2023 UCI Track Champions League

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.

2023 UCI Track Champions League
Third edition of the UCI Track Champions League
Details
Dates21 October – 11 November 2023
LocationEurope
Races5
 2022
2024 

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

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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
RoundDateVenueLocation
1 21 October Spain Velòdrom Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca
2 28 October Germany Berlin Velodrom Berlin
3 4 November France Vélodrome National Paris
4 10 November United Kingdom Lee Valley VeloPark London
5 11 November

Points standings

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Scoring system

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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.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th–18th 
Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Sprint

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Location Event Winner Second Third Overall leader
PalmaKeirinNetherlands Harrie LavreysenColombia Kevin QuinteroAustralia Matthew RichardsonNetherlands Harrie Lavreysen
SprintNetherlands Harrie LavreysenFrance Tom DerachePoland Mateusz Rudyk
BerlinKeirinNetherlands Harrie LavreysenAustralia Matthew RichardsonFrance Tom Derache
SprintNetherlands Harrie LavreysenPoland Mateusz RudykAustralia Matthew Richardson
ParisKeirinNetherlands Harrie LavreysenPoland Mateusz RudykAustralia Matthew Richardson
SprintAustralia Matthew RichardsonNetherlands Harrie LavreysenPoland Mateusz Rudyk
London (I)KeirinColombia Kevin QuinteroNetherlands Harrie LavreysenAustralia Matthew Richardson
SprintNetherlands Harrie LavreysenAustralia Matthew RichardsonPoland Mateusz Rudyk
London (II)KeirinNetherlands Harrie LavreysenAustralia Matthew RichardsonPoland Mateusz Rudyk
SprintAustralia Matthew RichardsonNetherlands Harrie LavreysenNew Zealand Callum Saunders
Final standings[2]
Pos. Rider PAL
Spain
BER
Germany
PAR
France
LON
United Kingdom
LON2
United Kingdom
Points
K S K S K S K S K S
1 Netherlands Harrie Lavreysen 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 191
2 Australia Matthew Richardson 3 5 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 162
3 Poland Mateusz Rudyk 10 3 4 2 2 3 6 3 3 5 134
4 France Tom Derache 4 2 3 5 14 7 4 12 16 7 93
5 New Zealand Sam Dakin 9 15 6 13 9 4 5 8 6 4 81
6 Colombia Kevin Quintero 2 13 DNS DNS 4 12 1 4 11 11 80
7 United Kingdom Joseph Truman 11 4 10 15 8 5 13 5 5 8 77
8 New Zealand Callum Saunders 13 11 7 4 11 6 10 7 14 3 77
9 Lithuania Vasilijus Lendel 5 14 8 11 10 10 7 13 4 13 66
10 Israel Mikhail Iakovlev 17 7 5 6 15 15 9 6 10 16 55
11 South Africa Jean Spies 12 10 17 9 6 17 11 9 6 18 49
12 France Melvin Landerneau 8 16 13 8 7 14 12 14 13 9 46
13 Netherlands Daan Kool 18 18 9 16 5 9 17 10 7 15 41
14 Netherlands Tijmen van Loon 6 9 16 7 17 13 15 18 9 14 39
15 Chinese Taipei Nien Hsing Hsieh 7 17 14 12 12 16 8 16 17 6 37
16 Netherlands Lars Romijn 16 6 11 10 16 11 14 17 15 12 33
17 India Esow Alben 14 8 15 17 13 8 18 11 12 17 31
18 India Ronaldo Laitonjam 15 12 12 14 DNS DNS 16 15 18 10 18

