Olympics: Day 5 Track Cycling

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Silver for Mark Cavendish in Omnium, Laura Trotts leads Women’s Omnium and James & Marchant through to 1/4 finals of sprint

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Olympics: Day 5 Track Cycling
It was an eventful night in the Points race of the Men’s Omnium where Mark Cavendish achieved the goal of winning an Olympic medal, Silver. In other events, The Women’s Omnium is being dominated by Laura Trott, surely the best female track cyclist of her generation if not ever and in the Women’s Sprint, Becky James and Kay Marchant continue their race for a medal in the Women’s sprint.

Men’s Omnium
It was an eventful night in the Points race of the Men’s Omnium where Mark Cavendish achieved the goal of winning an Olympic medal; Silver. The Manx Missile is the Best road sprinter the country has ever had, a legend or icon even from the Tour de France, and has also won World titles on the track but the one thing that has eluded him is the Olympic medal and that goal has now been achieved.

Winner of the race was Italy’s Elia Viviani with defending champion Lasse Hansen of Denmark getting the Bronze. Cavendish told BBC Sport: “I’m happy. Elia was the best guy there. If you take the points I lost in the elimination, I would’ve been right with him.”

“I have got my Olympic medal. It is really nice but gold would have finished the collection. I don’t think I’ll be going for Tokyo but you never know.”

It wasn’t however the medal that was the talking point but the race where it was achieved, the Points race, where Cavendish collided with South Korea’s Sanghoon Park. That led to three riders, including Viviani, coming off their bikes with 109 laps to go. The race had to be briefly neutralised before the Italian could get back on his bike, while Park was taken to hospital.

“It was my fault, I should have been looking where I was going a bit more,” said Cavendish, who cut down the banking of the track in front of Park. “I hope he [Park] is all right, really. I apologised to Elia when he went down.”

In defence of Cavendish, the winner Viviani said “It’s not his fault. The Korean guy was halfway on his wheel to the right – normally you stay on the wheel. Cav was in the front and changed direction so it’s all normal. It’s a normal crash on the track.”

Cavendish started the second day of the Omnium in third place but an excellent sixth in the 1km time trial in a time of 1:02.868 lifted the Manxman to 126 points. Third in the flying lap in 12.793 seconds lifted him to 162 points and the silver-medal position ahead of the Points race, where he held on to that position.

Trott on Fire in Women’s Omnium
Two wins and a second in the Women’s Omnium shows just how great a rider Laura Trott is and no surprise she leads overall after three events. Trott was second in the opening round, the Scratch race behind Tatsiana Sharakova who won the race by gaining a lap on the field.

In the Pursuit, yet again the British rider put down a time, like Cavendish did in the men’s, that was simply World Class for the event never mind the Omnium, a personal best of 3:25.054.
To do that, Trott beat five-time world champion Sarah Hammer. Trott then finished off with her favourite event, the elimination race to win her second race of the night.

Meanwhile, in the Women’s Sprint, Becky James and Katy Marchant booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Sprint with victories in the 1/8 final. Fastest qualifier James was too strong for France’s Virginie Cueff whilst Marchant was forced into a long sprint as Miriam Welte surprised the Team GB rider with an early attack with three laps to go. Marchant was able to bridge the gap the French girl opened however and just get past in the final metres of the race.  … continued after advert

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WOMEN’S SPRINT

1/8th finals
Heat 1 Expand Content
1 JAMES Rebecca 11.375 GBR
2 CUEFF Virginie 0.037 FRA

Heat 2 Expand Content
1 MARCHANT Katy 12.247 GBR
2 WELTE Miriam 0.343 GER

Heat 3 Expand Content
1 LEE Wai Sze 11.551 HKG
2 MEARES Anna 0.081 AUS

Heat 4 Expand Content
1 LIGTLEE Elis 11.36 NED
2 KRUPECKAITE Simona 0.025 LTU

Heat 5 Expand Content
1 VOINOVA Anastasiia 11.271 RUS
2 ZHONG Tianshi 0.001 CHN

Heat 6 Expand Content
1 VOGEL Kristina 11.197 GER
2 HANSEN Natasha 0.092 NZL

MEN’S OMNIUM

Round 4 – Kilo
1 KENNETT Dylan 01:00.9 40 NZL
2 O’SHEA Glenn 01:02.3 38 AUS
3 VIVIANI Elia 01:02.3 36 ITA
4 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 01:02.5 34 COL
5 HANSEN Lasse Norman 01:02.5 32 DEN
6 CAVENDISH Mark 01:02.9 30 GBR
7 VELDT Tim 01:03.5 28 NED
8 LEUNG Chun Wing 01:03.7 26 HKG
9 KLUGE Roger 01:03.8 24 GER
10 ZAKHAROV Artyom 01:03.9 22 KAZ
11 BOUDAT Thomas 01:04.2 20 FRA
12 PARK Sanghoon 01:04.2 18 KOR
13 SUTER Gael 01:04.4 16 SUI
14 LEA Bobby 01:05.3 14 USA
15 KUBOKI Kazushige 01:05.5 12 JPN
16 MONTEIRO Gideoni 01:05.5 10 BRA
17 PRADO Ignacio 01:05.8 8 MEX

