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UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Manchester
Day 3 - Morning Session, 1st November 2009
The first session of the final day sees qualifying sessions for the Men's Team Pursuit and Scratch Race, Women's Team Pursuit plus the start of the Women's Keirin and the JKA Keirin.
Photostream from the Morning session
Reports
MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT
Qualifying | Full Result
Great Britain put in a huge qualifying performance to qualify first for the Team Pursuit, posting a time a full 11 (yes eleven) seconds faster than their nearest rivals Spain. Here's how the qualifying panned out:
Poland set the early pace setting a 4.11 benchmark. France started hot and looked like challenging but lost a man early and faded badly. The Belgian team worked themselves into the ground with one rider collapsing at the end of his effort and requiring medical attention. Ireland splintered badly losing a man early then third man David McCann dropped with around 1km to go. Ukraine squad were well-drilled and tight on the track and went to the top of the board with 5 teams to go with the first sub 4.10 ride. The Ukranian time stayed top until the quick finishing German squad bettered their time by 4 tenths of a second. From then on in the times continued to be whittled down, with first Spain dropping under the 4.09 mark. Then came the storming GB team, who immediately knocked a huge 11 seconds off the lead time. What could Denmark do in response? At 1km the Danes were 1.6 seconds off the pace. At 3km they were 8.7 seconds down and by the finish they were out of contention for a medal ride.
There's no better way of demonstrating GB's supremacy than looking at the split times: 1 sec up after 250m. 2 secs up at 750m. 2.6 up at 1km. 3.3 up at 1250. 4 up at 1500m. 4.6 at 1750m. 5.1 at 2000m. 5.9 at 2250m. 6.6 at 2500m. 7.3 at 2750m. 7.8 at 3km. 8.4 at 3250m. 9.3 at 3500m. 10.1 at 3750. 3.57.709 11.1 secs up at the finish. Awesome. Enough said.
GBR Great Britain 3.57.709
BURKE Steven
CLANCY Edward
SWIFT Ben
THOMAS Geraint
ESP Spain 4.08.744
ESCOBAR ROURE Sergi
MUNTANER JUANEDA David
TAULER LLULL Antonio
TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy
GER Germany 4.09.027
BARTKO Robert
BOMMEL Henning
KLUGE Roger
SCHÄFER Stefan
UKR Ukraine 4.09.477
FONRABE Maksym
POLISHCHUK Maksym
SHCHEDOV Vitaliy
KONONENKO Roman
DEN Denmark 4.09.826
CHRISTENSEN Michael Faerk
NIELSEN Philip
QUAADE Rasmus Christian
RANNERIES Christian
POL Poland 4.11.531
BRYLOWSKI Pawel
GLOWACKI Dawid
KASPERKIEWICZ Piotr
STEPNIAK Grzegorz
NED Netherlands 4.11.581
HEIMANS Levi
JONKMAN GeertJan
SCHEP Peter
VAN DER ZWET Arno
LOK LOKOMOTIV 4.12.345
ARGUELYES Rodriges
ERSHOV Artur
KAYKOV Valery
KRASNOV Leonid
BEL Belgium 4.14.111
CORNU Dominique
DUFRASNE Jonathan
MERTENS Tim
STEELS Stijn
FRA France 4.14.915
BRISSE Vivien
DUVAL Julien
MORICE Julien
DAENINCK Benoit
SUI Switzerland 4.14.975
CORTHESY Damien
DILLIER Silvan
IMHOF Claudio
PERIZZOLO Loïc
KTA KATYUSHA 4.15.180
KUPERASOV Konstantin
PETROVSKIY Alexander
SAVITSKY Ivan
ZUBOV Matvey
IRL Ireland 4.20.589
BARRETT Stephen
MC CANN David
O'LOUGHLIN David
BRAMMEIER Matthew
AUT Austria 4.21.051
GRAF Andreas
MULLER Andreas
RIEBENBAUER Werner
SINGER Michael
WOMEN'S KEIRIN
1st Round | Full Result
A tough contest with only the winner of each round going through to the next round (the rest must go through the repechage). World Champion Guo of China was first to qualify in Round 1, beating Cueff of France in a sprint. GB's Jess Varnish was up in Heat 2 but sadly was disqualified for overtaking the Derny. In the restarted contest it was Elisa Frisoni who qualified.
