Good luck to Australia's women's team pursuit squad, competing in Perth tomorrow against... nobody else. Poses a philosophical question: can it be a pursuit event if there's nobody to pursue? The UCI's supposedly revitalised Track World Cup is not getting off to a great start.

Breaking: the six international riders competing in Japanese keirin this summer will be: - Women: Ellesse Andrews, Hetty van de Wouw, Mathilde Gros - Men: Harrie Lavreysen, Matthew Richardson, Joe Truman Not sure how this is a UCI announcement, but: uci.org/pressrelease/s…

World sprinting's two biggest stars are among the six athletes invited to compete in Japanese domestic keirin this summer in a newly formalised arrangement with the UCI. globalkeirin.com/2026/03/lavrey…

Mina Sato reposts MoreCadence's Instagram reel announcing the international stars set to compete in Japan later this year, and comments (in English): I look forward to seeing you soon in 🇯🇵 . Sounds like a challenge?! 🤞

Start lists for Saturday's Track World Cup men's keirin in Perth: 3 heats of 7, first 2 in each go through. The field isn't stacked, with only 1/3 of the UCI top 50 but the final will be juicy. Hoffman goes in heat 1, Richardson in heat 2, Awang in heat 3 globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb…

First round men's keirin at Perth went broadly as expected. Early finishes for Nulens and Szalontay, relegated in reps, and a double DNF for Ichida & Pettersen. Semi final startlists are in: the second one looks super spicy.

Men's final at Perth in about 1h30 will be: Hoffman & Ryan 🇦🇺 , Richardson 🇬🇧 , Dornbach 🇩🇪 , Yakovlev 🇮🇱 and Awang 🇲🇾 . Tasty. Richo looked at ease in his semi. Great to see Awang make it all the way.

A familiar face leading them round for today's keirin at the UCI Track World Cup in Perth: Shane Perkins! (📷 swpix)

Whaaat? The tv graphics gave it to Richardson, but the win goes to AWANG! Malaysia will be going mad right now.

Not bad for a man on the verge of retirement. Amazing Awang wins in Perth. globalkeirin.com/2026/03/amazin…

We found video of Awang's first round repechage win: this was pretty spectacular too! globalkeirin.com/race/ef506d9fb…

Big names fall in the women's keirin semis at Perth: Sato 🇯🇵 , Andrews 🇳🇿 & Friedrich 🇩🇪 all fail to make the final!

Awang isn't ruling out a run at LA28 Olympics! 'I need permission from my wife first. This is the last World Cup for me, then I just want to focus on the Commonwealth & Asian Games. I could do World Champs after that. But beyond that, I do not know.' nst.com.my/sports/cycling…

Great ride from Alessia McCaig 🇦🇺 from waaaaaaaay out to win the women's keirin in Perth. Gaps were opening before the pacer left the track: she found herself with six lengths on Lysenko, and decided to go all-in. Centimetres in it by the end, but enough for gold! 🥇

It wasn't the final anyone expected, and it surely wasn't the strategy she had planned - but Alessia McCaig went all-in with over two laps left, and had just about enough to hold off Lysenko for gold in Perth. globalkeirin.com/2026/03/mccaig…

A male keirin trainee has died following an accident at the Japan Keirin Training School. The unnamed rider is reported to have crashed during training on March 6. He was treated in hospital, but died in the early hours of March 13. keirin-autorace.or.jp/NEWS/20260315.…

Plans announced for a government-backed Cycling League Of India: a road competition for 8 IPL-style franchises of 10 riders, building on success of recent Pune Grand Tour. Why mention it? Because Escape Collective says it is 'not expected to be under the UCI's jurisdiction'. 🤨

When Pist6, Japan's UCI-style keirin competition went on hiatus last September, the suspension was 'planned' to end in March 2026. Well, here we are in mid March: it has not resumed, and its schedule remains empty.