Paris confirmed as host for opening round of cycling Champions League

The announcement sees the UK track cycling series expand into Europe for the first time to coincide with the launch of the new Champions League competition.

The Revolution event joins the European Track Championships (19th-23rd October), as part of an exciting schedule of major events at the Velodrome National in 2016.

Hugues Jarreault, Directeur Général of the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines commented: “We are delighted to bring a high profile event like Revolution to the Velodrome National and excited to host the launch of the first cycling Champions League. The Revolution joins the European Track Championships, bringing an exciting season of world class track racing to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.”

A pioneering new partnership with Velon will see the Champions League expand the Revolution concept by lining up some of the world’s best pro teams to take on the champions of the track. Five teams will qualify from the UK Championship to race against the following WorldTour teams: Cannondale-Drapac, Lampre-Merida, Orica-BikeExchange, Team Giant-Alpecin, Team LottoNL-Jumbo, Trek Segafredo, Team Sky.

The competition will take place across three consecutive weekends with Manchester following the Paris event on 25th-26th November, before the grand final at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London on 2nd-3rd December – for full details on the race format, go to www.cyclingrevolution.com

Tickets for the opening weekend in Paris will be available to buy from Ticketmaster on Thursday 4th August.

Tickets for all UK events are available to purchase from Sky Tickets with full ticket information on www.cyclingrevolution.com

The Revolution Series was created in 2003 by FACE Partnership in collaboration with British Cycling and the National Cycling Centre with two primary objectives: transform track cycling into an exciting new format to attract spectators to the sport and create a competitive arena to develop British talent.

These objectives were met and since its inception Revolution has successfully attracted capacity crowds and helped develop Olympic Champions with riders such as Pete Kennaugh, Jason Kenny and Geraint Thomas graduating from the Future Stars competition.

The Series now welcomes over 35,000 live spectators to sell out events across the Manchester, London, Derby and Glasgow velodromes in the UK and is televised live on Eurosport across 54 countries.

In 2016 the Revolution Series will launch a new Champions League competition to sit above the UK Championship and will expand internationally with the creation of new regional leagues.

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2016 SEASON

Round 1: Manchester, National Cycling Centre - 17 September

Round 2: Glasgow, Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome - 8 October

Round 3: Manchester, National Cycling Centre - 22 October

Round 1: Paris, Velodrome National - 18 November

Round 2: Paris, Velodrome National - 19 November

Round 3: Manchester, National Cycling Centre - 25 November

Round 4: Manchester, National Cycling Centre - 26 November

Round 5: London, Lee Valley VeloPark - 2 December

Round 6: London, Lee Valley VeloPark - 3 December