Heat 3 was dominated by Anna Meares who didn't even see the other riders in her heat, going straight for the Derny and not looking back. GB's Becki James was up in Heat 4 and gave it everything in front of her home crowd, but was eventually overcome by Belarus' rider Olga Panarina.
McCullough of Australia progressed from Heat 5, narrowly beating Gong of China on the line. British hopes rested on Vicky Pendleton in Heat 6 and she didn't disappoint, beating Simona Krupeckaite by a hair's breadth on the line.
Qualifying for 2nd Round
GUO Shuang CHN
FRISONI Elisa FFA
MEARES Anna AUS
PANARINA Olga BLR
MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS
PENDLETON Victoria SKY
Repechages | Full Result
Last chance saloon for riders to progress and just like the 1st round, only the winner qualifies.
First to come through was Simona Krupeckaite, holding off a challenge from Helen Casas Roige of Catalunya. Heat 2 saw Cueff comfortably come through in a heat were nobody wanted to make a move until the last moment while in Heat 3 Anges Ronner of the Netherlands outwitted Dabrowska of Poland.
Heat 4 and Becki James last shot at progressing in the competition. A tough ask against the experienced Yvonne Hijgenaar and Russian Baranova. James took first wheel behind the Derny with Hijgenaar slotting in back in fourth. In the end, Hijgenaar and Baranova were too strong and overcame Becki, with Baranova progressing to the next round after a photo finish.
Heat 5 saw Olivia Montauban of France go through to round 2, while Miriam Welte beat Gong on the line to win Heat 6 to complete the 2nd round lineup.
Progressing to 2nd Round
KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU
CUEFF Virginie FRA
RONNER Agnes NED
BARANOVA Victoria RUS
MONTAUBAN Olivia FRA
WELTE Miriam GER
WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT
Qualifying | Full Result
Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead, Wendy Houvenaghel and Joanna Rowsell qualified fastest with a 3.23, just a second shy of their own world record, but 4 seconds faster than their nearest rivals Germany. Third were Australia, who would face Netherlands in the Bronze medal rideoff.
Gruppo Sportivo set the early benchmark with a tidy 3.39.992. France were the next team to raise the bar with a 3.34.912 ride. The French sat atop the leaderboard until the Belgian triumvirate took to the boards and posted a 3.32.889. Next to go faster was the tight German squad who rode an impressive pursuit resulting in a 3.27.482, the first team to go under the 3.30 mark. Australia were baulked when Belinda Goss' rear wheel moved in the dropout on takeoff. Their qualifier was restarted and they eventually posted a 3.28.751, going second with just GB and Lithuania to go.
GB took to the track to a huge roar from the crowd and the Star Wars theme music (!). They started steadily, just behind the Germans at the 1km mark. At 1500 metres they'd edge ahead by 0.4 of second. From here they just pressed harder and harder, each split time producing a roar from the home crowd that must have been worth a few tenths in its own right.
