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Coupe du Monde IV / World Cup IV 2010

Date range:
January 22-24, 2010

January 22, Day 1: Men: Team Sprint, Points Race, Individual Pursuit; Women: Individual Pursuit, Scratch Race, Sprint

China takes two golds on day 1

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Cycling News
Published:
January 22, 2010, 15:45,
Updated:
January 22, 2010, 16:52

Zach Bell wins points race for Canada

China's Shuang Guo gets the better of Australian Anna Meares in the sprint final.

China's Shuang Guo gets the better of Australian Anna Meares in the sprint final.

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The host country of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup final in Beijing, China, took a surprise two gold medals on the first day of competition at the Laoshan Olympic velodrome. First winner of the night was Olympic bronze medalist Shuang Guo, who upset Australian Anna Meares in the gold medal final by taking back-to-back heats.

Guo's compatriot Junhong Lin added a bronze to the women's success in an uncontested final after Belarus rider Olga Panarina was disqualified in the semifinal.

With the win Guo also secured the overall World Cup win in the competition by four points over Meares.

The Chinese men then went on to stun the Australian Team Jayco in the men's team sprint final after setting the fastest time to qualify for the gold medal round. France took the bronze with ease over the Russian Moscow team.

In the women's scratch race it was Vera Koedooder of the Netherlands who claimed gold over Ausrine Trebaite (Lithuania) and world cup leader Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russia). The finish secured the World Cup victory for Romanyuta.

New Zealander Alison Shanks took the women's individual pursuit win with ease, besting Lithuania's Vilija Sereikaite by seven seconds. Canadian Tara Whitten took the bronze over Australia's Sarah Kent.

Zach Bell added to Canada's medal tally with a commanding win in the men's points race after being the only rider to take two laps out of the field.  Hong Kong's Kwok Ho Ting was second ahead of Tom Scully (New Zealand).

In the men's individual pursuit, Ukrainian Vitaly Shchedov cemented the World Cup win with a victory over Australian Michael Hepburn, with Valery Kaikov of Russia in third.

