# 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

The 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 26th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series was run from 3 November 2017 to 21 January 2018 and consisted of five rounds.

## Series

On 11 May 2017 the UCI revealed the location and dates of the world cup meetings that took place in 2017. Four rounds took place in Pruszków, Poland, Manchester, Great Britain, Milton, Canada and Santiago, Chile. On 27 June 2017 the UCI expanded the World Cup to five events by adding Minsk, Belarus to the schedule for a round to take place in 2018. All venues except Manchester are hosting a round of the World Cup for the first time.

### Pruszków, Poland

The first round was hosted in Pruszków. The racing was held on three full days between 3 and 5 November 2017 at the BGŻ BNP Paribas Arena. The venue hosted junior and under 23 European Championships in 2008, the World Championships in 2009 and the UEC European Track Cycling Championships in 2010.

### Manchester, Great Britain

The second round was hosted in Manchester in Great Britain. This round was held between 10 and 12 November 2017 at HSBC UK National Cycling Centre. Manchester has previously hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 1996, 2000 and 2008 World Championships and seven times has hosted a round of the world cup. This will be the first time since 2013 that the venue has hosted this event.

### Milton, Canada

The third round was hosted in Milton. The racing was held on three full days between 1 and 3 December 2017 at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre. The venue was built for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games held in Toronto.

### Santiago, Chile

The penultimate round of this World Cup season was hosted in Santiago. This round was held between 8 and 10 December 2017 at the Parque Peñalolén velodrome. The venue was host to the 2014 South American Games

### Minsk, Belarus

The final round of the world cup took place at the Velodrome Minsk-Arena. The venue hosted the 2009 European Championships and the World Championships in 2013.

### Format

The following events will be raced at all rounds:
* Individual sprint, men and women
* Team sprint, men and women
* Keirin, men and women
* Team pursuit, men and women
* Madison, men and women
* Omnium, men and women
At the Purszkow round the points race, Scratch race events were included for both sexes and the women were additionally race the individual pursuit. The women also competed in the 500m Time Trial in Manchester and both sexes competed in the Scratch race. In the Milton round the points race was additionally held for both sexes. At the final round in Minsk the Scratch and points races were added to the schedule for both sexes; while the men were additionally race the individual pursuit.
On 2 November the UCI announced that the top three riders across the series in individual sprint, keirin, Omnium and Madison races received an additional bonus to their prize money.
The top three series bonus is:
* Winners of the final overall ranking: CHF 10,000
* 2nd in the final overall ranking: CHF 6,000
* 3rd in the final overall ranking: CHF 2,000.
The top three of each individual race during the series received in Euros, 625, 375, 250 respectively. The podium places of the team pursuit received in Euros 1250, 750, 500, for first, second and third place. Each pair in the Madison who finish in the top three received in Euros, 625, 375, 250 respectively. In the men's team sprint each time received in Euros 940, 560 and 375, while the women's team sprint received €625, 375 and 250 for a top three finish.

## Standings
### Overall Team Standings

Overall team standings are calculated based on total number of points gained by the team's riders in each event.
| Rank | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Total Points |
| 1 | Germany | 6433.5 | 6425.0 | 3545.0 | 2755.0 | 4245.0 | 23403.5 |
| 2 | France | 4545.0 | 6397.5 | 4152.5 | 1495.0 | 4070.0 | 20678.5 |
| 3 | Italy | 5391.0 | 4701.0 | 1982.0 | 3490.0 | 4795.0 | 19586.0 |
| 4 | Russia | 5647.0 | 3623.5 | | 4055.0 | 5057.5 | 19204.5 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 5590.0 | 4971.0 | 5800.0 | 2155.0 | | 18897.5 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 4695.0 | 3836.0 | 2250.0 | 4575.0 | | 17355.0 |
| 7 | Poland | 4415.0 | 3090.0 | 2815.0 | | 5150.0 | 17235.5 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 5158.0 | 4161.0 | 2265.0 | 4700.0 | 2685.0 | 17155.0 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 5300.0 | 4930.0 | 5915.0 | 4840.0 | | 15502.5 |
| 10 | Spain | 3120.5 | 3829.5 | 3147.5 | 1062.5 | 2110.0 | 13270.0 |