GBR Great Britain 3.23.436
ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
HOUVENAGHEL Wendy
ROWSELL Joanna
GER Germany 3.27.482
BRENNAUER Lisa
JOOS Verena
SANDIG Madeleine
AUS Australia 3.28.751
DOWNING Tess
GOSS Belinda
TOMIC Josephine
NED Netherlands 3.30.819
KOEDOODER Vera
PIETERS Amy
VAN DIJK Ellen
BEL Belgium 3.32.889
DAAMS Jessie
D'HOORE Jolien
DRUYTS Kelly
FRA France 3.34.912
CREUX Sophie
DUTRIAUX Fiona
JEULAND Pascale
RUS Russia 3.35.057
KONDEL Victoria
PRUDNIKOVA Alena
ROMANYUTA Evgeniya
LTU Lithuania 3.37.895
PAULIUKAITE Svetlana
SOSENKO Aleksandra
TREBAITE Ausrine
POL Poland 3.37.930
JASINSKA Edyta
PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna
WOJTYRA Malgorzata
FFA GRUPPO SPORTIVO FIAMME AZZURRE 3.39.992
BACCAILLE Monia
GUDERZO Tatiana
TAGLIAFERRO Marta
RDN RODIN 3.45.196
ARMSTRONG Skye Lee
GILMORE Rochelle
VAN HOEK Lotte
MEX Mexico 4.04.254
JURADO Jessica Fernanda
ROCHA Mayra Del Rocio
TINAJERO COBOS Estefany Marisol
MEN'S JKA KEIRIN
1st Round (First two qualify, rest to repechage) | Full Result
In Heat 1 Awang wheelied over the line first just ahead of World Keirin Champ Max Levy of Germany. Heat 2 saw last year's winner Matt Crampton line up with a lot to live up to. He took up first wheel behind the Derny with fast man Shane Perkins of Australia slotted in behind him. Attacks came early with Crampton overrun. But he kept his cool and left it late to unload his awesome power, taking the win from Perkins while behind Spicka and Okabe crashed at speed on the banking. Both riders were OK, minus a few layers of skin.
In the final heat Edgar and Kenny went head to head. Kenny took first wheel while Edgar took his preferred fourth in the line. When the Derny peeled off, Edgar came over the top and took it on from the front, taking the win with a great show of speed with Kenny joining him in the 2nd Round.
Progressing to 2nd Round
Awang
Levy
Crampton
Perkins
Edgar
Kenny
Repechage (first 2 progress to Round 2) | Full Result
Bergemann and Babek progressed through Heat 1, while in Heat 2 all hopes were with Dave Daniell to progress. Daniell led it out but was overcome by Volikakis with Daniell hanging on in 2nd to scrape through. In the final repechage heat Vynokurov and Niblett progressed.
Progressing to Round 2
Bergemann
Babek
Volikakis
Daniell
Vynokurov
Niblett
MEN'S SCRATCH RACE
Qualifying
Heat 1 | Full Result
With only the first 12 qualifying the Scratch heats are more about the back of the race than the front. Big move of the heat was from the aggressive Cheung of the Giant trade team, who broke free at half distance in an attempt to guarantee safety by taking a lap. He took his lap only to drop back immediately, negating his effort and eventually retiring.
Heat 2 | Full Result
Main move of Heat 2 was from Colby Pearce, Howard Lee and Lagkuti, who cleverly worked together to gain a lap and guarantee safety. All eyes were on Chris Newton, the only GB rider in the competition, who was quiet early on and in the latter stages joined late move with four other riders to get away, take a lap of their own and guarantee safe passage into the final.
Qualifying from Heat 1:
1 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA
2 OTHMAN Adiq Husainie MAS
3 BUJKO Lukasz POL
4 KOVALEV Ivan RUS
5 KLUGE Roger GER
6 VIVIANI Elia ITA
7 LAZAR Petr CZE
8 ELORRIAGA ZUBIAUR Unai ESP
9 COLLA Angel Dario ARG
10 VINGERLING Michael NED
11 AZKUE PRIETO Javier FGN
12 BRAMMEIER Matthew IRL
Qualifying from Heat 2:
1 LAGKUTI Sergiy UKR
2 HOWARD Leigh AUS
3 PEARCE Colby USA
4 NEWTON Chris GBR 1
5 RIEBENBAUER Werner AUT 1
6 BOILY David CAN 1
7 MORI Kazuhiro JPN 1
8 MASOTTI Fabio FFA 1
9 DIAS Robson BRA 1
10 PERIZZOLO Loïc SUI 1
11 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL 1
12 WONG KamPo HKG
