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UCI Track Cycling World Cup
The UCI Track Cycling World Cup is a multi-race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held in a different country. The six-meeting series begins in Paris and concludes in Hong Kong.
Ceci Lee and Chloe Leung with their silver medals from the AusCycling National Madison Championships. Photo: Cycling Association of Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee wins Australian title after ‘aggressive’ ride stuns hosts

City’s cycling team compete in three-day Melbourne event, Lee pairs with Chloe Leung for Madison silver after claiming omnium gold.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong cycling coach has 2025 planning problem amid UCI Nations Cup confusion

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Leung shows cracked helmet after horror crash at cycling’s Track Nations Cup

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Nations Cup organisers relaxed over small crowds, say no government targets were set

Tracks Nations Cup organisers say they were under no pressure to deliver specific revenue or attendance figures, despite government granting the event ‘M’ Mark status.

The UCI Track Nations Cup attracted a number of elite riders, but few paying spectators. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong star Ceci Lee struggles with expectations in omnium disappointment

Olympic hopeful struggles under weight of her own expectation during Sunday’s Nations Cup omnium race, says she was ‘thinking about all the people who wanted us to have good results’.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Team GB and Australia produce compelling races, but Track Nations Cup falls flat

The Track Nations Cup attracted only a smattering of paying punters to Hong Kong Velodrome on Friday, but stayaways missed top-class racing.

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Hong Kong Olympic hopeful Ceci Lee backed to handle ‘stress’ of major home races

Cycling head coach Herve Dagorne is confident Lee will manage the ‘stress’ of racing in a home Nations Cup, in which crucial Olympic qualification points are up for grabs.

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee Sze-wing (white hat) and Yang Qianyu (blue hat) on Cycling Road- Woman’s CSC Cycling Road Course (139.7Km) during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, Thousand-Island Lake at Tonglu. 04OCT23 SCMP/ Dickson Lee.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong cycling head tells shy riders to ‘take risks’ in major home event

Acting Hong Kong head coach Herve Dagorne is anticipating a ‘special event’ when his riders go for glory at a home UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup meeting in March.

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Hongkongers can succeed if North Koreans can, former world champion cyclist says

‘Athletes in North Korea may not have enough equipment but they are determined to succeed,’ Wong Kam-po says as he insists his city’s riders are well supported.

Hong Kong

World’s best cycling teams invited as Hong Kong Cyclothon returns after 5 years

The Hong Kong 2023 Cyclothon will feature different race lengths for professionals, amateurs and family fun.

The Hong Kong Cyclothon was put on pause because of political unrest and the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
LGBTQ

World cycling’s governing body bans transgender athletes from women’s events

UCI says ban, which will come into effect on Monday, necessary to ‘ensure equal opportunities’.

A UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) official performs a technical control on AG2R Citroen Team bicycles before the start of the 11th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France. Photo: AFP
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Cyclist Lee hopes to catch Japanese rival after another Asian Track Championships medal

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee Sze-wing adds an omnium silver to her scratch race bronze in Malaysia on Monday.

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Ceci Lee eyes another crack at Japan’s Kajihara in omnium at Asian championships

Hongkonger vows to learn from ‘mistakes’ she made in the scratch race, after she took bronze to follow medals for compatriots Yang Qianyu and Leung Chun-wing in Malaysia.

Asian Games 2023

Hong Kong Olympian Sarah Lee finally confirms retirement from cycling

Rumours have swirled for months about the 36-year-old cyclist’s future, and she finally admitted the time had come to stop during a speech at her graduation at Baptist University.

Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee celebrates winning bronze in the sprint at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: AFP
Asian Games 2023

Lee tipped to lead Hong Kong women’s cycling squad at Asian Games

Lee Sze-wing claims second ominum title at Hong Kong International Track Cup and is expected to compete in both road and track cycling in Hangzhou.

Lee Sze-wing has been tipped to lead the Hong Kong’s women at the Asian Games this September. Photo: Handout
LGBTQ

Cyclists back decision to ban transgender riders from elite races

Decision by British Cycling to ban transgender athletes from elite female races meets with universal support at Hong Kong International Track Cup.

Asian Games 2023

Malaysia’s star cyclist Azizul backs heir apparent at International Track Cup

Veteran tips Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom to ‘take up my legacy’ after winning sprint and keirin on return to Hong Kong Velodrome, where he won World Championships gold in 2017.

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Lee dominates on home track to claim omnium gold at Hong Kong international event

Lee dominates women’s omnium winning all 4 of the Olympic programme’s events to claim gold.

Lee Sze-wing (left) and Shin Ji-eun of South Korea in the points race of the omnium. Photo: HKCA

Malaysia’s finest heads 100 overseas stars this weekend at Hong Kong Velodrome

International Track Cup will see Hong Kong’s Yeung Cho-yiu chasing success in absence of veteran Sarah Lee, and is part of qualifying for this year’s track World Championships.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Alarm bells ringing for Hong Kong cyclists as official issues Olympics warning

Chairman of city’s Cycling Association highlights danger city’s team won’t qualify for the 2024 Games after disappointing displays in first two legs of Nations Cup.

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Hong Kong to host first track cycling event for 2 years to avoid Worlds axe

UCI ranking points up for grabs at May’s Hong Kong Cup as Cycling Association acts to ensure city’s athletes will not be ruled out of inaugural World Championships showpiece.

Ceci Lee Sze-wing is off to an unbeaten start in 2023. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong confirmed as host of 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup

Hong Kong will welcome back the track cycling event in March 2024 for the first international meet at its Tseung Kwan O velodrome in three years.

Hong Kong’s Law Tsz-chun (left) pursues Matsui Koyu of Japan in the sprint at the 2021 Nations Cup in Tseung Kwan O. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong’s Lee Sze-wing hopes golden end to 2022 bodes well for year ahead

The 21-year-old targets success at next month’s UCI Nations Cup after winning gold, silver and bronze at China Track National Championships.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Missing bike and lack of practice comes back to haunt Hong Kong cyclists

Rising star Lee Sze-wing one of 5 city athletes whose bicycles went missing on trip from Hong Kong to Colombia, leaving her to borrow teammate’s bike for UCI Nations Cup races in Colombia.

Sarah Lee Wai-sze

Sarah Lee returns for UCI Nations Cup – but admits ‘form isn’t good’

Double Olympic medal-winning track cyclist part of 11-strong Hong Kong squad in Colombia, but is ‘nervous’ after 10-month lay-off from competition.

Sarah Lee won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. Photo: AP
Sarah Lee Wai-sze

Sarah Lee’s Asian Games status up in the air, as cyclists target track Worlds

Double Olympic bronze medallist still with Hong Kong team after celebrating 35th birthday, but Hangzhou plans on hold until ‘there is a clearer idea of new dates’.

Sarah Lee with her two gold medals at the 2019 track World Championships. The 35-year-old is preparing the 2022 Worlds in Paris after the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Photo: Winson Wong
Tour de France

Cavendish talks epic Tour de France comeback, depression, and cycling for family

‘[Mental health is] not about being strong, or weak, in the head. It’s an illness,’ says Mark Cavendish, who has been nominated for Laureus World Sports’ comeback of the year award.

Tour de France

Tan and Aliaa blazing a trail for region’s women in pro cycling ranks

Singapore’s Chelsie Tan has joined Team BikeExchange-Jayco, which is based in the Girona region of northern Spain, while Malaysia’s Siti Nur Alia Monsor has been selected to join new development squad WorldTour Canyon-SRAM.

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