Track Cycling Docuseries ‘back On Track’ Launches

‘Back On Track’, the all-new behind the scenes documentary series showcasing the UCI Track Champions League, hits screens today, available to watch on Eurosport App and GCN+, and later on Discovery+*. 

The docuseries was produced by Discovery Sports Events in partnership with Pap’s. and will see new episodes released weekly.

President of the UCI, David Lappartient, said, “We want track cycling to be followed not only by experts in the discipline, but also by people completely new to the sport. We want to enrich and renew its audience. Track cycling produces incredible moments of spectacular sport and intense emotion. Back on Track highlights that but also uncovers the tension, joys and disappointments track centre, which normally go largely unseen to the outside world. It is a great development for our sport.”
 
Head of Discovery Sport Events, François Ribeiro, added, “Back on Track is, in many ways, the ‘trailer’ for the next season of the UCI Track Champions League. We gave the producers carte blanche with this series to tell the stories of the riders – their personal challenges, friendships and rivalries, and highest and lowest moments. With this new series, we have shown some track cycling stories that normally only the friends and family of the riders know. The title ‘Back on Track’ was chosen almost immediately in the production process as it expresses perfectly our desire to give this highly entertaining discipline the global profile it deserves.”

UCI Track Champions League ambassador and track cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy said, “I’m really impressed. It would be tempting to manufacture drama and create interest. This series hasn’t done that. There are so many interesting stories and personalities to take in;  so many facets to these riders, and the more you watch, the more you’ll identify with the athletes. That’s what will draw new fans to this sport.”