UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe 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's predecessor, the International Cycling Association (ICA). Current events include: time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium, madison and elimination race.
Preston Park VelodromeThe Preston Park Velodrome is an outdoor velodrome in the north-east corner of Preston Park in Brighton, United Kingdom. It is the oldest velodrome in the United Kingdom having been opened on 30 May 1887. It is also thought to be the oldest, working velodrome in the world that still uses its original track design.
Brno VelodromeThe Brno Velodrome is a velodrome in Brno, Czech Republic. It is a 400 m outdoor covered concrete velodrome with an underpass and lights. The velodrome hosted the 1969 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The velodrome still has the 1969 look and serves to bicycles club TJ Favorit Brno and it is a site for hosting various concerts and performances. As of 2015 there are still international cycle races taking place.
Vélodrome d'HiverThe Vélodrome d'Hiver (French pronunciation: [velɔdʁɔm divɛʁ], Winter Velodrome), colloquially Vel' d'Hiv', was an indoor bicycle racing cycle track and stadium (velodrome) on rue Nélaton, not far from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. As well as a cycling track, it was used for ice hockey, basketball, wrestling, boxing, roller-skating, circuses, bullfighting, spectaculars, and demonstrations.
Track transition curveA transition curve (also, spiral easement or, simply, spiral) is a spiral-shaped length of highway or railroad track that is used between sections having different profiles and radii, such as between straightaways (tangents) and curves, or between two different curves.
Olympic GamesThe modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) are a series of international multi-sport events. Considered among the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympics are organised into distinct Summer and Winter Games, each featuring different sports. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involve thousands of athletes and more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory.
Madison (cycling)The Madison is a relay race event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French (course à l'américaine) and as Americana in Spanish and in Italian.
Track cyclingTrack cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
PortsmouthPortsmouth ( ) is a portcity and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in England not located primarily on the mainland. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Southampton, 50 miles (80 km) west of Brighton and Hove and 74 miles (119 km) south-west of London.
ParisParis is the capital and largest city of France, with an estimated city population of 2.04 million in an area of 105.4 km2 (40.7 sq mi), as of January 2026, and a metropolitan population of 13.3 million (2023). Located on the Seine in the centre of the Île-de-France region, it is the largest metropolitan area and fourth-most populous city in the European Union (EU). Paris is nicknamed the "City of Light" mainly due to its leading role in the Age of Enlightenment.
Vélodrome de VincennesThe Vélodrome de Vincennes (officially Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil – La Cipale) is a cycling stadium in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France.
BrightonSeaside resort on the south coast of EnglandPlace in EnglandBrighton ( , ) is a seaside resort in the unitary authority area and city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, England, 47 miles (76 km) south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the Domesday Book (1086).
AntwerpCity located in Flanders, BelgiumCity and municipality in Flanders, BelgiumAntwerp ( ; Dutch: Antwerpen; French: Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest municipality in Belgium by area at 208.22 km (80.39 sq mi).
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