2021 UCI Track Champions League explained

2021 UCI Track Champions League
Edition:	1
Competition:	UCI Track Champions League
Dates:	6 November – 4 December 2021
Location:	Europe
Rounds:	4
Next:	2022

The 2021 UCI Track Champions League was the first edition of the UCI Track Champions League, a track cycling competition held over four rounds in November and December 2021.

It was established in March 2020 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Discovery, Inc. as the UCI Track Cycling World League,^[1] before the UCI Track Champions League name was adopted the following November.^[2]

Titles were awarded in two categories – Endurance and Sprint – for women and men; the women's titles were won by Emma Hinze (Sprint) and Katie Archibald (Endurance), while the men's titles were won by Harrie Lavreysen (Sprint) and Gavin Hoover (Endurance).^[3] ^[4]

Events

The inaugural season of the UCI Track Champions League was due to consist of six events in November and December 2021.^[5] In September, the scheduled second round – due to be held at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on 20 November – was cancelled without replacement, due to its continued use as a vaccination centre during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.^[6] The scheduled final round – due to be held at the Sylvan Adams National Velodrome in Tel Aviv on 11 December – was cancelled on 2 December, following a change in public health restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, which resulted in the country's borders being closed to non-citizens.^[7]

Each round had two races for each of the two categories of racing, for a total of eight races during the season. The Sprint category consisted of individual sprint and keirin races, while the Endurance category consisted of scratch and elimination races.^[8]

Events
Round	Date	Venue	Location
1	6 November	Velòdrom Illes Balears	Palma de Mallorca
2	27 November	Cido Arena	Panevėžys
3	3 December	Lee Valley VeloPark	London
4	4 December	Lee Valley VeloPark	London

Points standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, with twenty points being awarded to each race winner.^[8] In the case of a tie on points, a countback system was used where the highest most recent race result determined the final positions.^[9] The leader of each classification was denoted by a light blue jersey.^[8]

Sprint

Women

Final standings^[10] ^[11]
	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	2	1	1	2	15	1	1	4	128
2	4	2	10	1	1	2	3	6	118
3	1	3	16	3	9	5	2	2	102
4	3	9	15	4	2	7	7	3	86
5	16	5	3	14	6	4	4	1	84
6	5	11	4	11	4	6	6	16	67
7	15	8	6	12	3	10	5	11	60
8	7	10	7	9	8	3	12	14	60
9	6	7	14	15	5	11	9	9	52
10	18	4	2	10	16	9	8	15	52
11	10	18	9	7	7	12	15	5	47
12	14	12	5	17	12	8	10	8	43
13	12	13	17	6	11	13	13	7	37
14	8	6	8	8	DNS	DNS			34
15	17	15	13	18	10	14	11	10	23
16	9	17	11	13	13	16	14	13	23
17	13	14	12	5	DNS	DNS			20
18	11	16	18	16	14	15	16	12	12

Men

Final standings^[12] ^[13]
	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	147
2	4	1	3	5	2	1	1	2	133
3	2	15	10	6	7	7	11	3	72
4	12	7	6	7	3	2	14	10	72
5	9	14	11	13	4	3	4	4	71
6	5	4	17	2	11	6	12	5	71
7	8	8	18	3	13	11	3	8	62
8	7	11	4	15	9	8	9	6	60
9	10	17	5	4	6	17	10	14	48
10	14	18	7	8	12	10	7	7	47
11	3	3	2	18	DNS	DNS			47
12	13	13	16	14	8	5	6	9	44
13	6	16	8	10	14	14	5	11	44
14	17	5	14	9	10	13	8	12	41
15	11	9	15	11	5	9	15	13	40
16	16	12	9	12	15	12	16	15	21
17	15	6	12	16	16	16	13	17	18
18	18	10	13	17	17	15	17	16	10

Endurance

Women

Final standings^[14] ^[15]
	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	145
2	8	2	6	18	1	2	5	2	100
3	6	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	97
4	1	6	2	4	14	8	3	7	94
5	5	14	3	16	9	4	1	4	81
6	9	3	5	2	4	13	7	17	75
7	2	5	9	7	8	5	11	10	74
8	11	8	8	11	2	18	6	3	68
9	14	7	10	3	7	6	13	9	61
10	7	16	7	12	11	9	8	6	52
11	3	9	17	17	13	12	9	12	40
12	12	11	15	8	6	16	10	15	35
13	16	10	13	10	18	10	14	8	31
14	15	13	11	15	10	14	18	11	23
15	13	15	18	9	17	7	15	18	21
16	10	17	14	6	16	15	16	16	19
17	DNS	DNS	12	14	15	11	12	14	18
18	17	12	16	13	12	17	17	13	14

