Update: 6th March 2018, Tuesday
Congratulations to all winners! That brings the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships to an end. We’ll see you back here for next years World Championships in Poland’s velodrome, the BGŻ Arena starting February 26, 2019.
The 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships is about to take place in Holland’s velodrome, the Omnisport Apeldoorn. Having been founded in 1893, the World Championships includes some of the most prestigious track cycling events such as time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium, and Madison (better known as The American).
The opening show commences on Tuesday, 27th February 2018 with the action starting the next day from February 28 – March 4. Live coverage will be available through BBC’s Red Button (UK), or via the official UCI YouTube Channel. Here are the match coverage breakdown for the different countries:
For other places to watch, view the official 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships broadcaster list here.
Live Results
(Updated: 6th March 2018)
DAY 1
- Women’s Scratch Race – WILD Kirsten (Netherlands)
- Women’s Team Sprint – WELTE / VOGEL (Germany)
- Men’s Team Sprint – THOENDERDAAL / LAVREYSEN / HOOGLAND (Netherlands)
DAY 2
- Men’s Keirin – PUERTAS ZAPATA Fabian Hernando (Colombia)
- Men’s Scratch Race – KARALIOK Yauheni (Belarus)
- Men’s Team Pursuit – CLANCY / EMADI / TANFIEL. / HAYTER (Great Britain)
- Women’s Team Pursuit – VALENTE / DYGERT / GEIST / CATLIN (USA)
DAY 3
- Men’s Individual Pursuit – GANNA Filippo (Italy)
- Men’s Points Race 40km – MEYER Cameron (Australia)
- Women’s Sprint – VOGEL Kristina (Germany)
- Women’s Omnium – WILD Kirsten (Netherlands)
DAY 4
- Men’s Sprint – GLAETZER Matthew (Australia)
- Men’s Omnium – SAJNOK Szymon (Poland)
- Women’s 500m (Time Trial) – WELTE Miriam (Germany)
- Women’s Individual Pursuit – DYGERT Chloe (USA)
- Women’s Madison 30km – ARCHIBALD Katie / NELSON Emily (Great Britain)
DAY 5
- Men’s Kilometre Time Trial – HOOGLAND Jeffrey (Netherlands)
- Men’s Madison 50km – KLUGE Roger / REINHARDT Theo (Germany)
- Women’s Keirin – BASOVA Liubov (Ukraine)
- Women’s Points Race 25km – WILD Kirsten (Netherlands)
View the official results from Tissot Timing here.
2018 Track Cycling World Championships Schedule
Event Period: Wednesday 28 February – Sunday 4 March
Live Stream: Starting on 28 February (Wednesday) at 1400GMT.
February 27 (Tuesday)
Opening Show
(19:00-21:00GMT) Opening Show
February 28 (Wednesday)
Opening Ceremony
(17:10GMT) Opening Ceremony
Scratch 10km
(14:00-15:44GMT) Final: Women’s Scratch 10km
(14:00-15:44GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Scratch 10km
Team Pursuit
(14:00-15:44GMT) Qualifying: Men’s Team Pursuit
(14:00-15:44GMT) Qualifying: Women’s Team Pursuit
(17:30-20:02GMT) 1st Round: Men’s Team Pursuit
Team Sprint
(14:00-15:44GMT) Qualifying: Men’s Team Sprint
(14:00-15:44GMT) Qualifying: Women’s Team Sprint
(17:30-20:02GMT) 1st Round: Men’s Team Sprint
(17:30-20:02GMT) 1st Round: Women’s Team Sprint
(17:30-20:02GMT) Final: Men’s Team Sprint
(17:30-20:02GMT) Final: Women’s Team Sprint
(17:30-20:02GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Team Sprint
(17:30-20:02GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Team Sprint
March 1 (Thursday)
Keirin
(13:30-15:44GMT) 1st Round: Men’s Keirin
(13:30-15:44GMT) Repechages: Men’s Keirin
(17:30-20:21GMT) 2nd Round: Men’s Keirin
(17:30-20:21GMT) Final 7-12 Places: Men’s Keirin
(17:30-20:21GMT) Final 1-6 Places: Men’s Keirin
(17:30-20:21GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Keirin
Scratch 15km
(14:00-15:44GMT) Final: Men’s Scratch 15km
(14:00-15:44GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Scratch 15km
Sprint
(13:30-15:44GMT) Qualifying: Women’s 200m Sprint (Time Trial)
(13:30-15:44GMT) 1/16 Final: Women’s Sprint
(13:30-15:44GMT) 1/8 Final: Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:21GMT) 1/4 Final (1st): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:21GMT) 1/4 Final (2nd): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:21GMT) 1/4 Final (3rd): Women’s Sprint