## Results
### Men

| Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| Poland, Pruszków | 3–5 November 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) 10.359/10.349 | Mateusz Rudyk (POL) +0.014/+0.371 | Edward Dawkins (NZL) 10.279/10.456 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Nils van 't Hoenderdaal 42.906 | France Benjamin Edelin Quentin Lafargue Melvin Landerneau 43.528 | Great Britain Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Joseph Truman 43.192 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | Italy Francesco Lamon Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna 3:56.433 | Germany Felix Gross Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Domenic Weinstein 3:57.778 | Russia Lev Gonov Sergey Shilov Ivan Smirnov Dmitri Sokolov 4:01.733 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Matthijs Büchli (NED) (BEAT Cycling Club) 10.541 | Joachim Eilers (GER) +0.055 | Sebastien Vigier (FRA) +0.121 |
| Points Race Details (pdf) | Nikita Panassenko (KAZ) 42 pts | Christos Volikakis (GRE) 27 pts | Liam Bertazzo (ITA) 21 pts |
| Scratch Race Details (pdf) | Robbe Ghys (BEL) | Edgar Stepanyan (ARM) (1 lap down) | Roy Pieters (BEL) (1 lap down) |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Australia Callum Scotson Cameron Meyer 31 pts | Belgium Moreno De Pauw Kenny De Ketele 29 pts | France Florian Maitre Benjamin Thomas 27 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Niklas Larsen (DEN) 191 pts | Szymon Sajnok (POL) 149 pts | Claudio Imhof (SUI) 147 pts |
| United Kingdom, Manchester | 10–12 November 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Harrie Lavreysen (NED) 10.225/10.269 | Mateusz Rudyk (POL) +0.114/+1.188 | Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) DNF/DNF |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Germany Joachim Eilers Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy 43.095 | BEAT Cycling Club Theo Bos Roy van den Berg Matthijs Büchli 43.542 | Netherlands Sam Ligtlee Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Jeffrey Hoogland 43.426 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | Great Britain Steven Burke Ed Clancy Oliver Wood Kian Emadi 3:55.847 | Denmark Casper Pedersen Casper von Folsach Julius Johansen Kristian Kaimer Eriksen 4:01.535 | France Benjamin Thomas Florian Maitre Louis Pijourlet Thomas Denis 3:57.298 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Matthijs Büchli (NED) (BEAT Cycling Club) 10.152 | Andriy Vynokurov (UKR) +0.011 | Juan Peralta (ESP) +0.172 |
| 1 km Time Trial Details (pdf) | Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) 1:00.081 | Eric Engler (GER) (Track Team Brandenburg) 1:01.085 | Callum Skinner (GBR) (100% ME) 1:01.161 |
| Scratch Race Details (pdf) | Nikita Panassenko (KAZ) | Jon Mould (GBR) (Team Wales) | Wim Stroetinga (NED) |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Denmark Niklas Larsen Casper von Folsach 46 pts | France Benjamin Thomas Morgan Kneisky 46 pts | Poland Daniel Staniszewski Wojciech Pszczolarski 37 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) 151 pts | Niklas Larsen (DEN) 140 pts | Albert Torres (ESP) 125 pts |
| Canada, Milton | 1–3 December 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Jeffrey Hoogland (NED) 10.143/10.554 | Ethan Mitchell (NZL) +0.074/+0.310 | Jack Carlin (GBR) 10.454/10.335 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | New Zealand Edward Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster 43.336 | Great Britain Jack Carlin Philip Hindes Callum Skinner 43.922 | Czech Republic Martin Cechman Pavel Kelemen David Sojka 44.094 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | New Zealand Campbell Stewart Thomas Sexton Jared Gray Nicholas Kergozou 3:59.000 | Canada Derek Gee Adam Jamieson Jay Lamoureux Michael Foley 3:59.982 | Switzerland Gino Mäder Robin Froidevaux Lukas Rüegg Gaël Suter 4:03.425 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Harrie Lavreysen (NED) 10.103 | Lewis Oliva (GBR) (Team Wales) +0.075 | Joachim Eilers (GER) +0.119 |
