The UCI Track Champions League is live in its debut in Paris

The UCI Track Champions Leaguestage competition track cycling which was launched last year, experienced a release this Thursday with a series of activities on Velodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside of Paris. In less than two years, this place will host the 2024 Olympics.

Previously, it was one of the stops of a Champions League strengthened in its second edition after the success experienced in 2021. With the having the best ‘pistards’ in the world and with evolution in technology implementation As a great claim, the competition aspires to be one of the great references of cycling, in all its modalities, in the coming years. The presentation ceremony was led by the head of UCI track cycling Gilles Peruzziof the head of Discovery Sports Events Francois Ribeiroof the sporting director of the competition James Popeof the director of stages Florian Praviaof the ambassador of the competition Chris Now and the sports director of the Science Agency Alex Skelton.

Many legends of track cycling, both active and retired, came together to start the competition. In the act they were there from the ambassador of the competition Chris Now, seven-time Olympic medalist, among several runners who will battle this year for glory at various stages of the competition. So, they met castelonense Sebastian Mora (endurance runner-up in 2021 and multiple world and European medalist, with one universal gold and six continental), the American Gavin Hoover (champion of endurance events in 2021 and multiple Pan American medalist), the French Mathilde Gross (current speed world champion), the Italian Rachel Barbieri (double world champion, in the omnium and in the madison), the German Pauline Grabosch (quadruple world team sprint champion) and the Australian Matthew Richardson (current world team speed champion).

Various runners have shown their feelings about a competition that will be held this year five stops. will enter Palma de Mallorca (November 12th), berlin (November 19th), Paris (November 26) and Londonwith a double stage covering the regular calendar on December 2 and the finals of the competition on December 3.

The exams will be divided into two areas: speed (total speed and keirin at each stage) and resistance (total scratch and elimination in each stage). Thus, the different classifications will be established by gender and by the characteristics of the tests where the first fifteen classified in each of them will be awarded (20, 17, 15, 13, 11 and from 10 to 1 point in descending order) to establish the order of the various general classifications.

It was on a day that, despite the presentation of the competition, included a introductory session to track cycling for those present Y talking about the launch of competition and the technological revolution which it means in track cycling. The Champions League will be key in this regard in the near future after the presentation a metaverse that will allow you to follow all the data in detail of participating cyclists and see the competition from innovative points of view. In addition, a visit to the Parisian Vélodrome is offered, which in less than two years will host the Olympic event.

The cyclists, were delighted with the format

During the day and in the main act they showed their satisfaction with the fact that the great protagonists, the cyclists, will live in the competition for the second season. Sebastian Mora He is happy to have an event that helps give track cycling a bigger dimension. “The location in the calendar is perfect, after the European and the World Cup”, explained the man from Castellón, who celebrated that the Champions League served to give more visibility to his sport. “In Spain, more and more people are telling me that they have started following track cycling for the Champions League,” he explained.

Also Gavin Hoover checked what this appointment means. “My preparation was focused on the World Cup and now it’s like the opportunity to play a full season of competition,” he said. “I’m excited to tackle a new campaign again”, he added Pauline Grabosch.

In its part, Rachel Barbieri refers to one of the main points of competition, such as equality between men and women. “It’s a great opportunity for all of us to do the same and to show that women’s cycling is getting better,” she said.