UCI Track Champions League

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]

UCI Track Champions League
Race details
DateNovember–December
RegionEurope
DisciplineTrack
Organiser
Web siteucitrackchampionsleague.com
History
First edition2021
Editions2 (as of 2022)

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

Sprint
Year Winner Second Third
2021 Netherlands Harrie Lavreysen Germany Stefan Bötticher Russia Mikhail Iakovlev
2022 Australia Matthew Richardson Netherlands Harrie Lavreysen Germany Stefan Bötticher

Endurance
Year Winner Second Third
2021 United States Gavin Hoover Spain Sebastián Mora New Zealand Corbin Strong
2022 Switzerland Claudio Imhof Spain Sebastián Mora United Kingdom Mark Stewart

Sprint
Year Winner Second Third
2021 Germany Emma Hinze Germany Lea Sophie Friedrich Canada Kelsey Mitchell
2022 France Mathilde Gros Canada Kelsey Mitchell Netherlands Shanne Braspennincx

Endurance
Year Winner Second Third
2021 United Kingdom Katie Archibald Netherlands Kirsten Wild Australia Annette Edmondson
2022 United States Jennifer Valente United Kingdom Katie Archibald Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster

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.


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