https://www.scmp.com/rss/329030/feed The UCI Track Cycling World Cup is a multi-race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held in a different country. The six-meeting series begins in Paris and concludes in Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Hong Kong will field their strongest squad at the 2026 UCI Track World Cup at home next month, in an event head coach Herve Dagorne has billed the “hardest of the season”. Before that event, which takes place at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O from April 17 to 19, the team are targeting 10 medals at the Asian Track Cycling Championships later this month as they build up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. “We really need to be at our best,” Dagorne said. “We need to perform.” Dagorne said... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346606/hong-kong-field-strongest-team-hardest-season-uci-track-world-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3346606/hong-kong-field-strongest-team-hardest-season-uci-track-world-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:00:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong cycling head coach Herve Dagorne said Ceci Lee Sze-wing had “confirmed her progress” after she won omnium bronze at the UCI Track World Cup in Perth. Lee, who was third in Friday’s elimination race, was a model of consistency as she captured her second podium finish of the three-day meeting from the blue riband four-discipline omnium event. Anita Stenberg, a four-time European champion, upgraded her elimination silver to win gold on Sunday. Tsuyaka Uchino, of Japan, who will rival Lee... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345914/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-claims-second-world-cup-medal-australia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345914/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-claims-second-world-cup-medal-australia?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:00:12 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After discarding old and outmoded methods to undergo a “new start” last year, Charles Ng Pak-hang will finally achieve one of his career goals when he makes his UCI Track World Cup debut in Perth on Friday. A mixed relay time trial gold medallist from last month’s Asian Road Cycling Championships, Ng will be part of the Hong Kong team time trial quartet at an Australian venue that already holds fond memories. The 27-year-old played down the scratch gold he claimed from an AusCycling track series... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345244/hong-kong-cyclist-charles-ng-aiming-high-after-making-new-start-golden-2025?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345244/hong-kong-cyclist-charles-ng-aiming-high-after-making-new-start-golden-2025?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:00:10 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After reaching the end of last year physically and mentally drained, and fed up with racing his bike, To Cheuk-hei prescribed himself a long holiday in New Zealand. A shock keirin gold medal from last weekend’s Asean Track Series (President Cup 2) handsomely validated the 26-year-old’s judgment. Refreshed and emboldened, To is plotting to secure the continental medals that have eluded him since he began competing full-time straight out of his secondary education at Sha Tin’s Lam Tai Fai... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340016/hong-kong-cyclist-plans-interior-design-career-after-sport-first-2028-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340016/hong-kong-cyclist-plans-interior-design-career-after-sport-first-2028-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:00:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters French BMX rider Anthony Jeanjean won his first world title with a glittering display in the freestyle park final at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships as China’s women swept the podium on Saturday. The 27-year-old Jeanjean fell in his first run but nailed his second attempt, 60 seconds full of free-flowing tricks, in the arena in Riyadh’s Boulevard City district. Cramming in a triple tail whip, a double flair and his trademark double backflip, Jeanjean impressed the judges enough for a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3332090/anthony-jeanjean-crowned-bmx-freestyle-world-champion-chinas-women-sweep-board?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3332090/anthony-jeanjean-crowned-bmx-freestyle-world-champion-chinas-women-sweep-board?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 06:02:46 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Herve Dagorne has toasted the opportunity to thrust some of Hong Kong’s brightest young talents into world-class competition after the city was chosen to host track cycling World Cup legs in 2026 and 2027. The UCI World Cup is returning next year, after five years of operating as the UCI Track Nations Cup. This year’s edition was especially unsatisfactory, after teams learned late that it would be contested over a single leg in Turkey, in March. Hong Kong’s head coach Dagorne said that the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3322977/hong-kong-chosen-host-cycling-world-cups-boost-young-talent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3322977/hong-kong-chosen-host-cycling-world-cups-boost-young-talent?