Former DerbyWheel CEO James Pope is behind plans to revive the London Nocturne next June. It is listed in the UCI 2026 calendar as a Pro Criterium event, like the Tour De France's crits in Singapore and Saitama - which are more about spectacle than sport. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/11/03/c...

Im Chae-bin, the dominant rider in Korean keirin, was beaten today for only the second time this year. His main rival, Jeong Jong-Jin (in black) held on for the win in the Special Final at Gwangmyeong.

DerbyWheel's calendar has updated, in the light of the message earlier this week from DJ Hyun. No date for test event, but still at Newport. Competition to start some time in 2026, initially every other week, moving to weekly in 2027. globalkeirin.com/2025/11/derb...

'Even if there is a further delay, DerbyWheel will be implemented': president promises a revised launch plan for international keirin competition early next year, following a series of 'internal and external challenges' in both Seoul and London. globalkeirin.com/2025/10/derb...

🚨 DERBYWHEEL UPDATE 🚨 New message from president DJ Hyun posted on the website's homepage. 'irresponsible to remain silent ... The project is moving forward with commitment and care... revised launch plan early next year ... including races on a indoor 400 m track in Asia'

We detected some tweaking of DerbyWheel's website in recent days, but no new news, and no change to the Calendar, still promising an exhibition event before end 2025. Ross Edgar (Beijing 2008 🥈) is now listed as Director of DerbyWheel Player Ltd.

AND SATO RETAINS THE RAINBOWS! 🇯🇵 🌈 #Santiago2025

Nothing to do with keirin, but... chapeau, Elia Viviani. What a way to go out. 🌈 #Santiago2025

Can Sato retain the rainbow jersey, and defend the world title in Japan's signature cycling event? She is just one ride away! #Santiago2025 📷 swpix

Your women's world championship final will be: Finucane, Vece, Sato, Cuadrado, Friedrich... and, arriving under the radar, Australia's Alessia McCaig. Medals could go anywhere. #Santiago2025

Hetty's quest definitely ends this time: 4th in the first semi, pipped at the line by defending champion Sato, and misses the medal race. Finucane and Vece first and second. #Santiago2025

Here are your semi finals. Three from each go to the medal race, three compete in the minor final for 7-12. www.tissottiming.com/2025/ctrwch/... #Santiago2025

Confirmed - van de Wouw makes it through, with Nakazawa relegated for riding on the blue band. #Santiago2025

Hang on... van de Wouw looked to be out, fifth place behind Nakazawa in the last quarter final. But someone got relegated? She got through? #Santiago2025

Start lists for the quarter finals: 4 go through, 2 go home, no second chances. We aren't going to bother with predictions. www.tissottiming.com/2025/ctrwch/... #Santiago2025

Reps are complete, and the highest ranked casualties of round one are: V Jabornikova, Orban, Mohd Asri and Pröpster. Quarters coming up in just over an hour. #Santiago2025

REPS STARTING ALREADY?! We called 10 of the 12 first-round qualifiers in our preview. 😉 Lysenko & Izzah Izzati, the two we got wrong, go in the same rep heat... with only two places available. #Santiago2025

Repechage start lists are in. Three heats of 7, first 2 go through. www.tissottiming.com/2025/ctrwch/... #Santiago2025

Women's world championship gets started in just over an hour. Can Hetty make history, again? Or can Sato go one better than in the sprint, and retain her rainbow jersey? The winner faces 4 races - 5, if she needs a repechage - in less than five hours. #Santiago2025 globalkeirin.com/2025/10/hett...

Lavreysen admitted to Dutch broadcaster NOS last night: he wants four world titles. 'I wanted to wait and see how this part went before I expressed that ambition, but now that is a very nice goal.' Kilo is today. Sprint starts on Sat, finishes Sun.

Lavreysen reclaims his rainbow jersey, taking a fourth world keirin title in Santiago by more than a bike-length. #Santiago2025 globalkeirin.com/2025/10/lavr...

Lavreysen is back in business, winning his semi in Santiago, with Yakovlev making it 3 wins from 3 in the other. Quintero, Hoffman, Hoogland and Ota will join them in the final, in just under an hour. globalkeirin.com/2025/10/harr... #Santiago2025

RICHARDSON OUT! #Santiago2025

Quarter final start lists are in: Lavreysen and Richardson are both in heat 2, with Ota, Barber, Paul & Derache. Two of those six won't see the semis. Wow. www.tissottiming.com/2025/ctrwch/... #Santiago2025

With so many strong riders in the men's keirin at #Santiago2025 it was inevitable that some big names wouldn't get beyond the first round. Yamasaki must surrender his 🌈 jersey. Also going home early: Dornbach, Ortega, Wammes, Dodyk, Nulens, van Loon & Moro. Quarters in 30-40 min

The world champion has fallen! 🌈 Yamasaki can only manage third in his rep; Čechman will go on to the quarters. #Santiago2025

No trouble for Lavreysen, safely through his first round rep. Bigger challenges await. #Santiago2025

Startlists for the reps are in. Yamasaki must beat Spiegel, Wammes & Cechman or it's 👋 🌈 . Lavreysen should be ok. Nakano must beat Dodyk & Nulens. Heat 6 is a belter, with only one of Ortega, Dornbach, Phillip or Derache to go through. Starts in 30 mins! www.tissottiming.com/2025/ctrwch/...

