2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Memphis
At the 7 yard line with 12:14 remaining in regulation, Milton scrambled to the endzone, was hit by a defender, flipped into the air, but crossed the plane for the score. Leading now 31–30, the Knights defense stiffened. With one minute left in the game, UCF punted, and pinned the Tigers back at their own 15 yard line. Brady White quickly drove the Tigers to the UCF 40 yard line. With 18 seconds left in regulation, White under pressure, rolled out to his left, completing a pass to Tony Pollard to the UCF 31 yard line. Pollard was tackled in-bounds, and the clock ran out. UCF held on to win, by the score of 31–30, shutting out the Tigers in the second half, and improving their record against Memphis to 12–1.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
The UCF coaching staff created a stir with an unexpected game-time decision to bench quarterback McKenzie Milton for an undisclosed injury. Back-up Darriel Mack Jr. started at quarterback, and led the Knights to a 37–10 win, their 20th consecutive victory. The first quarter saw the Knights offense sputter, punting on their first three drives. East Carolina managed a field goal, and a 3–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, UCF scored 20 unanswered points. Two field goals by Matthew Wright gave UCF a 6–3 lead with 9:44 to go in the half.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
On their next drive at the ECU 42 yard line, Mack lateraled the ball to Quadry Jones who threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Adrian Killins Jr. ECU fumbled away the ball near midfield, and Mack led UCF on a 10-play drive capped off by a 7-yard touchdown on a quarterback run.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
In the third quarter, East Carolina went on a 10-play, 86-yard drive resulting in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Holton Ahlers to Trevon Brown to trim the lead to 20–10. After another UCF field goal, the score was 23-10. As time expired in the third quarter, Knights punter Mac Loudermilk pinned the Pirates back inside their own 1 yard line. However, the Pirates drove 98 yards to the UCF 1 yard line. Facing a 3rd & Goal at the 1, Holton Ahlers' jump pass attempt resulted in a fumble. Nate Evans recovered the ball and ran 94 yards for a UCF touchdown. With just over six minutes left in regulation, Greg McCrae tacked on a 74-yard breakaway touchdown run to make the final score 37–10.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
Mack had only 12 completions for 69 yards, but led the team in rushing with 120 yards and one touchdown. It was the school record-extending 8th consecutive road game victory, and 20th consecutive game scoring 30 or more points - now the fifth longest streak in FBS history. The Knights remained 10th in the AP Poll for the third straight week, but slipped from 9th to 10th in the Coaches Poll.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
During their bye week on October 27, losses by a number of teams inside the top 25 helped the Knights elevate to 9th in both the AP Poll and Coaches poll.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
UCF extended their winning streak to 21 games, defeating division foe Temple by the score of 52–40 on the Thursday night space-themed game. Going into the game, the Knights were ranked 12th in the initial CFP ranking. The game turned into a high-scoring affair, with 1,300 total yards of offense. Temple was arguably the stronger team in the first half, as Owls quarterback Anthony Russo threw for 277 yards and three touchdown, and rushed for one touchdown before halftime. The Owls got on the board first with a 41-yard field goal by Will Mobley.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
The Owls then blocked a UCF field goal attempt. The Knights scored touchdowns on their next two drives, while the Owls scored on their next four drives (three touchdowns, one field goal). The Owls held a ten-point lead at one point during the second quarter, with the highlight being a 70-yard touchdown pass to Randle Jones. The Knights took a 28–27 lead with less than two minutes left in the half. However, Temple drove 64 yards in 1:25 for another touchdown, and a 34–28 halftime lead.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
After the explosive first half by the Owls, the Knights defense would stiffen in the second half. The Knights would allow only six points in the second half, forced two turnovers, and managed to take control of the game. To open the third quarter, McKenzie Milton drove the Knights 66 yards in only four plays. Greg McCrae ran for a 32-yard touchdown, and a 35–34 UCF lead. Anthony Russo was intercepted with an over-the-shoulder diving catch by Knights defender Nevelle Clarke, for the game's first turnover.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
Though the Knights were held to a 3-and-out, they would score on their next drive, a 19-yard touchdown pass to Michael Colubiale. Trailing 42–34, Temple drove ten plays to the UCF 12 yard line. Facing 3rd down & 4, the Owls had back-to-back false start penalties, then their ensuing field attempt was missed.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
With just over 13 minutes left in regulation, Temple intercepted McKenzie Milton at the 33 yard line. Russo threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Ventell Bryant, but Temple's game-tying two-point conversion attempt was stuffed a half yard short of the goal line. UCF maintained the lead 42–40 with 9:44 to go. A 10-yard touchdown run by Taj McGowan put the Knights up 49–40. The Owls drove down the UCF 20 yard line, but facing a 3rd & 10, Trysten Hill sacked Anthony Russo for a 10-yard loss, UCF's first sack of the night.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
On 4th & 20 at the 30 yard line, Russo's pass attempt the endzone was too high, and the Owls turned the ball over on downs. UCF tacked on a field goal for a 52–40 lead. Temple got the ball back with 1:36 left, but Russo was sacked again, and then intercepted, which clinched the game for the Knights.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
The victory, coupled with a loss by Houston two days later, gave UCF the lead in most intra-conference game wins in AAC history (since 2013). UCF has compiled a 32–13 record in AAC play, in addition to a 1–0 record in the AAC Championship Game.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
Quarterback McKenzie Milton threw for 200 yards, two touchdown passes, rushed for 62 yards, and ran for one touchdown, as UCF defeated Navy. The Knights won their 22nd consecutive game, and 13th consecutive home game. The Knights jumped out to a 21–0 lead, with Greg McCrae's 11-yard touchdown run the first points of the day. Navy fumbled away the ball on their next two drives, both leading to Knights touchdowns.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
In the second quarter, the Midshipmen went on a ten-play drive, reaching the UCF 3, but a false start penalty followed by an incompletion resulted in Navy managing only a field goal. UCF looked to tack on another touchdown just before halftime, but with 14 seconds remaining, running back Taj McGowan fumbled away the ball at the Navy 13 yard line.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
Trailing 21–3, Navy received the second half kickoff, and drove 75 yards in 11 plays for a touchdown. UCF answered on the next drive, with their own 75-yard drive, capped off by Milton's 1-yard touchdown run. At the start of the fourth quarter, Mike Martin's 14-yard touchdown run reduced the deficit to 28–17. UCF put the game mostly out of reach as Milton threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Dredrick Snelson with 11:28 left in regulation. The Knights forced a Navy punt, then proceeded to run the clock down to 6 minutes. Mac Loudermilk's punt was short, however, giving Navy the ball at the own 49 yard line. Trailing 35–17, Navy scored a touchdown with 3:34 to go, but failed to recover the ensuing onside kick attempt. UCF successfully ran out the clock, and secured the victory.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
The Knights defense held Navy quarterback Zach Abey to 0 passing yards on only 2 attempts.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
UCF hosted Cincinnati in prime time on Saturday Night Football on ABC. The day started out with UCF hosting College Gameday at the UCF campus for the first time in program history. It was UCF's second appearance on Gameday (they were also the visiting team at South Carolina on September 1, 2005), and Cincinnati's first-ever appearance. The American Athletic Conference East Division title was at stake for both teams — UCF would clinch the division with a victory, and Cincinnati with a win would have a chance to clinch the division in the following week. The Knights routed the Bearcats, as quarterback McKenzie Milton threw for 268 yards, three touchdown passes, and ran for one touchdown. The Knights extended their winning streak to 23 games.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Cincinnati received the opening kickoff. The Bearcats suffered two false start penalties before running a single play, as crowd noise was already a factor. They were forced to punt, pinning the Knights back at their own 7 yard line. On their first play from scrimmage, Malik Clements sacked McKenzie Milton causing a fumble. Kimoni Fitz recovered the ball in the endzone for a Cincinnati touchdown. The extra point was missed, and the Bearcats led 6–0. The Knights went 3-and-out on their next possession, with Cincinnati's defense sacking Milton for the second time.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
The Bearcats could not capitalize, however, as Cole Smith missed an ensuring 38-yard goal attempt. The Knights offense finally got revved up, as Milton completed two straight passes to Dredrick Snelson (15 and 28 yards), then to Greg McCrae (27 yards). That set up Milton's 3-yard quarterback keeper for a touchdown and a 7–6 lead. The Bearcats drove 50 yards in ten plays to the UCF 24 yard line. With seconds left in the first quarter, Cole Smith's 41-yard field goal attempt was blocked, and recovered by Brandon Moore. Moore ran back the ball 53 yard to the Cincinnati 22 yard line. Three plays later, facing 3rd & 5, Adrian Killins Jr. caught a diving 17-yard touchdown pass from Milton for a 14–6 lead.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
