Plans announced for a government-backed Cycling League Of India: a road competition for 8 IPL-style franchises of 10 riders, building on success of recent Pune Grand Tour. Why mention it? Because Escape Collective says it is 'not expected to be under the UCI's jurisdiction'. 🤨

A male keirin trainee has died following an accident at the Japan Keirin Training School. The unnamed rider is reported to have crashed during training on March 6. He was treated in hospital, but died in the early hours of March 13. www.keirin-autorace.or.jp/NEWS/2026031...

It wasn't the final anyone expected, and it surely wasn't the strategy she had planned - but Alessia McCaig went all-in with over two laps left, and had just about enough to hold off Lysenko for gold in Perth. globalkeirin.com/2026/03/mcca...

Great ride from Alessia McCaig 🇦🇺 from waaaaaaaay out to win the women's keirin in Perth. Gaps were opening before the pacer left the track: she found herself with six lengths on Lysenko, and decided to go all-in. Centimetres in it by the end, but enough for gold! 🥇

Awang isn't ruling out a run at LA28 Olympics! 'I need permission from my wife first. This is the last World Cup for me, then I just want to focus on the Commonwealth & Asian Games. I could do World Champs after that. But beyond that, I do not know.' www.nst.com.my/sports/cycli...

Big names fall in the women's keirin semis at Perth: Sato 🇯🇵 , Andrews 🇳🇿 & Friedrich 🇩🇪 all fail to make the final!

Start lists are in for Sunday's women's keirin in Perth: and right from the first heat, it's shaping up to be a cracking contest. Three races of 6 or 7, with the first two going straight to the semis, reps for the rest. globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0...

We found video of Awang's first round repechage win: this was pretty spectacular too! globalkeirin.com/race/ef506d9...

Not bad for a man on the verge of retirement. Amazing Awang wins in Perth. globalkeirin.com/2026/03/amaz...

Whaaat? The tv graphics gave it to Richardson, but the win goes to AWANG! Malaysia will be going mad right now.

A familiar face leading them round for today's keirin at the UCI Track World Cup in Perth: Shane Perkins! (📷 swpix)

Men's final at Perth in about 1h30 will be: Hoffman & Ryan 🇦🇺 , Richardson 🇬🇧 , Dornbach 🇩🇪 , Yakovlev 🇮🇱 and Awang 🇲🇾 . Tasty. Richo looked at ease in his semi. Great to see Awang make it all the way.

First round men's keirin at Perth went broadly as expected. Early finishes for Nulens and Szalontay, relegated in reps, and a double DNF for Ichida & Pettersen. Semi final startlists are in: the second one looks super spicy.

Start lists for Saturday's Track World Cup men's keirin in Perth: 3 heats of 7, first 2 in each go through. The field isn't stacked, with only 1/3 of the UCI top 50 attending: but the final will be juicy. Hoffman goes in heat 1, Richardson in heat 2, Awang in heat 3 globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0...

Mina Sato reposts MoreCadence's Instagram reel announcing the international stars set to compete in Japan later this year, and comments (in English): I look forward to seeing you soon in 🇯🇵 . Sounds like a challenge?! 🤞

World sprinting's two biggest stars are among the six athletes invited to compete in Japanese domestic keirin this summer in a newly formalised arrangement with the UCI. globalkeirin.com/2026/03/lavr...

Breaking: the six international riders competing in Japanese keirin this summer will be: - Women: Ellesse Andrews, Hetty van de Wouw, Mathilde Gros - Men: Harrie Lavreysen, Matthew Richardson, Joe Truman Not sure how this is a UCI announcement, but: www.uci.org/pressrelease...

Good luck to Australia's women's team pursuit squad, competing in Perth tomorrow against... nobody else. Poses a philosophical question: can it be a pursuit event if there's nobody to pursue? The UCI's supposedly revitalised Track World Cup is not getting off to a great start.

Expect much excitement at the return of Azizulhasni Awang, now 38, to top-level competition this weekend in Perth. The Malaysian superstar has a big year ahead, with a last home race at Nilai in April, then Commonwealth and Asian Games. Oh, and a Netflix documentary.

The 2026 UCI Track World Cup gets underway in Perth 🇦🇺 this weekend: men's keirin on Saturday, women on Sunday. Turnout of European nations was pretty low already, but now there are reports of some teams unable to travel due to Middle East disruption.

It's a double double for Lauriane Genest 🇨🇦: she completes a perfect week in Santiago, retaining her Panamerican sprint and keirin titles without losing a single race. globalkeirin.com/2026/02/gene...

PanAmerican champs, women's keirin final: Genest 🇨🇦 wins it again! Cuadrado 🇨🇴 second, McKee 🇺🇸 third.

The PanAm champs women's keirin schedule has been extremely compressed today. It's no surprise that the six riders contesting the title all avoided the extra ride of the repechage round. Some of those contesting 7-12 will have done 4 races in 3 hours or thereabouts.

Cuadrado 🇨🇴 wins first semi, McKee 🇺🇸 forces her way in front of the two Mexicans 🇲🇽 to claim the second spot, Verdugo through but Gaxiola misses out. Genest 🇨🇦 eases to victory in second semi, with Gaviria 🇨🇴 close behind and Vera 🇦🇷 holding on for third. To the finals!

First round complete in Santiago: Orban 🇨🇦 out after her crash, Wallace 🇹🇹 needed a rep but came through safely. Home crowd loved seeing Daniela Colilef 🇨🇱 win her rep! On to the semi finals...