Endurance

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Location Event Winner Second Third Overall leader
PalmaEliminationCanada Dylan BibicUnited Kingdom William TidballBelgium Jules HestersCanada Dylan Bibic
ScratchJapan Eiya HashimotoUnited Kingdom Mark StewartBelgium Tuur DensJapan Eiya Hashimoto
BerlinEliminationBelgium Jules HestersJapan Eiya HashimotoUnited Kingdom William Tidball
ScratchCanada Dylan BibicAustria Maximilian SchmidbauerDenmark Tobias Hansen
ParisEliminationCanada Dylan BibicBelgium Jules HestersSpain Sebastián MoraCanada Dylan Bibic
ScratchCanada Dylan BibicCanada Mathias GuillemetteBelgium Tuur Dens
London (I)EliminationUnited Kingdom William TidballBelgium Jules HestersSpain Sebastian Mora
ScratchNetherlands Roy EeftingCanada Dylan BibicDenmark Tobias Hansen
London (II)EliminationBelgium Tuur DensBelgium Jules HestersNetherlands Philip Heijnen
ScratchUnited Kingdom Mark StewartUnited Kingdom William PerrettSpain Sebastian Mora
Final standings[3]
Pos. Rider PAL
Spain
BER
Germany
PAR
France
LON
United Kingdom
LON2
United Kingdom
Points
E S E S E S E S E S
1 Canada Dylan Bibic 1 11 5 1 1 1 13 2 11 6 131
2 United Kingdom William Tidball 2 13 3 7 6 4 1 4 5 10 117
3 Belgium Jules Hesters 3 14 1 11 2 5 2 10 2 13 113
4 United Kingdom Mark Stewart 12 2 10 6 4 7 9 11 4 1 104
5 Netherlands Philip Heijnen 6 8 8 8 5 12 4 6 3 4 100
6 Japan Eiya Hashimoto 5 1 2 5 17 6 10 5 16 9 93
7 Denmark Tobias Hansen 11 17 6 3 8 8 6 3 7 5 91
8 Belgium Tuur Dens 7 3 15 17 12 3 8 8 1 7 89
9 Spain Sebastián Mora 4 7 DNS DNS 3 11 3 7 8 3 89
10 Canada Mathias Guillemette 8 9 16 9 7 2 15 9 12 12 64
11 Netherlands Roy Eefting 15 10 14 4 15 16 17 1 9 8 58
12 United Kingdom William Perrett 9 4 17 13 11 15 12 14 17 2 52
13 United States Gavin Hoover 16 18 7 10 9 9 5 12 13 15 48
14 Austria Maximilian Schmidbauer 14 5 13 2 16 14 11 15 14 16 43
15 Germany Theo Reinhardt 17 15 9 14 14 13 7 13 6 14 39
16 Netherlands Matthijs Büchli 13 16 4 12 10 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS 32
17 Switzerland Claudio Imhof 10 6 11 15 DNS DNS 16 17 10 17 28
18 France Quentin Lafargue 18 12 12 16 13 17 14 16 15 11 19

Women

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Sprint

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Location Event Winner Second Third Overall leader
PalmaKeirinNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsColombia Martha BayonaGermany Alessa-Catriona PröpsterNew Zealand Ellesse Andrews
SprintGermany Alessa-Catriona PröpsterUnited Kingdom Emma FinucaneColombia Martha BayonaGermany Alessa-Catriona Pröpster
BerlinKeirinNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsGermany Alessa-Catriona PröpsterUnited Kingdom Lowri Thomas
SprintNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsUnited Kingdom Katy MarchantUnited Kingdom Emma FinucaneNew Zealand Ellesse Andrews
ParisKeirinGermany Alessa-Catriona PröpsterBelgium Nicky DegrendeleNew Zealand Ellesse Andrews
SprintNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsCanada Kelsey MitchellColombia Martha Bayona
London (I)KeirinColombia Martha BayonaNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsUnited Kingdom Emma Finucane
SprintGermany Alessa-Catriona PröpsterUnited Kingdom Katy MarchantUnited Kingdom Emma Finucane
London (II)KeirinNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsColombia Martha BayonaUnited Kingdom Emma Finucane
SprintNew Zealand Ellesse AndrewsColombia Martha BayonaGermany Alessa-Catriona Pröpster
Final standings[4]
Pos. Rider PAL
Spain
BER
Germany
PAR
France
LON
United Kingdom
LON2
United Kingdom
Points
K S K S K S K S K S
1 New Zealand Ellesse Andrews 1 6 1 1 3 1 2 5 1 1 173
2 Germany Alessa-Catriona Pröpster 3 1 2 4 1 5 6 1 4 3 154
3 Colombia Martha Bayona 2 3 DNS DNS 4 3 1 4 2 2 127
4 United Kingdom Emma Finucane 9 2 8 3 6 10 3 3 3 10 114
5 China Lijuan Wang 10 7 9 6 REL 4 4 7 7 4 89
6 Belgium Nicky Degrendele 5 11 4 11 2 6 9 11 12 5 88
7 United Kingdom Katy Marchant 11 8 13 2 15 8 8 2 8 7 84
8 Canada Kelsey Mitchell 6 5 7 7 12 2 13 12 13 15 71
9 Italy Miriam Vece 17 9 5 8 13 9 11 8 6 9 66
10 Canada Lauriane Genest 4 12 10 9 10 16 7 16 5 8 64
11 United Kingdom Sophie Capewell 13 4 6 16 7 7 15 9 11 11 62
12 United Kingdom Lowri Thomas 15 10 3 5 5 13 12 10 15 12 62
13 Mexico Daniela Gaxiola DNS DNF 12 10 8 12 5 6 10 6 59
14 Republic of Ireland Orla Walsh 7 13 17 12 11 17 14 15 9 16 31
15 Ukraine Alla Biletska 8 16 15 15 16 15 10 13 14 13 25
16 Lithuania Migle Lendel 12 17 11 13 9 11 DNS DNS 18 DNS 24
17 United Kingdom Ellie Stone 14 14 16 14 17 14 17 14 17 14 12
18 Netherlands Ruby Huisman 16 15 14 17 14 18 16 17 16 17 5

