2023 UCI Track Champions League

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2023 UCI Track Champions League
Third edition of the UCI Track Champions League
Details
Dates21 October – 11 November 2023
Location Europe
Races5
  2022
2024  

The 2023 UCI Track Champions League was the third edition of the UCI Track Champions League, a track cycling competition held over five rounds in October and November 2023.

Contents

Titles were awarded in two categories – Endurance and Sprint – for women and men; the women's titles were won by Ellesse Andrews (Sprint) and Katie Archibald (Endurance), while the men's titles were won by Harrie Lavreysen (Sprint) and Dylan Bibic (Endurance).

Events

This season of the UCI Track Champions League consisted of five rounds. Each round had two races per category (Sprint and Endurance), both for men and for women, meaning there was a total of 40 races held across the season. The Sprint category consisted of individual sprint and keirin races, while the Endurance category consisted of scratch and elimination races.

Events
RoundDateVenueLocation
121 October Flag of Spain.svg Velòdrom Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca
228 October Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Velodrom Berlin
34 November Flag of France.svg Vélodrome National Paris
410 November Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee Valley VeloPark London
511 November

Points standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, with twenty points being awarded to each race winner. In the case of a tie on points, a countback system was used where the highest most recent race result determined the final positions. [1] The leader of each classification was denoted by a light blue jersey.

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

Men

Sprint

LocationEventWinnerSecondThirdOverall leader
Palma Keirin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Colombia.svg Kevin Quintero Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen
Sprint Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of France.svg Tom Derache Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk
Berlin Keirin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of France.svg Tom Derache
Sprint Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson
Paris Keirin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson
Sprint Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk
London (I)Keirin Flag of Colombia.svg Kevin Quintero Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson
Sprint Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk
London (II)Keirin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk
Sprint Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of New Zealand.svg Callum Saunders
Final standings [2]
Pos.RiderPAL
Flag of Spain.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
PAR
Flag of France.svg
LON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LON2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
KSKSKSKSKS
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 1111122112191
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson 3523313221162
3 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk 10342236335134
4 Flag of France.svg Tom Derache 423514741216793
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Sam Dakin 91561394586481
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Kevin Quintero 213DNSDNS41214111180
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Truman 1141015851355877
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Callum Saunders 13117411610714377
9 Flag of Lithuania.svg Vasilijus Lendel 514811101071341366
10 Flag of Israel.svg Mikhail Iakovlev 17756151596101655
11 Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Spies 121017961711961849
12 Flag of France.svg Melvin Landerneau 816138714121413946
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daan Kool 181891659171071541
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tijmen van Loon 691671713151891439
15 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Nien Hsing Hsieh 7171412121681617637
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lars Romijn 166111016111417151233
17 Flag of India.svg Esow Alben 14815171381811121731
18 Flag of India.svg Ronaldo Laitonjam 15121214DNSDNS1615181018

Endurance

LocationEventWinnerSecondThirdOverall leader
Palma Elimination Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Tidball Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic
Scratch Flag of Japan.svg Eiya Hashimoto Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Stewart Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tuur Dens Flag of Japan.svg Eiya Hashimoto
Berlin Elimination Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters Flag of Japan.svg Eiya Hashimoto Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Tidball
Scratch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Schmidbauer Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Hansen
Paris Elimination Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Mora Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic
Scratch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mathias Guillemette Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tuur Dens
London (I)Elimination Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Tidball Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters Flag of Spain.svg Sebastian Mora
Scratch Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roy Eefting Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Hansen
London (II)Elimination Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tuur Dens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Philip Heijnen
Scratch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Perrett Flag of Spain.svg Sebastian Mora
Final standings [3]
Pos.RiderPAL
Flag of Spain.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
PAR
Flag of France.svg
LON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LON2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
ESESESESES
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 1115111132116131
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Tidball 213376414510117
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters 31411125210213113
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Stewart 1221064791141104
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Philip Heijnen 68885124634100
6 Flag of Japan.svg Eiya Hashimoto 512517610516993
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Hansen 11176388637591
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tuur Dens 731517123881789
9 Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Mora 47DNSDNS311378389
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mathias Guillemette 8916972159121264
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roy Eefting 151014415161719858
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Perrett 9417131115121417252
13 Flag of the United States.svg Gavin Hoover 161871099512131548
14 Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Schmidbauer 14513216141115141643
15 Flag of Germany.svg Theo Reinhardt 1715914141371361439
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matthijs Büchli 13164121010DNSDNSDNSDNS32
17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Claudio Imhof 1061115DNSDNS1617101728
18 Flag of France.svg Quentin Lafargue 1812121613171416151119

