UCI Track World Championships 2022: Race schedule, contenders and how to watch
UCI Tissot World Track Championships 2022
Location: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris)
Dates: October 12 – October 16
As the road racing calendar steadily grinds to a halt, track cycling sets the stage for its biggest event of the year.
The World Track Championships, first held in Chicago, USA in 1893, award rainbow jerseys in a number of disciplines. Currently these are: Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit, Keirin, Time Trial, Points Race, Scratch Race, Elimination Race, Sprint, Team Sprint, Omnium, and Madison.
This year’s event is scheduled to take place at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, located 12 miles southwest of Paris, France. This is the 15th time that France is hosting Track Worlds and the second in as many years, following last year’s event in Roubaix.
The 2022 Tissot UCI Track World Championships will begin with an Opening Ceremony at 17:00 BST (18:00 CET) on Wednesday 12 October. The race begins shortly thereafter and continues each evening, ending on Sunday afternoon October 16th.
Below is the five day programme, complete with the medal finals scheduled to take place each day.
List of Medal Finals (BST)
Wednesday, October 12 – 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m
Ladies Scratch – 10 km
Women’s team sprint
Men’s team sprint
Thursday, October 13 – 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m
Team Pursuit Men
elimination of women
Keirin for men
Men’s Scratch – 15 km
Women’s team pursuit
Friday, October 14 – 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m
Men’s points race – 40 km
Kilometer time trial men (kilo)
Individual pursuit men
Women’s Sprint
Omnium of women
Women’s Sprint
Saturday 15 October – 4:30pm to 7:50pm
Women’s 500 meter time trial
Women’s Madison – 30 km
Individual tracking of women
Men’s Omnium
Sunday, October 16 – 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m
Women’s points race – 25 km
Men’s sprint
Lords Madison – 50 km
Keirin for women
elimination of men
Who are the contenders?
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Most British cycling fans will know Ethan Hayter for his success on the road with Ineos Grenadiers. However, his journey on two wheels began when he was 13 at his local velodrome in Herne Hill. Since then, the Londoner has won rainbow jerseys on the track in the team pursuit and omnium, as well as a silver medal in the Madison at last year’s Olympics.
Hayter joins Ethan Vernon, Ollie Wood, Dan Bigham, Rhys Britton and Will Perrett on Britain’s long-distance squad. The group’s main goal is likely to be the team pursuit, but they’ll need to fend off Olympic champions Italy if they want to claim the rainbow ribbons.
When it comes to sprinting, 25 years old Harry Lawreysen is probably the best in the world. The Dutchman is a nine-time world champion, six-time European champion and the owner of two Olympic gold medals. Every race Lavreysen starts, you don’t want to bet against his powerful kick.
Likewise German speedster Emma Hinze comes to this year’s Worlds in amazing form. Already in August she stormed to European titles in the sprint, team sprint and 500-meter time trial. It will take something special to stop either Hinze or her compatriot Lea Sophie Friedrich prevalent in Paris.
In the women’s endurance competitions Klara Copponi hopes to repeat her memorable road season, which saw her sprint to her first pro wins. The FDJ Suez Futuroscope rider won the gold medal in the Omnium at this year’s European Championships and is therefore the clear favorite at the World Championships.
Five years ago, Near Evans Balancing her career as a veterinarian with her career as an athlete. Now she is an Olympic silver medalist. The 32-year-old was one of the standout athletes at this year’s British Track Championships, where she clinched three new titles in all endurance disciplines. Evans is likely to be an important part of the British team pursuit, where she will compete alongside Olympic gold medalists Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald.
how to watch
All evening events will be broadcast live on BBC Red Button in the UK.
The events will also be broadcast live on Eurosport; However, they are not currently listed on the GCN+ schedule.