2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held from 20 to 24 October 2021 at the Velodrome Couvert Regional Jean-Stablinski in Roubaix, France. The championships were originally scheduled to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The elimination race was introduced for the first time in the history of World Championships.
Bidding
Turkmenistan showed their interest in hosting the championships at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in September 2015. The Central Asian country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his intention in which he reiterated his aim to use sport to raise the profile of the nation. Berdimuhamedov described the proposal as "fully in accord" with the plans of the nation, adding that the country has "all the necessary conditions". Igor Makarov, the Ashgabat-born president of the Russian Cycling Federation, outlined the attractions of the Ashgabat Sports Complex Velodrome. The velodrome is among the largest velodromes in the world with room for 6000 spectators. He appealed directly to the president to consider bidding for the event. The championships would represent the largest-profile sporting event ever held in Turkmenistan. President of the Union Cycliste Internationale David Lappartient called the Ashgabat Velodrome "one of the most beautiful in the world" and noted that it was thanks to this structure that it was decided to grant Turkmenistan the right to host the World Track Cycling Championship in 2021.In June 2021 the UCI announced that the championships would be moved to a different venue. Roubaix was announced as the new venue in August 2021.
Schedule
22 events were held.All times are local.
| Date | Time | Event |
| 20 October | 13:00 | Women's team pursuit qualifying |
| 20 October | 13:00 | Men's team pursuit qualifying |
| 20 October | 13:00 | Women's scratch qualifying |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Women's team sprint qualifying |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Men's team sprint qualifying |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Women's scratch final |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Women's team sprint first round |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Men's team sprint first round |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Men's team pursuit first round |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Women's team sprint final |
| 20 October | 18:30 | Men's team sprint final |
| 21 October | 13:00 | Men's keirin first round, repechage, second round |
| 21 October | 13:00 | Women's sprint qualifying, 1/16, 1/8 final |
| 21 October | 13:00 | Men's scratch qualifying |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Women's team pursuit first round |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Women's sprint 1/4 final |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Men's team pursuit final |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Men's scratch final |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Men's keirin final |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Women's team pursuit final |
| 21 October | 18:30 | Women's elimination final |
| 22 October | 13:00 | Women's omnium points race, scratch, tempo race |
| 22 October | 13:00 | Men's time trial qualifying |
| 22 October | 13:00 | Men's points race qualifying |
| 22 October | 13:00 | Men's individual pursuit qualifying |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Men's points race |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Women's sprint semifinals |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Women's omnium, elimination |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Men's time trial final |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Men's individual pursuit final |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Women's sprint final |
| 22 October | 18:30 | Women's omnium, Points race |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 23 October | 10:00 | Men's omnium points race, scratch, tempo race |
| 23 October | 10:00 | Women's time trial qualifying |
| 23 October | 10:00 | Women's madison qualifying |
| 23 October | 10:00 | Men's sprint qualifying, 1/16, 1/8 final |
| 23 October | 10:00 | Men's omnium scratch, tempo race |
| 23 October | 10:00 | Women's individual pursuit qualifying |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Women's time trial final |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Men's sprint 1/4 final |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Women's madison |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Men's omnium, elimination |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Men's sprint 1/4 final |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Women's individual pursuit final |
| 23 October | 17:30 | Men's omnium, Points race |
| 24 October | 13:00 | Women's points race qualifying |
| 24 October | 13:00 | Men's madison qualifying |
| 24 October | 13:00 | Men's sprint semifinals |
| 24 October | 13:00 | Men's elimination qualifying |
| 24 October | 13:00 | Women's keirin, first round, repechage |
| 24 October | 13:48 | Women's points race |
| 24 October | 13:48 | Men's sprint finals |
| 24 October | 13:48 | Women's keirin, second round |
| 24 October | 13:48 | Men's madison |
| 24 October | 13:48 | Women's keirin finals |
| 24 October | 13:48 | Men's elimination |
Medal summary
Women
- Shaded events are non-Olympic