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T&T cyclist Nicholas Paul.

T&T cyclist Nicholas Paul faces a bumper end to the 2021 calendar year as he has qualified for the inaugural edition of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Track Champions League, part of a wider reform of the UCI's track cycling calendar of events.

Olympic cyclist Kwesi Browne, left, with his National Youth Award for Community Sport (18-35). - Ministry of Youth Development and National Service

OLYMPIC cyclist Kwesi Browne was presented with the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service’s award for Community Sport (18-35) at the recently held National Youth Awards.

In this August 5, 2021 file photo, Nicholas Paul of Team Trinidad And Tobago, right, and Yuta Wakimoto of Team Japan compete during the track cycling men's omnium scratch race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo) -

LOGISTICALLY, it’s going to be tough for the TT Cycling Federation (TTCF) to select a national team for the October 20-24 Track Cycling World Championships in Roubaix, France.

Trinidad and Tobago's men's flying 200m world record holder Nicholas Paul, left, and Minister of Sport and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe at a recent welcome reception at the VIP Lounge, Piarco International Airport. - Courtesy MSCD

Minister of Sport and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe sent congratulations to several national athletes who delivered outstanding performances on the regional and international circuit recently.

T&T's Nicholas Paul competes during the track cycling men's sprint race at the 2020 Summer Olympics on August 5 in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Nicholas Paul has risen to number one in the men's elite sprint ranking following his treble-winning performance at the UCI Nations Cup at the Alcides Nieto Patino Velodrome in Colombia last weekend where he won gold in the 1km time trial, match sprint and keirin events setting two new venue records in the process.

TT cyclist Teniel Campbell, centre, is congratulated by her Team BikeExchange teammates after winning stage 6, on Monday, at the Tour de l’Ardèche in France. -

WOMEN’S pro cyclist Teniel Campbell is gearing up for her fourth stint at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships which gets under way in Flanders, Belgium on Sunday.

Nicholas Paul of Trinidad And Tobago, right, and Yuta Wakimoto of Japan compete during the track cycling men's omnium scratch race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 5, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo) -

FOR several years, Nicholas Paul has shown local cycling enthusiasts what he’s capable of, and anyone who observed his ability since his late teenage years expects him to be competitive in whatever competition he enters.

DOMINANT SPRINT PERFORMANCE: Nicholas Paul

Paul completes hat-trick of wins in Nations Cup

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NICHOLAS PAUL crossed yet another precious milestone in his young career on Friday evening when he obliterated his competition twice in one day to seal gold in the men’s kilometre time trial at the UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup, in the Alcides Nieto Patiño Velodrome in Cali, Colombia.

FIRST NATIONS CUP MEDAL: Nicholas Paul

TEAM TTO ace cyclist Nicholas Paul powered his way to gold in the men’s one-kilometre time-trial event at the UCI Nations Cup in Cali, Colombia last evening.

TT cyclists and management team off to Cali, Colombia for the UCI Nations Cup. -

Trinidad and Tobago Olympian Nicholas Paul will be competing at the UCI Nations Cup, from September 9-12. Paul is among four TT cyclists who left for Cali, Colombia on Monday.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Cycling World Championships this October will be held in Roubaix in northern France, after being moved from Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, back in June. The championships are now scheduled for October 20 to 24 at the Vélodrome Couvert Régional Jean-Stablinski. The venue, also known as "Le Stab", opened in 2012 and features a 250-metre track. It is situated within the city’s Parc des Sports and adjacent to the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux, the finish of the Paris-Roubaix Classic in road cycling. The Paris-Roubaix Classic is also scheduled for the start of October, having been postponed from April because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UCI Track Cycling World Championships will now be organised by the French Cycling Federation (FFC), the City of Roubaix, Lille European Metropole, the department of Nord and the Hauts-de-France region. The UCI says "most of the gold medallists" from Tokyo 2020 will take part, with the event serving as qualification for the inaugural UCI Track Champions League starting this November. David Lappartient, the President of the UCI, believes Roubaix will prove to be a worthy host of the event. "I would like to congratulate the Roubaix Organising Committee, led by the FFC and its President, Michel Callot, and all the authorities involved, for the quality of their candidature file," he said. "Roubaix has long been a fabled location on the international cycling scene thanks to the famous Paris-Roubaix Classic. The Paris-Roubaix Classic is also due to be held earlier in October ©Getty Images The Paris-Roubaix Classic is also due to be held earlier in October ©Getty Images "Its name will now be associated with the history of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. "I am convinced that the magnificent Jean-Stablinski Velodrome will showcase an exceptional event." Callot said that hosting the Track Cycling World Championships will only add to France’s pedigree within the sport. "We are immensely proud that the expertise of our teams in organising sporting events has been recognised with the award of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships," said Callot. "This major international event, held in a region with a very strong cycling tradition, will be the prelude to a 2022 that will see France stage three UCI Cycling World Championships - BMX in Nantes, mountain bike in Les Gets, and track cycling in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. "With three years to go until the Olympic Games Paris 2024, France is a land of cycling like never before." Leading politicians from the department of Nord and the Hauts-de-France region also welcomed today’s announcement. Christian Poiret, the President of the department of Nord, said hosting the event would bring "economic benefits" and tap into local people’s passion for cycling, while the Hauts-de-France region’s President Xavier Bertrand and vice-president for sport, youth affairs and community projects remarked in a joint-statement that the UCI Track Cycling World Championships would "showcase our region", which would be represented by local cyclist Oscar Caron. France last hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2015 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, which will also host next year's edition of the event ©Getty Images France last hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2015 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, which will also host next year's edition of the event ©Getty Images The Mayor of Roubaix Guillaume Delbar, who is also chairperson of the Board at Le Stab, added: "We have a wonderful opportunity to promote and showcase our regional velodrome as a centre of excellence that has been developing young riders for nearly ten years now. "The medals won at the last French Championships are a reflection of that. "The event will also put the spotlight on a velodrome that will be a support base at the Olympic Games Paris 2024." The 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were awarded to Ashgabat in September 2018, but moved in June with organisers and the UCI citing COVID-19 restrictions in Turkmenistan. The Central Asian country has officially reported no cases or deaths from COVID-19, but has imposed some strict restrictions on commercial travel and made vaccinations compulsory for all residents from the age of 18. Its President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was controversially awarded the UCI Order in June 2020, despite concerns over Turkmenistan’s human rights record. The 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held in the German capital Berlin, with the Netherlands topping the medal table with six golds. Next year’s event is due to be hosted in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris, which also hosted the 2015 edition. The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are now scheduled to take place in Roubaix this October ©Getty Images

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Cycling World Championships this October will be held in Roubaix in northern France, after being moved from Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, back in June.