UCF added another touchdown in the second quarter, stretching their lead to 21–6. In the final minutes of the half, the Bearcats went on a 15-play drive reaching as far as the UCF 12 yard line. Quarterback Desmond Ridder was sacked by Titus Davis for a loss of 2, then sacked again by Davis, this time fumbling. The Knights recovered, and took a knee to end the half.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
The second half belonged to the Knights. Cincinnati committed two turnovers, and a turnover on downs, while the Knights added two more touchdowns, as well as a field goal. The Bearcats finally scored an offensive touchdown with just over 9 minutes remaining in regulation. The Knights won by the score of 38–13, and clinched the AAC east division.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at South Florida
UCF faced South Florida in the War on I-4 rivalry. The Knights defeated the Bulls 38–10, however, the game was marred by the devastating, season-ending injury to starting quarterback McKenzie Milton. It was the Knights second straight win in the rivalry, and their second win at Tampa. The Knights extended their active winning streak to 24 games, their away game winning streak to nine games, and tied an NCAA record with their 24th consecutive game scoring 30+ points.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at South Florida
The first quarter opened with punts by both teams, followed by interceptions by both teams. Nick Roberts of the Bulls picked off McKenzie Milton at the UCF 30, and returned the ball to the 12. The Knights defense stiffened, and the Bulls went for it on a 4th & 1 at the 3 yard line. Jordan Cronkrite was stuffed for no gain, and the Bulls turned the ball over on downs. Milton led the Knights on a 97-yard drive, including a 38-yard pass to Gabriel Davis, following a 14-yard touchdown pass to Davis, and a 7–0 lead.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at South Florida
Early in the second quarter, the Bulls drove to the UCF 35, and again went for it on a 4th down. For the second time, Jordan Cronkrite was tackled for no gain, and again the Bulls turned the ball over on downs. Six plays later, facing a 3rd & 7 at the USF 30, McKenzie Milton scrambled to the right and was upended after a diving tackle by Mazzi Wilkins. Milton suffered a "traumatic" knee injury, and was carted off the field and brought to Tampa General Hospital for surgery. After a lengthy delay, the game resumed with Matthew Wright kicking a 42-yard field goal for a 10–0 lead.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at South Florida
Darriel Mack Jr. took over at quarterback, and despite the pall cast over the game, the Knights rallied behind him to soundly defeat the Bulls. Mack threw for 81 yards in substitute, but it was the running game and the defense that took over in the second half. Greg McCrae rushed 181 yards on 16 carries, and three touchdowns. The Knights ended with 391 yard rushing, with Taj McGowan adding a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The defense held the Bulls to negative 8 yards of offense in the fourth quarter.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
UCF hosted Memphis in the AAC Championship Game. This was the second consecutive years the Knights hosted the Tigers in the conference championship game, and fourth meeting between the two schools in the past two seasons. With starting quarterback McKenzie Milton out for the season, the Knights rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit behind back-up quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. and won the conference championship for the second year in a row.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
UCF won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half. On the fourth play of the game, Tigers running back Darrell Henderson broke free for a 62-yard touchdown run, and a quick 7–0 lead for Memphis. Knights quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. then fumbled away the ball at the UCF 27, leading to Henderson's second touchdown. The Knights finally got on the board, going 65 yards in 7 plays, with a 14-yard touchdown run by Greg McCrae. The Memphis rushing attack struck again quickly.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
Facing 3rd & 4 at their own 30 yard line, Patrick Taylor Jr. broke free for a 70-yard touchdown, and 21–7 lead. The miscues for the Knights continued, as Mack was sacked and fumbled, leading to a Tigers field goal and a shocking 24–7 lead at the end of the first quarter.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
As the second quarter began, the Knights were driving into Tigers territory. A 20-yard completion from Mack to Gabriel Davis sparked the drive, and UCF eventually reached the red zone. Facing 3rd & Goal at the 6, Mack ran up the middle for an apparent touchdown, but the ball was fumbled and bouncing live into the endzone, dangerously close to going out-of-bounds. Michael Colubiale fell on the ball and recovered it for the UCF touchdown. Darrell Henderson continued to punish the Knights defense.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
On the second play of the next drive, he blasted for an 82-yard touchdown run, and a 31–14 Tigers lead. With under 4 minutes left in the half, a Memphis punt set UCF deep at their own 6 yard line. Mack threw a 44-yard pass to Gabriel Davis, then Greg McCrae broke free for a 47-yard run all the way to the 3 yard line. Mack's 4 yard touchdown pass to Jake Hescock made the score 31–21. The Knights forced a 3-and-out and Memphis punted with 1:50 remaining. But Otis Anderson muffed the punt, and Memphis recovered. With 21 seconds left in the half, Darrell Henderson connected with Sean Dykes for a 4-yard touchdown pass, and the Tigers led 38–21 at halftime.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
UCF received the ball to start the third quarter, and proceeded to dominate the second half. The Knights would score five touchdowns on five consecutive drives, erasing a 17-point deficit, and held the Tigers to only three points in the second half. Darrell Henderson was held to only 3 yards in the second half, while Darriel Mack Jr. threw for a touchdown, and ran for four more. Mack sparked the rally with a 54-yard touchdown to a wide-open Otis Anderson, who ran untouched to the endzone.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
Later, Memphis managed to drive to the UCF 2 yard line, but Brady White's pass to the endzone fell incomplete off the fingertips of Damonte Coxie as he hit the ground. The Tigers settled for a field goal, and clung to a 41–35 lead. The Knights took their first lead of the game (42–41) with a touchdown in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter. With 9:26 remaining, Memphis kicker Riley Patterson missed a 36-yard field goal attempt, and the Knights held their lead. UCF iced the game with two more touchdown, and an interception in the endzone with 33 seconds to go.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, American Conference Championship
Quarterback Darriel Mack Jr., in only his second start for the Knights, finished with 348 yard passing, 1 touchdown pass, 59 yards rushing, and 4 rushing touchdowns, to claim the game's MVP honors. The Knights extended their winning streak to 25 games, and set a new NCAA Division I FBS record with their 25th consecutive game scoring 30 or more points.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
UCF's 25-game win streak came to a halt with a 40–32 loss against LSU. The Tigers dominated time of possession (44:31) and racked up 555 yards of offense. The Knights offense was held to a season-low 250 total yards. Despite the loss, the Knights extended their NCAA Division I FBS record with their 26th consecutive game scoring 30 or more points.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
LSU won the coin toss and elected to receive. Clyde Edwards-Helaire took the opening kickoff back 77 yards all the way to the UCF 16 yard line. The Knights defense, however, stiffened, and kept the Tigers out of the endzone. Cole Tracy kicked a 24-yard field goal for the first points of the game. On their first drive, Darriel Mack Jr. led the Knights on a 6-play, 69-yard drive. A 25-yard touchdown run by Greg McCrae put the Knights up 7–3.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
LSU drove to the Knights 15 yard line, but quarterback Joe Burrow was intercepted by Brandon Moore at the 7 yard line. Moore ran the ball back 93 yards for the touchdown, and a 14–3 Knights lead. During the return, defensive lineman Joey Connors made a legal blindside block on Burrow, sending him to the ground, but he was able to recover. Nate Evans drew a penalty, however, for taunting Burrow after the play, and it was assessed on the kickoff.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
On the next drive, LSU faced a 3rd down & 12 at the UCF 47 yard line. Kyle Gibson sacked quarterback Joe Burrow for a 6-yard loss, but Knights defender Randy Charlton was subsequently flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after spiking the ball. The penalty proved costly as it gave LSU new life, and was a turning point in the game. The Tigers were awarded 15 yards and a first down. Six plays later they were in the endzone for a touchdown. Driving across midfield in the closing seconds of the first quarter, quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. was tackled on a run, and fumbled the ball, and LSU recovered.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
LSU scored touchdowns on their first two possessions of the second quarter, erasing the deficit, and pulling out to a 24–14 lead. Meanwhile, the Knights went three-and-out twice, and also turned the ball over on downs in Tigers territory. With under two minutes left before halftime, LSU pinned UCF back at their own 5 yard line. Mack led the Knights on a 10-play, 95-yard drive, capped off by a much-needed score. Facing a 3rd down & 14 at the LSU 32 yard line, Mack threw a touchdown pass to Gabriel Davis at the back of the endzone with 4 seconds left. At halftime, LSU led 24–21.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
UCF got the ball to start the second half, but went three-and-out on their first three drives. LSU scored a 32-yard touchdown from Joe Burrow to Ja'Marr Chase, and also kicked a field goal to go up 34–21. With 3:56 left in the third quarter, Mack Loudermilk's punt was muffed by Tigers return man Justin Jefferson, and UCF recovered at the 20 yard line. The Knights had to settle for a field goal, however, and kicker Matthew Wright trimmed the score to 34–24.