Women

Sprint

LocationEventWinnerSecondThirdOverall leader
Palma Keirin Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews
Sprint Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Finucane Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster
Berlin Keirin Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lowri Thomas
Sprint Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katy Marchant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Finucane Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews
Paris Keirin Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicky Degrendele Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews
Sprint Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelsey Mitchell Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona
London (I)Keirin Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Finucane
Sprint Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katy Marchant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Finucane
London (II)Keirin Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Finucane
Sprint Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster
Final standings [4]
Pos.RiderPAL
Flag of Spain.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
PAR
Flag of France.svg
LON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LON2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
KSKSKSKSKS
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 1611312511173
2 Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster 3124156143154
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona 23DNSDNS431422127
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Finucane 928361033310114
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lijuan Wang 10796REL4477489
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicky Degrendele 5114112691112588
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katy Marchant 118132158828784
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelsey Mitchell 65771221312131571
9 Flag of Italy.svg Miriam Vece 179581391186966
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lauriane Genest 41210910167165864
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sophie Capewell 13461677159111162
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lowri Thomas 1510355131210151262
13 Flag of Mexico.svg Luz Daniela Gaxiola DNSDNF12108125610659
14 Flag of Ireland.svg Orla Walsh 71317121117141591631
15 Flag of Ukraine.svg Alla Biletska 816151516151013141325
16 Flag of Lithuania.svg Migle Lendel 12171113911DNSDNS18DNS24
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ellie Stone 1414161417141714171412
18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruby Huisman 161514171418161716175

Endurance

LocationEventWinnerSecondThirdOverall leader
Palma Elimination Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg Flag of the United States.svg Lily Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald
Scratch Flag of the United States.svg Lily Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maggie Coles-Lyster
Berlin Elimination Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maggie Coles-Lyster Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg
Scratch Flag of the United States.svg Lily Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah van Dam Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg
Paris Elimination Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg Flag of Ireland.svg Lara Gillespie
Scratch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah van Dam Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maggie Coles-Lyster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald
London (I)Elimination Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg Flag of Ireland.svg Lara Gillespie
Scratch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dannielle Khan Flag of the United States.svg Lily Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sophie Lewis
London (II)Elimination Flag of Ireland.svg Lara Gillespie Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald
Scratch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neah Evans Flag of Ireland.svg Lara Gillespie Flag of Lithuania.svg Olivija Baleisyte
Final standings [5]
Pos.RiderPAL
Flag of Spain.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
PAR
Flag of France.svg
LON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LON2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Points
ESESESESES
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 1216131634160
2 Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg 2433242428145
3 Flag of the United States.svg Lily Williams 31101497256128
4 Flag of Ireland.svg Lara Gillespie 71344373712123
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maggie Coles-Lyster 4325726595121
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah van Dam 812728141287100
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dannielle Khan 65127115101111186
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Sevcikova 510595681041584
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neah Evans 97812DNSDNS587176
10 Flag of Lithuania.svg Olivija Baleisyte 10991061314116371
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sophie Lewis 121161198=15310968
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kate Richardson 1161781515=159141041
13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hélène Hesters 181411131210914161233
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Emma Cumming 138151417111118171426
15 Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Winther Olsen 1717141510171213181716
16 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Selva 1518131614141715131812
17 Flag of Mexico.svg Antonieta Gaxiola 1615DNSDNS13121316151612
18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maaike Brandwagt 141616171616181712139

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