# Manchester website reports from inside January’s induction

*By Simon | May 23, 2024*

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## 󠀁[Manchester website reports from inside January’s induction](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/05/manchester-website-reports-from-inside-januarys-induction/)󠁿

23 May 2024

Local Manchester news website
[Mancunian Matters](https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk) went inside track centre
for January’s DerbyWheel induction at the UK’s National Cycling Centre.

The video, published a few months later, includes interviews with DerbyWheel CEO
James Pope, and prospective DerbyWheel competitor Lewis Oliva.

Referencing the continuing stalemate with the UCI, Pope said: ‘Our mission is to
enable riders to race, and earn a living doing it, but we also want them to
continue with their ambitions to race for the national team, national
championships, world championships, Olympic Games.

![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o7kVdSqGGfE/maxresdefault.jpg)

‘We are there to complement those objectives, as well as provide a full-time job
for any riders that are outside of the national system.

‘We want to create a global community around pro keirin racing. We want to
celebrate the Japanese and Korean racing, but also DerbyWheel, and lots of other
keirin racing that goes on around the world.’

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