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:25:08 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong’s cycling association could be ordered to reopen an inquiry regarding last year’s Paris Olympics after a renewed accusation about its selection of riders, a source has told the Post. A complaint last October to the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) – subsequently investigated, with the findings leaked to media – claimed that an official at the Cycling Association of Hong Kong, China (CAHK) tried to manipulate selection when Hong Kong was allocated an... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309867/hong-kong-cycling-body-could-be-told-reopen-paris-olympics-selection-probe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309867/hong-kong-cycling-body-could-be-told-reopen-paris-olympics-selection-probe?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 May 2025 01:30:30 +0000 Hong Kong’s elite cycling set-up has been revamped with the aim of copying the formula that turned the city’s leading fencers into world-beaters. A high-end recruitment policy that brought in best practices from farther afield helped to power Cheung Ka-long and Vivian Kong Man-wai to Olympic fencing glory last summer. Now, Hong Kong is applying the logic to velodromes and pelotons. The late-2023 exit of cycling head coach Shen Jinkang after 29 years in the post prompted a regime overhaul. Herve... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3307718/can-hong-kongs-olympic-gold-formula-fencing-work-again-cycling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3307718/can-hong-kongs-olympic-gold-formula-fencing-work-again-cycling?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:30:15 +0000 Hong Kong’s top cycling official said the city was working on a bid to host several international track tournaments over the next two years. Leung Hung-tak, chairman of the Cycling Association of Hong Kong, China, said his organisation was working with the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), on the return of world-class competition to the city’s velodrome. And with the city having previously staged UCI events, Leung said he was confident Hong Kong would be chosen even... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3305405/hong-kong-cycling-confident-being-chosen-host-new-track-world-cup-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3305405/hong-kong-cycling-confident-being-chosen-host-new-track-world-cup-event?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:30:16 +0000 Herve Dagorne said Hong Kong’s cyclists had benefited from “going back to school” over their winter Australian camp, after they claimed team time trial mixed relay bronze at the Asian Road Championships in Thailand. Vincent Lau Wan-yau, Mow Ching-yin, Ng Pak-hang, Ceci Lee Sze-wing, Chloe Leung Wing-yee and Yang Qianyu combined to comfortably beat China to a place on the podium. Kazakhstan and Japan finished 19 and five seconds ahead of Hong Kong, respectively, and head coach Dagorne said he... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3297910/hong-kong-cyclists-benefit-classroom-time-beat-china-asian-relay-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3297910/hong-kong-cyclists-benefit-classroom-time-beat-china-asian-relay-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Feb 2025 10:38:19 +0000 Head coach Herve Dagorne said an “aggressive” Ceci Lee Sze-wing had taken a significant psychological step forwards after the gifted Hongkonger won the AusCycling National Omnium Championships in Melbourne. Lee has historically struggled to pair her natural talent with the belief she could compete with the world’s leading riders. But four months after dissolving into tears following a poor omnium performance at the Paris Olympics, a brasher and braver Lee stunned the hosts with a fabulous... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3291899/aggressive-hong-kong-star-ceci-lee-takes-big-step-australian-championships-victory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3291899/aggressive-hong-kong-star-ceci-lee-takes-big-step-australian-championships-victory?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:46:49 +0000 Head coach Hervé Dagorne says his Hong Kong cycling team’s plans for 2025 are being compromised by the sport’s world governing body’s stalling over dates and venues for next year’s UCI Track Nations Cup. Last month, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced the first leg of their Nations Cup would be staged in Turkey, in March. However, cycling federations around the world remained in the dark over when and where the second and third legs would happen. Dagorne said he “could feel the UCI... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3291286/hong-kong-cycling-coach-fears-global-governing-body-struggling-amid-nations-cup-muddle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3291286/hong-kong-cycling-coach-fears-global-governing-body-struggling-amid-nations-cup-muddle?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:30:14 +0000 Hong Kong cyclist Boey Leung Bo-yee was fortunate to escape serious injury in a dramatic crash at the Track Nations Cup in Canada, but there was a promising start for Ceci Lee Sze-wing as she aims for the Olympics. The crash, after 20 laps of the Madison race at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Ontario, came when a handover mix-up by the Belgian team brought down 29-year-old Leung, who suffered a blow to the head. After being examined by Hong Kong medical staff, Leung was able to continue... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3258964/cyclings-track-nations-cup-lucky-escape-horror-crash-boey-leung-canada-ceci-lee-shines-against?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3258964/cyclings-track-nations-cup-lucky-escape-horror-crash-boey-leung-canada-ceci-lee-shines-against?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Apr 2024 09:15:48 +0000 Hong Kong UCI Track Nations Cup organisers were given no attendance or revenue targets by the government after the event in Tseung Kwan O was awarded ‘M’ Mark status. Attendances were poor across all three days of the event, with even the plum night sessions, featuring the best riders racing for medals, failing to fill more than 50 per cent of the 1,500 available seats. On Friday and Saturday, the 400-plus riders and officials outnumbered fans in the stands. Simon Leung Chi-wa, chairman of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255705/uci-track-nations-cup-no-pressure-organisers-government-set-no-targets-m-mark-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255705/uci-track-nations-cup-no-pressure-organisers-government-set-no-targets-m-mark-event?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:17 +0000 Ceci Lee Sze-wing says she was inhibited by her own and the public’s expectations, after labouring to a 12th-placed finish in her strongest omnium suit at the UCI Track Nations Cup on Sunday. The 22-year-old was vying for Olympic qualification points in front of the largest, and most partisan crowd of the three-day event in Tseung Kwan O. She entered the final points race 10th in the overall standings, after placing 12th, seventh, and 10th, respectively, in the earlier scratch, tempo, and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255713/uci-track-nations-cup-sleeping-ceci-lee-disappointed-lowly-omnium-finish-i-put-too-much-expectation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255713/uci-track-nations-cup-sleeping-ceci-lee-disappointed-lowly-omnium-finish-i-put-too-much-expectation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:46:11 +0000 The return of world-class track cycling to Hong Kong fell flat on Friday, despite a series of captivating performances from some of the sport’s leading stars. The two home teams in action on the opening day of the UCI Track Championships, at Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, had days to forget. Organisers, who priced tickets fairly, with prices ranging from HK$50 to HK$200 across the three days, did not reveal attendance figures for the night’s session, when Great Britain’s formidable... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255614/uci-track-nations-cup-quality-action-track-opening-night-falls-flat-hongkongers-stay-away?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255614/uci-track-nations-cup-quality-action-track-opening-night-falls-flat-hongkongers-stay-away?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:00:11 +0000 Head coach Herve Dagorne has backed star Hong Kong rider Ceci Lee Sze-wing to manage the stress of competing at the UCI Track Nations Cup this week. The stakes are high for Lee at her home velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, with a generous bounty of Olympic qualification points on offer. The 22-year-old has targeted Paris Games spots in both the omnium and Madison events. Lee claimed Madison bronze at last month’s Asian championships in India, where she rode with Leung Bo-yee, but the pair from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255097/cycling-head-coach-dagorne-challenges-hong-kong-olympic-hopeful-ceci-lee-handle-stress-major-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3255097/cycling-head-coach-dagorne-challenges-hong-kong-olympic-hopeful-ceci-lee-handle-stress-major-home?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:12:15 +0000 Acting head coach Herve Dagorne has urged Hong Kong’s cyclists to be bold and brash when the city hosts the second leg of the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup next month. Frenchman Dagorne, a former Olympic rider and ex-head coach of his nation’s track endurance team, is plugging the gap left by the departure of Shen Jinkang in December after nearly 30 years in charge. The cup features the world’s major cycling countries, and is contested annually over three events. Adelaide staged the opening leg... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3251434/hong-kong-cyclists-told-take-more-risks-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-spots-paris-olympics-line?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3251434/hong-kong-cyclists-told-take-more-risks-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-spots-paris-olympics-line?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:38:01 +0000 Hong Kong has enough facilities and support for its cyclists to succeed at global level, the city’s former world champion Wong Kam-po has said, pointing out that North Korean athletes had to thrive without such backing. The three-time Asian Games gold medallist said the determination of an athlete outweighed any infrastructure need, recalling his own successes before the construction of improved facilities such as Hong Kong Velodrome. “I had competed at the Asian Games and the Olympics before... