The series will begin in Pruszków from November 3 to 5, with racing taking place at Poland’s first covered velodrome, the BGŻ BNP Paribas.

The velodrome hosted the European Championships in 2008 and the UCI World Championships in 2009, while it also acts at the Polish Cycling Union's headquarters.

Competition will then take place at the home of British Cycling in Manchester from November 10 to 12.

Canada will host the third leg from December 1 to 3 at the Milton Velodrome, which was built for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games.

The UCI state the velodrome’s inaugural World Cup will be the start of a series of other events planned for the coming years at the venue.

Chile’s capital city Santiago will stage the fourth event of the series a week later, with competition running from December 9 to 10 at the Parque Peñalolén velodrome.

It is claimed the first UCI World Cup round in Latin American highlights the UCI’s desire to promote the sport’s globalisation.

The series will draw to a close in Belarus’ capital city Minsk, where action will be held from January 19 to 21 in 2018.

The Velodrome Minsk-Arena hosted the European Track Cycling Championships in 2009, the year after its construction.

It then staged the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2013.

The UCI state the calendar reflects the continued growth of the Track World Cup in recent years, three events having taken place in the 2015 to 2016 season, while the latest boasted four.

The last time five events featured on the calendar was the 2008-2009 season.

All 12 competitions on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic programme will be contested at each round of the World Cup, including the madison, which was added as a medal event earlier this month.

It will feature alongside individual and team sprint competitions, keirin, team pursuit and omnium, with the disciplines being contested by men and women.

Organisers will have the opportunity to include other events that feature on the programme of the UCI World Championships, such as the kilometre for men and 500m time trial for women, as well as the individual pursuit, points race or scratch.