The UCI Track World Cup is back on the UCI International Calendar. In 2026, the series succeeds the UCI Track Nations Cup, offering a new stage for riders to light up velodromes in the run up to the 2026 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The first showdowns of the season are just around the corner, with round one of the 2026 UCI Track World Cup kicking off in early March in Perth, Australia.
3 x 3 days of pure thrills
Opened in 1989, Perth’s SpeedDome is a legendary venue that is well known to track specialists thanks to its having hosted the 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, the Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix, and training camps for multiple nations. For three days, from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 March, the SpeedDome will be the centre of track cycling attention, offering an intense and exciting programme.
There will be finals every day, with a program consisting of all Olympic Games track events – keirin, individual sprint, team sprint, Madison, team pursuit and omnium – along with the elimination race and side events that will showcase all kinds of talent. In Perth, spectators will have the opportunity to discover the stars of tomorrow during the youth scratch races and marvel at the 200m time trial by UCI Para-cycling Track World Champion Kane Perris (AUS).
From Perth, the series will move to Hong Kong (17-19 April) for a first stop in China ahead of the 2026 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai (14-18 October), before concluding at Nilai’s Velodrom Nasional Malaysia (24-26 April).
The calendar for the 2027 and 2028 editions of the UCI Track World Cup has already been confirmed, with three rounds each year in venues such as the Mattamy National Cycling Centre (Milton, Canada) and France’s Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, which hosted the track events at the recent Paris 2024 Olympic Games and which will stage the track races of the 2027 UCI Cycling World Championships.
Global stakes and international coverage
The UCI Track World Cup is contested by nations, with its general classification being based on the points scored by each country’s riders in the various events. As with the UCI Track Nations Cup in recent years, results in the UCI Track World Cup will play a crucial role in determining the disciplines rider quotas allocated to National Federations for the UCI World Championships and the Olympic Games.
With podium opportunities at every round and the possibility to compete for rainbow jerseys and Olympic medals on the line, the stakes are high, as reflected by the many stars already confirmed for Perth, including New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews, Great Britain’s Matthew Richardson, Mexico’s Yareli Acevedo, and Germany’s Roger Kluge and Lea Sophie Friedrich.
Fans worldwide will be able to follow the UCI Track World Cup thanks to WBD Sports’ extensive network and expertise. The series will enjoy broad pan-European and global coverage, complemented by a live stream on the UCI YouTube channel in territories where WBD does not provide UCI Track World Cup coverage. Highlights and updates will also be shared on social media and the official UCI website. Everything is set for another thrilling season!