TOPIC

UCI Track Cycling World Cup

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

Boey Leung left with sore head and reveals the damage inside her helmet, but says no serious injuries after incident during Madison.

15 Apr 2024 - 11:18AM

Hong Kong Sports Institute

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

18 Mar 2024 - 12:34PM

Hong Kong Sports Institute

Hong Kong star Ceci Lee struggles with expectations in omnium disappointment

17 Mar 2024 - 9:46PM

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.

16 Mar 2024 - 11:28AM

William Perrett emerged victorious from the men’s elimination race, but not many people were there to witness the Englishman’s success. Photo: Dickson Lee

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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.

12 Mar 2024 - 5:31PM

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.

8 Feb 2024 - 6:38PM

Ceci lee

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.

16 Dec 2023 - 7:48PM

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.

2 Sep 2023 - 7:43AM

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’.

14 Jul 2023 - 10:22PM

Vincent Lau Wan-yau

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.

20 Jun 2023 - 1:55PM

Ceci lee

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.

17 Jun 2023 - 1:53PM

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee took bronze in Malaysia on Friday. Photo: CAHK

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.

6 Jun 2023 - 11:06PM

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.

28 May 2023 - 8:23PM

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.

27 May 2023 - 7:46PM

Action from the second day of the Hong Kong International Track Cup. Photo: Handout

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.

27 May 2023 - 8:00AM

Azizulhasni Awang (right) beats Kang Shih-feng to win the keirin at Hong Kong Velodrome. Photo: Jonathan Wong

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.

27 May 2023 - 4:00AM

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.

26 May 2023 - 2:25PM

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.

20 Mar 2023 - 4:28PM

Hong Kong’s To Cheuk-hei. Photo: May Tse

Ceci lee

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.

7 Jan 2023 - 8:52PM

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.

3 Jan 2023 - 8:08PM

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.

1 Jan 2023 - 7:17PM

Lee Sze-wing ended her year with a win in the Omnium. Photo: Handout

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.

11 Jul 2022 - 5:30PM

Youngster Lee Sze-wing won gold on the last day of the National Games last September. Photo: Cycling Association/Wu Jianbo

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.

4 Jul 2022 - 6:42PM

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’.

18 May 2022 - 7:30PM

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.

13 Mar 2022 - 9:30AM

Mark Cavendish after winning the UAE Cycling Tour second stage event from Hudayriyat Island to the Abu Dhabi Breakwater. Photo: AP

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.

12 Mar 2022 - 9:44AM

Many of the elite teams competing on the UCI World Tour have based themselves in the Girona region of Spain. Photo: Team BikeExchange-Jayco

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Tokyo Olympics medal not priority for Hong Kong cycling star Lee

‘Most of the time we’re not actually in it for the medals,’ says a philosophical Sarah Lee Wai-sze, who won gold and silver at the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Hong Kong last weekend.

20 May 2021 - 10:47PM

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Hong Kong track cycling bubble ‘very good model’ for Tokyo Olympics

UCI head Gilles Peruzzi praises ‘well-oiled’ Hong Kong model as organising committee chairman Simon Leung Chi-wa reflects on event’s high expenses and government-backed ‘Tokyo rehearsal’.

19 May 2021 - 10:46PM

Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.

SUPPORT NOW

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.

last updated:

9 September, 2024