Endurance

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Location Event Winner Second Third Overall leader
PalmaEliminationUnited Kingdom Katie ArchibaldNorway Anita StenbergUnited States Lily WilliamsUnited Kingdom Katie Archibald
ScratchUnited States Lily WilliamsUnited Kingdom Katie ArchibaldCanada Maggie Coles-Lyster
BerlinEliminationUnited Kingdom Katie ArchibaldCanada Maggie Coles-LysterNorway Anita Stenberg
ScratchUnited States Lily WilliamsCanada Sarah van DamNorway Anita Stenberg
ParisEliminationUnited Kingdom Katie ArchibaldNorway Anita StenbergRepublic of Ireland Lara Gillespie
ScratchCanada Sarah van DamCanada Maggie Coles-LysterUnited Kingdom Katie Archibald
London (I)EliminationUnited Kingdom Katie ArchibaldNorway Anita StenbergRepublic of Ireland Lara Gillespie
ScratchUnited Kingdom Dannielle KhanUnited States Lily WilliamsUnited Kingdom Sophie Lewis
London (II)EliminationRepublic of Ireland Lara GillespieNorway Anita StenbergUnited Kingdom Katie Archibald
ScratchUnited Kingdom Neah EvansRepublic of Ireland Lara GillespieLithuania Olivija Baleisyte
Final standings[5]
Pos. Rider PAL
Spain
BER
Germany
PAR
France
LON
United Kingdom
LON2
United Kingdom
Points
E S E S E S E S E S
1 United Kingdom Katie Archibald 1 2 1 6 1 3 1 6 3 4 160
2 Norway Anita Stenberg 2 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 2 8 145
3 United States Lily Williams 3 1 10 1 4 9 7 2 5 6 128
4 Republic of Ireland Lara Gillespie 7 13 4 4 3 7 3 7 1 2 123
5 Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster 4 3 2 5 7 2 6 5 9 5 121
6 Canada Sarah van Dam 8 12 7 2 8 1 4 12 8 7 100
7 United Kingdom Dannielle Khan 6 5 12 7 11 5 10 1 11 11 86
8 Czech Republic Petra Sevcikova 5 10 5 9 5 6 8 10 4 15 84
9 United Kingdom Neah Evans 9 7 8 12 DNS DNS 5 8 7 1 76
10 Lithuania Olivija Baleisyte 10 9 9 10 6 13 14 11 6 3 71
11 United Kingdom Sophie Lewis 12 11 6 11 9 8 =15 3 10 9 68
12 United Kingdom Kate Richardson 11 6 17 8 15 15 =15 9 14 10 41
13 Belgium Hélène Hesters 18 14 11 13 12 10 9 14 16 12 33
14 New Zealand Emma Cumming 13 8 15 14 17 11 11 18 17 14 26
15 Denmark Amalie Winther Olsen 17 17 14 15 10 17 12 13 18 17 16
16 Italy Francesca Selva 15 18 13 16 14 14 17 15 13 18 12
17 Mexico Antonieta Gaxiola 16 15 DNS DNS 13 12 13 16 15 16 12
18 Netherlands Maaike Brandwagt 14 16 16 17 16 16 18 17 12 13 9

References

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  1. "Racing format". UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. Retrieved 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. "Men Sprint". UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  3. "Men Endurance". UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  4. "Women Sprint". UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  5. "Women Endurance". UCI Track Champions League. Eurosport Events Limited. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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