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UCI Track Cycling World Cup
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.
China’s Sun Sibei (centre) is flanked by Sun Jiaqi (left) and Fan Xiaotong after they swept the medals at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Photo: UCI BMX Freestyle

Frenchman crowned BMX freestyle world champ as China’s women sweep board

Anthony Jeanjean wins his first world title at urban cycling event, the first time a UCI world championship had been held in Saudi Arabia.

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Hong Kong chosen to host cycling World Cups, in boost for young talent

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Hong Kong cycling body could be told to reopen Paris Olympics selection probe

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Can Hong Kong’s Olympic gold formula for fencing work again in cycling?

City’s cycling bosses are following a blueprint in pursuit of global success that they say they learned from the fencing team.

Chu Tsun-wai (centre, light blue) rides in the elimination race at the Hong Kong International Track Cup on Monday. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong cycling confident of being asked to host new Track World Cup event

City’s record in hosting major events has given sport’s world governing body ‘confidence’ in its readiness, says cycling boss Leung Hung-tak.

Hong Kong cyclists ‘go back to school’, then beat China for Asian relay medal

Head coach Hervé Dagorne optimistic team can surpass two-medal target after six-week Australia camp.

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Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee wins Australian title after ‘aggressive’ ride stuns hosts

City’s cycling team compete in three-day Melbourne event, Lee pairs with Chloe Leung for Madison silver after claiming omnium gold.

Ceci Lee and Chloe Leung with their silver medals from the AusCycling National Madison Championships. Photo: Cycling Association of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong cycling coach has 2025 planning problem amid UCI Nations Cup confusion

Hervé Dagorne feels UCI is “struggling” as his team ramps up preparations with Australian training stint before February’s Asian Championships.

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Leung shows cracked helmet after horror crash at cycling’s Track Nations Cup

Boey Leung left with sore head and reveals the damage inside her helmet, but says no serious injuries after incident during Madison.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Nations Cup organisers relaxed over small crowds, say no government targets were set

Tracks Nations Cup organisers say they were under no pressure to deliver specific revenue or attendance figures, despite government granting the event ‘M’ Mark status.

The UCI Track Nations Cup attracted a number of elite riders, but few paying spectators. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong star Ceci Lee struggles with expectations in omnium disappointment

Olympic hopeful struggles under weight of her own expectation during Sunday’s Nations Cup omnium race, says she was ‘thinking about all the people who wanted us to have good results’.

Ceci Lee rode a conservative points race to slip to 12th position in the omnium. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Team GB and Australia produce compelling races, but Track Nations Cup falls flat

The Track Nations Cup attracted only a smattering of paying punters to Hong Kong Velodrome on Friday, but stayaways missed top-class racing.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong Olympic hopeful Ceci Lee backed to handle ‘stress’ of major home races

Cycling head coach Herve Dagorne is confident Lee will manage the ‘stress’ of racing in a home Nations Cup, in which crucial Olympic qualification points are up for grabs.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong cycling head tells shy riders to ‘take risks’ in major home event

Acting Hong Kong head coach Herve Dagorne is anticipating a ‘special event’ when his riders go for glory at a home UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup meeting in March.

Ceci Lee Sze-wing wants to convert the stress of a home event into personal best performances. Photo: Dickson Lee.
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Hongkongers can succeed if North Koreans can, former world champion cyclist says

‘Athletes in North Korea may not have enough equipment but they are determined to succeed,’ Wong Kam-po says as he insists his city’s riders are well supported.

Wong Kam-po (right) believes Hong Kong’s cyclists have plenty of backing. Photo: Xinhua
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World’s best cycling teams invited as Hong Kong Cyclothon returns after 5 years

The Hong Kong 2023 Cyclothon will feature different race lengths for professionals, amateurs and family fun.

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World cycling’s governing body bans transgender athletes from women’s events

UCI says ban, which will come into effect on Monday, necessary to ‘ensure equal opportunities’.

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Cyclist Lee hopes to catch Japanese rival after another Asian Track Championships medal

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee Sze-wing adds an omnium silver to her scratch race bronze in Malaysia on Monday.

Ceci Lee Sze-wing (left) Photo: Handout
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Ceci Lee eyes another crack at Japan’s Kajihara in omnium at Asian championships

Hongkonger vows to learn from ‘mistakes’ she made in the scratch race, after she took bronze to follow medals for compatriots Yang Qianyu and Leung Chun-wing in Malaysia.

Asian Games 2023

Hong Kong Olympian Sarah Lee finally confirms retirement from cycling

Rumours have swirled for months about the 36-year-old cyclist’s future, and she finally admitted the time had come to stop during a speech at her graduation at Baptist University.

Asian Games 2023

Lee tipped to lead Hong Kong women’s cycling squad at Asian Games

Lee Sze-wing claims second ominum title at Hong Kong International Track Cup and is expected to compete in both road and track cycling in Hangzhou.

Lee Sze-wing has been tipped to lead the Hong Kong’s women at the Asian Games this September. Photo: Handout
LGBTQ

Cyclists back decision to ban transgender riders from elite races

Decision by British Cycling to ban transgender athletes from elite female races meets with universal support at Hong Kong International Track Cup.

Action from the second day of the Hong Kong International Track Cup. Photo: Handout
Asian Games 2023

Malaysia’s star cyclist Azizul backs heir apparent at International Track Cup

Veteran tips Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom to ‘take up my legacy’ after winning sprint and keirin on return to Hong Kong Velodrome, where he won World Championships gold in 2017.

Lee dominates on home track to claim omnium gold at Hong Kong international event

Lee dominates women’s omnium winning all 4 of the Olympic programme’s events to claim gold.

Malaysia’s finest heads 100 overseas stars this weekend at Hong Kong Velodrome

International Track Cup will see Hong Kong’s Yeung Cho-yiu chasing success in absence of veteran Sarah Lee, and is part of qualifying for this year’s track World Championships.

Leung Chun-wing (third from left) and his Hong Kong pursuit teammates could threaten their own national record with the backing of the home crowd. Photo: Nora Tam
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Alarm bells ringing for Hong Kong cyclists as official issues Olympics warning

Chairman of city’s Cycling Association highlights danger city’s team won’t qualify for the 2024 Games after disappointing displays in first two legs of Nations Cup.

Hong Kong’s To Cheuk-hei. Photo: May Tse
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Hong Kong to host first track cycling event for 2 years to avoid Worlds axe

UCI ranking points up for grabs at May’s Hong Kong Cup as Cycling Association acts to ensure city’s athletes will not be ruled out of inaugural World Championships showpiece.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong confirmed as host of 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup

Hong Kong will welcome back the track cycling event in March 2024 for the first international meet at its Tseung Kwan O velodrome in three years.

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