• The insights shared below highlight the most relevant data from rounds 2 and 3 of the 2024 UCI Track Champions League, which took place in Apeldoorn (the Netherlands) this past weekend, sponsored by BetCity.
  
  
• Nearly 6,500 spectators packed into the Omnisport Apeldoorn across last weekend’s double-header to witness Alina Lysenko make UCI Track Champions League history. Katie Archibald (Great Britain), Dylan Bibic (Canada) and Harrie Lavreysen (the Netherlands) also defended their leads, meaning they will all wear the iconic blue jerseys this week in London. We delve into the details of their performances. 
  
  
• The final two rounds of the 2024 season will take place at the iconic Lee Valley VeloPark, where Team GB athletes will race in front of a passionate home crowd that has supported the UCI Track Champions League since its inception. Over the years, Team GB riders have been a key part of the competition, with 24 athletes competing across the four seasons, including 11 in 2024, making them the most represented nation in the lineup.

19.2: LYSENKO TO BREAK NEW RECORDS? 

With five wins in a row since she dominated the Keirin in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Alina Lysenko has achieved an unprecedented series of victories in the history of the UCI Track Champions League. Harrie Lavreysen (the Netherlands) and Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) had four victories in a row to kick-off the 2023 season. 

The 21-year-old rising star has now claimed an average of 19.2 points per race. If she can maintain such a pace in London, she’ll achieve the best season ever recorded in the series. 

Best averages (points per race) recorded in UCI Track Champions League seasons:

• 19.1 - Harrie Lavreysen, 2023 Men’s Sprint League
• 18.4 - Harrie Lavreysen, 2021 Men’s Sprint League
• 18.3 - Matthew Richardson, 2022 Men’s Sprint League
• 18.1 - Katie Archibald, 2021 Women’s Endurance League
• 18.1 - Harrie Lavreysen, 2022 Men’s Sprint League

83.3: AN EXTRAORDINARY HIT RATIO

Winning five of her first six UCI Track Champions League events, Alina Lysenko has a hit ratio of 83.3%, far better than anyone else in the history of the series.

• 83.3% - Alina Lysenko (5/6)
• 55.9% - Harrie Lavreysen (19/34)
• 50% - Katie Archibald, 17/34, Emma Hinze, 4/8
• 38.5% - Matthew Richardson, 10/26 

5-5: LAVREYSEN AND RICHARDSON’S SPECIAL RIVALRY

Since Matthew Richardson made his debut in the UCI Track Champions League, in 2022, he’s lined up in 13 rounds. Ten of them (77%) saw him duel with Harrie Lavreysen in the final of the Sprint. 

On the last occasion, Saturday night in front of the Dutch crowds, Lavreysen powered to victory - hitting 2,052 watts - to make it 5 victories each in these Sprint finals.

HANSEN AND BIBIC PUSH TO THE LIMIT 

Dylan Bibic and Tobias Hansen’s fierce battle for victory in the Men’s Endurance League was extraordinarily tight in Apeldoorn, with 61 points collected by the Canadian leader in the overall standings and 63 for his Danish runner-up. Their final event in the Netherlands, the Elimination race of Round 3, highlighted their intense duel, with the two stars going neck to neck for victory, and both hitting a maximum heart rate of 191 beats per minute. But Hansen was able to maintain a higher intensity all the way to the line, with a peak power of 1,312 watts. 

CZECHIA FOLLOWS DENMARK 

As she claimed victory in the women’s Scratch race in Round 3, Petra Ševčíková delivered a first win for Czechia in the history of the UCI Track Champions League, making it the 19th nation to triumph in the series. The latest nation to join the list of winners in the UCI Track Champions League was Denmark, with Hansen’s success the night before in the men’s Scratch. Ševčíková is the 48th rider to take a victory in the UCI Track Champions League, out of 136 events since the beginning of the series.

ORTEGA HITS NEW HEIGHTS 

Participating for the first time in the UCI Track Champions League, Colombia’s Cristian Ortega (24 years old) rapidly proved to be up to the special challenges of the series, winning the keirin on Friday evening (Round 2). To get the better of Harrie Lavreysen, Ortega pushed up to 1,787 watts, which represents 98% of the peak power he declared before the season (1,820 watts). And he went even harder the next day, with 1,822 watts, a new personal best! 

ARCHIBALD RETURNS TO HER GARDEN

An icon of the UCI Track Champions League since the first edition, Katie Archibald has been especially successful in the London rounds, with four victories in front of her home crowds. The British star has averaged 15.9 points per race in the closing double headers of the UCI Track Champions League, cementing her status as a star of the series: 

• 2 overall triumphs (2021, 2023)
• 17 race wins (50% of the Women’s Endurance events)
• 27 race podiums (79%)
• 561 points (82.5% of the maximum points available)

TEAM GB LEAD THE WAY 

Team GB riders have been an integral part of the UCI Track Champions League over the years, with 24 contenders lining up across the four seasons, including 11 in 2024. The Netherlands follow with 15 riders (six in 2024), ahead of New Zealand, with 12 riders (six in 2024).  

Together, British riders are the most successful in the history of the UCI Track Champions League, with a cumulated tally of:

• 2 overall victories (same as the Netherlands and the USA)
• 33 race wins (24 for the Netherlands)
• 66 race podiums (57 for the Netherlands)
• 2,625 points (2,065 for the Netherlands)

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