Canadian cyclist Dylan Bibic takes slim lead into final UCI Track Champions League event

Canadian track cyclists are in the hunt for a pair of titles at the UCI Track Champions League's final stop of the season in London this week.

Dylan Bibic, of Mississauga, Ont., last year's overall men's winner, is atop the endurance standings with a nine-point lead over Danish rival Tobias Aagaard Hansen.

Victoria's Sarah Van Dam is looking for her first league title and sits in second place, 27 points behind American Katie Archibald, before the final two rounds at Lee Valley VeloPark.

The first of two men's and women's races will be contested Friday at 2 p.m. ET and wrap up Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in the Grand Finale when over 6,000 fans will fill the velodrome built for the 2012 Olympics. Competition will be live streamed both days on CBCSports.ca, CBC Gem, and the CBC Sports app.

A week ago, Bibic extended his series lead, winning the elimination race in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, and finishing second to Hansen in the scratch.

"The elimination was probably one of the most competitive [races]. Tobias is a really good rival. We push the best out of each other," Bibic was quoted as saying in a story posted to the league website.

"It's going to be competitive [in London]. I'll just keep racing for the win, keep trying to win every race."

In each lap of an endurance race, the last rider must exit the competition as determined by the rear wheel. The final two athletes sprint for first place.

Scratch is the simplest of endurance faces, with 18 riders battling over a set distance and the first across the line wins.

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Bibic has impressed since winning scratch race gold in 2022 to become Canada's first world champion in a men's