Entry is via the British Cycling website here. Championship events cost £25 & non-championship events cost £15 (Madison £40 per team). To enter, you must have a valid 2024 British Cycling membership & race license, with GB nationality. Foreign license holders can enter if they have a GB UCI Id, but must also purchase a British Cycling membership. For Youth B riders who wish to ride up to Youth A, or Youth A who wish to ride up to Juniors; please contact us by email to process your entries manually.

Car parking is available at Lee Valley, but is chargeable. A special event rate will apply - please use the QR code on the posters to pay each day. Campervans etc are not allowed to stay overnight in the car park.

Your bicycle must comply with the current UCI regulations. These can be found on the UCI Website here - look for the 'Clarification Guide' which explains the rules on equipment. Youth A riders must ride a gear no larger than 6.93m. Gear checks will take place for all riders pre race; and spot checks will be carried out throughout the competition. All riders must wear the registered clothing of their current club/team. Plain clothing may only be worn by riders not affiliated with a club or team.

The track will be available from 9am for warmup each day until 10 minutes before the start of competition. Please note: This time is for warmup & track familiarisation, not training - standing starts will not be allowed and you must take care during efforts to use the track safely. You must have signed in, be wearing at least one number and be in your registered clothing to use the track for warmup. Bicycle computers, headphones etc are not allowed.

Youth B riders are eligible to enter Youth A events, and Youth A riders may also enter the Junior events. Before entering, please consider whether you have suitable race experience at the higher level; you may wish to talk to your coaches to discuss this first. When riding up, you may use the equipment & gearing applicable to the older category. To enter if you are riding up, please email us as we'll need to process your entry manually!

Yes! No ticket is required for spectators - please just sit in the open areas of the stands and do not cross any barriers.

Track centre access is for riders, volunteers & officials, & registered helpers only. Each rider will be able to purchase one pass per day for a helper if desired for £3/day. Instructions on how to do this will be in the event manual. Other qualified coaches and team managers may also purchase track centre passes - details on how to do this will be made available nearer the time.

We're asking for your best time achieved in Sprint, Time Trial and Individual Pursuit just to help us seed the competition - it does not affect whether you will get a place or not! If you do not have a time from competition, please give a time from a coached session (eg RSR) or other suitable session!

Events will be held over the below distances Sprints Qualifying over 200m Competition format will depend on number of entries, but will at least include semi finals and finals run over the best of 3. If time allow, quarter finals will also be the best of three. Individual Pursuit All riders will do a qualifying ride The top 4 riders will then ride finals, with the top two seeds competing for Gold & Silver If time allows, there will be additional minor finals for 5th-8th place. Start Gates will be used. Time Trial​ Time trials will be run as a straight final. Depending on the number of entries this will be with either one or two riders on track at a time. Start Gates will be used. Keirin Competition format will depend on number of entries, but will at least include semi finals and finals. All riders will get at least two rides. Scratch, Points, Madison, Elimination Events will be run over the distances in the table above. Where qualifying heats are required, the same number of riders will be eliminated from each heat as per current UCI regulations (Therefore not necessarily the same number of riders will progress from each heat). Note: Elimination qualification, if required, will be the same distance/format as Scratch qualification.

Following discussions with the BC Talent Team and other coaches the decision has been made to run this as an Open Team Sprint Competition – with teams of three youth riders over three laps. Mixed teams are very much welcome; and if there are enough all girls teams then we will split those out into a separate competition and/or hold a separate podium. Teams do not all have to be from the same club. For this event, all teams will ride both a qualifying round and a final, on Friday 2nd August. If you are interested in forming a team, please can one person from each team send us an email with the names of your three riders. The cost will be £25 per team.

No, the groups are based on ability and race experience. The LYTL is not an open event, but a closed event. This is the reasoning behind the membership; this enables the league to have ability groups as per British Cycling track regulations. When entering you will be asked to choose which group you would like to ride in, although we may need to move you if required. You can also move groups if you feel like you have chosen the wrong one in the first weeks! If you're not sure what group to race in, please ask your club or BC coach for some advice! The groups are: Group 1 - Mostly Youth A Boys. Strong Youth B boys with race experience may also find this group appropriate. Junior women and Youth A girls may also choose to race in this group Group 2 - Mostly Youth B Boys. Youth A Boys who are new to track racing, and strong second year youth C riders may find this group appropriate. Group 3 - Mostly Youth C Riders. Youth B riders who are new to track racing may find this group appropriate. Group G - Youth A & B Girls. Strong Youth C Girls with race experience may find this group appropriate. Junior women (3rd or 4th cat only) may also choose to race in this group if desired.

The league is based on a rider accumulating points for each race. There will be multiple races for each group every league night. The points are award from 1st down to 8th (10,8,6,5,4,3,2 & 1 points). At the end of the series there will be a podium for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for each group; the three with the highest points total. In the case of riders with equal points, we will work out the number of 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. places gained from a rider in a race format to determine a finishing order.

Don’t worry. If you are finding it difficult within your allotted group we can move you down a group. We want you to enjoy your racing and race within a bunch to develop your track craft.

Sign-on opens at 6.15pm on a race night. There is no set closure time for sign-on. We appreciate you may be travelling some way to the venue and traffic issues are hard to predict. If you are running late and can let us know we can hold your place for you if required!