Would you believe it, Harrie Lavreysen only third in his heat, and must go via the reps. Richo second behind Nicholas Paul, but that's enough. Heat winners: Hoogland, Ota, Ledingham-Horn, Quintero, Paul & Yakovlev. Reps in 45 minutes.

We're expecting some exciting keirin contests in Santiago, but will we see a better ride than Wakimoto's victory today in Japan? The country's no2 ranked rider was nowhere with a lap to go, but won by two lengths. What could he do in UCI competition? morecadence.jp/keirin/223818

We wrote a preview of today's men's keirin first round. But with 30 of the world's top 36 sprinters lining up, the only certainty is a day of thrilling racing. Six heats, two go through from each. It all starts at 11am Santiago time, 3pm UK, 11pm Tokyo. globalkeirin.com/2025/10/no-e...

Start lists are in for Round 1 of today's men's keirin at the UCI world championships. Two go through from each heat, everyone else to reps. Racing starts 11am Santiago (3pm UK, 11pm Tokyo); finals at 7.50pm local (bedtime UK, breakfast Tokyo) www.tissottiming.com/2025/ctrwch/...

With a home Commonwealth Games on the horizon, it's a surprise to see Jack Carlin calling it a day. But he says his motivation had been 'dwindling' for some time. globalkeirin.com/2025/10/scot...

Sato and Yamasaki head to Santiago, hoping to defend their UCI world keirin championships. The men race on Thursday, the women on Sunday. globalkeirin.com/2025/10/japa...

Six international stars will be invited to compete in Japanese domestic keirin next summer, for the first time since 2019. globalkeirin.com/2025/10/inte...

Very minor update to DerbyWheel website in the past couple of days, really just to remove James Pope from the management list. But no new news article, and no calendar update: still saying 'exhibition race 2nd half of 2025 (TBC), regular race every 2 weeks from Jan 2026'.

Japan's modernised keirin series Pist6 looked like the model for DerbyWheel. Unfortunately, Pist6's future doesn't look much brighter than DerbyWheel's right now: it has announced a halt to 2025 operations. globalkeirin.com/2025/09/japa...

It's now exactly 500 days since the last news article was posted on DerbyWheel's website.

Another corporate registration update! The ownership stake in DerbyWheel Player Ltd, previously held by James Pope through his Koru Sports Group, appears to have been transferred to Korean company president DJ Hyun. globalkeirin.com/2025/08/derb...

Another minor DerbyWheel Player Ltd update: James Pope's company, Koru Sports Group is no longer listed as a 'person with significant control' of DerbyWheel's UK entity.

DerbyWheel's UK entity has moved its formal business address to a London office block, following the exit of CEO James Pope. We aren't reading anything into it. globalkeirin.com/2025/08/derb...

HE'S DONE IT AGAIN?! Image on Emma Finucane's Instagram story a few mins ago suggests Matthew Richardson has just done 8.857, beating yesterday's new flying 200 world record! Not yet clear whether it's all official...

We're only seeing it from one source at the moment, can't find anything official, but... TrackPiste is reporting that Richardson is going back into the Konya velodrome tomorrow, Friday, same time - for another go? Wow. www.trackpiste.com/2025/08/matt...

Richardson goes faster than the world record, not for the first time in his life. This one looks likely to stand, though. globalkeirin.com/2025/08/rich...

The official timing website has finally updated, so we guess that's confirmed: Matthew Richardson 🇬🇧 is the first man to go under 9 seconds for the flying 200 metres! He records a time of 8.941 in Konya today, beating Lavreysen's previous record of 9.088.

Konya scoreboard shows 8.941 - new F200 world record for Richardson!

Richardson's attempt at the Flying 200 world record set for 3.55pm in Konya (1.55pm London) today, with livestream on British Cycling's Instagram www.instagram.com/britishcycli... Official timing for Richo, plus Tanfield & Bjergfelt's hour efforts at britishcyclingrecords.veloresults.com/Live

As we suspected: DerbyWheel CEO James Pope has now cut another tie to the project globalkeirin.com/2025/07/corp...

James Pope has edited his LinkedIn profile, adding an end date to his time as CEO of DerbyWheel. globalkeirin.com/2025/06/link...

We echo Track Piste's article at the weekend, wondering how the highly technical sport of track cycling still runs entirely on printouts being pinned to a board at track centre. Irritating for participants; impossible for anyone not present to follow. www.trackpiste.com/2025/06/el-a...