British kick off championships on positive note
By Cycling News published
Team pursuit victories go to British men and women
Day 1 - morning session
The British national team, including Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Jason Queally and Andrew Tennant, won the men's team pursuit qualifying with a time of 4:01.953. The four Brits will take on the runner-up team of Russia, including Ivan Kovalev, Evgeny Kovalev, Alexei Markov and Alexander Serov, who clocked a 4:03.690. Holland and Spain fought their way through to the bronze medal match, with the times of 4:06.693 and 4:07.865 respectively.
In men's team sprint qualifying, the German national team got the best time and will face off against France in the finals. The German riders Robert Förstemann, Maximilian Levy and Stefan Nimke stopped the clock in 43.968 seconds while the French team was represented by Michael Almeida, Francois Pervis and Kevin Sireau, who qualified with a 44.102-second time. The British and Polish national teams will race for third place.
In the women's team sprint qualifying, British riders Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish finished in 33.381 and moved onto the finals along with Frenchwomen Sandie Clair and Clara Sanchez, who qualified in 33.521. Germany and Holland will face off for the bronze.
British female riders followed in their male colleagues' footsteps and won the qualifications in the women's team pursuit. The British team included Katie Colclough, Wendy Houvenaghel and Laura Trott, and they recorded a 3:24.916. Lithuanian cyclists Vaida Pikauskaite, Vilija Sereikaite and Ausrine Trebaite qualified second in 3:28.011. The Belorussian and German teams will face off for the bronze.
Day 1 - evening session
The British quartet of Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Jason Queally and Andrew Tennant powered to glory in the men’s team pursuit with a solid win over Russia in the final. After recording the quickest time in qualifying, the Great Britain team was faster again in the final, clocking 4:00.482 to beat the Russians by almost four seconds.
The time gaps were tight in the opening laps before the class of the British four told and they pulled away to victory over the Russians Ivan Kovalev, Evgeny Kovalev, Alexei Markov and Alexander Serov. “The Russians were looking alright and we knew we had a good fight ahead of us,” Britain’s Ed Clancy explained. “Fortunately, they cracked before we did and I think we rode better in the final there.”
Meanwhile, the Netherlands pipped Spain for the bronze medal with a steady 4km on the boards at Pruszkow.
Great Britain underlined its dominance of European pursuiting with a dominant victory in the women’s team pursuit. The trio of Katie Colcough, Wendy Houvenghel and Laura Trott put over 6.5 seconds into Lithuania’s Vaida Pikauskaite, Vilija Sereikaite and Ausrine Trebaite over the 3,000 metres in a race that was never in doubt from the first pedal strokes.
“Technically, it felt spot on,” Laura Trott said of her senior gold medal-winning ride. “We got our changes right and the finish was good. I can’t wait for the next two days now.”
The bronze medal match-up was a far closer-run affair, however. The German team of Lisa Brennauer, Verena Jooss and Madeleine Sandig just edged out Belarus by a little under three tenths of a second.
While the pursuit finals were dominated by Britain, the team sprint gold medals were to go elsewhere. In the women’s event, Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish were edged out by the French duo of Sandi Clair and Clara Sanchez in a tight race. Germany’s Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte took the bronze ahead of the Dutch duo Willy Kanis and Yvonne Higenaar.
Pendleton felt that, technically, the British performance left a little to be desired. “We didn’t quite have as slick a performance in the final than we did this morning,” she said. “My change was awful, it was amateur and that probably cost a tenth or so. Jess did a fantastic job and I think she paid for the false start a little bit.”
In the men’s team sprint, Germany and France faced off in a thrilling final. Ultimately, it was the German team of Robert Forstemann, Max Levy and Stefan Nimke who took the win ahead of Michaël D’Almeida, François Pervis and Kevin Sireau. Great Britain’s team of Matt Crampton, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny edged out Poland for the final step on the podium.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 0:00:43.968 |
Robert Förstemann | ||
Maximilian Levy | ||
Stefan Nimke | ||
1 | France | 0:00:44.102 |
Michael D'almeida | ||
François Pervis | ||
Kevin Sireau | ||
3 | Great Britain | 0:00:44.149 |
Matthew Crampton | ||
Chris Hoy | ||
Jason Kenny | ||
4 | Poland | 0:00:44.428 |
Maciej Bielecki | ||
Kamil Kuczynski | ||
Damian Zielinski | ||
5 | Russia | 0:00:44.918 |
Sergey Borisov | ||
Denis Dmitriev | ||
Sergey Kucherov | ||
6 | Netherlands | 0:00:45.254 |
Hugo Haak | ||
Teun Mulder | ||
Roy Van Den Berg | ||
7 | Czech Republic | 0:00:45.415 |
Tomáš Bábek | ||
Martin Feiferlík | ||
Denis Špicka | ||
8 | Spain | 0:00:46.256 |
David Alonso Castillo | ||
Itmar Esteban Herraiz | ||
Juan Peralta Gascon | ||
9 | Italy | 0:00:46.517 |
Valerio Catellini | ||
Luca Ceci | ||
Francesco Ceci | ||
10 | Ukraine | 0:00:46.715 |
Artem Frolov | ||
Sergiy Omelchenko | ||
Andriy Vynokurov | ||
11 | Austria | 0:00:48.450 |
Daniel Baldauf | ||
Clemens Selzer | ||
Georg Tazreiter |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:04:01.953 |
Steven Burke | ||
Edward Clancy | ||
Jason Queally | ||
Andrew Tennant | ||
2 | Russia | 0:04:03.690 |
Ivan Kovalev | ||
Evgeny Kovalev | ||
Alexei Markov | ||
Alexander Serov | ||
3 | Netherlands | 0:04:06.693 |
Levi Heimans | ||
Arno Van Der Zwet | ||
Tim Veldt | ||
Sipke Zijlstra | ||
4 | Spain | 0:04:07.865 |
Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique | ||
Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur | ||
Asier Maeztu Billalabeitia | ||
David Muntaner Juaneda | ||
5 | Italy | 0:04:08.726 |
Angelo Ciccone | ||
Marco Coledan | ||
Alessandro De Marchi | ||
Elia Viviani | ||
6 | France | 0:04:08.839 |
Vivien Brisse | ||
Julien Duval | ||
Nicolas Giulia | ||
Julien Morice | ||
7 | Switzerland | 0:04:10.681 |
Claudio Imhof | ||
Kilian Moser | ||
Loïc Perizzolo | ||
Cyrille Thiéry | ||
8 | Ukraine | 0:04:11.039 |
Volodymyr Diudia | ||
Maksym Polishchuk | ||
Mykhaylo Radionov | ||
Vitaliy Shchedov | ||
9 | Germany | 0:04:11.374 |
Robert Bengsch | ||
Henning Bommel | ||
Marcel Kalz | ||
Stefan Schäfer | ||
10 | Poland | 0:04:11.567 |
Dawid Glowacki | ||
Adrian Kurek | ||
Rafal Ratajczyk | ||
Grzeogorz Stepniak | ||
11 | Belgium | 0:04:12.253 |
Jonathan Breyne | ||
Moreno De Pauw | ||
Ingmar De Poortere | ||
Gijs Van Hoecke | ||
12 | Czech Republic | 0:04:12.742 |
Martin Blaha | ||
Jiri Hochmann | ||
Milan Kadlec | ||
Alois Kankovsky |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:00:33.381 |
Victoria Pendleton | ||
Jessica Varnish | ||
2 | France | 0:00:33.521 |
Sandie Clair | ||
Clara Sanchez | ||
3 | Germany | 0:00:33.676 |
Kristina Vogel | ||
Miriam Welte | ||
4 | Netherlands | 0:00:34.061 |
Yvonne Hijgenaar | ||
Willy Kanis | ||
5 | Lithuania | 0:00:34.485 |
Gintare Gaivenyte | ||
Simona Krupeckaite | ||
6 | Poland | 0:00:34.860 |
Marta Janowiak | ||
Malgorzata Wojtyra | ||
8 | Russia | 0:00:35.159 |
Viktoria Baranova | ||
Ekaterina Gnidenko | ||
8 | Spain | 0:00:35.178 |
Tania Calvo Barbero | ||
Helena Casas Roige | ||
9 | Ukraine | 0:00:35.420 |
Lyubov Shulika | ||
Olena Tsyos | ||
10 | Greece | 0:00:35.660 |
Angeliki Koutsonikoli | ||
Dimitra Patapi |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:24.916 |
Katie Colclough | ||
Wendy Houvenaghel | ||
Laura Trott | ||
2 | Lithuania | 0:03:28.011 |
Vaida Pikauskaite | ||
Vilija Sereikaite | ||
Aušrine Trebaite | ||
3 | Belarus | 0:03:28.534 |
Irina Kruchkova | ||
Aksana Papko | ||
Tatsiana Sharakova | ||
4 | Germany | 0:03:28.720 |
Lisa Brennauer | ||
Verena Jooss | ||
Madeleine Sandig | ||
5 | Belgium | 0:03:29.630 |
Jessie Daams | ||
Jolien D'hoore | ||
Kelly Druyts | ||
6 | Poland | 0:03:29.870 |
Edyta Jasinska | ||
Katarzyna Pawlowska | ||
Malgorzata Wojtyra | ||
7 | Russia | 0:03:30.558 |
Anastasiya Chulkova | ||
Viktoria Kondel | ||
Evgenia Romanyuta | ||
8 | Ukraine | 0:03:31.203 |
Svitlana Galyuk | ||
Lesya Kalitovska | ||
Ganna Solovey | ||
9 | Netherlands | 0:03:31.903 |
Amy Pieters | ||
Laura Van Der Kamp | ||
Ellen Van Dijk | ||
10 | Spain | 0:03:33.438 |
Leire Esp 19770217 Olaberria Dorronsoro | ||
Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez | ||
Ana Usabiaga Balerdi | ||
11 | France | 0:03:35.189 |
Sophie Creux | ||
Fiona Dutriaux | ||
Pascale Jeuland | ||
12 | Ireland | 0:03:37.072 |
Ciara Horne | ||
Jennifer O'reilly | ||
Caroline Ryan | ||
13 | Italy | 0:03:39.380 |
Rossella Callovi | ||
Giulia Donato | ||
Tatiana Guderzo | ||
14 | Czech Republic | 0:03:39.750 |
Dagmar Labakova | ||
Jarmila Machacova | ||
Lucie Zaleska |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:04:00.482 |
Steven Burke | ||
Edward Clancy | ||
Jason Queally | ||
Andrew Tennant | ||
2 | Russia | 0:04:04.274 |
Ivan Kovalev | ||
Evgeny Kovalev | ||
Alexei Markov | ||
Alexander Serov | ||
3 | Netherlands | 0:04:06.049 |
Levi Heimans | ||
Arno Van Der Zwet | ||
Tim Veldt | ||
Sipke Zijlstra | ||
4 | Spain | 0:04:08.099 |
Pablo Bernal Rosique | ||
Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur | ||
A. Maeztu Billalabeitia | ||
David Muntaner Juaneda |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:23.435 |
Katie Colclough | ||
Wendy Houvenaghel | ||
Laura Trott | ||
2 | Lithuania | 0:03:29.992 |
Vaida Pikauskaite | ||
Vilija Sereikaite | ||
Aušrine Trebaite | ||
3 | Germany | 0:03:28.127 |
Lisa Brennauer | ||
Verena Jooss | ||
Madeleine Sandig | ||
4 | Belarus | 0:03:28.410 |
Irina Kruchkova | ||
Aksana Papko | ||
Tatsiana Sharakova |
Men's Team Sprint finals
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 0:00:44.066 |
Robert Forstemann | ||
Maximilian Levy | ||
Stefan Nimke | ||
2 | France | 0:00:44.281 |
Michaël D'Almeida | ||
François Pervis | ||
Kévin Sireau | ||
3 | Great Britain | 0:00:43.968 |
Matthew Crampton | ||
Chris Hoy | ||
Jason Kenny | ||
4 | Poland | 0:00:44.495 |
Maciej Bielecki | ||
Kamil Kuczynski | ||
Damian Zielinski |
Women's Team Sprint Finals
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | France | 0:00:33.478 |
Sandie Clair | ||
Clara Sanchez | ||
2 | Great Britain | 0:00:34.586 |
Victoria Pendleton | ||
Jessica Varnish | ||
3 | Germany | 0:00:33.708 |
Kristina Vogel | ||
Miriam Welte | ||
4 | Netherlands | 0:00:34.212 |
Yvonne Hijgenaar | ||
Willy Kanis |
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Thank you for signing up to Cyclingnews. You will receive a verification email shortly.
There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.
Latest on Cyclingnews
-
Giro d’Italia’s Montagna Pantani celebrates the myth but overlooks the man
Race’s visit to Valico di Santa Cristina conjures up mixed memories -
Oliveira Parks wins women's payout at Stetina's Carson City Paydirt
Top female rider donates part of winnings to Moriah 'Mo' Wilson fundraiser -
Cyclingnews' digital subscription - the next chapter
New Editor Peter Stuart explains our plans for the future -
Hindley ready for Giro d’Italia mountains showdown
'I’m 100% here to win. I’m not here to put socks on centipedes' says Australian