Day 7: 2012 UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships

A diverse day of racing at the Manchester Veldrome on Day 7 (Saturday) with bunch races, record attempts and the inaugural Team Pursuit title race.

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October 6-14, 2012 | 400 entries from 27 countries | Saturday, October 12

Honours on the day went to British riders with three race wins while the others went to USA, South Africa and Australia.

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Women’s 35-44 Points


Elisa Gianchino of South Africa was the first title winner of the day when she was dominant in the Women’s 35-44 Points race. The Australian Cheryl Hulskamp had the best start winning sprint number one and no sooner had that been won, the pace in the bunch went up and saw riders in difficulty.

Siobahn Mullan then started her points scoring spree and after beating Hulskamp at the next sprint moved into the race lead but then an attack caught everybody out as the South African Elisa Gianchino went clear. The American Alaina Gurski took up the chase but failed to make an impression and was brought back.

Elisa Gianchino continued to rack up the points out front while Mullen cleaned up the best of the rest in the peloton. Australian Rebecca Wheadon then inched her way to the South African rider out front and the two of them worked hard to catch the field to lap them.

Of the two, the South African, was the strongest and after catching the bunch, both Elisa Gianchino and Rebecca Wheadon moved up to the top of the table ahead of Mullan. From then on, Elisa Gianchino remained in control of the race and clinched the Gold medal while the Silver went to the Aussie Wheadon with Mullan in third.

1 GIANCHINO Elisa RSA 30
2 WHEADON Rebecca AUS 20
3 MULLAN Siobahn GBR 14
4 HULSKAMP Cheryl AUS 8
5 HOLMES Alison GBR 4
6 HARDING Caroline GBR 4
7 VAN HERRIKHUYZEN Carolien NED 4
8 TYSON-BLOOR Adel GBR 2
9 GURSKI Alaina USA

Women 45 Plus Points

Thirteen riders faced 60 laps of the track in this title race with the favourite being the sprint machine that is Janet Birkmyre (Britain) who predictably won the first sprint after a few early attacks failed to stick.

Britain’s Jayne Paine then went for a lap and very astutely, hung off the back of the peloton to ensure she not only got the ten points for the lap gain but the five points for the sprint win. It was a risky strategy but did put her on top of the leaderboard well clear of Birkmyre for the moment but the race was far from over.

As the field neared half distance, three riders including Britain’s Chrissie Higgs, Annette Williams and Orla Hendron of Ireland went for the lap gain which they made with around 20 laps to go. This put four riders all on the same lap and it was Williams who was the strongest now, scoring in all the sprints for points to add to her ten from the lap gain.

This put her in an unassailable position but Birkmyre hadn’t finished with her challenge for the Silver medal and in the last two sprints, won them both to put her on equal points with Orla Hendron but with a better finishing position, the Silver was awarded to Birkmyre while Hendron got the bronze.

1 WILLIAMS Annette USA 27
2 BIRKMYRE Janet GBR 21
3 HENDRON Orla IRL 21
4 PAINE Jayne GBR 15
5 HIGGS Christine GBR 12
6 HAMADA Makiko JPN 4
7 LOPEZ Clara COL 4
8 TATE Brenda GBR 2
9 LEÓN MONCADA María Isabel MEX
10 CLAYTON Elizabeth GBR

Team Pursuit 3000 metres
This event was dominated by the Australians Mark Jewell, David Stevens, Michael Poppelwell and Gerad O’Connell who were no less than nine seconds quicker in the final against the Canadian quartet.

Despite losing a man early in the match race against a team called Maple Sryrup (Canada, home of the maple leaf of course), the Aussies rattled the boards of the track to record a time of 3.19.758 for the 3000 metres.

The bronze was won the Argentinian team who had qualified fourth fastest, and like the Aussies, set off quickly in the final against the Scottish Masters and despite losing a rider early on, the Argentinian team went on to record the second fastest time of the finals to win by just under a second.

Finals
1. Australia 3:19.758 54.065
JEWELL Mark, STEVENS David, O’CONNELL Gerard, POPPLEWELL Michael

2 Maple Syrup – CAN 3:28.387 51.827
LE BEAU Stéphane, TOTH Peter, BASE Julian, NASH Michael

3. Argentina 3:26.405 52.324
DEL BARCO Daniel, ROZIE Diego Alejandro, VEGETTI Luis Mario, PEREYRA Ricardo

4 Scottish Masters 3:27.098 52.149
TAYLOR Alastair, ETTLES Peter, MCCAW Stephen, BARCLAY Graham

Qualifying
1 Australia 3:23.355 53.109
JEWELL Mark
STEVENS David
O’CONNELL Gerard
POPPLEWELL Michael

2 Maple Syrup 3:27.828 51.966
LE BEAU Stéphane
TOTH Peter
BASE Julian
NASH Michael

3 Scottish Masters 3:28.543 51.788
TAYLOR Alastair
ETTLES Peter
MCCAW Stephen
BARCLAY Graham

4 Argentina 3:29.331 51.662
DEL BARCO Daniel
ROZIE Diego Alejandro
VEGETTI Luis Mario
PEREYRA Ricardo

5 USA – 3:30.228 51.387
MEIDHOF Jason
SOMMERS Mark
CASPERSEN Gert
MULROONEY Timothy

6 Denmark 3:31.023 51.179
HOLM Dan
NIELSEN Lars Brian
BERNER Kenneth
CHRISTIANSEN Claus

7 Australia/New Zealand 3:31.589 51.058
GERBER Andrew
HENNESSY Daniel
CLASOHM Malcolm
HARFORD Kerry

8 Team Bush 3:32.312 50.939
DAVIS Chris
MILLS David
POSTLE Matt
JAMES Andrew

9 ioptix.co.uk 3:34.409 50.371
FREEAR Steven
SHELDON Alan
REID Ivor
MOULSON Chris

10 Italia 3:35.084 50.203
PICCO Alessandro
GRIMANI Enrico
SALVADEO Luca Agostino
RAVASIO Guiseppe

11 South Africa 3:36.701 49.838
BERRIMAN Brett
WHEELER Peter – John
BEVAN Michael

12 PSUK 3:37.997 49.542
DAVIES Alan
BAKER David
GREENGRASS Jeremy
BELDON Simon

13 British All Stars 3:38.197 49.230
STREATHER Jason
ROUX Johannes
CLAYTON Stephen
ROESNER Kenneth

14 Germany 3:54.311 46.093
MIER Walter
DR. RÃœBLING Uwe
MUEGLICH Lutz
REINPRECHT Georg

Elimination Races – Mens

The first of these two non title races, was the men’s event which was won by the cagey John McClelland. With ten riders taking to the start, one by one they were eliminated until three were left, two Italians and McClelland. Salvadeo of Italy pulled off to leave it to his teammate Picco and McClelland to battle it out and the Brit was tactically better as well as faster than his rival to win the special prize of some Rudy Project glasses donated by Phil Griffiths at Yellow Ltd.

1. McClelland John GBR
2. PICCO Alessandro ITA
3. SALVADEO Luca Agostino ITA
4. MEIDHOF Jason USA
5. VANDONI Gabriele ITA
6. HAMMERSLEY Mark GBR
7. RAVASIO Guiseppe ITA
8. REINPRECHT Georg AUT
9. READE Aidan IRL
10. ELLIS Christian GBR

Women’s Elimination Race

This was won by the rider Annette Williams from the USA who defeated Australian Cheryl Huskamp in the final battle for the prize of the Rudy Project glasses. The race started with Alison Holmes being eliminated and she was followed by Tessa Pugh and Liz Clayton. Orla Hendron was next to go and then Maria Moncado of Mexico before Adel Tyson Bloor was the last of the riders before the match sprint between Williams and Hulskamp for the victory.

1 WILLIAMS Annette USA

2 HULSKAMP Cheryl AUS
3 TYSON-BLOOR Adel GBR
4 LEÓN MONCADA María Isabel MEX
5 HENDRON Orla IRL
6 CLAYTON Elizabeth GBR
7 PUGH Tessa GBR
8 HOLMES Alison GBR

Men 50+ Bush Healthcare Scratch Race

The final race of the afternoon was the Men 50+ Bush Healthcare Scratch Race over 10 miles and the pace was on from the start and very quickly three riders were dropped before the peloton eased for a spell.

An attack by Mark Sommers saw eventual winner Ralph Carter join him and one by one, riders bridged to the leaders causing even more riders to be dropped and eventually retire from the very fast paced race.

Sommers continued to have a go but in the end the race was decided in a sprint between the ten riders left in the race and fastest to the line was Carter ahead of Dutchman Robert Bodamer who went so close to nicking the race off Carter on the line in a photo finish while Chris Davis wearing the colours of the race sponsor was third.

1 CARTER Ralph GBR
2 BODAMER Robert A NED
3 DAVIS Chris GBR
4 SOMMERS Mark USA
5 CORTES GONZALEZ Rubiel COL
6 ROESNER Kenneth GBR
7 APPERLEY Keir GBR
8 LILLEY Ralph GBR
9 CROSS Jerry GBR
10 HALL Nick GBR

RECORD ATTEMPTS
The day also two record attempts. Walter Fowler went for the 75 plus 500 metre record again having failed to beat it in a previous attempt earlier in the week. Fully kitted out for the ride, Fowler did it this time, recording a time of 41.220, well ahead of the old mark of 41.854. In the other attempt, the flying 200 metres, Brent Stein was just outside the record with a time of 10.523 (current record is 10.494).

Walter Fowler.

Final Day
As well as the popular team sprint, the final day will see the Muratti Cup, a non title open event which will be the final race of the day on Sunday. This famous race will see a 25 man field compete over 10 miles, or 64 laps for the Muratti Cup. The iconic Manchester Wheelers club once again have allowed the organisers to hold this race on their behalf.

The Muratti has a famous history and before 2001 the Cup had not been raced for since 1975. Also known as ‘The Race of Champions,’ the original event was first held on 8th July 1899, when a field of 23 riders contested the 10 mile Manchester Wheelers event. Tom Childs of Blackhill, Durham won this first race with many battles over the years at the Fallowfleld track until Ian Banbury (Hemel Hempstead) won the last race in 1975.

Over the years, 6 cups have been won outright, the last being Birmingham’s Tommy Godwin in 1949. The original trophy was a massive silver cup valued at 100 guineas and presented to Manchester Wheelers’ by the Vice President of the club, Mr. D. B. Muratti, on behalf of Messrs. B. Muratti, Sons & Co. Ltd, Cigarette Makers of Manchester.

The trophy was to be awarded to the winner of the Amateur 10 miles Race at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester. When first instituted, the “Muratti” could be won outright after three wins, but after the fourth edition this was reduced to two wins and was duly won outright by Billy Webb in 1903.

The event will also see more Rudy Project Sunglasses presented to riders with a retail value of £150 per pair in the Muratti Cup (1-2-3)

TICKETS TO WATCH!
Tickets are now available at the door during the championships. Ticket prices are very modest with all day prices at £8 and £5 for concessions during the week and £10 and £5 for concessions for the final two days. All ticket holders will also receive a free souvenir programme together with a daily update sheet containing full details of the programme for each day.

Further Information: http://www.cyclingmasters.com/

 

 

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