2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków, Poland from 25 to 29 March 2009. Nineteen events were on the programme, with the women's omnium being added to the eighteen events contested at the 2008 championships. Great Britain failed to live up to expectations following their outstanding performances in the 2008 championships, and the Beijing Olympics bringing home only two gold medals out of a total of nine medals, though they were missing both three time Olympic gold medal
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium the highest total of points is the winner. As of 2012, no cyclist had won the event twice. Leigh Howard, with one gold and two silver medals has been the most successful Omnium racer at World Championship level. Fernando Gaviria broke that record with back to back wins at the Omnium in 2015 and 2016. UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium The Men's omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships was first competed in 2007 in Spain. Until June 20, 2014, the Omnium consisted of six events: a one-lap flying start time trial, 5 km scratch race,