Men

Final standings^[16] ^[17]
	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	6	2	3	5	5	1	6	4	107
2	12	3	1	1	3	3	14	5	102
3	1	1	8	7	10	11	2	8	93
4	2	4	9	9	11	9	8	1	84
5	7	5	12	2	6	13	4	2	84
6	11	9	4	3	8	7	9	6	74
7	3	15	2	11	4	8	7	10	74
8	5	7	13	10	13	12	1	3	71
9	13	12	6	4	9	6	5	12	62
10	10	6	7	14	12	2	15	9	56
11	16	18	5	13	1	5	10	18	51
12	8	8	10	6	2	18	16	15	50
13					7	10	3	7	39
14	4	14	15	15	15	4	13	13	37
15	9	17	14	8					17
16	15	16	11	17	14	15	11	14	16
17	18	10	17	16	17	14	17	11	13
18	17	11	16	12	16	16	12	17	13
19	14	13	DNS	DNS					5
20					18	17	18	16	0

Notes and References

News: The UCI and Discovery partner up to organise and promote the UCI Track Cycling World League. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 March 2020. 8 November 2021.
News: The UCI & Eurosport Events unveil the UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport. Discovery, Inc.. 5 November 2020. 8 November 2021.
News: Ben. Delaney. American Gavin Hoover, Archibald, Hinze, Lavreysen win Track Champions League titles. VeloNews. Outside Interactive, Inc.. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.
News: UCI Track Champions League: Katie Archibald crowned women's endurance champion. BBC Sport. BBC. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.
News: London to host two rounds of inaugural UCI Track Champions League. British Cycling. British Cycling Federation. 18 May 2021. 8 November 2021.
News: UCI Track Champions League announces postponement of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines round as velodrome extends duty as COVID vaccination centre. UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. 24 September 2021. 8 November 2021.
News: UCI Track Champions League: cancellation of final round in Tel Aviv. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 December 2021. 2 December 2021.
News: Kit. Nicholson. Why you should care about the new UCI Track Champions League. CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. 6 November 2021. 8 November 2021.
Web site: Racing format. UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. 8 November 2021. In the event of a tie in the standings the result will be determined from the previous race – best placed in the last race wins..
Web site: Women Sprint. UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. 5 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205000649/https://ucitrackchampionsleague.com/standings/?league=women-sprint. 5 December 2021.
Web site: League Women's Sprint Results / Résultats. PDF. Veloresults.com. Phoenix Sports Technology. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.
Web site: Men Sprint. UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. 5 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205003308/https://ucitrackchampionsleague.com/standings/?league=men-sprint. 5 December 2021.
Web site: League Men's Sprint Results / Résultats. PDF. Veloresults.com. Phoenix Sports Technology. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.
Web site: Women Endurance. UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. 5 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205003946/https://ucitrackchampionsleague.com/standings/?league=women-endurance. 5 December 2021.
Web site: League Women's Endurance Results / Résultats. PDF. Veloresults.com. Phoenix Sports Technology. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.
Web site: Men Endurance. UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. 5 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205005146/https://ucitrackchampionsleague.com/standings/?league=men-endurance. 5 December 2021.
Web site: League Men's Endurance Results / Résultats. PDF. Veloresults.com. Phoenix Sports Technology. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	2	1	1	2	15	1	1	4	128
2	4	2	10	1	1	2	3	6	118
3	1	3	16	3	9	5	2	2	102
4	3	9	15	4	2	7	7	3	86
5	16	5	3	14	6	4	4	1	84
6	5	11	4	11	4	6	6	16	67
7	15	8	6	12	3	10	5	11	60
8	7	10	7	9	8	3	12	14	60
9	6	7	14	15	5	11	9	9	52
10	18	4	2	10	16	9	8	15	52
11	10	18	9	7	7	12	15	5	47
12	14	12	5	17	12	8	10	8	43
13	12	13	17	6	11	13	13	7	37
14	8	6	8	8	DNS	DNS			34
15	17	15	13	18	10	14	11	10	23
16	9	17	11	13	13	16	14	13	23
17	13	14	12	5	DNS	DNS			20
18	11	16	18	16	14	15	16	12	12

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	147
2	4	1	3	5	2	1	1	2	133
3	2	15	10	6	7	7	11	3	72
4	12	7	6	7	3	2	14	10	72
5	9	14	11	13	4	3	4	4	71
6	5	4	17	2	11	6	12	5	71
7	8	8	18	3	13	11	3	8	62
8	7	11	4	15	9	8	9	6	60
9	10	17	5	4	6	17	10	14	48
10	14	18	7	8	12	10	7	7	47
11	3	3	2	18	DNS	DNS			47
12	13	13	16	14	8	5	6	9	44
13	6	16	8	10	14	14	5	11	44
14	17	5	14	9	10	13	8	12	41
15	11	9	15	11	5	9	15	13	40
16	16	12	9	12	15	12	16	15	21
17	15	6	12	16	16	16	13	17	18
18	18	10	13	17	17	15	17	16	10

