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Olympic champ Andrews won’t defend world title in Ballerup
Ellesse Andrews is one of several notable absentees from the provisional start lists ahead of this week’s Track World Championships. Having won both sprint and keirin at the Olympics, the New Zealander skips the trip to Ballerup, Denmark. The country will be represented only by two women, Ally Wollaston and Bryony Botha, competing in the…
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Newport test event seems unlikely to happen this year
Research by Global Keirin suggests that DerbyWheel’s test event will not be taking place at Newport before 2025. The DerbyWheel website’s Calendar still shows the intention of hosting its three-day dry-run at the Welsh track; but no date is offered, having previously announced and missed multiple dates in the past year. With details of public…
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Commonwealth Sport hiring senior staff ahead of Glasgow confirmation
We still await formal confirmation that Glasgow will host the Commonwealth Games in 2026 – but with so little time to prepare, organisers are moving quickly to hire the senior personnel required to deliver the slimmed-down event. Somewhat quietly last week, the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Organising Company posted a series of job adverts on…
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Former world champion Büchli hints at DerbyWheel move
Former world keirin champion Matthijs Büchli says he has given up his attempt to transition from track specialist to road rider, with DerbyWheel looking like his most likely destination after an extended holiday with his family. The 31-year-old won the keirin at the 2019 world championships in Pruszków, Poland; and was part of the Netherlands…
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DerbyWheel calendar update pushes launch back to 2025
Global Keirin‘s website monitoring bot delivered the goods today, spotting a tiny but significant update to the DerbyWheel website. The Calendar page now states that regular-season racing will happen every two weeks starting ‘from the 1st half of 2025’. That’s a change from the now practically impossible second half of 2024. The same date has…
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UCI’s Lappartient bids for top IOC job
UCI president David Lappartient is one of seven declared candidates to replace Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee, in a contest which could raise various issues relevant to DerbyWheel’s plans. Bach announced in August that he would not seek to continue in office, having already served the maximum 12 years. Any such…
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Commonwealth Games decision could sway DerbyWheel prospects
With so many prospective DerbyWheel participants coming from Commonwealth countries, the fate of the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be a significant factor in any riders’ decision to quit UCI-sanctioned competition in favour of the keirin startup series. The Australian state of Victoria was chosen to host the 2026 Games, with events taking place in multiple…
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Counting the days since the last DerbyWheel news update
Every day for a number of months now, usually multiple times per day, your dedicated Global Keirin editorial team has been checking the DerbyWheel website for news of progress towards a test event, and eventual series launch. It has been a thankless, fruitless and joyless task: there hasn’t been any news published on the website…
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Hinze considers her future after Paris disappointment
German sprint star Emma Hinze says she will be looking at things year by year, and isn’t yet committed to another Olympic cycle, after missing out once again on gold at the Paris games. Hinze now heads off on holiday on a high, having set a new flying 500 world record at the German track…
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Awang apologises to all Malaysians after shock Paris exit
Malaysian superstar Azizulhasni Awang has posted a lengthy apology for Saturday’s disqualification from the men’s keirin competition at the Paris Olympics. The country’s hopes of winning its first gold medal in Olympic history rested largely on the Pocket Rocketman; but he was excluded for riding in front of the pacer during his first round heat.…
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Standing start looms for DerbyWheel as Olympic momentum fades
Two months ago, we wrote that it had been two months since the last News update from DerbyWheel. Another two months have passed; and the last News update from DerbyWheel is still from April 2024. Things have happened since then, of course: but you probably wouldn’t know that (unless you’re following Global Keirin). James Pope’s…
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Lavreysen completes golden week with victory in Olympic keirin
Harrie Lavreysen won his third gold of the Paris Olympics, adding keirin glory to his earlier team and individual sprint wins. Lavreysen started second in line behind Japan’s Shinji Nakano, with his main rival Matthew Richardson at the back. Matthew Glaetzer was first to attack, passing Lavreysen and Nakano to take the lead. Lavreysen responded…