Repechage start lists reissued following withdrawal of Orban panamericano2026.veloresults.com/Keirin/start...

PanAmerican champs, women's keirin: first round rep startlists are in, and it's win or go home. Two 3-ups, two 4-ups. Hoping our fallers are all ok to race again. globalkeirin.com/event/8cac1b...

Double crash in r1 of women's keirin: Orban falls exiting corner 2 in the last lap of her heat, and two riders behind hit the deck trying to avoid her. Racing now resumed after a short delay. Live stream at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aav7...

Women's keirin final from British national championships in Manchester last night. An all Team Inspired (national squad) lineup, and a huge win for Emma Finucane. Makes her move from 5th with 2 laps left, and nobody can stay with her. Wow. www.youtube.com/live/mE-Nyx4...

Genest 🇨🇦 won PanAm sprint and keirin in Asunción last year. Having already won the sprint title this week in perfect fashion, qualifying fastest then winning every ride, can she make it a double double in Santiago today?

Interesting to note the USA 🇺🇸 lineup selections at PanAms. Yoslov got 3rd overall in match sprint on Friday, losing only to the eventual winner Genest - but sits out today's keirin. In comes McKee, who didn't do sprint. Hayes (knocked out of sprint quarters by Genest) back for more.

Women's keirin at PanAm champs today. 22 on the start list, so it's first and second to proceed directly, with everyone else going to a must-win rep. Starts 11.00 local (14.00 GMT), with no intermission! Expect live video stream at www.youtube.com/@fdnciclismo...

This is a bit of fun: Ellesse Andrews takes a first timer on the velodrome youtu.be/X8qUXLd3OdM?...

We love ski (and snowboard) cross. Like keirin on snow - slow then fast, shoulder to shoulder racing, progressing through the rounds, potential for high drama. Glad keirin isn't 4 races in an hour though!

Your PanAmerican podium: same three as last year, in a different order. 🥇 Nicholas Paul 🇹🇹 🥈 Kevin Quintero 🇨🇴 🥉 Nick Wammes 🇨🇦 globalkeirin.com/2026/02/nich...

PanAms final - we're still waiting for formal confirmation of the result, but based on video: Nicholas Paul 🇹🇹 takes it ahead of Quintero 🇨🇴, reversing last year's result in Asunción. Wammes 🇨🇦 gets another bronze. Ortega 🇨🇴 won the minor final.

UCI rankings for your PanAm men's keirin finalists: Nicholas Paul 🇹🇹 2 (2025 🥈) Nick Wammes 🇨🇦 7 (2025 🥉) Kevin Quintero 🇨🇴 9 (2025 🥇) Njisane Phillip 🇹🇹 16 Luis Oscar Vilar 🇦🇷 18 James Hedgcock 🇨🇦 32

Confirmation of the semi final results from the men's keirin at PanAm champs.

Well those weren't the PanAm semi final lineups which were originally published? But anyway: Ortega is the big name to miss out on the final, only managing fourth in the second semi. Final will be: Phillip 🇹🇹 , Wammes 🇨🇦 , Vilar 🇦🇷 , Paul 🇹🇹 , Quintero 🇨🇴 , Hedgcock 🇨🇦 (probably)

Two juicy semi finals coming up at PanAms! 4 from the current world top 21 in that second semi, with only 3 making the final. We have a few hours gap now, see you later this evening.

Semi final lineup complete at PanAms. Tang🇺🇸 is the highest-ranked man not to proceed from first round: he found himself in a tough rep vs Da Silva 🇧🇷 with only 1 spot available. Start lists shortly.

Weird: the UCI's PDF of track cycling records lists Finucane's flying 200 at Konya as 9"959 - but it was timed at the time (and publicised by UCI channels) as 9.759. x.com/UCI_Track/st... (PanAm organisers are quoting 9.959 in their graphics, presumably because that's what's in the UCI doc.)

Yes - we ARE getting a stream of the full PanAm champs programme! It's live right now, with the women's F200 qualifying. Men's keirin first round will follow straight after. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk2l...

Men's keirin today at PanAm champs! First round startlist is in: 4 races of 6, two go through. globalkeirin.com/event/8cac1b... The entire programme was streamed live on YouTube yesterday: hoping we get the same today! www.youtube.com/@fdnciclismo...

It's the turn of the Americas to host their continental championships this week, in Santiago de Chile 🇨🇱 : men's keirin on Thurs, women's on Sun. Canada, Mexico & Colombia all expected to send their top sprinters. Chilean fed website mentions streaming on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@fdnciclismo...

Wins for Australia's Hoffman & McCaig in last week's Oceania Track Champs keirin competitions. Full results and video: globalkeirin.com/2026/02/hoff...

This week's it's Oceania's continental championships, hosted by Cycling New Zealand in Cambridge. Keirin for elite men and women will take place on Friday (late Thursday in Europe). Free live streams on YouTube! Details appearing at www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/oceania-trac...

Martha Bayona accepts her 18-month suspension: ‘The events were human errors, committed in a particularly complex period of my life’ www.trackpiste.com/2026/02/bayo...

◻️ Suspensión de 18 meses para la colombiana Martha Bayona por tres fallos de localización ◼️ Colombian Martha Bayona suspended for 18 months for three location faults www.trackpiste.com/2026/02/susp...

That squeak in Carlton Kirby's voice in the final seconds of the #EuroTrack26 men's keirin final. I don't think we've heard a noise like that emerging from him since 'HIS CHAIN'S OFF! HIS CHAIN'S OFF!' What is it about that man and Turkish races? 🤭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuFN...