2022 UCI Track Champions League explained

The 2022 UCI Track Champions League was the second edition of the UCI Track Champions League, a track cycling competition held over four rounds in November and December 2022.

Titles were awarded in two categories – Endurance and Sprint – for women and men; the women's titles were won by Mathilde Gros (Sprint) and Jennifer Valente (Endurance), while the men's titles were won by Matthew Richardson (Sprint) and Claudio Imhof (Endurance).

Events

Round	Date	Venue	Location
1	12 November	Velòdrom Illes Balears	Palma de Mallorca
2	19 November	Berlin Velodrom	Berlin
3	26 November	Vélodrome National	Paris
4	2 December	Lee Valley VeloPark	London
5	3 December

Points standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, with twenty points being awarded to each race winner. In the case of a tie on points, a countback system was used where the highest most recent race result determined the final positions.^[1] The leader of each classification was denoted by a light blue jersey.

Sprint

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Keirin				Harrie Lavreysen
	Sprint			Mateusz Rudyk
	Sprint				Matthew Richardson
	Keirin				Harrie Lavreysen
	Sprint			Stefan Bötticher
	Keirin			Shinji Nakano
London (I)	Sprint				Matthew Richardson
	Vitesse			Mikhail Iakovlev
London (II)	Sprint				Harrie Lavreysen
	Keirin				Matthew Richardson

Final standings^[2]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	183
2	Harrie Lavreysen	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	181
3	Stefan Bötticher	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	9	4	3	136
4	Kevin Quintero	12	6	3	6	6	13	6	5	6	7	92
5	Santiago Ramírez	4	9	5	8	12	7	2	7	5	17	89
6	Jeffrey Hoogland	11	11	10	14	13	5	7	4	3	4	82
7	Jai Angsuthasawit	7	14	13	10	4	6	8	11	8	9	71
8	Azizulhasni Awang	15	7	11	11	5	9	17	12	9	5	60
9	Mikhail Iakovlev	5	5	6	15	15	12	11	3	15	15	60
10	Mateusz Rudyk	17	3	7	4	7	18	5	18	16	14	57
11	Shinji Nakano	13	8	14	18	14	3	9	15	10	10	50
12	Tom Derache	8	15	15	13	10	10	12	16	7	6	48
13	Esow Alban	10	17	8	4	16	14	10	17	13	8	46
14	Hamish Turnbull	14	10	9	12	11	17	16	8	12	11	41
15	Thomas Cornish	6	18	12	7	18	8	13	10	17	16	40
16	Rayan Helal	16	12	18	9	8	16	14	6	14	13	36
17	Sergey Ponomaryov	9	16	17	16	9	11	18	14	11	12	30
18	Jair Tjon En Fa	18	13	16	17	17	15	15	13	18	18	8

Endurance

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Scratch race	Mark Stewart			Mark Stewart
	Elimination race			Mark Stewart
	Scratch race			Matteo Donegà
	Elimination race				Mathias Guillemette
	Scratch race				Claudio Imhof
	Elimination race			Claudio Imhof
London (I)	Scratch race			Dylan Bibic
	Elimination race				Sebastián Mora
London (II)	Scratch race			Oliver Wood
	Elimination race				Claudio Imhof

Final standings^[3]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		7	7	2	4	2	3	10	4	7	2	125
2	Sebastián Mora	2	5	11	5	1	9	4	3	4	4	125
3	Mark Stewart	1	3	9	8	9	5	5	8	1	8	115
4	Oliver Wood	10	12	1	10	12	1	9	6	3	1	112
5	Mathias Guillemette	6	1	6	3	14	2	14	2	6	12	107
6	Matthijs Büchli	12	6	7	7	6	4	8	7	2	3	104
7	William Perrett	8	4	12	2	13	17	1	5	12	9	87
8	Moritz Malcharek	4	10	4	9	10	8	2	11	10	11	86
9	Michele Scartezzini	3	9	10	6	4	7	11	9	17	5	83
10	Gavin Hoover	15	2	8	18	5	14	12	1	9	7	79
11	Dylan Bibic	13	16	16	1	8	11	3	15	5	6	73
12	Matteo Donegà	14	15	3	14	3	13	13	14	13	13	49
13	Roy Eefting	11	18	5	12	7	15	6	12	15	18	45
14	Filip Prokopyszyn	9	13	16	17	11	10	7	10	18	10	42
15	Grant Koontz	5	14	15	15	17	12	18	16	8	14	29
16	Rotem Tene	18	8	16	16	15	6	17	17	16	15	20
17	Erik Martorell	16	11	14	13	16	18	15	13	11	16	19
18	Gustav Johansson	17	17	13	11	18	16	16	18	14	17	10

