Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most revered races are often described as the cycling monuments.
Francisco Mancebo Pérez is a Spanish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Matrix Powertag. He initially rode for team Illes Balears–Banesto, but moved to AG2R Prévoyance in 2006.
The Japan Cup Cycle Road Race is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in the city of Utsunomiya in Japan since 1992. The race usually held in October each year. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.Pro race as part of the UCI ProSeries.
The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon performances in these. The World Ranking was launched in 2009, and merged fully with its predecessor the UCI ProTour in 2011. UCI WorldTeams must compete at all events that were part of the tour prior to the 2017 expansion.
Nariyuki Masuda is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team JCL Team Ukyo.
Jasper Stuyven is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He is considered to be a classics specialist, and has won several major races including the 2021 Milan–San Remo, one of cycling's monuments, the 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the 2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He has also had success in stage races, winning the overall classification of the 2019 Deutschland Tour as well as a stage of the 2015 Vuelta a España. Stuyven has also competed in six editions of the Tour de France, finishing on the podium several times on different stages.
Masakazu Ito is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for and manages Japanese amateur team Ciel Bleu Kanoya.
Thomas Lebas is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Kinan Racing Team. Prior to joining them, Lebas competed with Bridgestone–Anchor for five seasons.
Yūma Koishi is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team JCL Team Ukyo.
Batmönkhiin Maral-Erdene is a Mongolian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Terengganu Inc. TSG. Since 2022, he rides for a Japanese team Levante Fuji Shizuoka.
Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki is a Malaysian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team.
Benjamin Dyball is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Victoire Hiroshima. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.
Marino Kobayashi is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Matrix Powertag.
Drew Morey is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Kinan Racing Team.
Michael Potter is an Australian cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast.
Ryan Cavanagh is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Kinan Racing Team.
Masahiro Ishigami is a Japanese professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Aisan Racing Team.
Shunsuke Imamura is a Japanese track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Bridgestone Cycling.
Shoi Matsuda is a Japanese professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Bridgestone Cycling. At the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, he set the Asian record in the individual pursuit in a time of 4:10.521.
Masahiro Ishigami (JPN)
Ryan Cavanagh (AUS)
