World Track Cup London – Day 1

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The Great Britain cycling team won double gold on the opening day of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in London with victory in the Men’s and Women’s team pursuit.

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World Track Cup London – Day 1

The Great Britain cycling team won double gold on the opening day of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in London with victory in the Men’s and Women’s team pursuit.

ABOVE: Gold for the Men’s Team Pursuit

Men’s Team Pursuit
After qualifying second fastest, almost two seconds slower than the Australian’s, the Great Britain squad had to fight tooth and nail to get to the final for Gold in London where they won easily against New Zealand. In Round 1 they came up against Denmark and their winning margin there very tight indeed as the photo below shows.

But if they had a battle, the team with lady luck against them were the Australians. Down to three riders and cruising to a win in round 1, one of the three remaining Aussies, Davison, punctured and whilst doing well to hold it up, the race for Gold was over as they were DNF and finished the competition in 7th. Had the race been run under the rules of previous years, and the same happened in the final against the Brits, they would have at least got the Silver. Another example of the stupidty of the new rules that get worse from the UCI, not better. Teams may also now think hard about going down to three men in the early rounds as it can be very costly as it proved for the Aussies in the race for qualification points for Rio 2016.

DENMARK_GB

ABOVE: The winning margin for GB in round 1 was this tight – the time taken on the third GB rider who’s been dropped by the other two whilst Denmark race for the line in a tight formation finish

Women’s Team Pursuit
After qualifying where there was so very little between Great Britain and Australia, the final was a more ‘comfortable’ victory for the Brits as Laura Trott, Ciara Horne, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker held off the Aussies in the final for the Gold. The GB team, World Cup leaders, used three different combinations over the three rounds to repeat their success in the opening round of the Track Cycling World Cup in Mexico last month.

Double Olympic champion Laura Trott, who rides the omnium starting on Saturday, was replaced by Ciara Horne in round 1 as Great Britain caught but were not allowed to pass the USA who are listed as DQ. In the final, Trott returned to the GB line up whilst London 2012 gold medallist Joanna Rowsell, on her way back to full fitness, had to watch from the track centre.

With Trott in fine form, the GB foursome were a little ragged but they regrouped to finish ahead of Australia. Trott said afterwards “We want to win every race but people are getting better and better. It’s getting harder. You definitely feel the pressure now. It’s that battle to get into the squad that keeps us going.”

ABOVE: Gold too for the Women’s Team Pursuit

Full results from the other events follow below:

Session 1
With one session done, it’s the Team Pursuiters in the Great Britain team who are leading the way for their country. The Women’s GB quartet qualified fastest in the women’s team pursuit, 4:23.406 to the 4:23.498 of the Aussie foursome. The GB quartet of Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker will now face USA, who were fourth and nine seconds slower, in Friday evening’s round 1.

In the Men’s Team Pursuit, the Great Britain four riders finished qualifying second fastest. Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Andy Tennant recorded a time of 4:02.373, just under two seconds slower than the fastest team from Australia. The Brits will now face Denmark in round 1 who were third fastest with 4:02.428 so on paper at least, it will be a tough match for the GB riders with the Danish team so close on time in qualifying.

In the other races, Great Britain were dissapointing on their home track with 5th in the Women’s Team Sprint, 7th in the Men’s Team Sprint after Gold in Mexico and Emily Kay tenth for the Welsh team in the Women’s Scratch race.

ABOVE: Men’s Team Pursuit.

RESULTS

 

WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT

FINALS

1. Great Britain 4:22.194
HORNE Ciara, BARKER Elinor, TROTT Laura, ARCHIBALD Katie

2. Australia 4:24.335
HOSKINS Melissa, CURE Amy, ANKUDINOFF Ashlee, KING Isabella

3. Canada 4:24.188
4. China 4:32.156

FIRST ROUND

1. New Zealand 4:32.300
2. Germany 4:35.203

1 China 4:30.032
2. Russia 4:36.933

1. Australia 4:24.504
2. Canada 4:26.590 54.015

1. Great Britain 4:24.715
2. USA – United States DSQ

QUALIFYING

1 Great Britain 4:23.406

ARCHIBALD Katie, TROTT Laura, BARKER Elinor, ROWSELL Joanna

2 – Australia 4:23.498
KING Isabella, ANKUDINOFF Ashlee, CURE Amy, HOSKINS Melissa

