The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe are pleased to reveal the calendar for the 2024 UCI Track Champions League.
The fourth edition of the series will be contested over five rounds organised at three prestigious venues.
The competition will kick off at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, on Saturday 23 November. This venue already hosted the UCI Track Champions League in 2022 and 2023, but this year's French round will have a special significance: the Paris 2024 Olympic Champions for the discipline will have been crowned a few months earlier at the same velodrome.
The following weekend, Apeldoorn (Netherlands) will make its UCI Track Champions League debut in a double-header on 29 and 30 November. The Omnisport Apeldoorn regularly hosts top-level international competitions, such as the UCI Track World Championships in 2011 and 2018, and the 2024 UEC Track European Championships at the beginning of this year.
Continuing the tradition of the last three seasons, the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, Great Britain, will once again be the venue for the final races (Round 4 and Grand Finale) of the UCI Track Champions League, on 6 and 7 December. Every year, this iconic venue is sold out as the public flocks to see the blue jerseys awarded to the overall winners of the men's and women's Speed and Endurance Leagues.
Calendar of the 2024 UCI Track Champions League:
Round 1: Saturday 23 November, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France)
Round 2: Friday 29 November, in Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
Round 3: Saturday 30 November, Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
Round 4: Friday 6 December, London (Great Britain)
Grand Finale: Saturday 7 December, in London (Great Britain).
UCI President David Lappartient said: “In its three years of existence, the UCI Track Champions League has become a not-to-be-missed fixture on the UCI Track International Calendar. This year sees an added dimension with the addition of the prestigious Apeldoorn venue as the host of two rounds, and of course athletes returning to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines just three months after their Olympic battles at the same velodrome. Finally, we know from experience that the Grand Finale at London’s Lee Valley VeloPark will produce high-tension competition as the riders give their all for overall glory. We have all the ingredients for another incredible edition of the UCI Track Champions League!”
Vice President of Cycling Events at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, Chris Ball said: "We are so excited for the start of a new season of the UCI Track Champions League. With a brand-new venue in Apeldoorn and a tweaked format featuring two double headers, this season promises even more intensity and action. It is also an exceptionally special year because of the Paris 2024 Olympics Games, which we know are a career milestone for most of our UCI Track Champions League athletes, hosted at the same track as our opening round.”
Since its launch in 2021, the UCI Track Champions League has consolidated its status as one of the "Monuments" of track cycling, alongside the Tissot UCI Track World Championships, the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup and the Olympic Games.
The series – organised in partnership between the events division of WBD Sports and the UCI – makes track cycling more accessible and exciting than ever, helping elevate the discipline to new levels and reach new audiences.
For the fourth edition of the UCI Track Champions League, WBD Sports is working closely with the UCI to revise the qualification system, with the aim of expanding the opportunities for riders to qualify for the League through other key competitions on the UCI Track International Calendar, in addition to the Tissot UCI Track World Championships. Further details will be announced shortly.
For more information on the UCI Track Champions League, and to keep up to date with the latest news, visit www.ucitrackchampionsleague.com.
About the UCI
Founded on April 14, 1900, in Paris, France, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the worldwide governing body for cycling. It develops and oversees cycling in all its forms and for all people: as a competitive sport, a healthy recreational activity, a means of transport, and also just for fun. The UCI manages and promotes the 11 cycling disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, cyclo-cross, trials, indoor cycling, cycling esports, gravel and snow bike. Five of these are featured on the Olympic Games programme (road, track, mountain bike, BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle), two in the Paralympic Games (road and track), and four in the Youth Olympic Games (road, mountain bike, BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle). For more information: www.uci.org
About Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels, and platforms in Europe. It collectively reaches 130 million people every month, engaging fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time: free-to-air TV, pay-tv, streaming, online and social. WBD Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN), Golf Digest and TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, as well sports programming and content on WBD’s free-to-air TV networks and streaming on discovery+ and Max from Spring 2024 in an initial 22 markets. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 600 cycling broadcasts per year, the UCI Track Champions League, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series; the PGA TOUR year-round in some markets; The Ocean Race; the Snooker World Tour; the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship; the FIM Speedway GP, Speedway of Nations and Speedway World Cup; and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event. WBD Sports Europe completes a full 360° offer with its Events management and promotion division, which oversees 35+ events across four global championships each year and has achieved the ISO20121 certification for sustainability of event management practices.
