# DerbyWheel calendar update pushes start date back to 2026

*By Simon | November 2, 2025*

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## 󠀁[DerbyWheel calendar update pushes start date back to 2026](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/11/derbywheel-calendar-update-pushes-start-date-back-to-2026/)󠁿

2 November 2025

A further update to the DerbyWheel website points to a start date for the
competition in 2026, with weekly racing some time in 2027.

Plans for an exhibition event before the end of 2025 were becoming unrealistic
as time marched on. But the update became inevitable following the
[apologetic message from DerbyWheel president DJ Hyun](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/10/derbywheel-will-be-implemented-new-launch-plan-promised-for-2026/)
, published earlier this week.

He told riders and stakeholders that final preparations would be completed
‘early next year’, with ‘a revised launch plan … soon after.’

The exhibition event is now listed as being at a date ‘TBA’, but still planned
for the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales in Newport.

Regular racing in the competition is to begin some time ‘in 2026’, initially
every other week, but moving to a weekly schedule ‘from 2027’.

![newcalendar](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/newcalendar-1200x393.png)

_From derbywheel.com/derbywheel-race-schedule_

The return of active communication from the DerbyWheel team is very welcome. The
fact that the calendar is being maintained is probably a source of mild
optimism. If nothing else, it shows the initiative remains alive, and the
avoidance of fixed dates shows that valuable lessons have been learned from past
experience.

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