# DerbyWheel set for September showdown after test event delay

*By Simon | July 18, 2024*

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## 󠀁[DerbyWheel set for September showdown after test event delay](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/07/derbywheel-set-for-september-showdown-after-test-event-delay/)󠁿

18 July 2024

DerbyWheel seems to be headed for a showdown with cycling’s world governing body
in late August or September, following confirmation that its
[test event will follow the Paris Olympics](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/06/confirmed-no-derbywheel-test-event-until-after-olympics/)
.

International track cycling is focused entirely on the four-year Olympic cycle;
and riders will inevitably find themselves contemplating their futures when the
final track gold is awarded on August 11.

Some will return from Paris empty-handed, happy to have achieved their dream of
competing at an Olympic Games, and will decide that they have gone as far along
that path as they can.

Others may have had a very successful Games, but may conclude that another
four-year commitment is beyond them.

The year’s major track competitions are scheduled for the months following
Paris, with the UCI Track World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark on October
16-20, and the UCI Track Champions League starting on November 23.

With no reports of progress in discussions between
[DerbyWheel and the UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/derbywheel-and-the-uci/),
top-level riders may find themselves with just a few weeks to decide whether to
continue in UCI competition – or accept a lucrative offer to join DerbyWheel,
despite the threat of a ban from national and international championships.

Had DerbyWheel launched earlier this year as planned, its test event would have
gone under the radar, with few well-known riders. The UCI might have felt able
to ignore it.

But if the test event happens in the wake of the Olympics, with prize money high
enough to attract a few star names, it will be very different in nature and
tone. The stakes will inevitably be higher.

With no agreement in place, the UCI may have to show that its threat to ban
DerbyWheel participants was not an empty one. And it could be required to move
quickly, issuing any bans ahead of the Ballerup worlds.

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