Round 5 – Flying Lap
1 KENNETT Dylan 12.506 40 NZL
2 VIVIANI Elia 12.66 38 ITA
3 CAVENDISH Mark 12.793 36 GBR
4 HANSEN Lasse Norman 12.832 34 DEN
5 SUTER Gael 12.981 32 SUI
6 O’SHEA Glenn 13.053 30 AUS
7 VELDT Tim 13.17 28 NED
8 LEUNG Chun Wing 13.265 26 HKG
9 BOUDAT Thomas 13.272 24 FRA
10 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 13.273 22 COL
11 KLUGE Roger 13.332 20 GER
12 LEA Bobby 13.416 18 USA
13 ZAKHAROV Artyom 13.446 16 KAZ
14 PARK Sanghoon 13.489 14 KOR
15 MONTEIRO Gideoni 13.569 12 BRA
16 KUBOKI Kazushige 13.587 10 JPN
17 PRADO Ignacio 14.046 8 MEX

Round 6 – Points Race
1 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 41 COL
2 HANSEN Lasse Norman 40 DEN
3 KLUGE Roger 33 GER
4 CAVENDISH Mark 32 GBR
5 VIVIANI Elia 29 ITA
6 BOUDAT Thomas 22 FRA
7 VELDT Tim 7 NED
8 ZAKHAROV Artyom 7 KAZ
9 MONTEIRO Gideoni 4 BRA
10 PRADO Ignacio 3 MEX
11 LEUNG Chun Wing 1 HKG
12 KUBOKI Kazushige 1 JPN
13 SUTER Gael 1 SUI
14 O’SHEA Glenn AUS
15 KENNETT Dylan W (warning) -7 NZL
16 PARK Sanghoon Did not finish KOR
17 LEA Bobby Did not finish USA

OVERALL
1 VIVIANI Elia ITA
2 CAVENDISH Mark GBR
3 HANSEN Lasse Norman DEN
4 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando COL
5 BOUDAT Thomas FRA
6 KLUGE Roger GER
7 O’SHEA Glenn AUS
8 KENNETT Dylan NZL
9 VELDT Tim NED
10 ZAKHAROV Artyom KAZ
11 LEUNG Chun Wing HKG
12 SUTER Gael SUI
13 MONTEIRO Gideoni BRA
14 KUBOKI Kazushige JPN
15 PRADO Ignacio MEX

WOMEN’S OMNIUM

Round 1 Scratch Race
1 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR
2 TROTT Laura -1 GBR
3 D’HOORE Jolien -1 BEL
4 HAMMER Sarah -1 USA
5 ELLIS Lauren -1 NZL
6 EDMONDSON Annette -1 AUS
7 DIDERIKSEN Amalie -1 DEN
8 BERTHON Laurie -1 FRA
9 WILD Kirsten -1 NED
10 PIKULIK Daria -1 POL
11 DIAO Xiao Juan -1 HKG
12 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies -1 CUB
13 HSIAO Mei Yu -1 TPE
14 BEVERIDGE Allison -1 CAN
15 LUO Xiaoling -1 CHN
16 KNAUER Anna -1 GER
17 TSUKAGOSHI Sakura -1 JPN
18 GONZALEZ Angie Sabrina -1 VEN

Round 2 – Pursuit
1 TROTT Laura 03:25.1 GBR
2 HAMMER Sarah 03:27.0 USA
3 D’HOORE Jolien 03:30.2 BEL
4 DIDERIKSEN Amalie 03:30.3 DEN
5 WILD Kirsten 03:31.9 NED
6 ELLIS Lauren 03:33.2 NZL
7 EDMONDSON Annette 03:33.8 AUS
8 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies 03:34.0 CUB
9 BEVERIDGE Allison 03:36.9 CAN
10 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana 03:37.2 BLR
11 PIKULIK Daria 03:39.9 POL
12 BERTHON Laurie 03:40.2 FRA
13 KNAUER Anna 03:43.0 GER
14 DIAO Xiao Juan 03:44.5 HKG
15 LUO Xiaoling 03:45.2 CHN
16 TSUKAGOSHI Sakura 03:46.8 JPN
17 GONZALEZ Angie Sabrina 03:47.2 VEN
18 HSIAO Mei Yu 03:58.7 TPE

Round 3 – Elimination
1 TROTT Laura GBR
2 D’HOORE Jolien BEL
3 HAMMER Sarah USA
4 WILD Kirsten NED
5 EDMONDSON Annette AUS
6 DIDERIKSEN Amalie DEN
7 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR
8 KNAUER Anna GER
9 BERTHON Laurie FRA
10 LUO Xiaoling CHN
11 ELLIS Lauren NZL
12 GONZALEZ Angie Sabrina VEN
13 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE
14 DIAO Xiao Juan HKG
15 BEVERIDGE Allison CAN
16 PIKULIK Daria POL
17 TSUKAGOSHI Sakura JPN
18 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB

Overall after 3 rounds
1 TROTT Laura GBR 118
2 D’HOORE Jolien BEL 110
3 HAMMER Sarah USA 108
4 DIDERIKSEN Amalie DEN 92
5 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 90
6 WILD Kirsten NED 90
7 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 90
8 ELLIS Lauren NZL 82
9 BERTHON Laurie FRA 68
10 KNAUER Anna GER 52
11 PIKULIK Daria POL 52
12 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 50
13 BEVERIDGE Allison CAN 50
14 DIAO Xiao Juan HKG 48
15 LUO Xiaoling CHN 46
16 HSIAO Mei Yu TPE 38
17 GONZALEZ Angie Sabrina VEN 32
18 TSUKAGOSHI Sakura JPN 26

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