2018 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU (Fiesta Bowl)
LSU tacked on two more field goals in the fourth quarter, and stretched their lead to 40–24. With just over four minutes remaining in regulation, the Knights went on a swift 75-yard scoring drive. A 2-yard touchdown run by Taj McGowan, followed by a two-point conversion, made the score 40–32 with 2:24 remaining. The Knights attempted an onside kick, but failed to recover. The Knights defense forced a three-and-out, and got one last possession with 35 seconds to go. With 20 seconds left, Mack's pass attempt deflected off of players, and was intercepted by JaCoby Stevens to seal the win for LSU.


2018 UCI Africa Tour
The 2018 UCI Africa Tour is the 14th season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 27 October 2017 with the Tour du Faso and ends on 14 September 2018.


2018 UCI Africa Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey.


2018 UCI Africa Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers: the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2018 UCI America Tour
The 2018 UCI America Tour is the fourteenth season of the UCI America Tour. The season began on October 23, 2017 with the Vuelta a Guatemala and will end on September 30, 2018.


2018 UCI America Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2018 UCI America Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2018 UCI Asia Tour
The 2018 UCI Asia Tour is the 14th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 28 October 2017 with the Tour of Hainan and ended 21 October 2018.


2018 UCI Asia Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey.


2018 UCI Asia Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2018 UCI Asia Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2018 UCI BMX World Championships
The 2018 UCI BMX World Championships was the 23rd edition of the UCI BMX World Championships and took place at the BMX VeloPark in Baku, Azerbaijan from 5 to 9 June 2018.


2018 UCI BMX World Championships
Just as at the 2017 edition, four medal events were held.


2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2017–18. These were held in Valkenburg in the Netherlands on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2018. The championships featured five events; men's races for elite, under-23 and junior riders, and women's races for elite and under-23 riders.


2018 UCI Europe Tour
The 2018 UCI Europe Tour is the fourteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2018 season began on 25 January 2018 with the Trofeo Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines, Campos and will end on 16 October 2018 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs.


2018 UCI Europe Tour
French rider Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), who scored 1,124 points in the 2017 edition, is the defending champion from the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.


2018 UCI Europe Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2018 UCI Europe Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2018 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings
For the 2018 season, the standings are calculated based upon the UCI World Ranking, with the ranking period being the previous 52 weeks.


2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
The 2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships was the annual Junior World Championship for track cycling hold at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland from 15 to 19 August 2018.


2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 29th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. It was held from 5 to 9 September 2018 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The four-cross competitions were held in Val di Sole, Italy from 5 to 6 July 2018


2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also under-23 categories in the XCO and junior categories in the DHI. The cross-country series and the downhill series each had seven rounds, some of which were held concurrently.


2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2018 series returned to some classic venues, including Fort William, Nové Město, and Mont-Sainte-Anne. There was also a race in Stellenbosch, which was the first time a World Cup race had been held in South Africa since 2014.


2018 UCI Oceania Tour
The 2018 UCI Oceania Tour was the 14th season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 17 January 2018 with the New Zealand Cycle Classic and finished on 25 March 2018 with the Continental Championships.


2018 UCI Oceania Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
The 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling with athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 22–25 March 2018.


2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, The championships
Brazil hosted the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships for the first time, at the Rio Olympic Velodrome located at the Barra Olympic and Paralympic Park. The  Championship was also the first one to mark points for the ranking that will select the Tokyo Paralympic Games athletes. The velodrome's 250m Siberian pine track is banked to an angleof 12 degrees at its shallowest point and 42 degrees at its steepest point. The capacity is approximately 5,600.