3 Canada 4:28.208
BEVERIDGE Allison, GLAESSER Jasmin, LAY Kirsti, ROORDA Stephanie

4 United States 4:32.523
VALENTE Jennifer, NEWELL Elizabeth, TAMAYO Lauren, WINDER Ruth

5 China 4:32.685
6 Germany 4:32.871
7 New Zealand 4:33.677
8 Russia 4:34.129
9 Italy 4:34.684
10 Poland 4:36.110
11 Belarus 4:38.607
12 Ireland 4:39.813
RYAN Caroline, BOYLAN Lydia, CREAMER Lauren, KNIGHT Josie

13 Belgium 4:40.601
14 Hong Kong 4:43.644
15 Japan 4:43.960
16 Team Usn 4:44.102
COSTER Ellie, KAY Emily, LLOYD Manon, ROBERTS Amy

 

MEN’S TEAM PURSUIT

FINALS
1. Great Britain 4.01.151
TENNANT Andrew, DOULL Owain, CHRISTIAN Mark, BURKE Steven

2. New Zealand 4:05.463
SIMPSON Myron, KARWOWSKI Cameron, GOUGH Westley, BULLING Pieter

3. Denmark 4.02.248
4. Switzerland 4:05.378

ROUND 1

1. China 4.05.782
2. Germany 4:07.362 58.214

1. Switzerland 4:03.085
2. Netherlands 4:05.937

1. Great Britain 4:00.251
TENNANT Andrew, DOULL Owain, BURKE Steven, CLANCY Edward

2. Denmark 4:00.446 59.888 QB

1. New Zealand 4:03.654
2. Australia DNF (down to 3 and a rider punctures)

Qualification rule round 1:
— The two winning teams in heats 3 and 4 will compete for the gold medal.
— The remaining six teams will be ranked according to their times from the first round and will dispute the finals as follows:
* The two fastest teams will ride the final for 3rd and 4th places.
* The next two fastest teams will ride the final for 5th and 6th places.
* The final two teams will ride the final for 7th and 8th places.

QUALIFYING

1 Australia 4:00.577
DAVISON Luke, EDMONDSON Alexander, MULHERN Mitchell, SCOTSON Callum

2 Great Britain 4:02.373
CLANCY Edward, BURKE Steven, DOULL Owain, TENNANT Andrew

3 Denmark 4:02.428
PEDERSEN Casper, HANSEN Lasse Norman, HOLM Anders, QUAADE Rasmus Christian

4 New Zealand 4:03.773
GATE Aaron, BULLING Pieter, GOUGH Westley, KARWOWSKI Cameron,

5 Netherlands 4:04.438
6 Germany 4:05.302
7 China 4:05.964
8 Switzerland 4:05.984

9 Russia 4:07.635
10 Belgium 4:07.965
11 Colombia 4:08.183
12 Argentina 4:08.664
13 Canada 4:09.054
14 Belarus 4:10.966
15 Hong Kong 4:11.076
16 France 4:12.243
17 Italy 4:13.454
18 Kazakhstan 4:14.216
19 Spain 4:15.884
20 Japan 4:16.449
21 Ukraine 4:16.938
22 Ireland 4:17.444

 

