Please find below further information on the qualifying process for the 2024 British National Track Championships.

To assist with the scheduling of the event while providing riders with opportunities to progress towards competing in national competition, we will again be implementing a qualification process and other changes to entry requirements for the 2024 British National Track Championships.

Details of the events which will require qualifying times, details of how riders can enter composite teams for team events for the first time and qualifying opportunities are listed below.

Individual events

Riders will need to achieve a pre-qualification time in order to enter the 500m time-trial, 1km time-trial and individual pursuit events at the 2024 British National Track Championships. Only riders who are able to evidence that they have met the pre-qualification time but have not achieved the automatic qualifying time by the event entry deadline will be eligible to race in the closed door qualification session on Thursday 22 February 2024.

Pre-qualification times required to reach the Thursday qualifying session:

• Men’s individual pursuit: Verified time of 4:30.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Women’s individual pursuit: Verified time of 3:50.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Men’s 1km time-trial: Verified time of 1:08.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Women’s 500m time-trial: Verified time of 0:37.50 or better before entry closing date.

• Men’s individual pursuit: Verified time of 4:23.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Women’s individual pursuit: Verified time of 3:40.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Men’s 1km time-trial: Verified time of 1:05.50 or better before entry closing date.
• Women’s 500m time-trial: Verified time of 0:36.00 seconds or better before entry closing date.

Riders who achieve the automatic qualifying time in their chosen event, and submit this to British Cycling in accordance with the stated criteria prior to the championship entry deadline of Monday 22nd January 2024, will be entered directly into the first round (pursuit) or final (time-trials). There is no limit to the number of the riders in these events who have achieved or bettered the automatic qualification times.

For those wishing to find opportunities to achieve qualifying times, please find details at the bottom of the article.

Further details on individual timed events can be found here.

Composite teams

Based on rider feedback, at the 2024 championships we will be, for the first time, allowing composite teams to compete in the team pursuit and team sprint events, enabling more riders to compete in these events.

British Cycling will allow qualifying teams to compete in the championships under the following criteria:

• All composite teams must set a qualifying time outlined in the following section of this page.
• The team’s qualifying time must be added to their event entry.
• A minimum of three riders who achieve the qualifying time must compete in the first round of the championships in the team pursuit (TP), and a minimum of two riders who achieve the qualifying time must compete in the first round of the championships in the team sprint (TS). A maximum of six riders can be entered into the team pursuit and a maximum of five riders can be entered into the team sprint.
• All team member names and membership numbers must be added to the composite team’s entry. Failure to complete this correctly will result in the entry not being accepted.
• Riders of a composite team cannot be named in any other competing teams in that competition.
• A team name will be required for all composite teams. British Cycling will deem the appropriateness of all team names and will contact the team lead/manager if an amendment is required.

Further details on composite teams can be found here.

Team events

Teams will also need to achieve a pre-qualification time in order to enter the team pursuit and team sprint events at the 2024 British National Track Championships. Only teams who are able to evidence that they have met the pre-qualification time, but have not achieved the automatic qualification time by the event entry deadline, will be eligible to race in the closed door qualification session on Thursday 22 February 2024.
Automatic qualification to the championships will be granted to those teams who achieve the automatic qualifying time. These times are as follows:

Pre-qualification times to reach the Thursday qualifying session:

• Men’s team pursuit: Verified time of 4:20.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Women’s team pursuit: Verified time of 5:04.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Men’s team sprint: Verified time of 50.00 or better before entry closing date.
• Women’s team sprint: Verified times of 54.00 or better before entry closing date.

Teams that achieve the automatic qualifying time in their chosen event, and submit this time to British Cycling in accordance with the stated criteria prior to the championship entry deadline of Monday 22 January 2024, will be entered directly into the championships. There is no limit to the number of teams in the events who have achieved the automatic-qualification time.

Further details on team events can be found here.

Qualifying opportunities

For those wishing to achieve qualifying times, please find the current opportunities below:

• Thursday 23 November 2023: London, Full Gas Open Track Meeting Event 2. Events: 500mTT, 1km TT, 3km Individual Pursuit, 4km Individual Pursuit. Enter here.
• Friday 8 December 2023: London, Full Gas Open Track Meeting Event 3. Events: 500mTT, 1km TT, 3km Individual Pursuit, 4km Individual Pursuit. Enter here.
• Friday 8-Sunday 10 December 2023: Glasgow, Scottish Cycling Senior National Track Championships 2023 (Eligible Scottish riders and Scottish club members only). Events: 500mTT, 1km TT, 3km Individual Pursuit, 4km Individual Pursuit, Men Team Sprint, Women Team Sprint, Men Team Pursuit, Women Team Pursuit. Para-cycling events are also available for all nationalities. Enter here.
• Thursday 4 January 2023: London, Full Gas Open Track Meeting Event 4. Events: 500mTT, 1km TT, 3km Individual Pursuit, 4km Individual Pursuit. Enter here.
• Friday 12 January 2024: Newport, 42 Degrees Pursuit & TT Evening. Events: 500mTT, 1km TT, 3km Individual Pursuit, 4km Individual Pursuit, Team Sprint, Team Pursuit. Enter here. 
• Friday 12 & Friday 19 January 2024: Manchester, MRTL. Limited opportunities are available and for full details, please contact caroleleigh62@googlemail.com.

For any queries, please email track@britishcycling.org.uk