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3245331/hong-kong-athletes-can-succeed-if-north-koreans-can-former-world-champion-cyclist-wong-kam-po-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3245331/hong-kong-athletes-can-succeed-if-north-koreans-can-former-world-champion-cyclist-wong-kam-po-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Dec 2023 11:45:27 +0000 The Hong Kong Cyclothon will make a full return next month for the first time in five years as an International Cycling Union (UCI) Asia Tour Class 1.1 race. Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, officials hope teams on the world tour will head to the city for the October 22 event, which takes place a week after the 4th Tour of Guangxi in China. Featuring a 4.3km (2.7-mile) route of 24 laps, cyclists will race through Hung Hom and Tsim Sha Tsui East. So far, Team Jayco-Alula of Australia, of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233140/worlds-best-cycling-teams-invited-hong-kong-2023-cyclothon-event-returning-city-first-time-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233140/worlds-best-cycling-teams-invited-hong-kong-2023-cyclothon-event-returning-city-first-time-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:30:19 +0000 Transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said on Friday. The decision came after American rider Austin Killips became the first openly transgender woman to win an official cycling event earlier this year. “From now on, female transgender athletes who have transitioned after [male] puberty will be prohibited from participating in women’s events on the UCI International Calendar — in all... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3227784/world-cyclings-governing-body-bans-transgender-athletes-womens-events?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3227784/world-cyclings-governing-body-bans-transgender-athletes-womens-events?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:22:25 +0000 Three days after claiming bronze for Hong Kong in the scratch race, Ceci Lee Sze-wing added an omnium silver at the Asian Track Cycling Championships in Malaysia on Monday. But the double-medal winner is not getting carried away. Instead, she insisted she is determined to catch Japanese rival Yumi Kajihara, who beat her to gold in both events. Lee finished just four points behind Kajihara in the women’s omnium on Monday, and was well ahead of Taiwan’s Huang Ting-ying, who ended up third. It was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3224705/cyclist-ceci-lee-sze-wing-hopes-catch-rival-yumi-kajihara-after-another-asian-track-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3224705/cyclist-ceci-lee-sze-wing-hopes-catch-rival-yumi-kajihara-after-another-asian-track-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:55:09 +0000 Ceci Lee Sze-wing said she hopes to learn from her mistakes after claiming bronze for Hong Kong in the scratch race at the Asian Track Cycling Championship in Malaysia. And the Asian Games medal hope is determined to start that process on Monday, when she will be back in action in the omnium at the National Velodrome in Nilai, about 50km south of central Kuala Lumpur. In the 10km scratch race on Friday, Lee finished behind Yumi Kajihara of Japan and Liu Jiali of China. It was the third medal of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3224433/asian-track-cycling-championships-ceci-lee-sze-wing-relishing-another-crack-japans-yumi-kajihara?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3224433/asian-track-cycling-championships-ceci-lee-sze-wing-relishing-another-crack-japans-yumi-kajihara?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jun 2023 05:52:25 +0000 Hong Kong’s two-time Olympic medallist Sarah Lee Wai-sze has finally confirmed her retirement from competitive cycling after months of indications that she had wound down her glittering career on the track. While giving a speech during her graduation ceremony at Baptist University on Monday, the 36-year-old talked about the “end of my cycling life”. It marked the first time that she had publicly acknowledged the move, despite not having raced competitively since the Japan Cup last summer. Three... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3223077/hong-kong-olympian-sarah-lee-finally-confirms-retirement-expected-take-coaching-role-july?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3223077/hong-kong-olympian-sarah-lee-finally-confirms-retirement-expected-take-coaching-role-july?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jun 2023 03:45:21 +0000 Lee Sze-wing claimed her third gold medal in as many days at the Hong Kong International Track Cup, winning her second women’s omnium title in the process on Sunday. As she had been two days previously, Lee dominated the event from start to finish at the city’s velodrome in Tseung Kwan O. The 22-year-old just beat out her main rival, Song Min-ji of Korea, in the scratch, tempo and elimination races, before pulling away in the points race to finish with 157 points, 26 ahead of Song. Indonesian... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3222104/lee-sze-wing-tipped-lead-hong-kong-womens-cycling-squad-asian-games-after-bagging-third-gold-track?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3222104/lee-sze-wing-tipped-lead-hong-kong-womens-cycling-squad-asian-games-after-bagging-third-gold-track?