The 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a
track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
season. It was the 24th series of the
UCI Track Cycling World Cup
The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) 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 i ...
organised by the
UCI. The series ran from 30 October 2015 to 17 January 2016 and consisted of three rounds in
Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...
,
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
and Hong Kong.
Series
This season of World Cup consisted of three rounds, in Cali (Colombia), Cambridge (New Zealand) and Hong Kong.
Cali, Colombia
The first round was hosted in Cali. Cali is the 3rd most populated city in Colombia and a regular host of the World Cup series, hosting the series for the thirteenth time this season. Unlike the other two rounds of this series, the racing was held on three full days between 30 October 2015 and 1 November 2015 at the
Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño. The venue had hosted the
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
in 2014.
Cambridge, New Zealand
The second round was hosted in Cambridge, which is a small town in the
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
of New Zealand. It is 24 kilometers away from the closest city
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
. This round was held between 5 and 6 December 2015 at the
Avantidrome. Avantidrome is an indoor velodrome built in 2014.
Hong Kong
The last round of this World Cup series was hosted in Hong Kong. This round was held between 16 and 17 January 2016 at the
Hong Kong Velodrome
Hong Kong Velodrome is a velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. It has a 250-metre cycling track and spectator facilities for 3,000 people. It opened on 30 December 2013 next to the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.
History
The Hong Kong governmen ...
. It was the second international event after the velodrome was built in 2013.
Overall team standings
Overall team standings are calculated based on total number of points gained by the team's riders in each event. The top ten teams after the third and final round are listed below:
Results
Men
Women
References
External links
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World Cup Classics
World Cup Classics
UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2015 in Colombian sport
2015 in New Zealand sport
2016 in Hong Kong sport
Sport in Cambridge, New Zealand