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O'Shea claims men's Omnium championship

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Cycling News
Published:
December 19, 2011, 17:52,
Updated:
December 19, 2011, 18:03

Ankudinoff wins women's Omnium title

In the elite men's omnium South Australia's Glenn O'Shea dominated across the two days, winning four of the six events in the points, elimination, pursuit and time trial and finishing runner up in the flying lap. His only lapse was a sixth place in the scratch race.

The omnium is a true test of stamina, speed and endurance with competitors racing in six events over two days - the flying 250m lap, points, elimination and scratch races, the individual pursuit and a time trial. Points are awarded to each rider based on placings in the events and the cyclist with the lowest tally at the end is the winner.

"The main reason I came here was to win obviously, but to also post some good times and I think I did that across the board in the two days," said O'Shea, who also claimed the title in 2008. "I only had one little slip up in the scratch race, so I am pretty happy."

He finished on 12 points, six points clear of reigning champion Scott Law (NSW) who posted wins in the flying lap and scratch races to take the silver medal on 17 points.

O'Shea's South Australian teammate Alex Edmondson (18 points) collected four second placings on his way to taking the bronze medal.

Since returning to the bike 12 months ago following bouts of chicken pox and glandular fever, O'Shea has continued to surprise himself and impress onlookers.

"Twelve months ago I wasn't even riding my bike so to where I have come now, I am pretty happy. It is definitely going in the right direction, that's for certain," said O'Shea who claimed the pursuit and Madison (with Edmondson) gold medals at last month's Astana round of the UCI Track World Cup.

"It's the old cliché of taking it one step at a time, but this year I really have been ticking the boxes and today is another one ticked.

"I have another next month in the World Cup and then after that, we will just see what comes of it," he said.

O'Shea now turns his attention to Saturday night's Madison championships where he will partner Edmondson in a strong field headlined by reigning world champions Leigh Howard and Cameron Meyer

"Alex is in good form as well, but we will be up against the world champs, but in saying that I have raced with and against them both and I have beaten them before, so we will of course be disappointed if we don't win," said O'Shea.

Reigning Oceania champion Ashlee Ankudinoff's return to competitive racing continues to gain momentum with the Sydney rider reclaiming the Australian women's title in a powerful performance.

Ankudinoff claimed wins in the flying lap, pursuit and time trial, third place in the points race and was fourth in the elimination. She also finished sixth in the scratch race.

"I couldn't ask for any better really, it is so good to see the hard work and no short cuts in training has really paid off," said Ankudinoff, who won three of six events across the two days.

Ankudinoff, a member of Australia's 2010 team pursuit world champion lineup and the 2010 Australian omnium champion, missed most of 2011 due to a sciatic nerve injury.

She returned to the international scene last month at the Astana round of the UCI Track World Cup where she contested the team pursuit, before winning the omnium and scratch race at the Oceania Championships in Invercargill last month.

"After the Commonwealth Games in 2010, I made the decision to have time off the bike if I wanted any chance of contesting the Olympics," said the twenty-one-year-old. "Now I have been training for about eight months for this and it was always going to be hard to come back into the team environment as there are so many riders now.

"I knew I had the whole year of 2011 to train and I had all the faith in Gary Sutton and he had the faith and backed me too.

"So to come back and really stamp my mark here, it just shows that I am back and ready for a good 2012," said Ankudinoff.

West Australian Isabella King and South Australian Annette Edmondson each finished on 21 points but with King awarded the silver medal due to a faster time when the pursuit, flying lap and 500 metre time trial times were tallied.