| Points Race Details (pdf) | Niklas Larsen (DEN) 40 pts | Mark Stewart (GBR) 19 pts | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) 15 pts |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Belgium Kenny De Ketele Lindsay De Vylder 32 pts | New Zealand Thomas Sexton Campbell Stewart 26 pts | Great Britain Mark Stewart Oliver Wood 25 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Niklas Larsen (DEN) 132 pts | Oliver Wood (GBR) 120 pts | Gaël Suter (SUI) 112 pts |
| Chile, Santiago | 8–10 December 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Vasilijus Lendel (LTU) +0.040/10.060/10.535 | Denis Dmitriev (RUS) 10.078/+0.024/+0.117 | Andriy Vynokurov (UKR) 10.279/10.029 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Russia Denis Dmitriev Shane Perkins Pavel Yakushevskiy 42.955 | France Rayan Helal Melvin Landerneau François Pervis 43.736 | South Korea Im Chae-bin Park Jeong Son Je-yong 43.578 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | New Zealand Campbell Stewart Jared Gray Nicholas Kergozou Harry Waine 3:54.618 | Japan Shunsuke Imamura Ryo Chikatani Shogo Ichimaru Keitaro Sawada 4:02.740 | United States Gavin Hoover Ashton Lambie Adrian Hegyvary Eric Young 4:04.163 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Yuta Wakimoto (JPN) 9.906 | Andriy Vynokurov (UKR) +0.256 | Pavel Kelemen (CZE) +0.400 |
| Madison Details (pdf) | New Zealand Thomas Sexton Campbell Stewart 32 pts | Italy Francesco Lamon Michele Scartezzini 25 pts | Austria Andreas Graf Andreas Müller 20 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Daniel Holloway (USA) 146 pts | Eiya Hashimoto (JPN) 143 pts | Roman Gladysh (UKR) 128 pts |
| Belarus, Minsk | 19–21 January 2018 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Matthijs Büchli (NED) (BEAT Cycling Club) 10.361/10.204 | Vasilijus Lendel (LTU) +0.059/+0.018 | Theo Bos (NED) (BEAT Cycling Club) 10.837/10.730 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | BEAT Cycling Club Roy van den Berg Matthijs Büchli Theo Bos 43.397 | Poland Rafał Sarnecki Krzysztof Maksel Kamil Kuczyński 44.116 | France Benjamin Edelin Michaël D'Almeida Rayan Helal 43.948 |
| Individual Pursuit Details (pdf) | Charlie Tanfield (GBR) (Team KGF) 4:12.253 | Ivo Oliveira (POR) 4:19.718 | Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) (Lokosphinx) 4:19.089 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | Team KGF Daniel Bigham Charlie Tanfield Harry Tanfield Jonathan Wale 3:56.015 | Lokosphinx Kirill Sveshnikov Alexander Evtushenko Sergey Shilov Dmitri Sokolov 3:58.385 | Russia Lev Gonov Dmitry Mukhomediarov Ivan Smirnov Gleb Syritsa 4:00.501 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Matthijs Büchli (NED) (BEAT Cycling Club) 9.693 | Stefan Ritter (CAN) +0.544 | Lewis Oliva (GBR) (Team Wales) +0.585 |
| Points Race Details (pdf) | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) 75 pts | Cheung King Lok (HKG) 50 pts | Ivo Oliveira (POR) 41 pts |
| Scratch Race Details (pdf) | Yauheni Karaliok (BLR) | Ivo Oliveira (POR) | Vitaliy Hryniv (UKR) |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Hong Kong Leung Chun Wing Cheung King Lok 30 pts | Netherlands Roy Pieters Wim Stroetinga 27 pts | Portugal Rui Oliveira Ivo Oliveira 25 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) 134 pts | Szymon Sajnok (POL) 129 pts | Mamyr Stash (RUS) (Lokosphinx) 110 pts |

