Saturday, 7th December 2019
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News+
    • News+ Home
    • News
      • News Sub Home
      • Search
      • Top Stories
      • Press Releases
    • Calendar
      • Calendar Sub Home
      • Search
      • Conferences
    • Directory
      • Directory Sub Home
      • Organisation
      • News
    • Insight
      • Insight Sub Home
      • Interview
      • Features
      • Opinion
      • Supplements
      • Magazine
      • Media
      • Sponsorship
      • Events
  • Media
    • Media Home
    • Standard
      • Standard Sub Home
      • Rights
      • Landscape
      • Directory
      • Property
      • Competition
      • News
      • Insight
    • Advanced
      • Advanced Sub Home
      • Revenue Dashboard
      • Market Dashboard
      • Rights
      • Landscape
      • Directory
      • Property
      • Competition
      • News
      • Insight
  • Sponsorship
    • Sponsorship Home
    • Deals
    • Brands
    • Property
    • Competition
    • Athlete
    • Venue
    • News
    • Insight
  • Events / GSI
    • Events / GSI Home
    • Events
      • Events Sub Home
      • Event Analysis
      • Events Insight
      • News
      • Bidding Opportunities
      • Bidding Announcements
      • Bids Awarded
    • GSI
      • GSI Sub Home
      • About Project
      • Annual GSI Report
      • GSI Event Studies
      • Indexes
        • Nations Index
        • Cities Index
        • Events Index
      • Experts / Partners
        • Experts
        • Partners
  • Reports
  • News
  • Press Releases
  • UCI Track Cycling: Copenhagen, the world’s best bike city to host fastest riders at the Worlds in 2024
Press Releases

UCI Track Cycling: Copenhagen, the world’s best bike city to host fastest riders at the Worlds in 2024

Cycling - 30 Sep 2019
   

The best track riders in the world will compete for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2024. Denmark has a long and strong tradition for hosting major, international cycling events, as well as the reputation of an epic cycling destination for all. The event returns to Ballerup Super Arena, which also hosted the event in 2010 along with world cups in 2008 and 2009.

"Of course, the award of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in an Olympic year is a huge recognition of Denmark as a host nation of international events. Partnering with Sport Event Denmark, the Cities of Copenhagen and Ballerup makes it possible for us to give the many cycling enthusiasts a fantastic experience. Furthermore, we once again get the opportunity to demonstrate our strong, professional event organizations that allow us to attract such great events repeatedly," states Henrik Jess Jensen, president, The Danish Cycling Federation.

Denmark, ranking 12th on SportCal’s Nation Index, has strong riders, and long tradition of hosting cycling and other major international sporting events. Copenhagen ranks as the World’s best bike city, boasting dedicated cycling highways, bridges for bikes and even a cycling playground. Here cycling is more than a mean of transportation - it’s the Copenhagen Way; laid back, efficient and green.

However, Denmark and Copenhagen are also fast and competitive, and with many great events in the pipeline with the newest addition, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2014.

Quotes:

Lars Lundov, Director of Sport Event Denmark:

- This is great! UCI has chosen Denmark to host the Track Cycling World Championships in the Olympic year of 2024. Denmark played host of the event back in 2010 as part of the UCI Bike City Copenhagen. Earlier this year, Denmark hosted the UCI CycloCross World Championships in Bogense.  Work is underway to create the basis for even more UCI World Championships to be hosted in various cities in Denmark. 

Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen:

- In Copenhagen, we love cycling, and we are one of the world's best cycling cities. Therefore, we are also delighted that we now look forward to experiencing world-class cycling when the Track Cycling World Championships are staged here in the capital in a few years.

Jesper Würtzen, Mayor, Ballerup:

-  In Ballerup, we are pleased that we have been awarded the hosting of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Ballerup is, like Copenhagen, a cycling city. It will be the third time we stage the track cycling events, and we look forward to welcoming the world's best riders to Ballerup Super Arena. Ballerup is a municipality with many international companies - and the World Championships will be a narrative about Ballerup as an attractive and international city. 

A bid delegation from the Danish Cycling Federation, Sport Event Denmark, the Municipality of Ballerup and Wonderful Copenhagen is this week in Yorkshire for the UCI Road World Championships.

Contacts

Henrik Jess Jensen, president, The Danish Cycling Federation, Cell: 25202370

Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, via press officer Tildde Sønder Vindfeldt, Cell:.25380516

Ketil Folmer Christensen, Director, Ballerup Sports City, Cell:  21414672

Lars Lundov, CEO, Sport Event Denmark. Cell 40314855

FACTS

UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2024 – October 

Denmark has hosted the track cycling world championships in 2010, and the world cups in 2008 & 2009.

Other major, international cycling events in Denmark among these:

2011 UCI Road World Championships

2012 Start og Giro d’Italia

2014 UEC BMX European Championships finals

2015 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

2017 UEC European Road Cycling Championships & World Cup CycloCross

2019 UCI CycloCross World Championships

2021 Grand Depart, Tour de France

2022 UCI Mountainbike Marathon World Championships

2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Featured News

Every week we’ll share a summary of the previous week’s key stories, to give you a taste of the in-depth news, data, insight and analysis available when you subscribe to Sportcal.

  • Serie A warned BeIN's $500m deal at risk if Supercoppa played in Saudi Arabia
    Soccer 26 Nov 2019 Media rights
  • DAZN 'eyes $500m investment boost' to fund global expansion
    Business 25 Oct 2019 Media
  • Sponsorship industry pays tribute as ‘innovator’ Hester passes away
    Business 03 Sep 2019 Sponsorship
  • Val Ackerman Op-Ed: My roadmap for women's basketball
    Basketball 28 Aug 2019 Federations & NOCs
  • ESPN snares Latin American rights in time for PGA Championship start
    Golf 16 May 2019 Media rights
Latest News
  • Cricket South Africa suspends chief and loses major sponsor on day of chaos
    Cricket 06 Dec 2019 Federations & NOCs
  • Mediapro hierarchy to meet French clubs next week over TV plans
    Soccer 06 Dec 2019 Media
  • Record Prime sign-ups in the UK as Amazon makes Premier League debut
    Soccer 06 Dec 2019 Internet
  • Marathonbet going the distance as first Man City training kit sponsor
    Soccer 06 Dec 2019 Sponsorship
  • ECB's Graves: Test cricket too costly for FTA broadcasters
    Cricket 06 Dec 2019 Media rights

Contact Info

  • John Carpenter House, 7 Carmelite Street, London EC4Y 0BS, United Kingdom
  • +44 (0) 20 8944 8786
  • +44 (0) 20 8944 8740
  • shabbir.daruwala@sportcal.com

© Sportcal 2019 and Database Right 1997-2019 / Sportcal Global Communications Ltd.
All Rights Reserved. Pictures supplied by ©Getty Images.
AdvertiseAbout usContact usTerms & ConditionsPrivacy Policy
Company Registration No. 02592321

Latest Tweets

Twitter Timeline...