WATCH the second round of the UCI Track Champions League from Panevėžys, Lithuania LIVE and FREE on SBS On Demand from 4 am (AEDT) Sunday, November 28
Panevėžys, Lithuania will be the site of the second round of the inaugural Track Champions League season and it will be another chance for cycling fans to feast their eyes on three hours of thrilling track action.
Round one in Mallorca was a major success for this new event format with the UCI revealing the incredible numbers behind the racing and what it takes to make their production a reality
The racing in numbers
– 72 riders in the inaugural series, spanning 30 nationalities
– 63 UCI Track Cycling World Championship titles and 29 Olympic medals between them
– 72 custom Santini skinsuits created, each displaying riders’ sponsors
– 206 laps (51.5km) of racing completed across 30 races
– 75kph – top speed reached by Men’s Keirin winner Stefan Bötticher
– 4 riders will wear the coveted Leader’s Jersey at round two
The technical setup in numbers
– More than 140 operational staff delivered the event for the UCI
– 1 full control room managed led panels, data, lighting, video-mapping and music
– 540,000 lumens of light via 26 video projectors delivered a unique visual spectacle
– 285 meters of LED wall and strip displays – a world-first for a track cycling event
– 30km of cabling connected 350 cubic meters of equipment, packed into 700 flight cases
– 13 tonnes of equipment hung above track centre
Behind the scenes broadcasting in numbers
– 80 UCI broadcast team members produced the international TV feed and programme – benefitting from augmented reality graphics, a spider camera, onboard rider, super slow motion and 360 cameras
– Onsite: Over 3000 fans attended the first-ever round of the UCI Track Champions League