No, even though you may be in the next youth category as per your licence change from the 1st January, the group maximum gear will remain the same to the end of the series. This will ensure there is fairness across the series.

Entries for league events will be open on the British Cycling website at least four weeks before race night. You can view the exact dates on our events page!

To join the league you first need to join British Cycling and take out a race license; as well obtain indoor track accreditation. There are a number of routes you can gain your accreditation, such as at Lee Valley VeloPark, another indoor velodrome, or through British Cycling’s Go-Ride cluster sessions. Whilst many outdoor velodromes offer accreditation schemes, we require riders to have some experience of riding on an indoor velodrome before you can race in the league. Once you have these two items in place, you can join the league using the link here or via British Cycling’s website. You will not be able to access a race night until you have membership in place first.

Entries are set to be accepted straight away, so you should receive an email from British Cycling confirming your entry a few minutes after you checkout on the BC website.

We will issue a race programme on Monday or Tuesday before a race night, once entries have closed. There may be times, especially when organising a specials night, that we may need to issue out further instructions 24 hours before the event. We will endeavour to send out all information relating to a race night as quickly as possible.

The majority of the races are endurance based, but we will try to include shorter distance formats to create a sprint type race. The key formats will be scratch, points race and elimination races.

No, there are no BC points as the event is a closed event.

Bonus points are there to encourage you to be competitive within a race format. It might be that you have no league points, but this may be your chance to get some points on the board. It also provides those to close gaps on their nearest competitor within the league standings.

Scratch Race A scratch race is a simple race over a set number of laps, with the first rider over the line taking the win. Points Race A points race has a number of sprints throughout the race where the first four riders get 5, 3, 2 & 1 points respectively. Riders who gain a lap on the main bunch will get an extra 10 or 20 points, and riders who lose a lap on the main bunch will lose 10 or 20 points. At the end of the race, the rider with the most points is the winner. Elimination Race An elimination race, sometimes called 'Devil take the Hindmost' is a race where either every lap or every 2nd lap, the last rider over the line is eliminated. When a set number of riders remain (usually two) they sprint it out for the win. The eliminations are judged on the back of the back wheel - so make sure to keep sprinting until your back wheel has crossed the finish line! Win Out / Reverse Win Out In a win out or reverse win out, there are a set number of sprints throughout the race. In a win out, the first sprint is for 1st place, and in a reverse win out the first sprint will be the last place that gives league points. Once you win a sprint you leave the track. In a reverse win out, the sprint at the end of the race is for 1st place, but come second in that sprint and you get no league points at all - so it becomes an all or nothing gamble! Tempo Race A tempo race is like a points race, except there is a sprint every lap where only the winner gets 1pt. At the end of the race, the rider with the most points is the winner. Unknown Distance The unknown distance is like a scratch race, except the race distance is not known in advance. The commissaires will ring the bell at a random point to let the final sprint begin! SuperSprint Taken from the classic 6 day format, the SuperSprint combines the elimination and scratch races. There will be a set number of eliminations (usually 5) followed by a short sprint for all remaining riders to fight for the win.

Gear checks will take place during the sign-on process. You must present your bike to the official at gear checking. The official will tick you off as checked before racing commences. If you have not had your gear checked and you start racing, then you may be asked to leave the race to have your bike checked for conformity.

For league events, the maximum gearing is per the group you are racing in, regardless of your British Cycling age category: Open Group 1 -> 6.93m Open Group 2 -> 6.45m Open Group 3 -> 6.05m Girl's/Women's Group -> 6.93m

No, the venue will not permit their hire bikes to be used for racing. You must own or have access to your own track bike. Many clubs have access to equipment that they are happy to loan to members!

Events will be contested over the below distances. Where qualification heats are required for bunch races, these will typically take place over half distance. Sprints Qualifying over 200m Competition format will depend on number of entries, but will at least include semi finals and finals run over the best of 3. If time allow, quarter finals will also be the best of three. Individual Pursuit All riders will do a qualifying ride The top 4 riders will then ride finals, with the top two seeds competing for Gold & Silver If time allows, there will be additional minor finals for 5th-8th place. Start Gates will be used. Time Trial​ Time trials will be run as a straight final. Depending on the number of entries this will be with either one or two riders on track at a time. Start Gates will be used. Keirin Competition format will depend on number of entries, but will at least include semi finals and finals. All riders will get at least two rides. Scratch, Points, Madison, Elimination Events will be run over the distances in the table above. Where qualifying heats are required, the same number of riders will be eliminated from each heat as per current UCI regulations (Therefore not necessarily the same number of riders will progress from each heat). Note: Elimination qualification, if required, will be the same distance/format as Scratch qualification.

No, the best advantage you can have is to practice increasing your cadence without your pedalling technique collapsing i.e. severe bouncing in saddle, not pedalling in circular motions, poor core stability. The gearing difference is immaterial. A youth rider should be able to increase their cadence to 150-200 RPM for at least 10 seconds plus from an average cadence of 100-120 RPM.

Yes, you can ride a lower gear, but you may not exceed the maximum gearing for your group.

Yes! New in 2023/4, we are asking riders to not use disk wheels at league events. Deep section wheels may be used by riders in group 1/g only.