2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Track events
31 events were held in all; 15 for men and women, and a mixed team sprint.


2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Track events
Events were held in five discipline; match sprint, team sprint, time trial, individual pursuit and scratch race, and across 6 disability classifications.


2018 UCI Road World Championships
The 2018 UCI Road World Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 91st UCI Road World Championships and the third to be held in Austria.


2018 UCI Road World Championships
The World Championships consisted of a total of twelve competitions, one road race, one team time trial and one individual time trial for men and women, as well as one road race and one individual time trial for U23 riders and juniors. The Tour de Suisse organisers were responsible for the operational organisation of the races. The competitions were very demanding: the 265-kilometre men's road race had nine climbs with around 5000 metres of altitude difference. Because of the many climbs, some sprinters did not participate in the World Championships because they saw no prospect of success for themselves. It was the last edition to feature a team time trial for UCI trade teams. From 2019 onwards it will be replaced by a mixed team time trial for national teams.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 30 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 85th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the three times defending champion, a record in the event. 188 riders from 44 nations entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
After previously winning six medals in the race without taking the gold medal, Spain's Alejandro Valverde took his first world title after a four-rider sprint finish decided the medals. Valverde went clear with a small group of riders on the steep Höttinger Höll climb, making headway on the descent with France's Romain Bardet and Canadian rider Michael Woods. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) joined the trio on the run-in to the finish, but his efforts to do so resulted in him missing out on the medals, behind Bardet (silver) and Woods (bronze).


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
Valverde's victory was the first for Spain in the event since Óscar Freire won the title in Verona, Italy in 2004. France and Canada also ended long streaks without a medal in the event as Bardet's silver was the first medal for France since Anthony Geslin won the bronze medal in Madrid, Spain in 2005, while Woods won only the second medal for a Canadian male rider in the road race, after Steve Bauer's bronze medal at the 1984 race, also in Spain in Barcelona.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Course
The race started in Kufstein and headed south-west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald – as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week – with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places. After 84.2 kilometres (52.3 miles), the riders crossed the finish line for the first time, before starting six laps of a circuit 23.8 kilometres (14.8 miles) in length. The circuit contained a climb of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 miles), at an average gradient of 5.9% but reaching 10% in places, from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls. After a short period of flat roads, the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Course
On the seventh and final lap, the race continued onto a further loop of just over 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) at Hötting, with the 2.8-kilometre (1.7 mi)-long Höttinger Höll climb towards Gramartboden starting almost immediately. The climb featured an average gradient of 11.5%, with a portion of the climb reaching 28% around two-thirds up. Upon reaching the top, the race descended through Hungerburg back towards rejoining the original circuit with around 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) to go and heading towards the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre. In total, the race featured 4,681 metres (15,358 feet) of climbing.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 12 August 2018. The first ten nations in this classification qualified eight riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start, with the nations ranked 21st to 30th qualifying five riders to start. One rider from each of the next twenty nations was also qualified to start. In addition to this number, any rider within the top 200 of the UCI World Ranking by individuals that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Qualification, Participating nations
188 cyclists from 44 nations were entered in the men's road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Results, Final classification
Of the race's 188 entrants, 76 riders completed the full distance of 258 kilometres (160 miles).


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
The Men's team time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 34th edition of the championship, and the 7th since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. German team Team Sunweb were the defending champions, having won in 2017. 22 teams and 132 riders entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
The race was won for the first time since 2016 by Quick-Step Floors, finishing 18.46 seconds clear of the defending champions, Team Sunweb, while the BMC Racing Team completed the podium, a further 1.09 seconds in arrears.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial, Course
The race consisted of a route 62.4 kilometres (38.8 miles) in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, except for a climb of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, with an average 5.5% gradient and maximum of 13% in places.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 25th edition of the championship, for which Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 61 riders from 40 nations entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
Rohan Dennis became the second Australian male to win the world time trial title – after Michael Rogers, who won three consecutive titles between 2003 and 2005 – finishing almost a minute and a half clear of any other rider. The silver medal was more closely contested, with only 0.53 seconds covering the remaining medal-winners; it was settled in favour of defending champion Dumoulin, surpassing Belgium's Victor Campenaerts, the European champion, on the finish line.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Course
The race consisted of a route 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) in length, starting from Rattenberg and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald, with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Qualification, Participating nations
61 cyclists from 40 nations were scheduled to take part in the men's time trial. However, five riders – Eritrea's Mekseb Debesay and Daniel Teklehaimanot, Pakistan's Arsalan Anjum Muhammad and Najeeb Ullah and Eugert Zhupa from Albania – did not start, therefore reducing the event to 56 competitors from 37 nations. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Final classification
All 56 race starters completed the 52.1-kilometre (32.4 mi)-long course.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The Men's under-23 road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 28 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 23rd edition of the event, for which French rider Benoît Cosnefroy was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 178 riders from 52 nations entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The race was won by Switzerland's Marc Hirschi – becoming the first Swiss rider to win the gold medal – after he attacked from a small group on the final descent into Innsbruck, and soloed away to a fifteen-second margin of victory. The remaining members of that small group, Bjorg Lambrecht from Belgium and Finland's Jaakko Hänninen, did battle for the remaining medals, with silver going to Lambrecht and bronze to Hänninen.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Course
The race started in Kufstein and headed south-west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald – as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week – with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places. After 84.2 kilometres (52.3 miles), the riders crossed the finish line for the first time, before starting four laps of a circuit 23.8 kilometres (14.8 miles) in length.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Course
The circuit contained a climb of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 miles), at an average gradient of 5.9% but reaching 10% in places, from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls. After a short period of flat roads, the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck and the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI Under-23 Continental Rankings by nations as of 12 August 2018, with varying number on qualifications depending on the continent. In addition to this number, any rider within the top placings of the continent's elite tour ranking that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Qualification, Participating nations
178 cyclists from 52 nations were entered in the men's road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race, Final classification
Of the race's 178 entrants, 90 riders completed the full distance of 179.5 kilometres (111.5 miles).