Results
Women's Sprint Qualifying 200m TT
1 Shuang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:11.064  
2 Junhong Lin (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:11.290  
3 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:11.314  
4 Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus 0:00:11.338  
5 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China 0:00:11.487  
6 Anna Meares (Aus) Australia 0:00:11.489  
7 Emily Rosemond (Aus) Australia 0:00:11.578  
8 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:11.605  
9 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France 0:00:11.610  
10 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Jayco 0:00:11.619  
11 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:11.637  
12 Tianshi Zhong (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:11.651  
13 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France 0:00:11.702  
14 Lulu Zheng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0:00:11.774  
15 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 0:00:11.845  
16 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation 0:00:11.866  
17 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland 0:00:11.873  
18 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada 0:00:11.894  
19 Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation 0:00:11.932  
20 Charlene Delev (Ger) Germany 0:00:11.981  
21 Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei 0:00:12.134  
22 Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia 0:00:12.174  
23 Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Spain 0:00:12.204  
24 Zhao Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong, China 0:00:12.240  
25 Di Mu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0:00:12.268  
26 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Italy 0:00:12.618  
27 Annerine Wenhold (RSA) South Africa 0:00:12.713  
28 Alba Diez (Spa) Catalunya 0:00:13.928  
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 1
1 Shuang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:12.183  
2 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 2
1 Junhong Lin (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:11.921  
2 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 3
1 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:12.361  
2 Lulu Zheng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 4
1 Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus 0:00:12.210  
2 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 5
1 Tianshi Zhong (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:11.962  
2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 6
1 Anna Meares (Aus) Australia 0:00:11.941  
2 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 7
1 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Jayco 0:00:12.488  
2 Emily Rosemond (Aus) Australia    
Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 8
1 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France 0:00:12.165  
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal Heat 1
1 Shuang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:12.025  
2 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal Heat 2
1 Junhong Lin (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:11.966  
2 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Jayco    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal Heat 3
1 Anna Meares (Aus) Australia 0:00:11.618  
2 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal Heat 4
1 Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus 0:00:12.409  
2 Tianshi Zhong (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal B Heat 1
1 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:12.645  
2 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal B Heat 2
1 Emily Rosemond (Aus) Australia 0:00:12.276  
2 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal B Heat 3
1 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:11.996  
2 Lulu Zheng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling    
Women's Sprint Quarterfinal B Heat 4
1 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France 0:00:12.269  
2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China    
Women's Sprint Semifinal B Heat 1
1 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France 0:00:12.328  
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands    
Women's Sprint Semifinal B Heat 2
1 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:12.789  
2 Emily Rosemond (Aus) Australia    
Women's Sprint 5th-8th Final
5 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:12.175  
6 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Jayco    
7 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France    
8 Tianshi Zhong (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling    
Women's Sprint 9th-12th Final
9 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:12.301  
10 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France    
11 Emily Rosemond (Aus) Australia 0:00:12.182  
12 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands    
Women's Sprint Semifinal Heat 1
1 Shuang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:11.591  
DSQ Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus    
Women's Sprint Semifinal Heat 2
1 Anna Meares (Aus) Australia 0:00:11.831  
2 Junhong Lin (Chn) People's Republic of China    
Women's Sprint Final
1 Shuang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:00:11.696  
2 Anna Meares (Aus) Australia    
3 Junhong Lin (Chn) People's Republic of China    
Women's Scratch Race Qualifying Heat 1
1 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Netherlands    
2 Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic    
3 Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mex) Mexico    