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 May 2023 12:23:56 +0000 The decision by British Cycling bosses to ban transgender athletes from the female category of its elite competitions met with almost universal support at the Hong Kong International Track Cup on Saturday. After a nine-month review and consultation, a new participation policy the governing body said was “predicated on fairness”, means such athletes will compete in an ‘open category’ with men. Female races will only be “for those whose sex was assigned female at birth”. Hong Kong cycling siblings... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3222044/decision-ban-transgender-cyclists-meets-universal-support-hong-kong-international-track-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3222044/decision-ban-transgender-cyclists-meets-universal-support-hong-kong-international-track-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2023 11:33:23 +0000 Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang insists he is not concerned that his planned retirement after the 2024 Paris Olympics will leave his country in the lurch, because it can rely on Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom. Azizul won twice, in the men’s sprint and keirin, on the opening day of the three-day Hong Kong International Track Cup on Friday, and for the former the 35-year-old had compatriot Shah Firdaus, who won bronze, standing next to him on the podium. “I need not worry about my retirement,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3222003/hong-kong-international-track-cup-malaysias-azizulhasni-awang-backs-heir-apparent-after-sprint-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3222003/hong-kong-international-track-cup-malaysias-azizulhasni-awang-backs-heir-apparent-after-sprint-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:16 +0000 Lee Sze-wing made the most of home advantage to claim her biggest win on the track, claiming gold in the women’s omnium at the Hong Kong International Cup on Friday. The 22-year-old dominated proceedings at Tseung Kwan O velodrome, winning all four parts that make up the event, from winning the first scratch race to the last points race. Lee’s previous best results were victories in the Korea Cup and Malaysia Cup, both listed as Class II events by the International Cycling Union (UCI) but the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3221984/hong-kong-international-track-cup-lee-sze-wing-makes-most-home-advantage-seize-first-class-i-victory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3221984/hong-kong-international-track-cup-lee-sze-wing-makes-most-home-advantage-seize-first-class-i-victory?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 May 2023 13:08:45 +0000 Two-time Olympic medallist Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia will head a strong field of about 100 overseas riders for the Hong Kong International Track Cup, which starts at the city’s velodrome in Tseung Kwan O on Friday. The 35-year-old sprinter is no stranger to local fans, having won gold in the men’s keirin when the 2017 World Championships were held in Hong Kong at the same venue. He went on to take silver in the same discipline at the Tokyo Olympics, after already claiming bronze at the 2016... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3221862/hong-kong-international-track-cup-malaysias-olympic-ace-azizulhasni-awang-among-star-names-velodrome?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3221862/hong-kong-international-track-cup-malaysias-olympic-ace-azizulhasni-awang-among-star-names-velodrome?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 May 2023 00:30:19 +0000 Hong Kong’s cyclists are in danger of failing to qualify for next year’s Olympics in Paris, a leading official has said. Leung Hung-tak, chairman of the city’s cycling association, sounded the alarm after the team failed to perform at either of the first two Nations Cup events of the year, in Jakarta and Cairo. There is a long history of cyclists representing Hong Kong in the Olympics, with Sarah Lee Wai-sze claiming bronze on the track in the 2012 and 2020 Games and Wong Kam-po first appearing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3214144/road-paris-olympics-alarm-bells-ringing-hong-kong-cyclists-official-issues-qualification-warning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3214144/road-paris-olympics-alarm-bells-ringing-hong-kong-cyclists-official-issues-qualification-warning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:10:51 +0000 Hong Kong will host its first international track cycling event after two years in May to ensure its athletes are not ruled out of August’s inaugural UCI World Championships. The Hong Kong International Track Cup, a UCI Class 1 event, will be held over May 25-28 at the Hong Kong Velodrome, in order for the city to meet criteria set by cycling’s governing body. The World Championships – touted as the biggest ever cycling event – will host 13 individual UCI World Championships, bringing together... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3205955/hong-kong-host-first-track-cycling-event-2-years-avoid-world-championships-axe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3205955/hong-kong-host-first-track-cycling-event-2-years-avoid-world-championships-axe?