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	145
2	8	2	6	18	1	2	5	2	100
3	6	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	97
4	1	6	2	4	14	8	3	7	94
5	5	14	3	16	9	4	1	4	81
6	9	3	5	2	4	13	7	17	75
7	2	5	9	7	8	5	11	10	74
8	11	8	8	11	2	18	6	3	68
9	14	7	10	3	7	6	13	9	61
10	7	16	7	12	11	9	8	6	52
11	3	9	17	17	13	12	9	12	40
12	12	11	15	8	6	16	10	15	35
13	16	10	13	10	18	10	14	8	31
14	15	13	11	15	10	14	18	11	23
15	13	15	18	9	17	7	15	18	21
16	10	17	14	6	16	15	16	16	19
17	DNS	DNS	12	14	15	11	12	14	18
18	17	12	16	13	12	17	17	13	14

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	6	2	3	5	5	1	6	4	107
2	12	3	1	1	3	3	14	5	102
3	1	1	8	7	10	11	2	8	93
4	2	4	9	9	11	9	8	1	84
5	7	5	12	2	6	13	4	2	84
6	11	9	4	3	8	7	9	6	74
7	3	15	2	11	4	8	7	10	74
8	5	7	13	10	13	12	1	3	71
9	13	12	6	4	9	6	5	12	62
10	10	6	7	14	12	2	15	9	56
11	16	18	5	13	1	5	10	18	51
12	8	8	10	6	2	18	16	15	50
13					7	10	3	7	39
14	4	14	15	15	15	4	13	13	37
15	9	17	14	8					17
16	15	16	11	17	14	15	11	14	16
17	18	10	17	16	17	14	17	11	13
18	17	11	16	12	16	16	12	17	13
19	14	13	DNS	DNS					5
20					18	17	18	16	0

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	2	1	1	2	15	1	1	4	128
2	4	2	10	1	1	2	3	6	118
3	1	3	16	3	9	5	2	2	102
4	3	9	15	4	2	7	7	3	86
5	16	5	3	14	6	4	4	1	84
6	5	11	4	11	4	6	6	16	67
7	15	8	6	12	3	10	5	11	60
8	7	10	7	9	8	3	12	14	60
9	6	7	14	15	5	11	9	9	52
10	18	4	2	10	16	9	8	15	52
11	10	18	9	7	7	12	15	5	47
12	14	12	5	17	12	8	10	8	43
13	12	13	17	6	11	13	13	7	37
14	8	6	8	8	DNS	DNS			34
15	17	15	13	18	10	14	11	10	23
16	9	17	11	13	13	16	14	13	23
17	13	14	12	5	DNS	DNS			20
18	11	16	18	16	14	15	16	12	12

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	147
2	4	1	3	5	2	1	1	2	133
3	2	15	10	6	7	7	11	3	72
4	12	7	6	7	3	2	14	10	72
5	9	14	11	13	4	3	4	4	71
6	5	4	17	2	11	6	12	5	71
7	8	8	18	3	13	11	3	8	62
8	7	11	4	15	9	8	9	6	60
9	10	17	5	4	6	17	10	14	48
10	14	18	7	8	12	10	7	7	47
11	3	3	2	18	DNS	DNS			47
12	13	13	16	14	8	5	6	9	44
13	6	16	8	10	14	14	5	11	44
14	17	5	14	9	10	13	8	12	41
15	11	9	15	11	5	9	15	13	40
16	16	12	9	12	15	12	16	15	21
17	15	6	12	16	16	16	13	17	18
18	18	10	13	17	17	15	17	16	10

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	145
2	8	2	6	18	1	2	5	2	100
3	6	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	97
4	1	6	2	4	14	8	3	7	94
5	5	14	3	16	9	4	1	4	81
6	9	3	5	2	4	13	7	17	75
7	2	5	9	7	8	5	11	10	74
8	11	8	8	11	2	18	6	3	68
9	14	7	10	3	7	6	13	9	61
10	7	16	7	12	11	9	8	6	52
11	3	9	17	17	13	12	9	12	40
12	12	11	15	8	6	16	10	15	35
13	16	10	13	10	18	10	14	8	31
14	15	13	11	15	10	14	18	11	23
15	13	15	18	9	17	7	15	18	21
16	10	17	14	6	16	15	16	16	19
17	DNS	DNS	12	14	15	11	12	14	18
18	17	12	16	13	12	17	17	13	14