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 23rd edition of the event, for which Danish rider Mikkel Bjerg was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 71 riders from 42 nations entered the competition, held over a rolling route 27.7 kilometres (17.2 miles) in length, starting from Wattens and ending in Innsbruck.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
Bjerg became the first rider to win a second under-23 world time trial title, finishing 33.47 seconds clear of his closest competitor, Belgium's Brent Van Moer. The podium placings were completed by Bjerg's Danish team-mate Mathias Norsgaard, a further 4.83 seconds behind Van Moer.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial, Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial, Qualification, Participating nations
71 cyclists from 42 nations were scheduled to take part in the men's under-23 time trial. However, one rider – Syria's Tarek Al Moakee – did not start, therefore reducing the event to 70 competitors from 41 nations. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial, Final classification
All 70 race starters completed the 27.7-kilometre (17.2 mi)-long course.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 58th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Chantal Blaak was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 149 riders from 48 nations entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
Blaak surrendered the title to her teammate Anna van der Breggen, the reigning Olympic champion, after attacking on the penultimate ascent of the Aldrans–Lans–Igls climb. Having caught the erstwhile leaders a few kilometres later, van der Breggen soloed away from them not long after. Van der Breggen extended her advantage over the remaining 40 kilometres (25 miles) and continued on to her first world championship title with a winning margin of three minutes and forty-two seconds. Australia's Amanda Spratt managed to remain clear from the breakaway to take Australia's second consecutive silver medal, while Italy's Tatiana Guderzo – the 2009 world champion – completed the podium, attacking on the final lap from a small group; she finished almost five-and-a-half minutes in arrears of van der Breggen.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Course
The race started in Kufstein and headed south-west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald – as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week – with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places. After 84.2 kilometres (52.3 miles), the riders crossed the finish line for the first time, before starting three laps of a circuit 23.8 kilometres (14.8 miles) in length.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Course
The circuit contained a climb of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 miles), at an average gradient of 5.9% but reaching 10% in places, from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls. After a short period of flat roads, the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck and the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre. At 155.6 kilometres (96.7 miles), the 2018 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles) in 2017.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 12 August 2018. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. All other nations had the possibility to send three riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions (for both elite and under-23 riders) were also able to take part.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Qualification, Participating nations
149 cyclists from 48 nations were entered in the women's road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Final classification
Of the race's 149 entrants, 81 riders completed the full distance of 155.6 kilometres (96.7 miles).


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
The Women's team time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the fifteenth edition of the championship, and the seventh since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. Dutch outfit Team Sunweb were the defending champions, having won in 2017. 12 teams and 72 riders entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
Canyon–SRAM from Germany won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of 52.544 kilometres per hour (32.649 mph), 21.9 seconds faster than Dutch team Boels–Dolmans. The bronze medal went to the defending world champions Team Sunweb, 28.67 seconds behind Canyon–SRAM.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
Amongst the winning riders for Canyon–SRAM, Trixi Worrack won a record fifth team time trial world championships, having won four consecutive titles between 2012 and 2015 for Velocio–SRAM and its two previous iterations. Four of the five remaining riders won their first world title – Alena Amialiusik won her second gold medal – in a result described as a "surprise" by the cycling media, as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2018.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Course
The race consisted of a route 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, but also did not include the climb of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, that was part of the men's event later that day.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 25th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 52 riders from 34 nations entered the competition.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
Van Vleuten became the first rider since Judith Arndt in 2012 to defend the world time trial title, finishing almost half a minute clear of her nearest rival. Just as she did in 2017, Anna van der Breggen won the silver medal, while a Dutch clean sweep of the podium placings was completed by the European champion, Ellen van Dijk, a further 56.2 seconds behind van der Breggen.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Qualification, Participating nations
52 cyclists from 34 nations took part in the women's time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.


2018 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Final classification
51 out of the race's 52 starters completed the 27.7-kilometre (17.2 mi)-long course.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2018. They took place in the Netherlands at the Omnisport Apeldoorn from 28 February to 4 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The Men's 1 km time trial competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The Men's individual pursuit competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers will race for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider will race for the bronze medal.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The Men's keirin competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 1 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round
The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The winner of each heat qualified to the second round.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualify to final 1–6, all other riders advance to final 7–12.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
The Men's madison competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's omnium competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
The Men's points race competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
The Men's scratch competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 1 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The Men's sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February and 1 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500 m time trial competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The Women's individual pursuit competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers race for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider race for the bronze medal.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The Women's keirin competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualified to final 1–6, all other riders advanced to final 7–12.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's madison
The Women's madison competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
The Women's omnium competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's points race competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's scratch competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The Women's sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 1 and 2 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February and 1 March 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats three and four proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018.


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2018 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-four road cycling events throughout the 2018 women's cycling season. It was the third edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with Strade Bianche on 3 March and concluded with the Tour of Guangxi on 21 October. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands was the defending champion.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Van der Breggen, riding for the Boels–Dolmans team, was unable to defend her title, as she finished third in the standings behind compatriots Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton–Scott) and Marianne Vos, who was riding for the WaowDeals Pro Cycling squad. Having taken three podium finishes, van Vleuten took the top spot after a strong second half of the season commencing at the women's Grand Tour, the Giro Rosa. Van Vleuten won three of the last four stages, taking the overall victory by over four minutes from her closest competitor, as well as winning the race's points classification.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Two days later, at La Course by Le Tour de France, van Vleuten took victory on the finish line, surpassing van der Breggen, who had faded over the closing stages. Van Vleuten then took the World Tour jersey for the season, winning the overall at the Holland Ladies Tour, again with three stage victories, ultimately finishing on 1411.86 points.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Vos finished 16.98 points behind in second place, with a tally of 1394.88 points. After podium finishes at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, and the Women's Tour, Vos took her first victory of the season with a stage win at the Giro Rosa, before a second-place finish in RideLondon's Classique race. In the August Scandinavian races, Vos won the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden road race, before taking a clean sweep of the Ladies Tour of Norway, winning all three stages and the general classification, taking the World Tour lead in the process.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Vos ended her road season after another second-place finish at the GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération, shifting her focus to the cyclo-cross season starting in the following month, losing the lead to van Vleuten in the process. Van der Breggen, with 1323.33 points, led the classification for most of the season, taking four victories by the end of the April, including the season-opening Strade Bianche, and two of the three Ardennes classics, with only the Amstel Gold Race – won by team mate Chantal Blaak – not going to van der Breggen. Van der Breggen skipped the Giro Rosa, and failed to win another individual race on the World Tour, with her only remaining success of the season coming during the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden team time trial.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour
In the World Tour's other classifications, Astana rider Sofia Bertizzolo from Italy was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Bertizzolo took four victories in the classification, and finished with 42 points, 12 points ahead of the next closest rider, Liane Lippert of Team Sunweb, a three-time winner during 2018. Boels–Dolmans were the winners of the teams classification, with 4329.99 points, taking eight wins during the season, just as they did in 2017. Mitchelton–Scott finished in second place with 4119.02 points, primarily through the performances of van Vleuten and Amanda Spratt, who finished fourth overall in the individual classification, with five victories. Third place went to Team Sunweb on 3321.99 points, taking three victories during the season.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour, Teams
For the 2018 season the following teams were not listed by the UCI at UCI Women's team level: Colavita/Bianchi, Giusfredi–Bianchi, Lensworld–Kuota, SAS–Macogep, Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling and Weber Shimano Ladies Power.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour, Events
For the 2018 season, the calendar consisted of 24 races, up from 20 in 2017. All 2017 races returned for the 2018 calendar, with the additions of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, the Emakumeen Euskal Bira and the Tour of Guangxi to the calendar. The Ladies Tour of Norway also added a stand-alone team time trial that awarded full points to the rankings, held the day before the main stage race.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour, Points standings
For the 2018 season, a new point-scoring system was introduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), rewarding the top 40 riders rather than the top 20 as in 2017. Further changes were made to the teams classification, where all point-scoring riders were counted in the rankings.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour, Points standings, Individual
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour, Points standings, Youth
The top three riders in the final results of each World Tour event's young rider classification received points towards the standings. Six points were awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.


