• Lavreysen reclaims rainbow jersey with convincing win

    Lavreysen reclaims rainbow jersey with convincing win

    Harrie Lavreysen reclaimed his world keirin title in Santiago, with a dominant display in the final – after, it must be said, a less impressive afternoon. The Dutchman added a fourth world keirin title to his palmarès, after successive successes in 2020, 2021 and 2022, winning by more than a bike-length. Australia’s Leigh Hoffman held…

  • Harrie back to winning ways in Santiago semi finals

    Harrie back to winning ways in Santiago semi finals

    After a sub-par afternoon, Harrie Lavreysen returned to familar form as the world keirin championship event reached the semi-final stage in Santiago on Thursday evening. The Dutchman had needed a repechage to get through the first round, and was only third in his quarter-final. But with a few hours to recover and rediscover his normal…

  • Richardson out in Santiago keirin quarter finals

    Richardson out in Santiago keirin quarter finals

    Rainbow jersey will change hands after early exit for last year’s champion Yamasaki

  • No easy heats as men’s world champs gets underway

    No easy heats as men’s world champs gets underway

    With 30 of the 36 top-ranked male sprinters competing in Thursday’s men’s keirin competition at the UCI world championships in Santiago, Chile, the only certainty is that we can expect some thrilling racing. There will be six heats in the first round, six riders in each, with the first and second placed riders proceeding to…

  • Scottish sprint star Carlin retires at 28: the fire is gone

    Scottish sprint star Carlin retires at 28: the fire is gone

    Great Britain’s Jack Carlin says he would be doing himself and the Scottish national jersey ‘a disservice’ if he were to extend his career, purely for the chance to ride a home Commonwealth Games. The four-time Olympic medallist, winning team sprint silver and individual sprint bronze at both Tokyo and Paris, has announced his retirement…

  • Japanese stars aim to retain their rainbow stripes

    Japanese stars aim to retain their rainbow stripes

    Japan’s Mina Sato and Kento Yamasaki are set to line up in Santiago, Chile, aiming to defend the world keirin championships they memorably won in Ballerup last year. The UCI’s 2025 track world championships begin on Wednesday, October 22, with the men’s keirin event taking place on Thursday, and the women’s on Sunday. Both competitions…

  • International stars will return to Japanese keirin in June 2026

    International stars will return to Japanese keirin in June 2026

    The Japanese Keirin Association has confirmed the dates of ten ‘Keirin World Series’ events in summer 2026, to which foreign athletes will be invited. International stars will return to Japanese domestic competition for the first time since 2019. There will be a G3-level event at Wakayama in early August, open to men only but with…

  • Japan’s keirin series Pist6 halts 2025 operations

    Japan’s keirin series Pist6 halts 2025 operations

    Pist6, the series aiming to present a modern take on Japanese keirin racing, has announced that it will ‘temporarily suspend’ operations in a few weeks. Launched in October 2021, Pist6 seemed to provide a blueprint for what DerbyWheel could be: international UCI-style racing, held over 6 laps of the indoor 250m track in Chiba City,…

  • DerbyWheel’s UK company now under full Korean control

    DerbyWheel’s UK company now under full Korean control

    The distancing of former CEO James Pope from DerbyWheel’s UK corporate entity, DerbyWheel Player Ltd has continued, with additional registration changes today. Global Keirin reported earlier this week that the company’s formal address had been moved to a City of London office block, having previously been an address associated directly with Pope himself. The company…

  • DerbyWheel’s UK business changes its official address

    DerbyWheel’s UK business changes its official address

    DerbyWheel has cut a further connection to former CEO James Pope, in the latest update to the corporate registration of its UK operating company. Global Keirin reported last month that Pope had been removed from the company’s list of directors; but its registered office was still listed as an address with personal connection to Pope.…

  • Two world records in two days for Richardson

    Two world records in two days for Richardson

    He told us he wasn’t done… and he wasn’t kidding. Great Britain’s Matthew Richardson was back on track today, and went even faster. News broke on the Instagram story of Richardson’s partner, Emma Finucane, that the new holder of the world flying 200 record returned to the Konya velodrome, and posted a time of 8.857…

  • Richardson is first man to break the 9-second barrier

    Richardson is first man to break the 9-second barrier

    But brace yourselves: he’s coming back for another try on Friday