Elite Men - Flying Lap
1 Scott Law (NSW) 0:00:13.470  
2 Glenn O'Shea (SA) 0:00:13.488  
3 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW) 0:00:13.544  
4 Edward Bissaker (SA) 0:00:13.622  
5 Luke Parker (VIC) 0:00:13.646  
6 Alex Edmondson (SA) 0:00:13.958  
7 Benjamin Harvey (NSW) 0:00:14.014  
8 Peter Loft (TAS) 0:00:14.031  
9 Luke Ockerby (TAS) 0:00:14.049  
10 Bradley Robson (WA) 0:00:14.080  
11 George Tansley (SA) 0:00:14.403  
12 Scott Mcphee (SA) 0:00:14.442  
13 Kyle Franson (SA) 0:00:14.874  
Elite Men - 30km Points Race
1 Glenn O'Shea (SA) 36 pts
2 Alex Edmondson (SA) 31  
3 Bradley Robson (WA) 29  
4 Peter Loft (TAS) 29  
5 Scott Law (NSW) 23  
6 Luke Ockerby (TAS) 20  
7 Edward Bissaker (SA) 7  
8 Benjamin Harvey (NSW) 7  
9 Luke Parker (VIC) 4  
10 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW) 3  
11 Scott Mcphee (SA) 1  
12 Kyle Franson (SA) -20  
DNF George Tansley (SA) -18  
Elite Men - Elimination
1 Glenn O'Shea (SA) 0:08:56.510  
2 Alex Edmondson (SA)    
3 Peter Loft (TAS)    
4 Scott Law (NSW)    
5 Edward Bissaker (SA)    
6 Bradley Robson (WA)    
7 George Tansley (SA)    
8 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW)    
9 Benjamin Harvey (NSW)    
10 Scott Mcphee (SA)    
11 Kyle Franson (SA)    
12 Luke Parker (VIC)    
13 Luke Ockerby (TAS)    
Elite Men - 4000m Individual Pursuit
1 Glenn O'Shea (SA) 0:04:23.607  
2 Alex Edmondson (SA) 0:04:29.931  
3 Peter Loft (TAS) 0:04:31.334  
4 Scott Law (NSW) 0:04:33.584  
5 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW) 0:04:34.452  
6 Bradley Robson (WA) 0:04:39.371  
7 Luke Ockerby (TAS) 0:04:41.316  
8 Edward Bissaker (SA) 0:04:46.910  
9 Scott Mcphee (SA) 0:04:48.318  
10 Luke Parker (VIC) 0:04:49.905  
11 Kyle Franson (SA) 0:04:49.920  
12 Benjamin Harvey (NSW) 0:04:52.015  
Elite Men - 15km Scratch Race
1 Scott Law (NSW) 0:19:06.030  
2 Alex Edmondson (SA)    
3 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW)    
4 Luke Ockerby (TAS)    
5 Bradley Robson (WA)    
6 Glenn O'Shea (SA)    
7 Peter Loft (TAS)    
8 Luke Parker (VIC)    
9 Kyle Franson (SA)    
10 Edward Bissaker (SA)    
11 Scott Mcphee (SA)    
12 Benjamin Harvey (NSW)    
Elite Men - 1km Time Trial
1 Glenn O'Shea (SA) 0:01:03.866  
2 Scott Law (NSW) 0:01:04.381  
3 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW) 0:01:04.636  
4 Alex Edmondson (SA) 0:01:04.855  
5 Luke Ockerby (TAS) 0:01:05.214  
6 Edward Bissaker (SA) 0:01:06.162  
7 Luke Parker (VIC) 0:01:07.018  
8 Peter Loft (TAS) 0:01:07.466  
9 Bradley Robson (WA) 0:01:07.840  
10 Benjamin Harvey (NSW) 0:01:08.296  
11 Scott Mcphee (SA) 0:01:10.620  
12 Kyle Franson (SA) 0:01:12.194  
Elite Men - Final Omnium Standings
1 Glenn O'Shea (SA) 12 pts
2 Scott Law (NSW) 17  
3 Alex Edmondson (SA) 18  
4 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW) 32  
5 Peter Loft (TAS) 33  
6 Bradley Robson (WA) 39  
7 Edward Bissaker (SA) 40  
8 Luke Ockerby (TAS) 44  
9 Luke Parker (VIC) 51  
10 Benjamin Harvey (NSW) 58  
11 Scott Mcphee (SA) 64  
12 Kyle Franson (SA) 68  
DNF George Tansley (SA)    
Elite Women - Flying Lap
1 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW) 0:00:14.482  
2 Emily Rosemond (QLD) 0:00:14.514  
3 Annette Edmondson (SA) 0:00:14.690  
4 Isabella King (WA) 0:00:14.702  
5 Josephine Tomic (WA) 0:00:14.904  
6 Amy Cure (TAS) 0:00:14.912  
7 Melissa Hoskins (WA) 0:00:15.046  
8 Sarah Kent (WA) 0:00:15.274  
9 Rebecca Doolan (ACT) 0:00:16.087  
10 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT) 0:00:16.396  
11 Liane Hammond (VIC) 0:00:16.550  