### Women

| Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| Poland, Pruszków | 3–5 November 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.297/11.403 | Stephanie Morton (AUS) +0.092/+0.067 | Mathilde Gros (FRA) 11.411/+0.329/11.575 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Germany Pauline Grabosch Kristina Vogel 32.668 | Netherlands Kyra Lamberink Hetty van de Wouw 33.238 | Russia Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova 32.631 |
| Individual Pursuit Details (pdf) | Justyna Kaczkowska (POL) 3:31.261 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 3:36.497 | Elisa Balsamo (ITA) 3:33.888 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | Italy Elisa Balsamo Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi 4:21.965 | Canada Allison Beveridge Ariane Bonhomme Annie Foreman-Mackey Kinley Gibson 4:23.993 | Great Britain Emily Nelson Neah Evans Emily Kay Manon Lloyd 4:22.230 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.024 | Daria Shmeleva (RUS) +0.067 | Stephanie Morton (AUS) +0.196 |
| Points Race Details (pdf) | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) 25 pts | Hanna Solovey (UKR) 23 pts | Coralie Demay (FRA) 22 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Kirsten Wild (NED) 129 pts | Jennifer Valente (USA) 127 pts | Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) 116 pts |
| Scratch Race Details (pdf) | Maria Averina (RUS) | Justyna Kaczkowska (POL) | Olivija Baleišytė (LTU) |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Belgium Lotte Kopecky Jolien D'Hoore 29 pts | Great Britain Elinor Barker Emily Nelson 23 pts | Italy Maria Giulia Confalonieri Elisa Balsamo 13 pts |
| United Kingdom, Manchester | 10–12 November 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.202/11.238 | Laurine van Riessen (NED) (Matrix Pro Cycling) +0.136/+0.394 | Anastasia Voynova (RUS) +0.030/11.492/11.472 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte 32.382 | Russia Anastasia Voynova Daria Shmeleva 33.151 | Holy Brother Cycling Team Shanju Bao Yufang Guo 33.202 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | Great Britain Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Emily Nelson Neah Evans 4:16.803 | Italy Francesca Pattaro Elisa Balsamo Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi 4:21.562 | Japan Kie Furuyama Yumi Kajihara Kisato Nakamura Yuya Hashimoto 4:28.668 |
| 500m Time Trial Details (pdf) | Daria Shmeleva (RUS) 33.613 | Miriam Welte (GER) 33.634 | Olena Starikova (UKR) 33.825 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.696 | Shanne Braspennincx (NED) +0.294 | Laurine van Riessen (NED) (Matrix Pro Cycling) +0.776 |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Jennifer Valente (USA) 139 pts | Katie Archibald (GBR) 134 pts | Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) 120 pts |
| Scratch Race Details (pdf) | Rachele Barbieri (ITA) | Yang Qianyu (HKG) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Great Britain Elinor Barker Katie Archibald 32 pts | Belgium Jolien D'Hoore Lotte Kopecky 30 pts | Italy Rachele Barbieri Elisa Balsamo 9 pts |
