The UCI Track Champions League was announced Thursday as the name of the cycling governing body's new six-round series of track events to be held in partnership with Eurosport Events. The series will take place over six consecutive weekends in November and December 2021 at six different venues.

The six European host cities have not yet been revealed, but it was announced that each track event will consist of four events for both men and women: individual sprint, keirin, scratch race, and elimination race.

A press release on Thursday announced that after next year's UCI Track World Championships, riders representing their countries will qualify for the Track Champions League, with the top nine finishers in the individual sprint and keirin, and bunch race medalists, invited to compete in the series.

Both Eurosport and GCN will broadcast the event, with all six races airing for two hours each.

In March, the UCI first announced an eight-year partnership with Eurosport and GCN's parent company, Discovery, which was originally scheduled to run from November 2021 to February 2022, but has now been streamlined to six consecutive weeks with six rounds taking place next November and December It has been streamlined so that the six rounds will be held over six consecutive weeks from November to December next year. [The UCI Track Champions League aims to bring together the world's best sprinters and endurance specialists in a shorter format over six weekends to attract a new thrill-seeking audience," UCI President David Lapartiento said in a press release.

"With a strong visual identity, legendary ambassadors, and a compact calendar, the new track events promise to bring a breath of fresh air to our sport and to the historic disciplines of the Olympic and Paralympic Games," he said.

The governing body of cycling has chosen former track riders Christina Vogel and Chris Hoy, who each won 11 world titles during their careers, as ambassadors for the UCI Track Champions League.

"The new UCI Track Champions League aims to emphasize the experience of the riders themselves, so it is sobering for me to be consulted as part of the development of my first season as an ambassador," said the 2012 team sprint and 2016 Olympic gold medals in the individual sprint, Vogel said. Hoy, who won a total of six Olympic gold medals in sprint events at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Games, added: "I'm really looking forward to getting into action on the track next year."

Hoy, who won a total of six Olympic gold medals in sprint events at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Games, added: "I'm very excited." After a long career on the track, I have experienced the adrenaline rush first hand and am delighted that cycling has been recognized by Eurosport Events as a discipline that should be promoted on a global level."