2018 UCI Women's World Tour, Points standings, Team
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.


2018 UCI World Championships
There are several 2018 UCI World Championships. The International Cycling Union (UCI) holds World Championships every year. For 2018, this includes:


2018 UCI World Tour
The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2018 men's cycling season. It was the tenth and final edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition began with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 16 January and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi on 21 October. Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet was the defending champion.


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
Van Avermaet was unable to defend his World Tour title, as he failed to take a single individual win – he was a part of three team time trial victories for the BMC Racing Team however – as he finished fifth in the points rankings. The rankings were topped for the first time by British rider Simon Yates, riding for the Mitchelton–Scott team, who amassed 3,072 points over the course of the season.


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
Yates was the last of four riders to take the overall lead of standings during the season; he had ranked highly in the standings earlier in 2018, taking stage victories at Paris–Nice, and the Volta a Catalunya, before a break-through performance at the Giro d'Italia with three stage wins and thirteen days in the race lead; ultimately, Yates cracked in the mountains during the third week and ceded overall victory to compatriot Chris Froome. After another stage win and a second-place overall finish at the Tour de Pologne, Yates won his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España, taking the race lead definitively after a stage victory on stage fourteen, and the rankings lead when the race concluded.


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
80 points behind, in second place, was Slovakia's Peter Sagan, riding for Bora–Hansgrohe. Sagan led the standings for most of the season, having recorded consistent top-six finishes during the spring Classic races, with victories at Gent–Wevelgem, and for the first time, Paris–Roubaix. Sagan won three stages at the Tour de France as he won a record-equalling sixth points classification victory, but was unable to win any stages at the Vuelta a España, where Yates took the lead. In third place, with 2,609 points, was Alejandro Valverde of Spain, who rode for the Movistar Team.


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
Valverde held the rankings lead in the spring, winning two general classifications at the Abu Dhabi Tour, and the Volta a Catalunya, in February and March – winning three stages over those races as well – before two stage victories and victory in the points classification at the Vuelta a España.


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
In the concurrent teams' standings, Quick-Step Floors prevailed with 13,425.97 points, having held the classification lead for three-quarters of the season, and not been headed since late March. The team took 37 victories – out of a total of 73 wins during all UCI-classified races – at the World Tour level, including seven overall victories taken by Niki Terpstra (E3 Harelbeke and the Tour of Flanders), Yves Lampaert (Dwars door Vlaanderen), Julian Alaphilippe (La Flèche Wallonne and Clásica de San Sebastián), Bob Jungels (Liège–Bastogne–Liège), and Elia Viviani (EuroEyes Cyclassics).


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
The team also took 13 stage victories at the Grand Tours, with two classification jerseys won by Viviani (points at the Giro d'Italia), and Alaphilippe, who won the polka-dot jersey at the Tour de France. 2017 teams classification winners Team Sky finished second with 10,213 points, with the team winning two of the three Grand Tours; Froome became the seventh rider to win all three Grand Tours with his Giro d'Italia success, while Geraint Thomas won the Tour de France, after success at the Critérium du Dauphiné.


2018 UCI World Tour, Summary
Team Sky took four other general classification victories: Michał Kwiatkowski won Tirreno–Adriatico, and the Tour de Pologne, Egan Bernal won the Tour of California in his first season with the team, while Gianni Moscon won the season-ending Tour of Guangxi. With 9,201 points, Bora–Hansgrohe finished in third place primarily down to Sagan's performances, with further wins to Jay McCarthy (Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race), and Pascal Ackermann at the RideLondon–Surrey Classic. Ackermann and Sam Bennett also took eleven World Tour stage victories between them during the season, with Bennett taking three at a Grand Tour, in the Giro d'Italia.


2018 UCI World Tour, Final points standings, Individual
For riders that had the same number of points, ties in placings were resolved by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.


2018 UCI World Tour, Final points standings, Team
For the team rankings, this was calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team.


2018 UCLA Bruins baseball team
The 2018 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by John Savage and played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium.


2018 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished 30–27 overall, and 19–11 in the conference. During the season, the Bruins were invited and participated in the Dodger Stadium Classic in Los Angeles, California. UCLA defeated Michigan to earn 3rd place. In the postseason, the Bruins were invited and participated in the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where they lost to San Diego State and Texas in the Long Beach Regional in Long Beach, California.


