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UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Manchester 
Manchester Velodrome 30 Oct-1 Nov 2009 | World Cup Merchandise
The first round of the UCI's 2009-2010 Track Cycling World Cup Classics came to Manchester Velodrome on 30 October - 1 November 2009. Britishcycling.org.uk was there throughout the three days covering the racing as it happens with reports and photos.
REPORTS & PHOTOS
Day 3: Evening Session: More Gold for Great Britain. Record breaking rides and roof raising performances from the British men and women. Full report from the final session of a rip-roaring three days in Manchester, with the finals of the Men's and Women's Team Pursuit, the Men's Scratch Final, the culmination of the Women's Keirin and the JKA Keirin: Report & Photos
Day 3: Morning Session: An early start with Team Pursuit qualifying starting at 8.30 in the morning followed by Women's Keirin, Women's Team Pursuit, first round of the JKA Men's Keirin and then the Men's Scratch race qualifying rounding out a long morning session of racing: Report & Photos
Day 2 Evening: The evening session saw the finals of the Men's Sprint, Men's Madison, Women's Pursuit, Team Sprint, Points and 500TT. Cue another superb performance from the Great Britain team, with 3 golds, 2 silvers and a bronze to add to their tally from Day One: Report & Photos
Day 2 Afternoon: Day 2 and another great day for GB with Hoy, Crampton and Kenny all progressing to the Semi Finals of the Men's Sprint. Meanwhile, Wendy Houvenaghel put in a stunning performance in qualifying for the Individual Pursuit, while Lizzie Armitstead put in a clinical qualifying ride in the Women's Points: Report and Photos
Day 1: Evening Session -- After an action packed afternoon session where we saw Geraint Thomas ride to a stunning 4.15 in the Pursuit, Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton stamping their mark on the sprint races and Chris Newton and Lizzy Armitstead cruise into the finals of there events, the evening session promised to be a cracking evening of racing and so it proved: Report Photos and Results
Day 1: Afternoon Session -- latest reports, photos and results from the first session of the three day World Cup with the early rounds for the Women's Sprint, Men's Keirin, Men's Points, Women's Scratch and Men's Individual Pursuit.: Report, Photos and Results
British Medal Winners
Gold
Women’s Sprint: Victoria Pendleton
Men’s Sprint: Sir Chris Hoy
Men’s Team Sprint: Chris Hoy, Ross Edgar, Jamie Staff
Men’s Keirin: Chris Hoy
Men’s Individual Pursuit: Geraint Thomas
Men’s team pursuit: Thomas, Steve Burke, Ed Clancy, Andy Tennant (Ben Swift, qualifying)
Men’s Points race: Chris Newton
Women’s Individual Pursuit: Wendy Houvenaghel
Women’s Points race: Lizzie Armitstead
Women’s Team Pursuit: Lizzie Armitstead, Wendy Houvenaghel, Joanna Rowsell
JKA Invitation Keirin: Matthew Crampton
Silver
Men’s Kilometre: David Daniell
Men’s Sprint: Matthew Crampton
Men’s Team Sprint: David Daniell, Crampton, Jason Kenny
Women’s 500 metres: Victoria Pendleton
Bronze
Men’s Sprint: Jason Kenny
LATEST NEWS
- World Cup News Round Up: Read it here
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Preview: Read it here
- Manchester Massive for GB Team: Interviews with Shane Sutton and Dan Hunt
- World Cup Golden Girl: Lizzie Armitstead. Read the interview
- The British Challenge: Who is riding what? Find out here
- Rider Listing: Click here to view
- Session Start Times Brought Forward: Due to high number of entries Full Story
- Track World Cup Coming Soon! Check out the latest news - Full Story
- GB Team line-up announced for World Cup - Full Story
- Competition: Win Tickets For the World Cup - Full Story
- Ticket Sales: leatest news on ticket availability - tickets news story
- TV Coverage: BBC red button, Friday & Saturday. BBC 2, Sunday 2pm - 4.45pm | British Eurosport
RACING SCHEDULE
There are three days of action. Highlights include:
Friday 30 October:
Women: Sprint, Scratch Race - Men: Individual Pursuit, Keirin, Points Race, Kilo TT
Saturday 31 October:
Women: Points Race, Individual Pursuit, 500m TT - Men: Sprint, Madison
Sunday 1 November:
Women: Keirin, Team Pursuit - Men: Team Pursuit, Scratch Race, Team Sprint, JKA Keirin
