Track World Championships: Netherlands off to flying start with three gold medals out of three on day 1

(Top L-R) Netherlands' #169 Roy Van der Berg, #168 Harrie Lavreysen, Netherlands' #166 Jeffrey Hoogland; (Bottom L-R) #122 Hetty Van de Wouw, #123 Steffie Van der Peet, #121 Kimberly Kalee, and #34 Lorena Wiebes celebrate during the scratch and team sprint award ceremony at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships, in the Penalolen Velodrome in Santiago, on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP)
Dutch racers, including Lorena Wiebes, celebrate after winning world titles in the men's and women's team sprints and the scratch (Image credit: Getty Images)

Three titles were on the line on the opening day of racing at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in the Peñalolén velodrome in Santiago, Chile.

The first day of competition decided the gold medallists in the women's scratch, men's team sprint and women's team sprint.

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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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