Sprint

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Sprint
	Keirin				Shanne Braspennincx
	Keirin			Shanne Braspennincx
	Sprint				Martha Bayona
	Keirin				Mathilde Gros
	Sprint			Olena Starikova
London (I)	Sprint			Shanne Braspennincx
	Keirin			Urszula Łoś
London (II)	Keirin			Steffie van der Peet
	Sprint			Martha Bayona

Final standings^[4]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		1	16	10	1	2	1	2	6	6	1	140
2	Kelsey Mitchell	18	2	1	5	3	6	5	2	7	2	127
3	Shanne Braspennincx	4	4	3	12	5	4	3	5	2	6	122
4	Martha Bayona	14	1	2	6	8	2	6	15	1	3	120
5	Steffie van der Peet	10	9	8	7	1	10	4	1	3	14	106
6	Olena Starikova	3	7	6	14	11	3	1	11	8	5	100
7	Laurine van Riessen	12	10	4	2	12	5	7	4	11	7	91
8	Hetty van de Wouw	2	12	5	15	6	11	12	7	4	9	81
9	Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé	8	14	13	4	4	7	10	14	5	12	71
10	Daniela Gaxiola	6	8	7	8	7	9	13	8	16	11	67
11	Helena Casas	11	6	11	10	10	8	11	9	12	8	64
12	Urszula Łoś	5	15	16	3	15	13	9	3	13	10	62
13	Pauline Grabosch	7	11	15	13	14	14	8	16	14	4	45
14	Miriam Vece	13	17	12	11	9	15	14	12	10	15	33
15	Emma Finucane	17	18	14	16	13	12	15	10	9	13	26
16	Orla Walsh	15	13	9	9	16	16	16	13	15	16	22
17	Lea Sophie Friedrich	9	3	17								22
18	Sophie Capewell	16	5									11

Endurance

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Scratch race				Katie Archibald
	Elimination race				Jennifer Valente
	Scratch race			Chloe Moran
	Elimination race			Lily Williams
	Scratch race			Jennifer Valente
	Elimination race			Maggie Coles-Lyster
London (I)	Scratch race				Katie Archibald
	Elimination race				Jennifer Valente
London (II)	Scratch race			Katie Archibald
	Elimination race			Maggie Coles-Lyster

Final standings^[5]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		3	2	2	2	3	2	4	1	4	2	161
2	Katie Archibald	1	18	1	1	2	1	2	7	3	1	158
3	Maggie Coles-Lyster	14	4	5	8	4	3	9	3	5	3	110
4	Anita Stenberg	12	1	4	15	7	6	2	3	6	5	110
5	Lily Williams	7	3	12	3	8	5	7	8	10	6	97
6	Michaela Drummond	15	10	6	6	5	7	5	6	14	4	87
7	Rachele Barbieri	5	11	13	4	6	11	8	4	7	8	85
8	Sarah Van Dam	4	5	11	5	16	8	5	12	2	12	84
9	Sophie Lewis	8	7	9	12	1	9	11	11	11	10	76
10	Emily Kay	9	13	7	13	12	14	1	10	8	9	69
11	Chloe Moran	11	12	3	10	13		12	13	1	15	61
12	Silvia Zanardi	10	10	15	9	15	4	15	6	12	7	58
13	Tania Calvo	2	9	16	14	9	13	10	9	13	13	55
14	Lea Lin Teutenberg	6	17	8	11	16		13	17	9	11	38
15	Michelle Andres	16	15	10	7	10	10	17	14	17	17	30
16	Tsuyaka Uchino	18	16	14	17	11	15	14	15	15	14	14
17	Emma Cumming	13	14	18	16	14	12	18		18	18	11
18	Laura Kenny	17	8	17	18			16	16	16	16	8

Notes and References

1. 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..
2. Web site: 12 November 2022. Eurosport Events Limited. Men Sprint. UCI Track Champions League.
3. Web site: 12 November 2022. Eurosport Events Limited. Men Endurance. UCI Track Champions League.
4. Web site: 12 November 2022. Eurosport Events Limited. Women Sprint. UCI Track Champions League.
5. Web site: 12 November 2022. Eurosport Events Limited. Women Endurance. UCI Track Champions League.