UCI Track Cycling World League

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The UCI Track Cycling World League (s., Dt .: UCI Track Cycling World League ) is a series of Track Cycling Competitions by the International Cycling Union to be held for the first time in 2021.

The UCI Track Cycling World League is to include six events between November and February following the UCI Track Cycling World Championships , which have been relocated to October . In addition to the World Championship and the UCI Track Cycling Nations' Cup, it is said to be one of the main events in track cycling.

Competitions in sprint , keirin , scratch and elimination runs are to be held in the two-hour events , to which the first nine in sprint and keirin as well as all medal winners of the mass start competitions of the previous rail world championships are to be invited. In addition to prize and entry fees, participants can receive UCI world ranking points and individual starting positions at the next track world championships. They should start in jerseys that are modeled on the respective national flags, with the exception of the reigning world champions who should wear the rainbow jersey.

The design of the competition should be suitable for television and is based on a contractual agreement between the UCI and the media company Discovery . Management, TV production and distribution are to be carried out by the Discovery subsidiaries Global Cycling Network (GCN) and the broadcaster Eurosport . The contract period is eight years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c UCI and Discovery partner up to organize and promote the UCI Track Cycling World League. In: uci.org. March 1, 2020, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Felix Mattis: UCI and Discovery present the new world league. In: radsport-news.com. March 2, 2020, accessed March 2, 2020 .

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