The UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 comprised five rounds before returning to four in 2002 and back to five in 2008. Previously, the track cycling world cup was held in the Northern Hemisphere summer, but in 2004, the racing season was altered and the event now runs from November through to February on an annual basis.
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