2018 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft Selections
The Bruins had six individuals selected in the 2017 MLB draft.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2018 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins were led by first-year head coach Chip Kelly and played their home games at the Rose Bowl. UCLA was a member of the Pac-12 Conference in the South Division. They began the season 0–4 for the first time since 1971, and 0–5 for the first time since 1943, before finally winning their first game, in dominating fashion, against Cal.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team
However, despite failing to improve upon their previous season's output of six wins and seven losses and failing to qualify for a bowl game, the Bruins later defeated the USC Trojans to end a three-game losing streak in their crosstown rivalry. The Bruins finished 3–9 overall, their worst record since 1971. They went 3–6 in Pac-12 play, finishing fifth in the South Division, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 409 to 295.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Previous season
The Bruins began the season at 2–0, where the first win was a historic 35-point comeback against Texas A&M in front of 64,635 spectators at home on FOX. At the conclusion of the second win, which was a 56–23 rout against Hawaii in front of 50,444 individuals at home on the Pac-12 Network, the Bruins were ranked No. 25 in the AP Poll. However, the Bruins would immediately be unranked after their loss at Memphis, and would have five more losses and four more wins at the conclusion of the regular season.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Previous season
As a result, Jim Mora was fired, a day after losing to rival USC for the third straight year, for "not [meeting] expectations" with the talent recruited. Nevertheless, the Bruins participated in the 2017 Cactus Bowl against Kansas State, but they lost 17–35. The Bruins finished with an overall record 6–7, and 4–5 in conference play.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Previous season, NFL Draft Selections
The Bruins had five individuals selected in the 2018 NFL Draft.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days
The 2018 Pac-12 media day was July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Bruins predicted to finish in fourth place at Pac-12 South division.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Although favored by two touchdowns over the Bearcats, the Chip Kelly era at UCLA got off to a disappointing start with the loss vs. Cincinnati. Despite jumping out to an early 10-0 lead after one quarter of play, UCLA was slowed by the Bearcats for most of the remainder of the game.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
There was some brilliance rushing the ball by freshman running back Kazmeir Allen, who scored a 74-yard touchdown in the 3rd, but the pass game never seemed to click (with only 162 yards in the air and no touchdowns passing,) several receivers dropped critical passes, and the offense struggled for the majority of the game. Additionally, starting quarterback Wilton Speight suffered a back injury in the 2nd quarter and had to be replaced with true freshman Dorian Thompson-Robinson.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
A fumble by Thompson-Robinson deep in UCLA's own territory in the 4th quarter led to a costly safety, which ultimately swung the game in favor of Cincy. The "nail in the coffin" was perhaps a penalty for 12 men on the field against the Bruin defense, which came on 4th down during a critical goal line stand; this allowed Cincinnati to eventually score a touchdown rather than kick a field goal.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
In all, the UCLA team was too inconsistent on the day and made too many crucial blunders to get the win against a talented Bearcats team that, though initially projected at the beginning of the year to be rather weak, would actually go on to win 10 games. After the game, Coach Kelly said in an interview that he intended to remain positive despite the loss.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at Colorado
Yet another disappointing Bruins loss led to UCLA equaling their worst start (0-4) since 1971, despite signs of improvement in the 1st half. Another lackluster performance by starting quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson led to many calling for the true freshman to be benched by Coach Kelly.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington
UCLA came close to upsetting the #10-ranked Huskies, but ultimately fell short as they started a season winless through 5 games for the first time since 1943.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at California
Giving reason for optimism to both players and fans alike, the Bruins finally earned their first victory of the season by manhandling Cal on the road, 37–7. Digging in, UCLA's defense was stout, forcing 5 turnovers (on 2 interceptions of Cal quarterback Brandon McIlwain and 3 fumble recoveries, including one that was run back for a touchdown by Keisean Lucier-South) while not surrendering any turnovers on offense themselves. Bruin running back Joshua Kelley also had a tremendous game, continuing his hot streak by scoring 3 touchdowns while rushing for an impressive 157 yards on 30 carries.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at California
A Bruin victory at California Memorial Stadium also marked UCLA's first true road win in over two years, dating back to their 17–14 triumph over Brigham Young in 2016.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
Joshua Kelley ran for 289 yards and 2 TDs, leading the Bruins to a 34-27 victory. His 289 yards comprised the 3rd-highest single-game tally in UCLA history, and the most rushing yards by a Bruin in a game against their crosstown rival USC. After a back-and-forth game, Kelley scored a 55-yard touchdown with 10:39 remaining in the 4th quarter to give UCLA the lead, which they were able to maintain. With the win, UCLA were able to finally reclaim the rights to the coveted Victory Bell for the first time in four years.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
The Bruins had possession of the ball twice in the final 3+1⁄2 minutes of the game, but failed to go ahead or even the score on both drives in a 49–42 defeat to Stanford. Cardinal quarterback K. J. Costello threw a career-high five touchdowns, including three to receiver J. J. Arcega-Whiteside. UCLA had scored 15 unanswered points to briefly take the lead in the fourth quarter but ultimately suffered their 11th straight loss to the Cardinal.


2018 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Speight threw for a career-high 466 yards in his final collegiate game, and despite the loss, the Bruins accumulated a season-high 528 yards of total offense. Tight end Caleb Wilson added 184 yards receiving. The Rose Bowl attendance of 38,391 was the Bruins' smallest home crowd since 1997. UCLA finished the season with a 3–9 record, their worst since going 2–7–1 in 1971.


2018 UConn Huskies football team
The 2018 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at Rentschler Field. They were led by head coach Randy Edsall in his second year of his second stint and 14th year overall. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in AAC play to finish in last in the East Division. They set the single-season FBS record for most yards and most points allowed in a single season. This included giving up 50.42 points per game (breaking Louisiana-Lafayette’s record of 50.27 in 1997) and allowed 617.4 yards per game (breaking Kansas' record of 560.83 in 2015).


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2017 season 3–9, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Preseason, AAC media poll
The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Huskies predicted to finish fifth in the AAC East Division.


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, UCF
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rhode Island
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, UMass
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, at Tulsa
at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, SMU
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2018 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Temple
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2018 UEC European Track Championships
The 2018 UEC European Track Championships was the ninth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland, between 2 and 7 August 2018. The event was organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions were awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.


2018 UEC European Track Championships
The Championships formed part of both the inaugural European Cycling Championships bringing together track, road, mountain bike and BMX events, and the inaugural multi-sport 2018 European Championships bringing together seven different sports.


2018 UEC European Track Championships
The 12 Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, team pursuit, keirin, madison and omnium for men and women), as well as 10 other events are on the program for these European Championships.


2018 UEC European Track Championships
The Netherlands led the medal table with five golds, while Germany won the most medals with 11. Hosts Great Britain came second in both golds and medals. Russian sprinter Daria Shmeleva was the most successful individual athlete with three gold medals, while Great Britain's Laura Kenny set a new record for career European Championship titles with her eleventh and twelfth gold medals.


2018 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)
The 2018 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) is the 18th continental championships for European under-23 and junior track cyclists, and the 9th since the event was renamed following the reorganisation of European track cycling in 2010. The event took place at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland from 21 to 26 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The men's 1 km time trial competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 4 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's elimination race
The men's elimination race competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 7 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The men's individual pursuit competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers race for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider race for the bronze medal.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin
The men's keirin competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 7 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualified to final 1–6, all other riders advanced to final 7–12.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison
The men's madison competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison, Results, Qualifying
In each heat, last two teams are not qualified for the final. 100 laps (25km) with 10 sprints were raced.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium
The men's omnium competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 4 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Final standings
The final ranking is given by the sum of the points obtained in the 4 specialties.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race
The men's points race competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch
The men's scratch competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 3 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint
The men's sprint competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 finals.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 2 and 3 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 3 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The women's 500 m time trial competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's elimination race
The women's elimination race competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The women's individual pursuit competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 4 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers race for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider race for the bronze medal.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin
The women's keirin competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 7 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualified to final 1–6, all other riders advanced to final 7–12.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's madison
The women's madison competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 7 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium
The women's omnium competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium, Results, Final ranking
The final ranking is given by the sum of the points obtained in the 4 specialties.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race
The women's points race competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 4 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch
The women's scratch competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 3 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint
The women's sprint competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying
Top 10 riders qualify for 1/8 finals, 11th to 22nd places qualify for 1/16 finals.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit
The women's team pursuit competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 2 and 3 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint
The women's team sprint competition at the 2018  UEC European Track Championships was held on 3 August 2018.


