The 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships will move from its original location in Turkmenistan to Glasgow, Scotland. The sport's governing body announced the move in a post on Twitter on Thursday, but later deleted the message.

"New location! 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot will be held in Glasgow. More details later #Glasgow2021" was posted on the UCI Track Cycling Twitter page, but the post has now been removed.

Despite concerns over the authoritarian rule of President Gurgangli Berdimuhamedov, the event was scheduled to take place in Turkmenistan between October 13 and 17.

The UCI subsequently announced that the World Championships would be cancelled "at the request of the organizers due to health restrictions and limitations related to the Covid 19 epidemic that make it impossible to hold the event in the country" and that "the UCI is currently looking into moving the event to another venue on the same dates and is in contact with several possible alternative The UCI is currently in contact with several possible alternative organizers with a view to moving the event to another venue on the same dates," he said. The name of the new host city will be communicated as soon as possible."

The UCI is also working with the UCI to find a new host city.

The move marks the second major change after the European Track Championships in Belarus were cancelled after the country's government ordered the forced landing of a Ryanair flight to Lithuania in Minsk to reveal details of opposition journalists.

The UEC Championship has been postponed until October, but no new venue has been announced.

The UCI also announced that the Track World Championships will be followed by the Track Champions League, which will include six Saturday evening races in November and early December.

The former Track World Cup has been renamed the Track Cycling Nations Cup and will be held from March through September to qualify for the Track World Championships in October. This year the event will be held in Newport, Hong Kong, Cali, and St. Petersburg.

The new series aims to raise the global profile of track cycling beyond the four-year Olympic cycle.