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Jan 2023 10:39:14 +0000 Hong Kong is to host the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup for a second time in 2024, after receiving confirmation from the world governing body. Leung Hung-tak, chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Association, revealed that one of the Nations Cup’s three legs had been awarded to the city by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and that it would take place from March 14 to 17 next year. The Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O – built a decade ago and the scene of a Nations Cup once before when... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3205454/cycling-hong-kong-almost-certain-be-chosen-host-2024-uci-nations-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3205454/cycling-hong-kong-almost-certain-be-chosen-host-2024-uci-nations-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:45:29 +0000 Hong Kong cyclist Lee Sze-wing finished 2022 on a high, bagging a gold, silver and bronze at the China Track National Championships, and said she hoped they would bring her “good luck” going into the new year. While family and friends celebrated the arrival of 2023, Lee was winning the Omnium at the event in Zhejiang Province, where she will be back on the track on Tuesday for the start of the three-day UCI China Track International Event. Lee took home silver in the two-person Madison,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3205237/hong-kong-track-star-lee-sze-wing-hopes-golden-end-2022-bodes-well-asian-games-and-olympic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3205237/hong-kong-track-star-lee-sze-wing-hopes-golden-end-2022-bodes-well-asian-games-and-olympic?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:34:39 +0000 Hong Kong’s Lee Sze-wing finished a disappointing 12th in the women’s omnium on her UCI Nations Cup debut, after her bike went missing and she was forced to borrow one from a teammate. The rising star was one of five athletes from the city’s 11-strong squad who had to compete in Colombia using borrowed equipment, after their bicycles disappeared on the journey from Hong Kong to Cali. Double Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Lee Wai-sze at least had her own bike, but her best finish was fourth in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3184865/hong-kongs-lee-sze-wing-pays-price-missing-bike-and-lack-practice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3184865/hong-kongs-lee-sze-wing-pays-price-missing-bike-and-lack-practice?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:30:28 +0000 A “nervous” Sarah Lee Wai-sze returns to competition at the UCI Nations Cup in Colombia this week, and after more than 10 months on the sidelines has admitted her “form isn’t good”. The double Olympic bronze medallist leaves for the event in Cali on Monday night as part of a 11-strong Hong Kong squad, and will compete in the women’s team sprint, the individual sprint and keirin. Lee’s first race will be in the team event on Thursday, alongside Yeung Cho-yiu and Ng Sze-wing, with the competition... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3184029/hong-kong-track-cycling-star-admits-form-isnt-good-she-returns-10?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3184029/hong-kong-track-cycling-star-admits-form-isnt-good-she-returns-10?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:00:13 +0000 Hong Kong’s cycling team have set their sights on the track World Championships in October after the postponement of Asian Games, with star rider Sarah Lee Wai-sze still included in their plans – for now. With China delaying September’s Hangzhou Games because of a rise in Covid-19 cases, cycling head coach Shen Jinkang and his charges will now compete in a series of international competitions building up to the track Worlds in Paris. “We will need to find other competitions to keep the momentum... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3178213/sarah-lee-wai-szes-asian-games-status-air-hong-kong-cycling-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3178213/sarah-lee-wai-szes-asian-games-status-air-hong-kong-cycling-team?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 May 2022 11:30:18 +0000 Mark Cavendish went from being “the best in the world to one of the worst overnight”, to one of the best again after years of struggling with illness and clinical depression. Just as the sport collectively prepared to raise a glass to his unparalleled road sprinting career, the 36-year-old miraculously equalled Eddy Merckx’s all-time record of 34 Tour de France stage wins last summer. The “Manx Missile” may even surpass the 46-year milestone should he earn a spot at Le Tour in July. But he wants... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3170093/mark-cavendish-reflects-remarkable-tour-de-france-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3170093/mark-cavendish-reflects-remarkable-tour-de-france-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Mar 2022 01:30:14 +0000 Girona in the Catalan region of northern Spain is one of the prettiest and most beguiling cities in the country. The city is well known for its historic architecture, rich and independent culture and world-class cuisine. In recent years Girona has had a far more international feel to it, largely thanks to it becoming home to many of the world’s top professional cyclists and their teams who compete on the UCI WorldTour. And for the first time, two female cyclists from Southeast Asia have joined... https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/article/3170223/singapores-chelsei-tan-and-malaysias-nur-alia-blazing-trail-regions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/article/3170223/singapores-chelsei-tan-and-malaysias-nur-alia-blazing-trail-regions?