The most common types of elimination races are the miss and out and the win and out.
In 2015 at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships, an elimination race was contested for the first time as a full standalone event at an international championship.
The miss and out,[1] or devil take the hindmost,[2] is a race run for individual competitors or, more rarely, for teams of two relaying each other as in the madison.
When just a handful of riders remain, they sprint for the finish.
[2] With riders at the front riding steadily and those behind moving up on the elimination laps to find a safe spot, the race favours riders with nerve and track-craft.