UCI announces 2021 Track Champions League

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Keirin Semifinals - Berlin, Germany - February 27, 2020. Malaysia's Mohd Azizulhasni Awang, Japan's Yudai Nitta, France's Rayan Helal, Great Britain's Jack Carlin, Matthijs Buchli of the Netherlands and Germany's Stefan Botticher in action. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Six iconic velodromes will host the inaugural UCI Track Champions League next year as part of cycling's governing body the UCI's revamp of the season.

First announced in March as a World League taking place in 2021 and 2022, the new format will instead be staged over six successive weekends at the end of next year.