highest most recent race result determined the final positions. [10] The leader of each classification was denoted by a light blue jersey. [9]

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th–18th 
Points2017151311109876543210

Sprint

Women

Final standings [11] [12]
Pos.RiderMAL
Flag of Spain.svg
PAN
Flag of Lithuania.svg
LDN1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LDN2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
KSSKKSSK
1Flag of Germany.svg  Emma Hinze  (GER) Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 211215114128
2Flag of Germany.svg  Lea Friedrich  (GER)421011236118
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kelsey Mitchell  (CAN)131639522102
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Martha Bayona  (COL)39154277386
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Starikova  (UKR)165314644184
6Flag of France.svg  Mathilde Gros  (FRA)5114114661667
7Flag of Lithuania.svg  Simona Krupeckaitė  (LTU)15861231051160
8Flag of Russia.svg  Yana Tyshchenko  (RUS)7107983121460
9Flag of Italy.svg  Miriam Vece  (ITA)6714155119952
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lauriane Genest  (CAN)18421016981552
11Flag of Japan.svg  Mina Sato  (JPN)10189771215547
12Flag of Mexico.svg  Yuli Verdugo  (MEX)141251712810843
13Flag of Japan.svg  Riyu Ohta  (JPN)1213176111313737
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Shanne Braspennincx  (NED)8688DNSDNS34
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sophie Capewell  (GBR)171513181014111023
16Flag of Russia.svg  Anastasia Voynova  (RUS)91711131316141323
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Laurine van Riessen  (NED)1314125DNSDNS20
18Flag of Russia.svg  Daria Shmeleva  (RUS)111618161415161212

Men

Final standings [13] [14]
Pos.RiderMAL
Flag of Spain.svg
PAN
Flag of Lithuania.svg
LDN1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LDN2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
SKKSSKKS
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Harrie Lavreysen  (NED) Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 12111421147
2Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Bötticher  (GER)41352112133
3Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Iakovlev  (RUS)2151067711372
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Vasilijus Lendel  (LTU)1276732141072
5Flag of Suriname.svg  Jair Tjon En Fa  (SUR)9141113434471
6Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Nicholas Paul  (TRI)5417211612571
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Kevin Quintero  (COL)8818313113862
8Flag of France.svg  Rayan Helal  (FRA)711415989660
9Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Dmitriev  (RUS)101754617101448
10Flag of Thailand.svg  Jai Angsuthasawit  (THA)14187812107747
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeffrey Hoogland  (NED)33218DNSDNS47
12Flag of Germany.svg  Maximilian Levy  (GER)13131614856944
13Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Rudyk  (POL)616810141451144
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Hugo Barrette  (CAN)175149101381241
15Flag of France.svg  Tom Derache  (FRA)119151159151340
16Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jordan Castle  (NZL)16129121512161521
17Flag of Japan.svg  Kento Yamasaki  (JPN)15612161616131718
18Flag of South Africa.svg  Jean Spies  (RSA)181013171715171610

Endurance

Women

Final standings [15] [16]
Pos.RiderMAL
Flag of Spain.svg
PAN
Flag of Lithuania.svg
LDN1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LDN2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
SESESESE
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR) Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 41113121145
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)826181252100
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Annette Edmondson  (AUS)6445534597
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Maggie Coles-Lyster  (CAN)16241483794
5Flag of Japan.svg  Yumi Kajihara  (JPN)514316941481
6Flag of Norway.svg  Anita Stenberg  (NOR)935241371775
7Flag of Lithuania.svg  Olivija Baleišytė  (LTU)259785111074
8Flag of Portugal.svg  Maria Martins  (POR)1188112186368
9Flag of Italy.svg  Silvia Zanardi  (ITA)1471037613961
10Flag of Ireland.svg  Emily Kay  (IRL)7167121198652
11Flag of Belarus.svg  Hanna Tserakh  (BLR)391717131291240
12Flag of Spain.svg  Tania Calvo  (ESP)1211158616101535
13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michelle Andres  (SUI)16101310181014831
14Flag of Spain.svg  Eukene Larrarte  (ESP)151311151014181123
15Flag of Poland.svg  Karolina Karasiewicz  (POL)1315189177151821
16Flag of the United States.svg  Kendall Ryan  (USA)10171461615161619
17Flag of Russia.svg  Gulnaz Khatuntseva  (RUS)DNSDNS12141511121418
18Flag of Slovakia.svg  Alžbeta Bačíková  (SVK)171216131217171314

Men

Final standings [17] [18]
Pos.RiderMAL
Flag of Spain.svg
PAN
Flag of Lithuania.svg
LDN1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LDN2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
SESESESE
1Flag of the United States.svg  Gavin Hoover  (USA) Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 62355164107
2Flag of Spain.svg  Sebastián Mora  (ESP)1231133145102
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  Corbin Strong  (NZL)118710112893
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Iúri Leitão  (POR)24991198184
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  Aaron Gate  (NZL)751226134284
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kelland O'Brien  (AUS)11943879674
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rhys Britton  (GBR)3152114871074
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Roy Eefting  (NED)57131013121371
9Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Scartezzini  (ITA)1312649651262
10Flag of Poland.svg  Alan Banaszek  (POL)10671412215956
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Claudio Imhof  (SUI)161851315101851
12Flag of Japan.svg  Kazushige Kuboki  (JPN)88106218161550
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Tidball  (GBR)7103739
14Flag of Spain.svg  Erik Martorell  (ESP)4141515154131337
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jules Hesters  (BEL)91714817
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ed Clancy  (GBR)151611171415111416
17Flag of Algeria.svg  Yacine Chalel  (ALG)181017161714171113
18Flag of Israel.svg  Rotem Tene  (ISR)171116121616121713
19Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tuur Dens  (BEL)1413DNSDNS5
20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Josh Charlton  (GBR)181718160

Notes

  1. The season was due to finish on 11 December 2021, but was amended following the cancellation of the final round in Israel. [1]

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