Editing Track cycling (section)

== Major competitive events ==

=== Olympic Games ===

There were six events in [[track cycling at the Olympics]] in 2024: [[team sprint]], [[Sprint (track cycling)|match sprint]], [[keirin]], [[omnium]], [[team pursuit]], and [[Madison (cycling)|Madison]].<ref name=uci2020>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.uci.org/docs/default-source/official-documents/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/calculation-of-olympic-rankings-track-final-en-as-of-13.12.19.pdf|title=UCI OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION RANKINGS – TOKYO 2020|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)|date=13 December 2019|quote=Nation ranking per gender established for each of the Olympic events (Team Sprint, Sprint, Keirin, Team Pursuit, Madison, Omnium)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927122814/https://archive.uci.org/docs/default-source/official-documents/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/calculation-of-olympic-rankings-track-final-en-as-of-13.12.19.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The Madison was added in the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020 Olympics]] held in 2021;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madison: Everything you need to know about the new event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics |last=Bonville-Ginn |first=Tim |work=cyclingweekly.com |date=27 July 2021 |url= https://www.cyclingweekly.com/olympics-track-cycling-madison}}</ref> the other races had been held in previous Games. There are separate races of each type for men and women;<ref name=uci2020/> until the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] there were fewer events for women.

=== World Championships ===
[[File:Manchester Velodrome 2011.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The [[Manchester Velodrome]], a banked [[Siberian Pine]]-surfaced track, which has hosted the [[UCI World Championships]] on three occasions and home to [[British Cycling]].]]
The [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] are held every year, usually in March or April at the end of the winter track season. There are currently (2024) 22 events in the World Championships, 11 for men and 11 for women. Qualification places are determined by different countries performance during the World Cup Classic series held through the season.

=== World Cup ===

The [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup]] series consists of six meetings, held in different countries beginning annually in October, and finishing in January.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/news/2019/a-new-structure-to-strengthen-the-appeal-of-track-cycling|title=A new structure to strengthen the appeal of track cycling|website=UCI|language=en|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref> These meetings include 17 of the 19 events (excluding the omnium for men and women) that take place in a World Championship over three days.

Events won and points scored by the riders throughout this series count towards qualification places individually and for their nation in the [[UCI World Championships|World Championships]] at the end of the season. The overall leader in each event may wear a white points leaders jersey at each race, with the overall winner at the end of the season may keep the jersey and wear it at the World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trackworldcup.hk/|title=Cycling lovers - UCI Track Cycling World Cups and Championships|website=UCI Track Cycling World Cup|language=en-US|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> Riders compete for either national teams or trade teams, though the future of trade teams is unknown after controversial decisions by the UCI to eliminate World Cup events, and replace them with Nation's Cup events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/2019/07/commentary/the-outer-line-the-ucis-new-track-cycling-model-is-a-step-backwards_495513|title=The Outer Line: The UCI's new track cycling model is a step backwards|date=1 July 2019|website=VeloNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>

=== Ranking ===

The [[UCI Track Cycling World Ranking]] is based upon the results in all [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]]-sanctioned races over a twelve-month period. The ranking includes an individual and a nations ranking and includes the disciplines: [[individual pursuit]], [[points race]], [[scratch race|scratch]], [[sprint (cycling)|sprint]], [[time trial]], [[keirin]], [[omnium]], [[team pursuit]], [[team sprint]] and [[Madison (cycling)|madison]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/track/rankings|title=Rankings|website=UCI|language=en|access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref>