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Lavreysen and Yuan take top spots in post-Worlds rankings
It’s all-change at the top of the UCI’s weekly ranking of the world’s top male and female sprinters, following the world championships in Shanghai last week. Harrie Lavreysen moves up one place to first, having retained both his sprint and keirin titles, and the maximum points which come with them. Nicholas Paul, who had topped…
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Lysenko snatches women’s world title in Shanghai
Individual neutral athlete Alina Lysenko took victory in the last few metres of the women’s keirin final at Shanghai, adding the world title to the European jersey she took in Konya earlier this year. The Russian had made an early exit from the individual sprint competition, and wasn’t entered for the kilo, giving her two…
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Lavreysen is world keirin champion for the fifth time
Harrie Lavreysen defended the rainbow jersey he reclaimed in Santiago last year, with a series of strong performances in Shanghai. With big names like Nicholas Paul, Leigh Hoffman and Azizulhasni Awang eliminated earlier in the day, the Dutchman’s main threat in the final seemed to be Kaiya Ota, whose recent focus has been on match…
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Shanghai prepares to welcome the world’s best
Any preview of the Shanghai world championship sprint competitions would almost certainly have led with the latest round of the era’s defining rivalry, Harrie Lavreysen vs Matthew Richardson. But of course, all those drafts had to be hastily rewritten when news broke on Monday that Richardson had been sent home by British Cycling, amid allegations…
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Korean delegation discusses a new Seoul velodrome on visit to UCI HQ
UCI president David Lappartient has hosted a visiting delegation from the Korean Sports Promotion Foundation (KSPO) at his organisation’s Aigle headquarters. KSPO was founded in 1989 under Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, tasked with promoting continued use of the Olympics facilities, and promoting sports for the general public. Most intriguingly, this includes the…
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China’s spring roll continues as Wang wins in Nilai
Wang Lijuan claimed the win in the women’s keirin in Nilai, adding another gold medal to the Chinese sprint squad’s recent haul. The 23 year old, fourth in both previous rounds of the Track World Cup, won her two early rides on the day; but could only manage third in her semi final behind Emma…
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Fairytale home farewell for the Pocket Rocketman 🎥
Malaysian master Azizulhasni Awang delivered the performance his fans so desperately wanted, winning the men’s keirin in his final major racing appearance on home soil before his (supposed) retirement at the end of this season. Much of the build-up this week had focused on the mutual respect, and the likely duel, between the winners of…
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How many riders line up at each National Championship?
In several Global Keirin articles lately, we have reflected on the relative strengths and weaknesses of different countries. Some boast dozens of international-class riders; some literally only have one. So we wondered… how many riders show up at each country’s National Championships? The necessary data is – or certainly should be – published in Dataride,…
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New names top the UCI world sprint rankings
It’s all change at the top of the UCI world sprint rankings this week: but the new World Number Ones probably aren’t the riders you are expecting – and you probably don’t know who they replaced. The UCI consolidated its rankings into Sprint and Endurance at the start of 2025, replacing classifications for individual events.…
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Huge field stands between Awang and the perfect goodbye
Azizulhasni Awang says he is ‘super excited’ to welcome the world’s best to Malaysia for the third round of the UCI Track World Cup – and his final race in front of a home crowd. ‘Harrie Lavreysen performed really well in Hong Kong,’ he told a press conference, ‘and that has made me even more…
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Yuan delivers more Chinese success in Hong Kong keirin
The resurgence of Chinese sprinting under head coach Benoît Vêtu continued in Hong Kong, with victory for Yuan Liying in the women’s keirin event at the second round of the UCI Track World Cup. The former flying 200 world record holder, who turned 21 earlier in the week, went unbeaten on the day – just…
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Lavreysen back on top at Track World Cup in Hong Kong
World champion Harrie Lavreysen decisively reclaimed the top step of the podium as the UCI’s 2026 Track World Cup resumed in Hong Kong. He powered to victory with a lead of more than a third of a second – a lot by elite standards – to Kaiya Ota in second, and Shinji Nakano just behind…