4 Laura Mccaughey (Aus) Team Salamander    
5 Cari Higgins (USA) United States Of America    
6 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Switzerland    
7 Alena Prudnikova (Rus) Russian Federation    
8 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China    
9 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy    
10 Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Australia    
11 Aksana Papko (Blr) Belarus    
12 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling    
13 Stephanie Roorda (Can) Canada    
14 Janine Bubner (Ger) Germany    
15 Kerong Tang (Chn) People's Republic of China    
16 Ilze Bole (RSA) South Africa    
17 Vaida Pikauskaite (Ltu) Lithuania    
18 Michelle Lauge Jensen (Den) Denmark    
REL Elena Tchalykh (Aze) Azerbaijan    
Women's Scratch Race Qualifying Heat 2
1 Rosy Mccall (NZl) G-Race Institute    
2 Yun Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling    
3 Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Lithuania    
4 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong, China    
5 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russian Federation    
6 Ah Reum Na (Kor) Korea    
7 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands    
8 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy    
9 Megan Dunn (Aus) Australia    
10 Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cub) Cuba    
11 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain    
12 Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia    
13 Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mex) Mexico    
14 Iryna Shpylyova (Ukr) Ukraine    
15 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus    
16 Laura Brown (Can) Canada    
17 Julie Leth (Den) Denmark    
18 Pascale Schnider (Swi) Switzerland    
Women's Scratch Race Final
1 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Netherlands    
2 Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Lithuania    
3 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russian Federation    
4 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong, China    
5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy    
6 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling    
7 Ah Reum Na (Kor) Korea    
8 Alena Prudnikova (Rus) Russian Federation    
9 Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mex) Mexico    
10 Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cub) Cuba    
11 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China    
12 Megan Dunn (Aus) Australia    
13 Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia    
14 Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic    
15 Aksana Papko (Blr) Belarus    
16 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Switzerland    
17 Cari Higgins (USA) United States Of America    
18 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands    
19 Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Australia    
20 Yun Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling    
21 Laura Mccaughey (Aus) Team Salamander    
22 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Spain    
23 Rosy Mccall (NZl) G-Race Institute    
24 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy    
Women's Individual Pursuit Qualifying
1 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand 0:03:34.558  
2 Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Lithuania 0:03:40.087  
3 Tara Whitten (Can) Canada 0:03:41.373  
4 Sarah Kent (Aus) Australia 0:03:42.399  
5 Ah Reum Na (Kor) Korea 0:03:44.811  
6 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Netherlands 0:03:45.089  
7 Pascale Schnider (Swi) Switzerland 0:03:47.371  
8 Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cub) Cuba 0:03:47.636  
9 Fan Jiang (Chn) People's Republic of China 0:03:47.675  
10 Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mex) Mexico 0:03:48.635  
11 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Germany 0:03:49.163  
12 Victoria Kondel (Rus) Russian Federation 0:03:51.646  
13 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France 0:03:53.487  
14 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine 0:03:53.826  
15 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China 0:03:58.834  
16 Cui Wang (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0:04:01.201  
17 Olatz Ferran Zubillaga (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.Net 0:04:04.293  
Women's Individual Pursuit Bronze Medal Final
1 Tara Whitten (Can) Canada 0:03:40.365  
2 Sarah Kent (Aus) Australia 0:03:43.868  
Women's Individual Pursuit Gold Medal Final
1 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand 0:03:33.360  
2 Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Lithuania 0:03:41.679  
Men's Team Sprint Qualifying
1 China 0:00:44.192  
  Changsong Cheng    
  Lei Zhang    
  Miao Zhang    
2 Team Jayco 0:00:44.524  
  Daniel Ellis    
  Shane Perkins    
  Scott Sunderland    
3 France 0:00:44.593  
  Gregory Bauge    
  Michaël D'Almeida    
  Thierry Jollet    
4 Moscow Track Team 0:00:45.085  
  Sergey Borisov    
  Denis Dmitriev    
  Sergey Kucherov    
5 New Zealand 0:00:45.104  
  Edward Dawkins    
  Adam Stewart    
  Sam Webster    
6 Germany 0:00:45.251  
  Sebastian Doehrer    
  Joachim Eilers    
  Mathias Stumpf    
7 Cofidis 0:00:45.255  
  Quentin Lafargue    
  François Pervis    
  Maximillian Levy    
8 Australia 0:00:45.564  
  Alex Bird    
  Peter Lewis    
  Jason Niblett    
9 Canada 0:00:45.652  
  Stéphane Cossette    
  Travis Smith    
  Joseph Veloce    
10 Poland 0:00:45.662  
  Maciej Bielecki    
  Kamil Kuczynski    
  Damian Zielinski    
11 Japan 0:00:45.687  
  Kazuya Narita    
  Yudai Nitta    
  Atsushi Shibasaki    
12 Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:45.814  
