Track cycling: Tomorrow the Track Cycling World Championships will start in Pruszków. At the 109th title fights from February 27th to March 3rd, medals will be awarded in ten disciplines for women and men. We present you the complete schedule and the squads of the athletes from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Track Cycling World Championships 2019: Who is fighting for gold?
When the Track Cycling World Championships start in Pruszków on Wednesday, Kristina Vogel will also be there. However, the record world champion who suffered a serious accident will no longer be able to pedal herself. Instead, the likeable and positive personality is looking forward to her new role as a fan girl. She will cheer on her compatriots along the way and hope for good results. We show you who will represent Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the 109th UCI Track World Championships in the BGŻ BNP Paribas Arena.
Kristina Vogel:
"I'm glad I can be there and cheer on up close. I'm still there, this time just as a fan girl and groupie on the sidelines."
The track world championship squad of the Germans
women short term
Lea Friedrich, Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze, Miriam Welte
women endurance
Charlotte Becker, Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, and Gudrun Stock
men short term
Timo Bichler, Stefan Bötticher, Maximilian Dörnbach, Joachim Eilers, Eric Engler
men endurance
Jasper Frahm, Felix Groß, Roger Kluge, Moritz Malcharek, Theo Reinhardt, Leon Rohde, Nils Schomber, Kersten Thiele, Domenic Weinstein
The Austrians' line-up for the World Championships
women endurance
Verena Eberhardt
men endurance
Andreas Graf, Stefan Matzner, Andreas Müller
The track world championship squad of the Swiss
women endurance
Léna Mettraux, Aline Seitz, Andrea Waldis
men endurance
Stefan Bissegger, Robin Froidevaux, Claudio Imhof, Frank Pasche, Mauro Schmid, Nico Selenati, Cyrille Thièry
What a venue to host a UCI Track Cycling World Championship! 🌈
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- UCI Track Cycling (@UCI_Track) 24. February 2019
Track Cycling World Championships 2019: The complete schedule at a glance
From February 27th to March 3rd, the coveted medals will be awarded in ten disciplines. Let's start with the decisions directly on day #1 in the women's and men's team sprint.
| Discipline | Mi | Do | Fr | Sa | So |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men: Sprint | 2.3 | 3.3 | |||
| Men: Keirin | 28.2 | ||||
| Men: omnium | 2.3 | ||||
| Men: team sprint | 27.2 | ||||
| Men: team pursuit | 27.2 | 28.2 | |||
| Men: 1000 meter time trial | 1.3 | ||||
| Men: points race | 1.3 | ||||
| Men: scratch | 28.2 | ||||
| Men: individual pursuit | 1.3 | ||||
| Men: Madison | 3.3 | ||||
| Women: sprints | 28.2 | 1.3 | |||
| Women: Keirin | 3.3 | ||||
| Women: omnium | 1.3 | ||||
| Women: team sprint | 27.2 | ||||
| Women: Team Pursuit | 27.2 | 28.2 | |||
| Women: 500 meter time trial | 2.3 | ||||
| Women: points race | 3.3 | ||||
| Women: Scratch | 27.2 | ||||
| Women: individual pursuit | 2.3 | ||||
| Women: Madison | 2.3 |
The Track Cycling World Championships on TV
Unfortunately, the entire Track Cycling World Championship is not broadcast on German free TV. Occasionally, however, the competitions can be followed via Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2. Eurosport 1 will start on day #2 from 18:00 p.m. Starting at 14:30 p.m., day #5 will be broadcast on this channel. Eurosport 1 will take over the transmission on day #2 from 18:30 and on day #4 from 18:15. The complete Track Cycling World Championship can be accessed via the Eurosport Player be followed.