2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 97th UCI Track World Championships were held from March 29 to April 1, 2007 the Palma Arena in Sant Ferran / Palma de Mallorca instead. The program included 17 disciplines; 33 nations took part.
The Velodrome was built for the World Cup. The German architect Ralph Schuermann had denied a continuation of the building, as he had doctored his own words invoices should deliver. He was then dismissed by the Majorcan authorities, and a local firm of architects led to the construction end, the costs exploded. After the World Cup, the International Cycling Union of Railway refused because of numerous structural defects approval for other international races. Against several Majorcan politicians under investigation for corruption. In March 2012, the former president of the Balearic Islands, Jaume Matas, was initially sentenced to six years in prison.