The UCI today announced sweeping changes to its track cycling programme designed to make the racing more spectator-friendly and bring 'perfect parity' between the men's and women's events. The changes were approved by the UCI Management Committee at its meeting in Doha, Qatar at the UCI Road World Championships.
"While it is important that we safeguard the essence of our cycling disciplines, we also need to be brave and embrace change in order to give our sport real meaning to those who are watching live or on screens across the world," UCI President Brian Cookson said.
"The changes announced today show that we are moving with the times to ensure that our disciplines are presented in the most compelling way possible, and are rooted in the desire to attract and inspire even more fans into cycling."
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The Madison will be added to the women's program for the UCI Track World Championships, and the Omnium will be shortened to just four mass-start events that will be contested on a single day, rather than six events spread over two days.
The timed events - the flying lap, 500m/1000m time trial and individual pursuit - have been removed from the Omnium, and a new mass-start event, the tempo race, has been added. Although the rules have not yet been published, a tempo race is generally one that awards points for the first two riders across the line each lap.
"Dropping the timed events means the Omnium becomes a pure endurance event, bringing better balance to the track programme," the UCI press release stated.
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