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Mar 2022 01:44:07 +0000 Hong Kong Olympic hope Sarah Lee Wai-sze said her gold and silver medal-winning return to competition last week will prove invaluable for Tokyo 2020 but tempered expectations of a podium finish at the Games. The 34-year-old sprint specialist was satisfied with her performances at the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in the city last weekend after more than 14 months of no competition. She and teammate Jessica Lee Hoi-yan carry Hong Kong’s short-track chances at Tokyo’s Izu Velodrome in under three... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3134128/tokyo-2020-olympics-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-wai-sze-warmed-final-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3134128/tokyo-2020-olympics-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-wai-sze-warmed-final-games?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 May 2021 02:39:13 +0000 Wondering how in the world the already postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be held despite the still-dominant pandemic? Look no further than last weekend’s UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Hong Kong. There is, of course, no comparing the scale of athletes, coaches and staff entering and leaving the respective Asian cities; nor the latest Covid-19 figures, in which Tokyo is averaging 784 cases a day (Japan as a whole averaging 6,000), while Hong Kong is within reach of ‘zero local... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133987/tokyo-2020-olympics-hong-kongs-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-live?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133987/tokyo-2020-olympics-hong-kongs-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-live?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 May 2021 00:34:04 +0000 No spectators, strict athlete, medical and media bubbles and disinfectant spray-downs with each lift journey. Those tuning into the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup on TV this weekend will unlikely see such a sterile sporting spectacle again. Some would deem it necessary protocol, others over-the-top cautious, but Hong Kong’s first international sports event of the year is doing its job: letting hungry competitors compete and avoiding a coronavirus outbreak at all costs. As the city’s Covid-19... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3133665/inaugural-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-shows-its-time-welcome?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3133665/inaugural-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-shows-its-time-welcome?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:12 +0000 Hong Kong Olympic medal hopeful Sarah Lee Wai-sze added another silver to her decorated trophy cabinet after a powerful showing in the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup women’s keirin final on Sunday. Lee, who eased through qualifications in the morning, finished behind favourite Yuka Kobayashi from Japan. Some would consider it a win-apiece as Kobayashi finished just behind Lee in Friday’s sprint final. Taking a completely different strategy compared to the heats, the 34-year-old Hong Kong star led... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133686/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-wai-sze-scoops?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133686/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-wai-sze-scoops?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 May 2021 11:31:24 +0000 Hong Kong’s cycling queen Sarah Lee Wai-sze stormed into the women’s keirin final after a statement-making first round on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup on Sunday. The 34-year-old, who won gold in the sprint category on Friday, finished first in her heat with a time of 11.692 seconds having confidently trailed the pack in the first two laps. Lee contends for another medal as the last Hongkonger standing at the Tseung Kwan O Velodrome this afternoon. She will be focused on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133658/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-sarah-lee-storms-keirin-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133658/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-sarah-lee-storms-keirin-final?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 May 2021 04:31:43 +0000 Hong Kong racers Yeung Cho-yiu and Jessica Lee Hoi-yan were pipped to a podium spot in the women’s 500m time trial final on day three of the inaugural UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup. Yeung, considered one of the city’s most promising competitors, clocked a personal best (PB) of 35.827 seconds in her heat while Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games representative Lee finished at 36.149 at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O. Though they finished behind Spain’s Helena Casas Roige, Italy’s Miriam Vece and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133626/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-yeung-cho-yiu-jessica-lee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133626/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-yeung-cho-yiu-jessica-lee?