  Saifei Bao    
  Qi Tang    
  Chongyang Wang    
13 Russia 0:00:45.882  
  Sergey Polynskiy    
  Pavel Yakushevskiy    
  Ilya Okunev    
14 Malaysia 0:00:46.137  
  Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos    
  Josiah Ng Onn Lam    
  Hafiz Sufian    
15 Czech Republic 0:00:46.324  
  Tomas Babek    
  Filip Ditzel    
  Adam Ptacnik    
16 Netherlands 0:00:46.557  
  Teun Mulder    
  Roy Van Den Berg    
  Hugo Haak    
17 Spain 0:00:46.712  
  David Alonso Castillo    
  Hodei Mazquiaran Uria    
  Alfredo Moreno Cano    
18 Ukraine 0:00:46.896  
  Yevgen Bolibrukh    
  Artem Frolov    
  Gennadiy Genys    
19 Italy 0:00:47.385  
  Marco Benfatto    
  Francesco Ceci    
  Luca Ceci    
Men's Team Sprint Gold Medal Final
1 China 0:00:44.237  
  Changsong Cheng    
  Lei Zhang    
  Miao Zhang    
2 Team Jayco 0:00:44.748  
  Daniel Ellis    
  Shane Perkins    
  Scott Sunderland    
Men's Team Sprint Bronze Medal Final
3 France 0:00:44.638  
  Gregory Bauge    
  Michaël D'Almeida    
  Thierry Jollet    
4 Moscow Track Team 0:00:45.271  
  Sergey Borisov    
  Denis Dmitriev    
  Sergey Kucherov    
Men's Points Race Qualifying Heat 1
1 Thomas Scully (NZl) New Zealand 30 pts
2 Lukasz Bujko (Pol) Poland 26  
3 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei 25  
4 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China 25  
5 Carles Herrero Nadal (Spa) Catalunya 23  
6 Jonathan Mould (GBr) Great Britain 23  
7 Sergei Sakavets (Blr) Belarus 22  
8 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 22  
9 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) Italy 22  
10 Lyubomyr Polatayko (Ukr) Ukraine 21  
11 Chuan Min Li (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 8  
12 Konstantin Kuperasov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 7  
13 Max Stahr (Ger) Germany 5  
14 Alexei Markov (Rus) Russian Federation 4  
15 Akmal Amrun (Mas) Malaysia 3  
16 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi    
Men's Points Race Qualifying Heat 2
1 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 10 pts
2 Zachary Bell (Can) Canada 7  
3 Artur Ershov (Rus) Lokomotiv 6  
4 Sean Patrick Downey (Irl) Ireland 6  
5 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) France 6  
6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) Belgium 5  
7 James Carney (USA) Team Salamander 5  
8 Wei Li (Chn) People's Republic of China 5  
9 Andreas Graf (Aut) Austria 4  
10 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Spain 3  
11 Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) Netherlands 3  
12 Javier Azcue (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net 3  
13 Colby Pearce (USA) United States Of America 2  
14 Reniell Matthysen (RSA) South Africa    
15 Povilas Steponavicius (Ltu) Lithuania -19  
Men's Points Race Final
1 Zachary Bell (Can) Canada 50 pts
2 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 38  
3 Thomas Scully (NZl) New Zealand 36  
4 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) Italy 34  
5 Artur Ershov (Rus) Lokomotiv 32  
6 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Spain 31  
7 Wei Li (Chn) People's Republic of China 27  
8 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) France 26  
9 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 24  
10 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China 22  
11 Andreas Graf (Aut) Austria 21  
12 James Carney (USA) Team Salamander 12  
13 Sergei Sakavets (Blr) Belarus 8  
14 Lukasz Bujko (Pol) Poland 3  
15 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) Belgium 2  
16 Lyubomyr Polatayko (Ukr) Ukraine 2  
17 Carles Herrero Nadal (Spa) Catalunya 1  
18 Konstantin Kuperasov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 1  
19 Sean Patrick Downey (Irl) Ireland    
20 Jonathan Mould (GBr) Great Britain    
21 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei -18  
22 Javier Azcue (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net -20  
23 Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) Netherlands -20  
DNF Chuan Min Li (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling    
Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying
1 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr) Ukraine 0:04:23.564  
2 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Australia 0:04:26.029  
3 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Denmark 0:04:26.096  
4 Valery Kaikov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0:04:27.455  
5 Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia 0:04:28.224  
6 Xuelong Qu (Chn) China 0:04:28.903  
7 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Catalunya 0:04:30.817  
8 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Belgium 0:04:31.717  
9 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:32.127  
10 Arno Van Der Zwet (Ned) Netherlands 0:04:32.179  
11 Julien Morice (Fra) France 0:04:34.529  
12 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) Lithuania 0:04:35.736  
13 Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) Belarus 0:04:37.778  
14 Johannes Kahra (Ger) Germany 0:04:39.344  
15 King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong, China 0:04:39.515  
16 Xiao Jiang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0:04:40.971  
17 Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Italy 0:04:41.299  
18 Antonio Miguel Parra (Spa) Spain 0:04:42.067  
19 Marcus Christie (Irl) Ireland 0:04:43.194  
Men's Individual Pursuit Final
1 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr) Ukraine 0:04:26.722  
2 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Australia 0:04:27.969  
3 Valery Kaikov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0:04:27.648  
4 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Denmark 0:04:27.731