Track cycling’s flagship event, the Track Champions League, has been axed after four years in a surprise move by the sport’s governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and its broadcaster Warner Bros. Discovery.
The league was inaugurated in 2021 as an annual exhibition series of five fast-paced rounds taking place across Europe, with many of the world’s top riders taking part in either endurance and sprint categories. The series made tweaks to the Olympic format of some disciplines with the intention of making track cycling appealing to a wider audience, and it drew in large crowds throughout the 2025 edition, with the final round - held at London’s Lee Valley velodrome - sold out.
