The 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations’ Cup is a series of three track cycling competitions organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Here are photos from the competitions held from 21 to 24 April at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow in the United Kingdom.

The following competitions took place in the women’s and men’s events: Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint, 500-metre Time Trial, Single Pursuit, Team Pursuit, Elimination, Omnium, Two-Man Team, 1000-metre Time Trial.

The Arrow of Brabant (also Brabantse Pijl or La Flèche Brabançonne) is a one-day professional road cycling race in the Belgian province of Brabant. The course runs with 28 climbs from Leuven to Overijse southeast of Brussels. The race is now part of the UCI ProSeries race series.

The race on 13 April 2022 with start in Leuven and finish in Overijse was won after 205.1 kilometres with an average speed of 41.95 km/h by Magnus SHEFFIELD of Team INEOS Grenadiers ahead of Benoît COSNEFROY of Team AG2R Citroën and Warren BARGUIL of Team Arkéa Samsic.

The Arrow of Brabant (also Brabantse Pijl or La Flèche Brabançonne) is a one-day professional road cycling race in the Belgian province of Brabant. The course runs with 28 climbs from Leuven to Overijse southeast of Brussels. The race is now part of the UCI ProSeries race series. Since 2016, an international women’s race has also been held.

The elite women’s race on 13 April 2022 with start in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw and finish in Overijse was won after 141.2 kilometres with an average speed of 38.862 km/h by Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) from the Netherlands ahead of Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and Liane LIPPERT (Team DSM).

The Scheldeprijs, named after the river Schelde, is a road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. In 2021, the Scheldeprijs was also organised for women for the first time. The first winner was Lorena Wiebes from the Netherlands, who also won at the race on 6 April 2022.

The ranking:

1 WIEBES Lorena TEAM DSM NED
2 CONSONNI Chiara VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE ITA
3 BARBIERI Rachele LIV RACING ITA

The Tour of Flanders (“De Ronde van Vlaanderen”, “Vlaanderens mooiste”) is one of the most popular one-day races in Belgium. The cycling race is one of the five monuments of cycling. “De Ronde van Vlaanderen” traditionally takes place in spring.

The final of the race resembled a thriller in which the Tour de France winner of the last two years, Tadej Pogacar, lost out. At the end of the race, only the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Fenix and the Frenchman Valentin Madouas of Groupama-FDJ were able to follow and so the preliminary decision seemed to be made. The group of five would stay together until 17 kilometres before the finish at the Oude Kwaremont, when it was broken up by Tadej Pogacar, who could only be followed by Mathieu van der Poel. At the last of 18 cobbled sections on the Paterberg, the Dutchman was able to hold the rear wheel of Tadej Pogacar with the last of his strength, but he completely blew the race at the end and fell victim to the delaying tactics of Mathieu van der Poel. The winner of 2020, Mathieu van der Poel, who started the sprint from the front, won again and relegated Dylan van Baarle and Valentin Madouas to the other podium places, while the strongest rider of the field, Tadej Pogacar, was deeply disappointed and had to settle for the ungrateful fourth place.

The winner in 2022 (on 3 April 2022) was Mathieu van der Poel from the Netherlands ahead of his compatriot Dylan van Baarle and Valentin Madouas from France.

The Tour of Flanders (“De Ronde van Vlaanderen”, “Vlaanderens mooiste”) is one of the most popular one-day races in Belgium. The cycling race is one of the five monuments of cycling. The traditional women’s race now takes place (since 2016) as part of the newly introduced UCI Women’s WorldTour. “De Ronde van Vlaanderen” traditionally takes place in spring.

The winner in 2022 (3 April 2022) was Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) from Team SD Worx. Second place went to last year’s winner Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands of Team Movistar. Third place went to Chantal van den Broek-Blaak from the Netherlands of Team SD Worx.

The Dwars door Vlaanderen road cycling race is a one-day race through the Belgian region of Flanders. The race takes place in a series and chronological cycling week with other cycling classics. The finish line is in the western Flanders town of Waregem. Dwars door Vlaanderen always takes place on the Wednesday before the Tour of Flanders and shares the short Hellingen climbs and cobbled sections with the classic.

The 76th edition of the race took place on 30 March 2022. The route led over 183.7 km from Roeselare through the Flemish Ardennes to Waregem. Besides the 18 UCI WorldTeams, 7 UCI ProTeams also started. The winner was Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) ahead of Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) and Thomas Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers).

Gent-Wevelgem, officially Gent-Wevelgem – in Flanders Fields is a road cycling race in Belgium that has been held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races in the Flemish Cycling Week, which takes place at the end of March on the last Sunday before the Tour of Flanders. Since 2012, there has also been an elite women’s race of the classic Ghent-Wevelgem. This is always held on the same day as the men’s race, but over a shorter distance of 120 km.

The difference: unlike the men’s race, the start is in Ypres and the course does not go over the hills in northern France. Since 2016, the race has been part of the UCI Women’s World Tour. The 2022 edition of the women’s race took place on 27 March. The riders reached the finish line after 3 hours, 39 minutes and 15 seconds. The winner was Elisa Balsamo ahead of Marianne Vos and Maria Giulia Confalonieri.

The placings:
1           Elisa Balsamo (ITA) Trek–Segafredo         

2           Marianne Vos (NED)            Team Jumbo–Visma  

3           Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)       Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling

4           Lotte Kopecky (BEL)           SD Worx       

5           Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)             Movistar Team          

6           Marta Bastianelli (ITA)         UAE Team ADQ      

7           Susanne Andersen (NOR)    Uno-X Pro Cycling Team     

8          Tamara Dronova         Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad     

9           Silvia Persico (ITA)   Valcar–Travel & Service       

10         Clara Copponi (FRA)           FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope