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Track World Cup 08-09 Round 3 - CDM
Cali, Colombia, December 11-13, 2008
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Session 3 - December 13: Men: Madison, Sprint; Women: Team Pursuit, Keirin
Team Toshiba on top
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Australia's Team Toshiba has moved to the top of the team sprint standings after the third round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics raced in Cali, Colombia, over the weekend.
The Toshiba trio of Dan Ellis, Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland posted a time of 45.072 seconds to claim the silver medal behind Germany, which won the race in 44.605 seconds. But with Toshiba's win last month in Melbourne the Australian team has now moved to the top of the World Cup standings on 22 points, two points clear of Germany. The French Cofidis team is ranked third with 18 points, after it finished third in Cali.
Niblett also lined up in the Keirin, where solid performances in the first and second rounds saw him go through to the final. Local Colombian rider Leonardo Narvaez Romero claimed the win. Niblett finished second and won the silver medal.
In the men's sprint Sunderland qualified sixth fastest, with 10.368 seconds, but he was unable to match 2008 World Championship and Olympic Games bronze medallist Mickael Bourgain (FRA - Cofidis) in the quarter finals. Sunderland made sure he scored the maximum points he could though, with a win in the ride-off for fifth to eighth places.
In the women's events developing Sydney rider Kaarle McCulloch was the seventh fastest qualifier in the sprint (11.659 seconds) but was bundled out in the quarter finals by China's Lulu Zheng. McCulloch finished in seventh place overall with the gold medal going to Lithuania's Simona Krupeckaite.
Krupeckaite also claimed the gold medal in the 500 metre time trial with a stunning ride of 33.681 seconds. Her time is the second fastest ever posted for the event. Australian Anna Meares holds the world record of 33.588 seconds. Meares set the record when she won the World Championship in Mallorca, Spain, in 2007. Meares is currently enjoying a post Olympic Games break from competition but will be back in Team Toshiba colours in 2009.
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Krupeckaite also becomes only the third woman to ride under 34 seconds. Meares was the first to achieve the feat when she posted 33.952 seconds to win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. She lowered her own record to 33.944 seconds at the Sydney World Cup in November 2006 and again rode under 34 seconds to win the gold medal in 33.869 seconds at the Sydney World Cup in November 2007.
The 2008 World Champion, Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez of Cuba is the only other woman to beat 34 seconds, which she did at the World Cup rounds in Beijing, in December 2007 (33.994 seconds) and Los Angeles in January this year (33.955 seconds).
McCulloch placed fourth in 34.616 seconds in Cali and now sits second on the World Cup standings for the 500m time trial with 15 points. She trails China's Jinjie Gong, who leads with 20 points.
The four Team Toshiba riders were the only Australians competing in Cali.
Photography
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- Antonio Miguel is ready to start his event.
- The Colombian women's pursuit team during its 3,000m event.
- Colombia finished third at home in the team pursuit.
- Colombia staff was excited and happy for both men and women's pursuit teams.
- Colombia trophy and a podium with men and women celebrating.
- The women's keirin series was hotly contested.
- Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) was atop the women's keirin podium and Clara Sanchez (France, l) and Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) were beaten.
- The Madison World Cup leaders Ingmar de Poortere (r) and Tim Mertens.
- The Madison podium (l-r) Colombia, Belgium and Russia.
- The sprints were dominated by France with winner Kévin Sireau in the centre. His Cofidis teammate and compatriot Mickaël Bourgain (r) won the third place ride. Only German Stefan Nimke (l) in second place could shake up the podium a bit.
- The sprints always start out slowly but they build up to an exciting climax.
- The Colombian women's team pursuit team gave the fans something to cheer.
- The women's team pursuit podium was topped by Cuba, ahead of Colombia (l) and Italy.
Results
Men's sprint
Qualifying 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.09.95 (72.361 km/h) 2 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany 0.10.23 3 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany 0.10.27 4 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.27 5 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Toshiba 0.10.37 6 Barry Forde (Bar) Barbados 0.10.47 7 Adam Duvendeck (USA) Hawk Relay Cycling 0.10.49 8 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) Colombia 0.10.54 9 Christopher Sellier (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago 0.10.55 10 Hersony Canelon (Ven) Venezuela 0.10.55 11 Travis Smith (Can) Hawk Relay Cycling 0.10.57 12 Valentin Sauitsky (Rus) Russia 0.10.57 13 Thomas Bonafos (Fra) France 0.10.58 14 Leonardo Narvaez Romero (Col) Colombia 0.10.60 15 Gaddy Chaid (RSA) South Africa 0.10.64 16 Angel Pulgar (Ven) Venezuela 0.10.67 17 Edward Dawkins (NZl) New Zealand 0.10.69 18 Wenhao Li (Chn) China 0.10.69 19 David Alonso Castillo (Spa) Spain 0.10.69 20 Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa) Calapiereyno De Navarra 0.10.72 21 Alejandro Mainat (Cub) Cuba 0.10.80 22 Jude Codrington (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago 0.10.83 23 Anton Vakulenko (Ukr) Ukraine 0.10.90 24 Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spa) Catalunya 0.10.99 25 Eduardo Torres Avelar (ESa) El Salvador 0.11.00 26 Pablo Galan Carrasco (Spa) Spain 0.11.07 27 Keita Ishiguchi (Jpn) Japan 0.11.07 28 Diego Vargas (Arg) Argentina 0.11.10 29 Juan Fernandez (Arg) Argentina 0.11.16 30 Gabriel Alberto Pellecer Castro (Gua) Guatemala 0.11.16 31 Ryuji Ishikura (Jpn) Japan 0.11.36 DNS Daniel Ellis (Aus) Team Toshiba 1/8 Finals Heat 1 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.11.21 2 Angel Pulgar (Ven) Venezuela Heat 2 1 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany 0.10.91 2 Gaddy Chaid (RSA) South Africa Heat 3 1 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany 0.10.94 2 Leonardo Narvaez Romero (Col) Colombia Heat 4 1 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis 0.11.15 2 Thomas Bonafos (Fra) France Heat 5 1 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Toshiba 0.10.87 2 Valentin Sauitsky (Rus) Russia Heat 6 1 Travis Smith (Can) Hawk Relay Cycling 0.10.98 2 Barry Forde (Bar) Barbados Heat 7 1 Hersony Canelon (Ven) Venezuela 0.10.92 2 Adam Duvendeck (USA) Hawk Relay Cycling Heat 8 1 Christopher Sellier (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago 0.10.94 2 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) Colombia Quarterfinals Heat 1 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.92 0.10.66 2 Christopher Sellier (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago Heat 2 1 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany 0.10.51 0.10.52 2 Hersony Canelon (Ven) Venezuela Heat 3 1 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany 0.10.92 0.10.60 2 Travis Smith (Can) Hawk Relay Cycling Heat 4 1 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.99 0.10.84 2 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Toshiba Quarterfinals B Heat 1 1 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) Colombia 0.10.68 2 Angel Pulgar (Ven) Venezuela Heat 2 1 Adam Duvendeck (USA) Hawk Relay Cycling 0.11.00 2 Gaddy Chaid (RSA) South Africa Heat 3 1 Leonardo Narvaez Romero (Col) Colombia 0.11.64 2 Barry Forde (Bar) Barbados Heat 4 1 Thomas Bonafos (Fra) France 0.10.71 2 Valentin Sauitsky (Rus) Russia Semifinals B Heat 1 1 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) Colombia 0.10.94 2 Thomas Bonafos (Fra) France Heat 2 1 Adam Duvendeck (USA) Hawk Relay Cycling 0.11.02 2 Leonardo Narvaez Romero (Col) Colombia Finals B Heat 2 1 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) Colombia 0.11.11 2 Adam Duvendeck (USA) Hawk Relay Cycling Heat 1 1 Leonardo Narvaez Romero (Col) Colombia 0.11.13 2 Thomas Bonafos (Fra) France 5th-8th Final 5 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Toshiba 0.10.86 6 Hersony Canelon (Ven) Venezuela 7 Travis Smith (Can) Hawk Relay Cycling 8 Christopher Sellier (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago Men's sprint semifinals Heat 1 Run 1 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.807 2 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis Run 2 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.959 2 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis Heat 2 Run 1 1 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany 0.10.571 2 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany Run 2 1 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany 0.10.908 2 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany Run 3 1 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany 0.10.939 2 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany Men's sprint finals For gold Run 1 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.943 2 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany Run 2 1 Kévin Sireau (Fra) Cofidis 0.10.960 2 Stefan Nimke (Ger) Germany For bronze Run 1 1 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis 0.12.702 2 Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany Run 2 1 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis 0.11.263 DSQ Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany 5 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Toshiba 6 Hersony Canelon (Ven) Venezuela 7 Travis Smith (Can) Hawk Relay Cycling 8 Christopher Sellier (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago 9 Jonathan Marin Cermeno (Col) Colombia 10 Adam Duvendeck (USA) Hawk Relay Cycling 11 Leonardo Narvaez Romero (Col) Colombia 12 Thomas Bonafos (Fra) France 13 Barry Forde (Bar) Barbados 14 Valentin Sauitsky (Rus) Russia 15 Gaddy Chaid (RSA) South Africa 16 Angel Pulgar (Ven) Venezuela 17 Edward Dawkins (NZl) New Zealand 18 Wenhao Li (Chn) China 19 David Alonso Castillo (Spa) Spain 20 Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa) Calapiereyno De Navarra 21 Alejandro Mainat (Cub) Cuba 22 Jude Codrington (Tri) Trinidad & Tobago 23 Anton Vakulenko (Ukr) Ukraine 24 Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spa) Catalunya 25 Eduardo Torres Avelar (ESa) El Salvador 26 Pablo Galan Carrasco (Spa) Spain 27 Keita Ishiguchi (Jpn) Japan 28 Diego Vargas (Arg) Argentina 29 Juan Fernandez (Arg) Argentina 30 Gabriel Alberto Pellecer Castro (Gua) Guatemala 31 Ryuji Ishikura (Jpn) Japan Men's Madison final 1 Belgium 23 pts Ingmar De Poortere Tim Mertens 2 Colombia 17 pts Arango Carvajal Carlos Alberto Uran 3 Russia 15 pts Artur Ershov Valery Kaykov 4 Spain 10 pts Maeztu Billelabeitia Miguel Parra 5 Czech Republic 7 pts Martin Hacecky Vojtech Hacecky 6 Great Britain 4 pts Robert Hayles Peter Kennaugh One lap behind 7 Denmark 2 pts Daniel Kreutzfeldt Jesper Morkov 8 Ukraine Lyubomyr Polatayko Mykhaylo Radionov Two laps behind 9 France 10 pts Julien Duval Morgan Kneisky DNF Chile Luis Mansilla Gonzalo Miranda
Women's Team Pursuit
Qualifying 1 Colombia 3.32.54 (50.813 km/h) Elizabeth Agudelo (Col) Colombia Andrea Botero (Col) Colombia Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Col) Colombia 2 Cuba 3.35.97 Dalilia Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba Masague Dominguez (Cub) Cuba Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cub) Cuba 3 Italy 3.41.32 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italy Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy DNF Hong Kong Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong Zhao Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong DNF Lithuania Svetlana Paulikaite (Ltu) Lithuania Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Lithuania Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Lithuania DNS Belarus Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus Aksana Papko (Blr) Belarus Alena Amialyusik (Blr) Belarus Women's team pursuit final For gold 1 Cuba 3.32.646 (50.788 km/h) Dalilia Rodriguez Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso Masague Dominguez 2 Colombia 3.33.713 Elizabeth Agudelo Maria Luisa Calle Williams Andrea Botero For bronze 1 Italy Giorgia Bronzini Marta Tagliaferro Annalisa Cucinotta
Women's Keirin
Round 1 Heat1 1 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China 2 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 3 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia 4 Kristina Vogel (Ger) Germany 5 Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland Heat 2 1 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France 2 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland 3 Maritza Ceballos (Col) Colombia 4 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Toshiba 5 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong 6 Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei Heat 3 1 Sandie Clair (Fra) France 2 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba 3 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 4 Marines Chiquinquira Prada Rodriguez (Ven) Venezuela 5 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong 6 Elise Van Hage (Ned) Netherlands First round repechage Heat 1 1 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia 2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong 3 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Toshiba 4 Kristina Vogel (Ger) Germany 5 Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei Heat 2 1 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 2 Maritza Ceballos (Col) Colombia 3 Elise Van Hage (Ned) Netherlands 4 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong 5 Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland 6 Marines Chiquinquira Prada Rodriguez (Ven) Venezuela Round two Heat 1 1 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba 2 Sandie Clair (Fra) France 3 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland 4 Elise Van Hage (Ned) Netherlands DNF Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia REL Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Toshiba Heat 2 1 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France 2 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 3 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China 4 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 5 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong 6 Maritza Ceballos (Col) Colombia Finals For gold 1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 2 Clara Sanchez (Fra) France 3 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cub) Cuba 4 Sandie Clair (Fra) France 5 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland 6 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China Places 7-11 7 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 8 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong 9 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia 10 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Team Toshiba 11 Elise Van Hage (Ned) Netherlands Places 13-18 13 Maritza Ceballos (Col) Colombia 13 Kristina Vogel (Ger) Germany 13 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong 16 Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland 16 Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei 18 Marines Chiquinquira Prada Rodriguez (Ven) Venezuela