WOMEN’S TEAM SPRINT

FINALS

1. China 33.010
2. Germany 33.024

3. Russia 33.429
4. Australia 33.487

QUALIFYING
1  China 32.956
GONG Jinjie, ZHONG Tianshi

2 Germany 33.022
WELTE Miriam, VOGEL Kristina

3 Team Jayco-Ais 33.130
MEARES Anna, MORTON Stephanie

4 Russia 33.336
VOINOVA Anastasiia, TYUMNEVA Victoria

5 Great Britain 33.622
WILLIAMSON Victoria, VARNISH Jessica

6 France 33.720
7 Netherlands 33.809
8 Spain 33.821
9 Rusvelo 33.903
10 New Zealand 34.111
11 Cuba 34.553
12 Lithuania 34.734
13 Canada 34.874
14 Japan Professional Cyclist Associa. 35.074
15 Mexico 35.117
16 Ukraine 35.144
17 United States 35.580
18 Colombia 35.594
19 Poland 35.797
20 Reyno De Navarra-Wrc-Conor 35.888
21 Belgium 36.156
22 Hong Kong 36.626

 

MENS TEAM SPRINT

FINALS
1. Germany 43.665
ENDERS Rene, FORSTEMANN Robert, EILERS Joachim,

2. Australia 44.113
HART Nathan, PERKINS Shane, GLAETZER Matthew

3. New Zealand 43.713
WEBSTER Sam, MITCHELL Ethan, DAWKINS Edward

4. France 43.863
SIREAU Kevin, PERVIS Francois, D’ALMEIDA Michael

Qualifying
1 Germany 43.700
ENDERS Rene, FORSTEMANN Robert, EILERS Joachim

2 Team Jayco-Ais 43.832
HART Nathan, PERKINS Shane, GLAETZER Matthew

3 New Zealand 43.839
MITCHELL Ethan, WEBSTER Sam, DAWKINS Edward

4 France 43.907
PERVIS Francois, SIREAU Kevin, D’ALMEIDA Michael

5 Russia 44.360
6 Netherlands 44.492
7 Great Britain 44.511
HINDES Philip, KENNY Jason, SKINNER Callum

8 Venezuela 44.682
9 Poland 44.725
10 China 45.085
11 Colombia 45.088
12 Czech Republic 45.234
13 Spain 45.380
14 Canada 45.390
15 Korea 45.479
16 Brazil 45.620
17 Japan Professional Cyclist Associa. 45.686
18 Argentina 45.702
19 Team Erdgas.2012 46.228
20 United States 46.254
21 Minsk Cycling Club 46.293
22 Japan REL

WOMEN’S POINTS RACE

1 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 43
2 DE KETELE Kenny BEL 34
3 SEPULVEDA Eduardo ARG 31
4 KURABAYASHI Takuto JPN 30
5 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades COL 29
6 TEKLINSKI Adrian POL 15
7 HRYNIV Vitaliy UKR 10
8 WOOD Oliver GBR 9
9 PERICHON Pierre-Luc FRA 6
10 KLUGE Roger GER 5
11 LEUNG Chun Wing HKG 3
12 HACECKY Vojtech CZE 3
13 IMHOF Claudio SUI 2
14 DUEHRING Jacob USA 1
15 STEWART Mark GBR 1
16 NULTY Javan IRL
17 HARADA Hiroaki JPN
18 BERTAZZO Liam ITA
19 CLARKE Cormac IRL

WOMEN’S SCRATCH RACE
1. SALCEDO ZAMBRANO Jannie Milena COL
2. STEPHENS Lauren USA

@ 1 lap
3. PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna POL -1
4. BERTHON Laurie FRA -1
5. ROMANYUTA Evgeniya RUS -1
6. DRUYTS Kelly BEL -1
7. WILD Kirsten NED -1
8. BRONZINI Giorgia ITA -1
9. PAVLENDOVA Alzbeta SVK -1
10. KAY Emily WAL -1
11. ARREOLA NAVARRO Sofia MEX -1
12. KLIMCHENKO Tetyana UKR -1
13. BOYLAN Lydia IRL -1
14. KOJIMA Yoko JPN -1
15. MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE -1
16. PAVLUKHINA Olena AZE -1
17. YANG Qianyu HKG -1
18. GUTIERREZ RUIZ Sheyla ESP -1
19. TERESHCHUK Marta UKR -1
20. RUTKOWSKA Natalia POL -1
21. FOREMAN-MACKEY Annie CAN -1
22. CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia ITA -1

SALAZAR Yareli MEX DNF
NAKAMURA Kisato JPN

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