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UCI faces fresh legal challenge to policy on rival events
A complaint has been filed with the European Commission accusing cycling’s world governing body of anti-competitive practices against riders participating in rival events. David Johnstone of Biketrial Federation UK is reported to have submitted a complaint in mid-February 2025, accusing the UCI of abusing its dominant position, breaching EU competition rules, and threatening disproportionate sanctions.…
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Wins for Izzah Izzati and Andrews, but kilo record survives
Malaysian rider’s time would have been a world record, just two weeks ago. But a lot has happened since then.
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Nakano takes gold ahead of home hero Shah Firdaus
Malaysia’s Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom overcame a lingering knee injury to claim a heroic silver from the men’s keirin competition at the Asian Track Cycling Championships, in front of his home fans. But he couldn’t quite deliver the dream result at the Nilai track, with Japan’s Shinji Nakano snatching gold at the line, and Kaiya…
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Izzah Izzati wins at home to retain Asian keirin title
Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri won the women’s keirin final in front of home fans at the 2025 Asian Track Championships, to retain the title she won in India a year ago. Building on her bronze medal in the sprint, she timed her last-lap attack perfectly to catch China’s Yufang Guo. Japan’s Mina Sato,…
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Wakimoto completes Grand Prix Slam with G1 win
Yuta Wakimoto made history in Japanese keirin on Monday, with victory in the G1 final at Toyohashi. The win in one of the racing calendar’s six highlights guarantees him a place once again in December’s big-money Keirin Grand Prix. He has participated in six of the last seven Grand Prix, winning in 2022. Monday’s race,…
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Top Japanese keirin pro tests positive for steroids
Yuki Kitai, a 35-year-old former footballer, has reportedly become the first rider from the Japanese keirin circuit’s very highest rank to test positive for doping. Kitai switched to cycling in May 2021 after a 9-year soccer career spent mostly in the country’s lower J2 and J3 leagues. He moved swiftly up the ranks, and took…
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Japanese world champions reveal their rainbow jerseys
Japan’s Mina Sato and Kento Yamasaki, winners of the women’s and men’s keirin at the 2024 UCI world championships, have revealed their customised rainbow jerseys in posts on team Rakuten K Dreams’s X feed. The ‘special new practice jerseys’ seem quite normal from the front, albeit without a UCI logo. But things are quite different…
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Double Dutch delight at European track champs
Steffie wins a tight women’s final, Harrie left them far behind
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World record for van de Wouw in women’s kilo
We can be heroes, just for one day… Dutch rider beats time set by Andrews the day before
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Keirin will feature as track cycling returns to South East Asian Games
Thailand will host the 2025 South East Asian Games in December – and it has been confirmed that track cycling will return to the event programme for the first time since 2017, when Azizulhasni Awang carried the rainbow stripes to victory in Kuala Lumpur. Keirin will be one of four events for men, according to…
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New Zealand pair claim Oceania continental titles
Ellesse Andrews and Sam Dakin were both unbeatable in today’s keirin competition at the Oceania Cycling Confederation championships. Both riders won all their races on their way to claim their continental titles at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane, Australia. In the women’s final, the New Zealand trio of Andrews, Olivia King and Shaane Fulton…
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Keirin confirmed for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Glasgow 2026 will feature men’s and women’s keirin competitions, as part of the biggest track cycling programme ever seen at a Commonwealth Games. Sprinters will be particularly pleased by the event selection, announced by the Glasgow 2026 Organising Company: it also includes team sprint, individual sprint and the kilo for both men and women. Organisers…
