UCI Track Champions League

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UCI Track Champions League
Race details
DateNovember–December
Region Europe
Discipline Track
Organiser
Web site ucitrackchampionsleague.com
History
First edition 2021
Editions3 (as of 2023)

UCI Track Champions League is a season-long track cycling competition held over four rounds around Europe during November and December. It was established in 2021 from a partnership between the UCI and Discovery Sports Events, and was originally titled the UCI Track Cycling World League. [1] [2]

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The competition consists of two categories: endurance and sprint events, where overall titles are awarded for each at the end of the series. The endurance events consist of an elimination race and a scratch race, while the sprint events consist of the keirin and the individual sprint.

Overall winners

Men

Sprint

YearWinnerSecondThird
2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bötticher Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Iakovlev
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bötticher
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Richardson Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Rudyk

Endurance

YearWinnerSecondThird
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Gavin Hoover Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Mora Flag of New Zealand.svg Corbin Strong
2022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Claudio Imhof Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Mora Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Stewart
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Bibic Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Tidball Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jules Hesters

Women

Sprint

YearWinnerSecondThird
2021 Flag of Germany.svg Emma Hinze Flag of Germany.svg Lea Sophie Friedrich Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelsey Mitchell
2022 Flag of France.svg Mathilde Gros Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelsey Mitchell Flag of the Netherlands.svg Shanne Braspennincx
2023 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ellesse Andrews Flag of Germany.svg Alessa-Catriona Pröpster Flag of Colombia.svg Martha Bayona

Endurance

YearWinnerSecondThird
2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kirsten Wild Flag of Australia (converted).svg Annette Edmondson
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Valente Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maggie Coles-Lyster
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Archibald Flag of Norway.svg Anita Stenberg Flag of the United States.svg Lily Williams

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References

  1. "The UCI and Discovery partner up to organise and promote the UCI Track Cycling World League". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. "The UCI & Eurosport Events unveil the UCI Track Champions League". Eurosport . Discovery, Inc. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.