Track World Championships 2013: Preview and coverage
The 2013 Union Cycliste Internationale Track Cycling World Championships kick off on Wednesday February 20 for five days of racing in Minsk, Belarus.
The World Championships immediately following an Olympics can often be a quiet affair, with national teams often fielding a mix of established track riders and new riders looking to gain experience in a big international event at the start of the Olympic cycle heading towards Rio 2016.
Unlike the Olympics or UCI World Cup rounds, the World Champs features a full programme of events including sprint, team sprint, individual pursuit, team pursuit, Madison (men only), scratch race (10km women, 15km men), points race (25km women, 40km men), omnium, keirin and time trial (500m women, 1km men).
We will be covering the 2013 Track World Championships in full on www.cyclingweekly.co.uk with reports, latest news, analysis and photo galleries.
Track World Championships 2013: Details
When: February 20-24 2013
Where: Velodrome, Minsk Arena, Minsk, Belarus
Track World Championships 2013: Latest news
Cycling Weekly's guide to track racing
Becky James reaches sprint semi-finals after qualifying fastest
Great Britain squad for 2013 Track World Champs announced
Track World Championships 2013: Reports
Day five: Becky James adds keirin world title to sprint win
Day four: Becky James becomes sprint world champion
Day three: Jason Kenny and Simon Yates strike gold for GB
Day two: Irvine and GB women team pursuiters earn gold
Day one: Silver and bronze for GB
Track World Championships 2013: Photo galleries
Day five photo gallery
Day four photo gallery
Day three (morning) photo gallery
Day two (evening) photo gallery
Day one photo gallery
Day two (morning) photo gallery
Track World Championships 2013: Schedule (finals)
Wednesday, February 20
Men's kilometre time trial
Women's individual pursuit
Women's team sprint
Men's team pursuit
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Thursday, February 21
Women's 500m time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Women's team pursuit
Men's 15km scratch race
Men's team sprint
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Friday, February 22
Women's 10km scratch race
Men's 40km points race
Men's keirin
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Saturday, February 23
Women's 25km points race
Men's omnium final
Women's sprint
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Sunday, February 24
Women's omnium final
Men's sprint
Men's 50km Madison
Women's keirin
Track World Championships 2013: TV coverage (Britain)
The BBC will be showing live coverage and highlights from the 2013 Track Worlds on BBC Two, red button and BBC website plus audio coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Wednesday, February 20
16:00-19:00, Red Button and online
16:00, BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
16:45-18:00, BBC Two and BBC HD
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Thursday, February 21
16:00-19:00, Red Button and online
16:00, BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
16:15-18:00, BBC Two
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Friday, February 22
16:00-19:00, Red Button and online
16:00, BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
16:15-18:00, BBC Two
22:00-07:00, Highlights on the Red Button
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Saturday, February 23
16:00, BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
17:15-19:00, BBC Two/online
21:00-23:15, Highlights on the Red Button
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Sunday, February 24
11:00-14:05, BBC Two/online
11:00, BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
20:30-23:05, Highlights on the Red Button
Track World Championships 2013: Team Great Britain
Men's Sprint
Matthew Crampton
Kian Emadi
Jason Kenny
Philip Hindes
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Women's sprint
Becky James
Vicky Williamson
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Men's Endurance
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Jon Dibben
Owain Doull
Sam Harrison
Andy Tennant
Simon Yates
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Women's Endurance
Elinor Barker
Dani King
Laura Trott
Related links
Cycling Weekly's guide to track racing
2012 Track World Championships coverage index
Reader comments
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Herbie
February 20 16:15
Seems wrong already - certainly no red button yet at 16:12 on Wednesday - typical BBC!!
Herbie
February 20 16:18
Ah - sound now, only - 16:17 - maybe just very busy!
Herbie
February 20 16:57
Finally came on with sound and visuals at 16:32 BTW :-)
Herbie
February 23 15:47
Isn't great being able to watch so much of the World Track Champ on BBC/Red Button, but I do feel a bit let down by Eurosport having bought into CableTV when first available 20 years ago solely to watch cycling - and now they are dropping promised programmes (Qatar, Oman) , and not bothering with the Track World Championships - I feel they are not very loyal to their loyal supporters!!