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UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Manchester
Day 2 Evening Session, 31st October 2009
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.
Photostream from the Evening session
Report
MEN'S SPRINT
Finals | Full Result
Chris Hoy reaffirmed his return to top flight competition by taking Gold in the Men's Sprint, in an event which saw all three podium positions occupied by British riders - illustrating the strength in depth of the British sprint squad. With Ross Edgar winning the 5th-8th final, it was four Brits in the top five, with Shane Perkins slotting into fourth position. Here's how the Finals were played out...
Bronze Medal Final
Race 1 was taken with confidence and assurance by Kenny, who led it from the front. Could Perkins take things to a decider? He certainly gave it his best shot, with the two neck-and-neck for the entire final lap. It looked like Kenny would fade, but right at the death, he found those extra few watts to seal a memorable victory and the Bronze medal.
KENNY Jason GBR 2
PERKINS Shane AUS 0
Gold Medal Final
The final was surely a forgone conclusion. Trouble is that no-one told Matt Crampton, who pushed Hoy every inch of the way in Race 1, forcing a 10.3 final 200 from Hoy, who just edged victory. One thing was for certain - Matt was not overawed by the occasion or the company, giving Hoy his toughest ride of the day.
The tension built at the beginning of race two, but the race was restarted due to Hoy failing to take up the front position that his inside lane position dictated. So the tension was wound up once more until Race two finally got underway. In the final reckoning, Hoy took it from the front and never looked back, gapping Crampton and taking a richly deserved Gold medal.
HOY Chris SKY 2
CRAMPTON Matt GBR 0
Semi Finals | Full Result
Chris Hoy cruised into the final beating Aussie Shane Perkins in a straight 2-0. However, things weren't so simple in the second all GB Semi final, with Matt Crampton and Jason Kenny keeping the photo finish guys very busy, with Crampton eventually taking his place in the final against Hoy. Here's how it happened...
Semi Final 1
Hoy pulled a stunning move to win Race 1, diving down the inside of rival Perkins just before the bell and hitting the gas. Perkins wrung himself out in an attempt to get back in touch but Hoy was too fast.
Race 2 was a much simpler affair. Hoy led it out from the front, opened up on the bell and simply outdragged Perkins to cruise into the final.
HOY Chris SKY 2
PERKINS Shane AUS 0
Semi Final 2
Matt Crampton took Race 1 by the narrowest of margins, with Kenny keeping him behind until the last lap. Crampton opened up on the back straight and just had the legs to come around Kenny to take it on the line in a match which divided the crowd down the middle.
Race 2 and Kenny wasn't giving up without a fight. Crampton led it from the start and gapped his rival when the pace wound up. However, Kenny came back strongly to just pip Crampton in a photo finish, forcing a deciding 3rd match.
The decider came and it was Kenny who led it out. Kenny was still ahead at the bell but Crampton then opened up with a vicious acceleration. Kenny initially gave chase but sat up early, realising that on the night, Crampton had the legs.
CRAMPTON Matt GBR 2
KENNY Jason GBR 1
WOMEN'S 500M TIME TRIAL | Full Result
Silver for Pendleton in the 500TT. Anna Meares took the Gold in the sudden death of the 500TT with a track record time of 33.632. Just prior to Meares' ride, Pendleton raised the roof with a stunning 33.838 and faced a mercifully short wait to see if it was fast enough for gold. However, the experienced Australian pulled a huge performance out of the bag, beating Pendleton by just 2 tenths of second.
1. MEARES Anna AUS 33.632
2. PENDLETON Victoria SKY 33.838
3. KANIS Willy NED 33.984
4. KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU 34.066
5. PANARINA Olga BLR 34.280
6. GONG Jinjie CHN 34.302
7. WELTE Miriam GER 34.359
8. LEE Wai Sze HKG 34.844
9. CUEFF Virginie FRA 35.191
10. FRISONI Elisa FFA 35.506
11. DABROWSKA Renata POL 35.660
12. CASAS ROIGE Helena CAT 35.770
13. BARANOVA Victoria RUS 35.827
14. KOUTSONIKOLI Angeliki GRE 36.865
15. MUSTAPA Fatehah MAS 36.942
16. RIBEIRO Sumaia BRA 37.381
17. PAGOLA ALVAREZ Ainhoa FGN 37.434
18. CIZGIN Pelin AUT 37.854
19. TINAJERO COBOS Estefany Marisol MEX 39.012
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT | Full Result
Gold Medal Final
Wendy Houvenaghel lapped her rival Josephine Tomic to claim Gold in the Individual Pursuit in fine style. Wendy started strong and just kept on applying the pressure, gapping the Australian rider on every lap. The crowd went wild when Wendy overtook her rival and the gun sounded. However, Houvenaghel powered on and finished the job, posting a 3.31.929 to a standing ovation.
