2023 UCI Track Champions League explained

The 2023 UCI Track Champions League was the third edition of the UCI Track Champions League, a track cycling competition held over five rounds in October and November 2023.

Titles were awarded in two categories – Endurance and Sprint – for women and men; the women's titles were won by Ellesse Andrews (Sprint) and Katie Archibald (Endurance), while the men's titles were won by Harrie Lavreysen (Sprint) and Dylan Bibic (Endurance).

Events

This season of the UCI Track Champions League consisted of five rounds. Each round had two races per category (Sprint and Endurance), both for men and for women, meaning there was a total of 40 races held across the season. The Sprint category consisted of individual sprint and keirin races, while the Endurance category consisted of scratch and elimination races.

Events

Round	Date	Venue	Location
1	21 October	Velòdrom Illes Balears	Palma de Mallorca
2	28 October	Berlin Velodrom	Berlin
3	4 November	Vélodrome National	Paris
4	10 November	Lee Valley VeloPark	London
5	11 November

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
	Keirin			Tom Derache
	Sprint			Matthew Richardson
	Keirin			Matthew Richardson
	Sprint			Mateusz Rudyk
London (I)	Keirin			Matthew Richardson
	Sprint			Mateusz Rudyk
London (II)	Keirin			Mateusz Rudyk
	Sprint			Callum Saunders

Final standings^[2]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	191
2	Matthew Richardson	3	5	2	3	3	1	3	2	2	1	162
3	Mateusz Rudyk	10	3	4	2	2	3	6	3	3	5	134
4	Tom Derache	4	2	3	5	14	7	4	12	16	7	93
5	Sam Dakin	9	15	6	13	9	4	5	8	6	4	81
6	Kevin Quintero	2	13			4	12	1	4	11	11	80
7	Joseph Truman	11	4	10	15	8	5	13	5	5	8	77
8	Callum Saunders	13	11	7	4	11	6	10	7	14	3	77
9	Vasilijus Lendel	5	14	8	11	10	10	7	13	4	13	66
10	Mikhail Iakovlev	17	7	5	6	15	15	9	6	10	16	55
11	Jean Spies	12	10	17	9	6	17	11	9	6	18	49
12	Melvin Landerneau	8	16	13	8	7	14	12	14	13	9	46
13	Daan Kool	18	18	9	16	5	9	17	10	7	15	41
14	Tijmen van Loon	6	9	16	7	17	13	15	18	9	14	39
15	Nien Hsing Hsieh	7	17	14	12	12	16	8	16	17	6	37
16	Lars Romijn	16	6	11	10	16	11	14	17	15	12	33
17	Esow Alben	14	8	15	17	13	8	18	11	12	17	31
18	Ronaldo Laitonjam	15	12	12	14			16	15	18	10	18

Endurance

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Elimination				Dylan Bibic
	Scratch				Eiya Hashimoto
	Elimination			William Tidball
	Scratch			Tobias Hansen
	Elimination				Dylan Bibic
	Scratch			Tuur Dens
London (I)	Elimination			Sebastian Mora
	Scratch			Tobias Hansen
London (II)	Elimination			Philip Heijnen
	Scratch			Sebastian Mora

Final standings^[3]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		1	11	5	1	1	1	13	2	11	6	131
2	William Tidball	2	13	3	7	6	4	1	4	5	10	117
3	Jules Hesters	3	14	1	11	2	5	2	10	2	13	113
4	Mark Stewart	12	2	10	6	4	7	9	11	4	1	104
5	Philip Heijnen	6	8	8	8	5	12	4	6	3	4	100
6	Eiya Hashimoto	5	1	2	5	17	6	10	5	16	9	93
7	Tobias Hansen	11	17	6	3	8	8	6	3	7	5	91
8	Tuur Dens	7	3	15	17	12	3	8	8	1	7	89
9	Sebastián Mora	4	7			3	11	3	7	8	3	89
10	Mathias Guillemette	8	9	16	9	7	2	15	9	12	12	64
11	Roy Eefting	15	10	14	4	15	16	17	1	9	8	58
12	William Perrett	9	4	17	13	11	15	12	14	17	2	52
13	Gavin Hoover	16	18	7	10	9	9	5	12	13	15	48
14	Maximilian Schmidbauer	14	5	13	2	16	14	11	15	14	16	43
15	Theo Reinhardt	17	15	9	14	14	13	7	13	6	14	39
16	Matthijs Büchli	13	16	4	12	10	10					32
17	Claudio Imhof	10	6	11	15			16	17	10	17	28
18	Quentin Lafargue	18	12	12	16	13	17	14	16	15	11	19

