Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles.

Race formats

Some of the most common race formats include:

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• Individual pursuit
• Team pursuit
• Sprint
• Track time trial
• Points race
• Madison
• Keirin
• Miss and Out, elimination or 'Devil Take the Hindmost'
• Motor-paced events, such as Keirin racing - cyclists draft behind a derny, sometimes using specialized track bikes called stayers