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 May 2021 12:40:31 +0000 Team Hong Kong are close to securing three places in the finals this evening after relentless displays from To Cheuk-hei in the men’s keirin and Jessica Lee Hoi-yan and Yeung Cho-yiu in the women’s 500m time trial qualifiers on day three of the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup. The 21-year-old To opened the day narrowly missing out on his keirin heat – finishing 0.307 seconds behind second-place – only to qualify in the makeshift keirin first round repechage alongside Malaysians Muhammad Fadhil... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133601/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-jessica-lee-and-yeung-cho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133601/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-jessica-lee-and-yeung-cho?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 May 2021 07:03:44 +0000 Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee Wai-sze proved she is still world-class after a scintillating gold medal performance in the women’s sprint at the inaugural UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup at the Hong Kong Velodrome on Friday. With Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in attendance, Lee edged Yuka Kobayashi out in a best of three – clocking 11.534 and 11.609 seconds to lead two races – in a tense tactical duel. The 34-year-old had eased past the prelims – finishing in first place in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133556/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-bags-gold-all?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133556/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-bags-gold-all?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 May 2021 13:30:24 +0000 Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee Wai-sze showed no signs of rust after making a powerful statement in the women’s sprint qualifying (200m) at day 2 of the inaugural UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup at a bubbled-up Hong Kong Velodrome, Tseung Kwan O. The 34-year-old placed first in the individual heats with a time of 10.66 seconds – averaging a speed of 63.6km/h – well ahead of next-best Japanese trio Yuka Kobayashi, Ohta Riyu and Umekawa Fuko. She will take her place in the quarter-finals this afternoon. The... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133439/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-smashes-sprint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133439/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kongs-sarah-lee-smashes-sprint?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 May 2021 04:31:35 +0000 Hong Kong’s top women’s cyclist got off to a steady start on day one of the inaugural UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O on Thursday. Sarah Lee Wai-sze, Jessica Lee Hoi-yan and Yeung Cho-yiu clocked a solid 50.029 seconds in the women’s team pursuit category – averaging 53.969km/h – in what is the first international sports event of the year held in the city. Legendary Lee closed the three-lap sprint in front of a spectator-less “live bubble” tournament as... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133406/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kong-womens-trio-kick-inaugural?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133406/uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kong-womens-trio-kick-inaugural?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 May 2021 14:16:11 +0000 After two seasons of postponements and cancellations and doubts over whether the event would actually take place during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hong Kong welcomes its first international sports event of the year at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup starting Thursday and finishing over the weekend. Sarah Lee Wai-sze, Jessica Lee Hoi-yan, Yeung Cho-yiu, Law Tsz-chun and To Cheuk-hei make up the five local entrants competing at the Hong Kong Velodrome in Tseung Kwan O in what is likely the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133185/2021-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kong-welcomes-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3133185/2021-uci-track-cycling-nations-cup-hong-kong-welcomes-first?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 May 2021 08:21:34 +0000 A reduced field of international and local track cyclists will take part in next week’s UCI Nations Cup – Hong Kong’s the first major international sporting event in the Covid-19 pandemic era. Organisers said on Thursday less than 100 cyclists from more than 20 national and professional teams would compete in the four-day event at Tseung Kwan O Velodrome, with a similar number of officials. This compares to 440 riders and officials who registered for the May 13-16 event when entries closed three... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3132510/uci-nations-cup-reduced-overseas-field-hong-kongs-first-major?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3132510/uci-nations-cup-reduced-overseas-field-hong-kongs-first-major?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 May 2021 10:07:38 +0000