Sprint

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Keirin				Ellesse Andrews
	Sprint				Alessa-Catriona Pröpster
	Keirin			Lowri Thomas
	Sprint				Ellesse Andrews
	Keirin			Ellesse Andrews
	Sprint			Martha Bayona
London (I)	Keirin			Emma Finucane
	Sprint			Emma Finucane
London (II)	Keirin			Emma Finucane
	Sprint			Alessa-Catriona Pröpster

Final standings^[4]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		1	6	1	1	3	1	2	5	1	1	173
2	Alessa-Catriona Pröpster	3	1	2	4	1	5	6	1	4	3	154
3	Martha Bayona	2	3			4	3	1	4	2	2	127
4	Emma Finucane	9	2	8	3	6	10	3	3	3	10	114
5	Lijuan Wang	10	7	9	6		4	4	7	7	4	89
6	Nicky Degrendele	5	11	4	11	2	6	9	11	12	5	88
7	Katy Marchant	11	8	13	2	15	8	8	2	8	7	84
8	Kelsey Mitchell	6	5	7	7	12	2	13	12	13	15	71
9	Miriam Vece	17	9	5	8	13	9	11	8	6	9	66
10	Lauriane Genest	4	12	10	9	10	16	7	16	5	8	64
11	Sophie Capewell	13	4	6	16	7	7	15	9	11	11	62
12	Lowri Thomas	15	10	3	5	5	13	12	10	15	12	62
13	Daniela Gaxiola			12	10	8	12	5	6	10	6	59
14	Orla Walsh	7	13	17	12	11	17	14	15	9	16	31
15	Alla Biletska	8	16	15	15	16	15	10	13	14	13	25
16	Migle Lendel	12	17	11	13	9	11			18		24
17	Ellie Stone	14	14	16	14	17	14	17	14	17	14	12
18	Ruby Huisman	16	15	14	17	14	18	16	17	16	17	5

Endurance

Location	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
	Elimination				Katie Archibald
	Scratch			Maggie Coles-Lyster
	Elimination			Anita Stenberg
	Scratch			Anita Stenberg
	Elimination			Lara Gillespie
	Scratch			Katie Archibald
London (I)	Elimination			Lara Gillespie
	Scratch			Sophie Lewis
London (II)	Elimination			Katie Archibald
	Scratch			Olivija Baleisyte

Final standings^[5]

	Rider	PAL		BER		PAR		LON		LON2		Points
1		1	2	1	6	1	3	1	6	3	4	160
2	Anita Stenberg	2	4	3	3	2	4	2	4	2	8	145
3	Lily Williams	3	1	10	1	4	9	7	2	5	6	128
4	Lara Gillespie	7	13	4	4	3	7	3	7	1	2	123
5	Maggie Coles-Lyster	4	3	2	5	7	2	6	5	9	5	121
6	Sarah van Dam	8	12	7	2	8	1	4	12	8	7	100
7	Dannielle Khan	6	5	12	7	11	5	10	1	11	11	86
8	Petra Sevcikova	5	10	5	9	5	6	8	10	4	15	84
9	Neah Evans	9	7	8	12			5	8	7	1	76
10	Olivija Baleisyte	10	9	9	10	6	13	14	11	6	3	71
11	Sophie Lewis	12	11	6	11	9	8	=15	3	10	9	68
12	Kate Richardson	11	6	17	8	15	15	=15	9	14	10	41
13	Hélène Hesters	18	14	11	13	12	10	9	14	16	12	33
14	Emma Cumming	13	8	15	14	17	11	11	18	17	14	26
15	Amalie Winther Olsen	17	17	14	15	10	17	12	13	18	17	16
16	Francesca Selva	15	18	13	16	14	14	17	15	13	18	12
17	Antonieta Gaxiola	16	15			13	12	13	16	15	16	12
18	Maaike Brandwagt	14	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	12	13	9

External links

• • UCI Competition hub

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: 16 October 2024 . Eurosport Events Limited . Men Sprint . UCI Track Champions League.
3. Web site: 21 October 2024 . Eurosport Events Limited . Men Endurance . UCI Track Champions League.
4. Web site: 21 October 2024 . Eurosport Events Limited . Women Sprint . UCI Track Champions League.
5. Web site: 21 October 2024 . Eurosport Events Limited . Women Endurance . UCI Track Champions League.