1. HOUVENAGHEL Wendy GBR 3.31.929
2. TOMIC Josephine AUS OVL
Bronze Medal Final
On paper it promised to be a close run thing for the bronze medal, both riders posting 3.40 rides in qualifying. However in the first half of the race it looked like the Spanish rider would romp away with it, pulling out a big lead. But Dutch rider Koedooder finished strongly, overhauling her rival, taking Bronze and a standing ovation from the appreciative crowd.
3. OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 3.42.255
4. KOEDOODER Vera NED 3.41.522
MEN'S MADISON FINAL | Full Result
The Belgian pairing of Mertens and De Ketele took gold in a closely fought Madison that came right down to the final sprint, just beating 6-Day specialists Bartko and Kluge of Germany.
Despite numerous attacks, there were no race defining moves - the pace was simply too high. Every time a break went off the front, it was chased down mercilessly by the pack. The USA team had a spirited lone attack which lasted longer than any other but the American duo finally succumbed.
With no chance of any team gaining a lap it became a contest between the most consistent points scoring teams. As the race progressed it was clear that it would be Belgium, Germany and Russia in the final shakeup.
After the penultimate sprint it was Belgium who had a five point lead, meaning that they only had to score in the final sprint to take gold. Despite the best efforts of Germany and Russia, the Belgian team did enough, getting the crucial 1 point needed to edge victory.
1. Belgium 17pts
2. Germany 16pts
3. Russia 11pts
4. Denmark 9pts
5. France 8pts
6. Spain 6pts
WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT | Full Result
Reigning World Champions Australia took Gold in the Women's Team Sprint, beating their Dutch rivals with an ultra quick sub 34 second ride. It was Anna Meares' second gold of the evening, having earlier taken gold in the 500TT. GB's young duo of Jess Varnish and Becki James battled valiantly for bronze but were beaten by less than 1/10 of a second by the German pairing of Gloss and Welte.
GOLD
AUS Australia 33.653
MCCULLOCH Kaarle
MEARES Anna
SILVER
NED Netherlands 34.014
246 HIJGENAAR Yvonne
247 KANIS Willy
BRONZE
GER Germany 34.390
GLÖSS Dana
WELTE Miriam
4th
GBR Great Britain 34.414
124 JAMES Rebecca
126 VARNISH Jessica
WOMEN'S POINTS
Final | Full Result
Lizzie Armistead brought Day 2's action to a close with a thrilling Points race final, leaving it late to take the win, demonstrating her speed and nerve, not to mention a good eye for a cliffhanger.
Lizzie started quietly, choosing not to contest the first sprint. Armitstead first showed her hand in the second sprint, just pipped by Romanyuta for the 5 pts.
There followed a number of breaks and it looked as if Armistead might miss out on some key splits. Lizzie was out of the points in Sprint Three but the Yorkshire rider kept her cool and the race came back together.
More attacks - Ireland's Heather Wilson going away with two others. Then Guderzo broke free and took top points in the halfway sprint. At the halfway point, four riders tied on 5 points at the top of the table with Armistead on 3 points and very much in contention.
Guderzo then gave up and dropped into the pack. Immediately after, 7 riders broke away including Armitstead but it didn't stick. Sprint 5 came and Armitstead took 3rd place, lifting her to joint 2nd on 5 points.
Belarus rider Sharakova then went on a lone attack and got half a lap before the chase began in fits and starts. Sharakova dangled at half a lap and stayed away long enough to take 5pts with Armitstead grabbing 1 point, lifting Lizzie to 4th overall, 2 points behind the leader Gonzalez.
The penultimate sprint loomed -Trebiate went clear with 3 laps to go - then Armitstead made her race winning move. She attacked and overhauled Trebiate taking 5 points and the overall lead with just one sprint to go.
And so it came to the final sprint and Armitstead clearly didn't want to take any chances - attacking off the front and giving the crowd the final thrill of a compelling Day's action at Manchester.
1 ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth GBR 16pts
2 GONZALEZ VALDIVIESO Yumari CUB 11pts
3 ROMANYUTA Evgeniya RUS 10pts
4 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 8pts
5 GOSS Belinda AUS 7pts
