🚴♀️🚴♂️ It’s official! The UCI Track Champions League returns to Lee Valley VeloPark for Round 4 followed by the 2024 Grand Finale.
🎟️ Tickets are on sale here.
World-class track cycling is back at the iconic track at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park which holds over 6,000 spectators. Built for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the velodrome hosted gold medal performances from the likes of Chris Hoy, Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny. Since its debut in 2021, Track Champions League London has been an annual winter treat for cycling fans in the capital. This year the action returns for back-to-back evenings of guaranteed drama on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December.
INTRODUCTION TO UCI TRACK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
18 athletes compete in each of the four categories of events. 1) individual sprint, 2) keirin, 3) elimination, 4) scratch races. A total of 72 riders compete, split equally between women and men.
Qualification to compete in the UCI Track Champions League rests on performance at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Meaning only the very best of the best riders take part.
The 2024 calendar features five rounds of action. The first three rounds take place in France and the Netherlands in November, ahead of Round 4 and the Grand Finale in London in early December.
2023 EVENT REVIEW
CONGRATULATIONS to four winners of the 2023 UCI Track Champions League (pictured above) who were crowned at the season finale in London. Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) and Katie Archibald (Great Britain) were the women’s sprint and endurance champions respectively. Dylan Bibic (Canada) and Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) were the men’s endurance and sprints champions respectively. All four took home the coveted blue jerseys along with a UCI Track Champions League trophy and €25,000 each in prize money.
2024 EVENT PREVIEW & RIDERS
Double UCI Track Champions League Women’s Endurance Champion and Team GB gold medallist Katie Archibald said on the 2024 announcement: “London has always been an incredibly special venue for me, with some of the best crowds I have experienced in my career. I’m looking forward to coming back here for a fourth year and creating more unforgettable memories.”
Stay tuned for news of all the 2024 riders taking part in the Women’s and Men’s Sprint competitions and Women’s and Men’s Endurance competitions. Last year the sprint competition alone featured no less than eight UCI World Champions among the star-studded roster.
The UCI Track Champions League is back for a fourth season with the world’s best track cycling competing over five rounds at three different venues. The competition starts with Round 1 at Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France on Saturday 23 November. The following weekend, Apeldoorn in the Netherlands will make its UCI Track Champions League debut, hosting a double-header featuring the Round 2 and Round 3 action.
Then all eyes will be on London for Round 4 and the Grand Finale when the coveted blue jerseys will be decided at Lee Valley VeloPark on 6 and 7 December.
TRACK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LONDON TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL
Tickets for Track Champions League London are on sale via the ‘Get Tickets’ link.
🚴♀️🚴♂️ Racing starts at 6.45pm (tbc) on Friday and 5.15pm (tbc) on Saturday evening at Track Champions League London.
Travel tips: The Velodrome is accessible by train, tube, bus, bike, car and taxi. Public transport is recommended. See this guide to visiting Lee Valley VeloPark for full details.
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