| Canada, Milton | 1–3 December 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.678/11.571 | Shanne Braspennincx (NED) +0.409/+0.090 | Laurine van Riessen (NED) 11.897/+0.002/11.719 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte 32.759 | Netherlands Hetty van de Wouw Laurine van Riessen 33.926 | South Korea Kim Won-gyeong Lee Hye-jin 33.603 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | Canada Ariane Bonhomme Kinley Gibson Annie Foreman-Mackey Allison Beveridge | New Zealand Rushlee Buchanan Kirstie James Bryony Botha Michaela Drummond (Overlapped) | France Clara Copponi Coralie Demay Laurie Berthon Valentine Fortin 4:32.466 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.333 | Katy Marchant (GBR) +0.085 | Shanne Braspennincx (NED) +0.173 |
| Points Race Details (pdf) | Katie Archibald (GBR) 47 pts | Jasmin Duehring (CAN) 38 pts | Jarmila Machačová (CZE) 24 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Yumi Kajihara (JPN) 154 pts | Allison Beveridge (CAN) 120 pts | Ellie Dickinson (GBR) 118 pts |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Great Britain Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson 29 pts | France Coralie Demay Laurie Berthon 24 pts | New Zealand Racquel Sheath Michaela Drummond 15 pts |
| Chile, Santiago | 8–10 December 2017 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Lyubov Basova (UKR) 11.268/11.625 | Daria Shmeleva (RUS) +2.568/+5.237 | Lee Hye-jin (KOR) 11.912/11.595 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Ukraine Lyubov Basova Olena Starikova 32.512 | Holy Brother Cycling Team Shanju Bao Yufang Guo 33.274 | South Korea Kim Won-gyeong Lee Hye-jin 33.337 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | New Zealand Racquel Sheath Bryony Botha Rushlee Buchanan Kirstie James 4:17.804 | Italy Simona Frapporti Marta Cavalli Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi 4:19.415 | Japan Yuya Hashimoto Kie Furuyama Kisato Nakamura Nao Suzuki 4:28.615 |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Madalyn Godby (USA) 11.484 | Natasha Hansen (NZL) +0.044 | Lyubov Basova (UKR) +0.059 |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Yumi Kajihara (JPN) 129 pts | Elisa Balsamo (ITA) 128 pts | Tetyana Klimchenko (UKR) 119 pts |
| Madison Details (pdf) | New Zealand Michaela Drummond Racquel Sheath 22 pts | Denmark Trine Schmidt Julie Leth 16 pts | Italy Elisa Balsamo Marta Cavalli 13 pts |
| Belarus, Minsk | 19–21 January 2018 ||| |
| Sprint Details (pdf) | Pauline Grabosch (GER) 11.277/+0.064/11.376 | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) +0.190/11.276/+0.193 | Nicky Degrendele (BEL) 11.354/11.388 |
| Team Sprint Details (pdf) | Germany Pauline Grabosch Emma Hinze 33.175 | Lithuania Miglė Marozaitė Simona Krupeckaitė 33.352 | South Korea Kim Won-gyeong Lee Hye-jin 33.439 |
| Team Pursuit Details (pdf) | United States Jennifer Valente Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Kimberly Geist 4:15.673 | Italy Martina Alzini Elisa Balsamo Marta Cavalli Simona Frapporti 4:23.921 | Canada Devaney Collier Maggie Coles-Lyster Erin Attwell Laurie Jussaume |
| Keirin Details (pdf) | Nicky Degrendele (BEL) 10.995 | Lee Hye-jin (KOR) +0.192 | Lyubov Basova (UKR) +0.337 |
| Points Race Details (pdf) | Kirsten Wild (NED) 45 pts | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA) 33 pts | Anita Stenberg (NOR) 28 pts |
| Omnium Details (pdf) | Kirsten Wild (NED) 122 pts | Elinor Barker (GBR) 119 pts | Jennifer Valente (USA) 114 pts |
| Scratch Race Details (pdf) | Aline Seitz (SUI) | Elinor Barker (GBR) | Amy Pieters (NED) |
| Madison Details (pdf) | Italy Letizia Paternoster Maria Giulia Confalonieri 29 pts | Netherlands Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters 26 pts | Russia Maria Novolodskaya Olga Zabelinskaya 25 pts |