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine on 26 May 2018, between Spanish side and defending champions Real Madrid, who had won the competition in each of the last two seasons, and English side Liverpool.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final
After Liverpool's Sadio Mané cancelled out Karim Benzema's opener for Real Madrid, two goals from man of the match Gareth Bale proved the difference in a 3–1 win for Real Madrid, making them the first team to win three back-to-back titles in Champions League era and the first since Bayern Munich defeated Saint-Étienne in the 1976 European Cup Final; it was additionally their fourth title in five seasons and their 13th European Cup overall.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final
They also earned the right to play the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup and to enter the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, losing the former and winning the latter. They also qualified to enter the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, but since they already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017–18 Czech First League, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium was announced as the final venue on 15 September 2016, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Athens, Greece. This was the sixth European Cup/Champions League final hosted at an Eastern European venue following those in 1973 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, the 1983, 1994 and 2007 finals hosted by Athens, Greece, as well as the 2008 final in Moscow, Russia.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The Olimpiyskiy Stadium was built in 1923 and it has been renovated three times, most recently in 2011 in preparation for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament. The stadium was used as a venue in the 1980 Summer Olympics for its football event and the aforementioned European Championship, including the final match, which saw Spain beat Italy by the record-breaking score of 4–0 on the way to their third title. Its current capacity is 70,050 and it is used by the Ukraine national football team, Dynamo Kyiv, and major domestic matches like the Ukrainian Cup.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Defending champions Real Madrid reached a record 16th final after a 4–3 aggregate win against German side Bayern Munich, knocking them out of the competition for the second consecutive season. This was Real Madrid's third consecutive final, and fourth final in five tournaments with an opportunity to win a record 13th title. Previously they won finals in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016 and 2017; and lost in 1962, 1964 and 1981.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
This was also their 20th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in two Cup Winners' Cup finals (losing in 1971 and 1983) and two UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1985 and 1986). Real Madrid are only the third team since the competition's rebranding as the Champions League to reach three consecutive finals after A.C. Milan in 1995 and Juventus in 1998.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
They were the first team in the Champions League era, and the fourth overall, to win three straight finals, a feat only achieved by the Real Madrid side of the 1950s, as they went on to win a record five successive finals, as well as the Ajax and Bayern Munich squads of the 1970s in 1973 and 1976, respectively.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Liverpool reached their eighth final, their first since 2007, after a 7–6 aggregate win against Italian side Roma. They had won the final on five occasions (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005), and lost twice (1985 and 2007). This was also their 13th final in UEFA seasonal competitions, having played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (losing in 1966) and four UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (winning in 1973, 1976 and 2001; and losing in 2016). Liverpool were the first team since Bayern Munich in 2011–12 to reach the final having qualified for the competition through the play-off round. This was also the most recent occasion the final featured an English team (Chelsea). Liverpool were the most recent team to defeat Real Madrid in a European Cup Final, winning 1–0 in Paris in 1981.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Besides the 1981 final, the two teams had played each other four times in the Champions League era. Liverpool won both matches in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (1–0 away and 4–0 at home), while Real Madrid won both matches in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage (3–0 away and 1–0 at home).


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the final was former Ukrainian international Andriy Shevchenko, who won the UEFA Champions League with Milan in 2003.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 63,000 for the final, a total of 40,700 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 17,000 tickets each and with 6,700 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 15 to 22 March 2018 in four price categories: €450, €320, €160, and €70. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
English singer Dua Lipa performed at the opening ceremony preceding the final. Jamaican rapper Sean Paul joined her as a special guest to perform their collaborative song, "No Lie". The UEFA Champions League Anthem was performed by Croatian cello duo 2Cellos.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was held two days earlier, on 24 May 2018, at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium between Wolfsburg and Lyon, Lyon emerging victorious 4–1. This was also the last time that the host city for the men's Champions League final was also automatically assigned the Women's Champions League final.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Related events
The annual UEFA Champions Festival was held between 24–27 May 2018 in the Kyiv city centre.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Incidents
In late May, The New York Times reported that some fans with allocated tickets had returned them after having trouble finding flights to and accommodation in Kyiv. Locals in Kyiv began offering free accommodation for fans affected by cancelled hotel and apartment arrangements. Several charter flights arranged for Liverpool fans were cancelled, leaving fans with tickets stranded and leading to an unsuccessful search for alternative solutions by the club and city government. Other airlines offered flights to Kyiv from airports in Liverpool and Manchester, using assigned slots at Kyiv's airports.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Incidents
On 24 May, a group of Liverpool fans were attacked in a restaurant by 20 masked hooligans.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Officials
On 7 May 2018, UEFA announced that Serbian Milorad Mažić would officiate the final. Mažić has been a FIFA referee since 2009, and gained UEFA's elite referee status in 2013. He was joined by his fellow countrymen, with Milovan Ristić and Dalibor Đurđević as assistant referees, Nenad Đokić and Danilo Grujić as additional assistant referees, and Nemanja Petrović as reserve assistant referee. The fourth official for the final was Frenchman Clément Turpin.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
The match began with Liverpool's kickoff and the team's successive attacks to counter Madrid's slower, possession-based buildup. In the 23rd minute, a low shot by Trent Alexander-Arnold went through a defender's legs and forced a late save by Keylor Navas. Two minutes later, Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was injured competing for the ball with Sergio Ramos, who had locked Salah's arm resulting in a fall. Due to a dislocated shoulder, Salah was substituted four minutes later for Adam Lallana. Madrid's Dani Carvajal was substituted in the 37th minute with a hamstring injury after an unsuccessful backheel. Minutes later, Karim Benzema appeared to score by finishing a shot started by a Cristiano Ronaldo header. His goal was disallowed however because he was judged to have been in an offside position. The first half ended scoreless, with Madrid dominating possession but Liverpool having more chances to score.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
The first chance of the second half fell to Isco, who hit the crossbar. In the 51st minute, Benzema scored the match's first goal by deflecting a throw by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius back into the net. Liverpool equalised four minutes later with a tap-in by Sadio Mané, who finished a header by Dejan Lovren after a corner kick by James Milner from the right. Gareth Bale was substituted in for Isco in the 61st minute and scored Madrid's second goal two minutes later, using an acrobatic bicycle kick to finish a cross by Marcelo from the left.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Liverpool pressed for a second equalising goal, with a shot by Mané that hit the goal post and calls for a penalty for an alleged handball, but were also losing possession to Madrid. Ronaldo had a chance to score his first goal of the match during a counterattack in the 73rd minute, but was tackled by Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson in the penalty box. Bale scored his second goal of the match in the 83rd minute on a 40-yard (37 m) shot that swerved in front of Karius and went through his hands and into the net. A second chance on goal for Ronaldo in the 93rd minute of play was interrupted by a pitch invader, who was captured by stadium stewards.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Milovan Ristić (Serbia)Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)Fourth official:Clément Turpin (France)Additional assistant referees:Nenad Đokić (Serbia)Danilo Grujić (Serbia)Reserve assistant referee:Nemanja Petrović (Serbia)


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Real Madrid became the first team since Bayern Munich in 1974–76 to win three consecutive UEFA Champions Leagues or European Cups. The title was Madrid's 13th, another Champions League record, and their fourth in five years. Real Madrid's victory was the fifth consecutive title for a Spanish side in the Champions League, becoming the longest run for the trophy to be held by teams from the same country since English sides won six consecutive titles between 1977 and 1982.


2018 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Manager Zinedine Zidane became the first to win three consecutive Champions League titles and matched Carlo Ancelotti's record of Champions League era wins. Five days after the final, Zidane announced that he would step down as manager in favour of a "different voice". Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to win the Champions League five times, surpassing the record set by Clarence Seedorf in 2007 and by Andrés Iniesta in 2015.