12 Megan Bagworth (ACT) 0:00:16.787  
13 Sorelle Bowman (ACT) 0:00:16.895  
14 Grace Phang (VIC) 0:00:16.917  
15 Ailie McDonald (ACT) 0:00:16.974  
16 Emma Waldron (VIC) 0:00:17.214  
Elite Women - 20km Points Race
1 Josephine Tomic (WA) 47 pts
2 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT) 35  
3 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW) 13  
4 Amy Cure (TAS) 10  
5 Annette Edmondson (SA) 7  
6 Isabella King (WA) 6  
7 Melissa Hoskins (WA) 3  
8 Sarah Kent (WA) 3  
9 Sorelle Bowman (ACT) 2  
10 Emily Rosemond (QLD) 1  
11 Megan Bagworth (ACT) 1  
12 Rebecca Doolan (ACT)    
13 Ailie McDonald (ACT)    
14 Laine Hammond (VIC) -20  
15 Emma Waldron (VIC) -20  
16 Grace Phang (VIC) -20  
Elite Women - Elimination
1 Melissa Hoskins (WA) 0:09:49.920  
2 Isabella King (WA)    
3 Amy Cure (TAS)    
4 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW)    
5 Sarah Kent (WA)    
6 Annette Edmondson (SA)    
7 Josephine Tomic (WA)    
8 Emily Rosemond (QLD)    
9 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT)    
10 Sorelle Bowman (ACT)    
11 Rebecca Doolan (ACT)    
12 Laine Hammond (VIC)    
13 Emma Waldron (VIC)    
14 Grace Phang (VIC)    
15 Megan Bagworth (ACT)    
16 Ailie McDonald (ACT)    
Elite Women - 3000m Individual Pursuit
1 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW) 0:03:38.086  
2 Isabella King (WA) 0:03:38.342  
3 Annette Edmondson (SA) 0:03:39.021  
4 Josephine Tomic (WA) 0:03:39.817  
5 Sarah Kent (WA) 0:03:40.540  
6 Melissa Hoskins (WA) 0:03:41.816  
7 Amy Cure (TAS) 0:03:43.032  
8 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT) 0:03:47.388  
9 Emily Rosemond (QLD) 0:03:53.245  
10 Ailie McDonald (ACT) 0:03:55.497  
11 Megan Bagworth (ACT) 0:03:56.880  
12 Rebecca Doolan (ACT) 0:03:57.494  
13 Laine Hammond (VIC) 0:04:05.321  
14 Sorelle Bowman (ACT) 0:04:06.896  
15 Grace Phang (VIC) 0:04:08.142  
16 Emma Waldron (VIC) 0:04:27.707  
Elite Women - 10km Scratch Race
1 Annette Edmondson (SA) 0:13:10.440  
2 Emily Rosemond (QLD)    
3 Isabella King (WA)    
4 Melissa Hoskins (WA)    
5 Amy Cure (TAS)    
6 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW)    
7 Rebecca Doolan (ACT)    
8 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT)    
9 Sarah Kent (WA)    
10 Sorelle Bowman (ACT)    
11 Ailie McDonald (ACT)    
DNF Laine Hammond (VIC)    
DNF Megan Bagworth (ACT)    
DNF Grace Phang (VIC)    
DNF Emma Waldron (VIC)    
Elite Women - 500m Time Trial
1 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW) 0:00:35.967  
2 Emily Rosemond (QLD) 0:00:36.300  
3 Annette Edmondson (SA) 0:00:36.494  
4 Isabella King (WA) 0:00:36.496  
5 Melissa Hoskins (WA) 0:00:36.573  
6 Amy Cure (TAS) 0:00:37.647  
7 Sarah Kent (WA) 0:00:38.348  
8 Sorelle Bowman (ACT) 0:00:39.446  
9 Laine Hammond (VIC) 0:00:39.595  
10 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT) 0:00:40.045  
11 Megan Bagworth (ACT) 0:00:40.390  
12 Rebecca Doolan (ACT) 0:00:40.861  
13 Ailie McDonald (ACT) 0:00:41.965  
14 Grace Phang (VIC) 0:00:42.453  
Elite Women - Final Omnium Standings
1 Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW) 16 pts
2 Isabella King (WA) 21  
3 Annette Edmondson (SA) 21  
4 Melissa Hoskins (WA) 30  
5 Amy Cure (TAS) 31  
6 Emily Rosemond (QLD) 33  
7 Sarah Kent (WA) 42  
8 Rebecca Wiasak (ACT) 47  
9 Rebecca Doolan (ACT) 63  
10 Sorelle Bowman (ACT) 64  
11 Ailie McDonald (ACT) 78  
12 Laine Hammond (VIC) 82  
13 Megan Bagworth (ACT) 85  
14 Grace Phang (VIC) 101  
DNF Emma Waldron (VIC)    
DNF Josephine Tomic (WA)