{"id":862176,"date":"2026-08-18T05:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862176\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T05:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:52:21","slug":"preview-2026-uci-junior-track-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862176\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: 2026 UCI Junior Track World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s 2026 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium give the chance for the next generation to make their mark on the international stage.<\/p>\n

From Matthew Glaetzer and Anna Meares, to Anna Dubier\u2019s points race victory last year<\/a>, Australian young track cyclists have always made the most of their chances at Junior Worlds.<\/p>\n

This year, 14 up-and-coming Aussies have been selected to represent the ARA Australian Cycling Team across 21 events.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about our under-19 athletes chasing the rainbow jerseys, and when and where you can watch.<\/p>\n

\"ARA<\/p>\n

Australia will be competing in Belgium this week.<\/p>\n

ARA Australian Cycling Team<\/p>\n

There’s been one change to the squad announced earlier this year<\/a>, with Jack Sloan taking the place of an injured Samuel Hilditch.<\/p>\n

Endurance MenWill Brown (Port Adelaide CC\/SA)Alistair Forsyth (Ballarat and Sebastopol CC\/VIC)Sam Hilditch (University of Queensland CC\/QLD)Jack Sloan (South Coast CC\/SA)Lachlan Walters (Hamilton Wheelers CC\/QLD)Oliver Ward (Norwood CC\/SA)Endurance Women\u00a0Elsie Apps (Goulburn CC\/NSW)Sienna Monteith (Townsville CC\/QLD)Megan Moore (Balmoral CC\/QLD)Sprint Men\u00a0\u00a0Luca Pyatt (South Coast CC\/SA)Mitchell Stephens (Norwood CC\/SA)Angus Withington (Canberra CC\/ACT)Sprint Women\u00a0 \u00a0April Kat (Norwood CC\/SA)Paige Squire (Norwood CC\/SA)Emily Watch (Vikings CC\/ACT)\"ARA<\/p>\n

14 up-and-coming Aussies will race on the world stage.<\/p>\n

How to watch<\/p>\n

While previous editions have been live streamed via UCI\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>, the UCI has not yet published broadcast information about the 2026 event.<\/p>\n

Schedule\u00a0Wednesday, August 19<\/p>\n

Day session: 12:00 local \/ 20:00 AEST \/ 19:30 ACST \/ 18:00 AWST\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Night session: 19:00 local \/ 03:00 AEST \/ 02:30 ACST \/ 01:00 AWST\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Scratch Race\u00a0Men\u2019s Scratch Race\u00a0Women\u2019s Team Sprint\u00a0\u00a0Men\u2019s Team Sprint\u00a0Women\u2019s Team Pursuit (qualifying)\u00a0Men\u2019s Team Pursuit (qualifying)\u00a0Thursday, August 20\u00a0<\/p>\n

Day session: 12:00 local \/ 20:00 AEST \/ 19:30 ACST \/ 18:00 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Night session: 18:30 local \/ 02:30 AEST \/ 02:00 ACST \/ 00:30 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Points Race\u00a0Women\u2019s Elimination\u00a0Men\u2019s 1km Time Trial\u00a0Women\u2019s Sprint (qualifying + 1\/16 + 1\/8 + 1\/4)\u00a0Women\u2019s Team Pursuit (first round + finals)\u00a0Men\u2019s Team Pursuit (first round + finals)\u00a0Friday, August 21\u00a0<\/p>\n

Day session: 11:30 local \/ 19:30 AEST \/ 19:00 ACST \/ 17:30 AWST\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Night session: 18:30 local \/ 02:30 AEST \/ 02:00 ACST \/ 00:30 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Omnium\u00a0Men\u2019s Elimination Race\u00a0Men\u2019s Sprint (qualifying + 1\/16 + 1\/8 + 1\/4)\u00a0Women\u2019s Sprint (finals)\u00a0Men\u2019s Individual Pursuit\u00a0Saturday, August 22\u00a0<\/p>\n

Day session: 12:00 local \/ 20:00 AEST \/ 19:30 ACST \/ 18:00 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Night session: 18:30 local \/ 02:30 AEST \/ 02:00 ACST \/ 00:30 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Omnium\u00a0Women\u2019s 1km Time Trial\u00a0Women\u2019s Individual Pursuit\u00a0Men\u2019s Sprint (finals)\u00a0Women\u2019s Points Race\u00a0Sunday, August 23\u00a0<\/p>\n

Day session: 10:30 local \/ 18:30 AEST \/ 18:00 ACST\/ 16:30 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Night session: 15:00 local \/ 23:00 AEST \/ 22:30 ACST\/ 21:00 AWST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Women’s MadisonMen’s MadisonWomen\u2019s Keirin\u00a0Men\u2019s KeirinResults\u00a0<\/p>\n

Start lists, detailed schedules, live\u00a0timing\u00a0and official results are available at the UCI competition hub<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photos: SWpix.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s 2026 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium give the chance for the next generation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-862176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}