Team Pursuit
(17:30-20:21GMT) 1st Round: Women’s Team Pursuit
(17:30-20:21GMT) Finals: Women’s Team Pursuit
(17:30-20:21GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Team Pursuit
(17:30-20:21GMT) Finals: Men’s Team Pursuit
(17:30-20:21GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Team Pursuit
March 2 (Friday)
Individual Pursuit
(12:30-16:08GMT) Qualifying: Men’s Individual Pursuit
(17:30-20:37GMT) Finals: Men’s Individual Pursuit
(17:30-20:37GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Individual Pursuit
Omnium
(12:30-16:08GMT) Omnium I: Women’s Scratch 7.5km
(12:30-16:08GMT) Omnium II: Women’s Tempo Race 7.5km
(17:30-20:37GMT) Omnium III: Women’s Elimination
(17:30-20:37GMT) Omnium IV: Women’s Final Points race 20km
(17:30-20:37GMT) Omnium: Women’s Award Ceremony
Points Race 40km
(17:30-20:37GMT) Final: Men’s
(17:30-20:37GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s
Sprint
(12:30-16:08GMT) Qualifying: Men’s 200m Sprint (Time Trial)
(12:30-16:08GMT) 1/16 Final: Men’s Sprint
(12:30-16:08GMT) 1/8 Final: Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) 1/2 Final (1st): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) 1/2 Final (2nd): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) 1/2 Final (3rd): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) Final (1st): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) Final (2nd): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) Final (3rd): Women’s Sprint
(17:30-20:37GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Sprint
March 3 (Saturday)
500m Time Trial
(13:00-15:48GMT) Qualifying: Women’s 500m (Time Trial)
(17:30-20:54GMT) Finals: Women’s 500m (Time Trial)
(17:30-20:54GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s 500m (Time Trial)
Individual Pursuit
(13:00-15:48GMT) Qualifying: Women’s Individual Pursuit
(17:30-20:54GMT) Finals: Women’s Individual Pursuit
(17:30-20:54GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Individual Pursuit
Madison 30km
(17:30-20:54GMT) Final: Women’s Madison 30km
(17:30-20:54GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Madison 30km
Omnium
(13:00-15:48GMT) Omnium I: Men’s Scratch 10km
(13:00-15:48GMT) Omnium II: Men’s Tempo Race 10km
(17:30-20:54GMT) Omnium III: Men’s Elimination
(17:30-20:54GMT) Omnium IV: Men’s Final Points race 25km
(17:30-20:54GMT) Omnium: Men’s Award Ceremony
Sprint
(13:00-15:48GMT) 1/4 Final (1st): Men’s Sprint
(13:00-15:48GMT) 1/4 Final (2nd): Men’s Sprint
(13:00-15:48GMT) 1/4 Final (3rd): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) 1/2 Final (1st): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) 1/2 Final (2nd): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) 1/2 Final (3rd): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) Final (1st): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) Final (2nd): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) Final (3rd): Men’s Sprint
(17:30-20:54GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Sprint
March 4 (Sunday)
Kilometre Time Trial
(10:00-11:11GMT) Qualifying: Men’s 1km (Time Trial)
(12:30-15:22GMT) Finals: Men’s 1km (Time Trial)
(12:30-15:22GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s 1km (Time Trial)
Keirin
(10:00-11:11GMT) 1st Round: Women’s Keirin
(10:00-11:11GMT) Repechages: Women’s Keirin
(12:30-15:22GMT) 2nd Round: Women’s Keirin
(12:30-15:22GMT) Final 7-12 Places: Women’s Keirin
(12:30-15:22GMT) Final 1-6 Places: Women’s Keirin
(12:30-15:22GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s Keirin
Madison 50km
(12:30-15:22GMT) Final: Men’s Madison 50km
(12:30-15:22GMT) Award Ceremony: Men’s Madison 50km
Points Race 25km
(12:30-15:22GMT) Final: Women’s
(12:30-15:22GMT) Award Ceremony: Women’s
Track Cycling World Championships Resources
Official Event Page Here.
Official Schedule Here.
BBC Resources
Programme Page Here.
Stream Page Here.
UCI Resources
UCI’s Official YouTube Channel.
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