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	6	2	3	5	5	1	6	4	107
2	12	3	1	1	3	3	14	5	102
3	1	1	8	7	10	11	2	8	93
4	2	4	9	9	11	9	8	1	84
5	7	5	12	2	6	13	4	2	84
6	11	9	4	3	8	7	9	6	74
7	3	15	2	11	4	8	7	10	74
8	5	7	13	10	13	12	1	3	71
9	13	12	6	4	9	6	5	12	62
10	10	6	7	14	12	2	15	9	56
11	16	18	5	13	1	5	10	18	51
12	8	8	10	6	2	18	16	15	50
13					7	10	3	7	39
14	4	14	15	15	15	4	13	13	37
15	9	17	14	8					17
16	15	16	11	17	14	15	11	14	16
17	18	10	17	16	17	14	17	11	13
18	17	11	16	12	16	16	12	17	13
19	14	13	DNS	DNS					5
20					18	17	18	16	0

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	2	1	1	2	15	1	1	4	128
2	4	2	10	1	1	2	3	6	118
3	1	3	16	3	9	5	2	2	102
4	3	9	15	4	2	7	7	3	86
5	16	5	3	14	6	4	4	1	84
6	5	11	4	11	4	6	6	16	67
7	15	8	6	12	3	10	5	11	60
8	7	10	7	9	8	3	12	14	60
9	6	7	14	15	5	11	9	9	52
10	18	4	2	10	16	9	8	15	52
11	10	18	9	7	7	12	15	5	47
12	14	12	5	17	12	8	10	8	43
13	12	13	17	6	11	13	13	7	37
14	8	6	8	8	DNS	DNS			34
15	17	15	13	18	10	14	11	10	23
16	9	17	11	13	13	16	14	13	23
17	13	14	12	5	DNS	DNS			20
18	11	16	18	16	14	15	16	12	12

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	147
2	4	1	3	5	2	1	1	2	133
3	2	15	10	6	7	7	11	3	72
4	12	7	6	7	3	2	14	10	72
5	9	14	11	13	4	3	4	4	71
6	5	4	17	2	11	6	12	5	71
7	8	8	18	3	13	11	3	8	62
8	7	11	4	15	9	8	9	6	60
9	10	17	5	4	6	17	10	14	48
10	14	18	7	8	12	10	7	7	47
11	3	3	2	18	DNS	DNS			47
12	13	13	16	14	8	5	6	9	44
13	6	16	8	10	14	14	5	11	44
14	17	5	14	9	10	13	8	12	41
15	11	9	15	11	5	9	15	13	40
16	16	12	9	12	15	12	16	15	21
17	15	6	12	16	16	16	13	17	18
18	18	10	13	17	17	15	17	16	10

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	145
2	8	2	6	18	1	2	5	2	100
3	6	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	97
4	1	6	2	4	14	8	3	7	94
5	5	14	3	16	9	4	1	4	81
6	9	3	5	2	4	13	7	17	75
7	2	5	9	7	8	5	11	10	74
8	11	8	8	11	2	18	6	3	68
9	14	7	10	3	7	6	13	9	61
10	7	16	7	12	11	9	8	6	52
11	3	9	17	17	13	12	9	12	40
12	12	11	15	8	6	16	10	15	35
13	16	10	13	10	18	10	14	8	31
14	15	13	11	15	10	14	18	11	23
15	13	15	18	9	17	7	15	18	21
16	10	17	14	6	16	15	16	16	19
17	DNS	DNS	12	14	15	11	12	14	18
18	17	12	16	13	12	17	17	13	14

	MAL		PAN		LDN1		LDN2		Points

1	6	2	3	5	5	1	6	4	107
2	12	3	1	1	3	3	14	5	102
3	1	1	8	7	10	11	2	8	93
4	2	4	9	9	11	9	8	1	84
5	7	5	12	2	6	13	4	2	84
6	11	9	4	3	8	7	9	6	74
7	3	15	2	11	4	8	7	10	74
8	5	7	13	10	13	12	1	3	71
9	13	12	6	4	9	6	5	12	62
10	10	6	7	14	12	2	15	9	56
11	16	18	5	13	1	5	10	18	51
12	8	8	10	6	2	18	16	15	50
13					7	10	3	7	39
14	4	14	15	15	15	4	13	13	37
15	9	17	14	8					17
16	15	16	11	17	14	15	11	14	16
17	18	10	17	16	17	14	17	11	13
18	17	11	16	12	16	16	12	17	13
19	14	13	DNS	DNS					5
20					18	17	18	16	0