48.405
is the number of kilometres Great Britain’s Joscelin Lowden covered in 60 minutes to establish a new women’s UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen (Granges), Switzerland. She dethroned Italian Vittoria Bussi, whose previous record of 48.007km had stood for three years.
20
– including 14 gold – was the number of medals won by Russia at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cairo (Egypt). The Russians dominated the medals table ahead of Germany (11 medals including 2 gold) and Italy (10 medals, 2 gold).
15
African nations had athletes competing in the 2021 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships compared to just three in the previous edition in 2019. In total, more than 250 Juniors lined up in Cairo for the five days of competition.
4:04.242
is the women’s team pursuit world record established by Germany at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The German women were on fire in the Izu Velodrome, first breaking the record in qualifying, lowering it again in the first round before establishing the final mark in the gold medal ride-off against Great Britain.
2
other world records were also established on the velodrome at Tokyo 2020: by Italy for the men’s team pursuit (3:42.032 after lowering it a first time in the first round) and by China (31.804) in the women’s team sprint.
3
rounds of the inaugural Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nations’ Cup were held between April and September. With fewer rounds than the former UCI Track Cycling World Cup, the new series was more suited to national teams wishing not only to top the rankings but also gain qualification points for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
1st
ever rainbow jerseys for the elimination were awarded at the 2021 Junior Track Cycling World Championships in September: Italian Dario Igor Belletta and American Kaia Schmid were crowned elimination Junior UCI World Champions in Cairo, Egypt. Seven weeks later, the Italians Elia Viviani and Letizia Paternoster won the first Elite rainbow jerseys for the specialty, on the Velodrome Couvert Regional Jean-Stablinski in Roubaix (France).
20-24
were the new October dates for the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Championships, moved as part of the reform of track cycling from their traditional position at the beginning of the calendar year. The five days of competition not only saw rainbow jerseys awarded in 22 events, they were also the main chance for athletes to qualify for the new UCI Track Champions League.
44
nations represented at the 2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Roubaix (France). Meanwhile, the number of countries sending athletes to the 2021 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Cairo (Egypt) was 45, demonstrating that the discipline is just as international at Junior level as it is among the Elite.
72
riders representing 30 nations, with 4 overall winners crowned after 4 rounds each comprising 14 races in a hectic 3-hour programme: that was the menu of the first UCI Track Champions League held in November and December. A spectacular series despite the cancellation, for reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic, of the French round in St Quentin-en-Yvelines and the Israeli round in Tel Aviv. The winners of this new series were: Endurance - Katie Archibald (GBR) and Gavin Hoover (USA); and Sprint - Emma Hinze (GER) and Harrie Lavreysen (NED).
149 million
was the number of television viewers reached across the host Discovery network over the four rounds of the UCI Track Champions League.