Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles.
Edward Franklin Clancy is a British professional track and road bicycle racer from England, who rides for British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit, in which he won three consecutive Olympic titles.
An omnium is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that feature the three primary road race events.
Shane William Archbold is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step.
Tatsiana Valerevna Sharakova is a Belarusian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Minsk Cycling Club. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics on the track in the women's team pursuit for the national team.
The 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 4 November 2011 to 19 February 2012. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. In this edition the World Cup consisted of four rounds in Astana, Cali, Beijing and London.
Lasse Norman Hansen is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka NextHash. He turned professional in 2014.
Aaron Gate is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Black Spoke Pro Cycling. He represented his country in track cycling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Alexander Edmondson is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange. Edmondson was a member of the Australian Olympic Track Cycling team at the 2012 London Olympics, alongside his sister, Annette Edmondson. In 2014 he was world champion in the individual pursuit. He won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's 4000 m team pursuit, as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
Allison Beveridge is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Rally Cycling. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning bronze medals in the team pursuit and the scratch race. In April 2021, she qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Artyom Alekseyevich Zakharov is a Kazakhstani cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana–Premier Tech. He competed at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He won the silver medal in the omnium at the 2016 Asian Cycling Championships.
Michael Freiberg is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast.
Niklas Larsen is a Danish professional track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team. He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a bronze medal.
Franziska Brauße is a German professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics on the track in the women's team pursuit with Lisa Brennauer, Mieke Kröger and Lisa Klein, setting the new world record.
Matthijs Büchli is a Dutch track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling.
Ethan Edward Hayter is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Gavin Hoover is an American racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Elevate–Webiplex Pro Cycling. He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 and the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Matthew Walls is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
For the cycling competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place.
Tiemen Groen (NED)
Giorgio Ursi (ITA)
Xaver Kurmann (SUI)
Frey Jensen (DEN)
Gintaoutas Umaras (URS)
Chris Boardman (GBR)
Robert Bartko (GER)