US women qualify fastest in Minsk World Cup

The US women team pursuiters at the Pan Am Games in Lima

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The US women set the fastest qualifying time in the opening round of the 2019-2020 UCI Track World Cup in Minsk, Belarus on Thursday.

The result marks the return of former Olympian and world champion Chloe Dygert to the formation after a year away due to injuries. Dygert was joined by fellow Rio silver medalist Jen Valente and newcomers Ellen White and Christina Birch.

The quartet will now face Great Britain in the first round. The British squad led by the decorated Olympian Laura Kenny fell ten seconds short of their world record, finishing fourth fastest behind Italy and Germany.

Denmark led the men's rankings, topping Italy by a wide margin. France were third best ahead of Switzerland.

The US men's squad that won the Pan American Games struggled against the international field and failed to qualify for the first round.

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Elite Women Team Pursuit Qualifying
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	United States	0:04:15.505
Row 1 - Cell 0	Jennifer Valente
Row 2 - Cell 0	Christina Birch
Row 3 - Cell 0	Chloe Dygert
Row 4 - Cell 0	Emma White
2	Italy	0:04:17.474
Row 6 - Cell 0	Letizia Paternoster
Row 7 - Cell 0	Elisa Balsamo
Row 8 - Cell 0	Marta Cavalli
Row 9 - Cell 0	Vittoria Guazzini
3	Germany	0:04:17.985
Row 11 - Cell 0	Franziska Brausse
Row 12 - Cell 0	Lisa Brennauer
Row 13 - Cell 0	Lisa Klein
Row 14 - Cell 0	Mieke Kroger
4	Great Britain	0:04:20.605
Row 16 - Cell 0	Laura Kenny
Row 17 - Cell 0	Megan Barker
Row 18 - Cell 0	Josie Knight
Row 19 - Cell 0	Emily Nelson
5	France	0:04:22.292
Row 21 - Cell 0	Clara Copponi
Row 22 - Cell 0	Marion Borras
Row 23 - Cell 0	Coralie Demay
Row 24 - Cell 0	Valentine Fortin
6	Belgium	0:04:22.546
Row 26 - Cell 0	Jolien d'Hoore
Row 27 - Cell 0	Annelies Dom
Row 28 - Cell 0	Shari Bossuyt
Row 29 - Cell 0	Lotte Kopecky
7	Ireland	0:04:25.389
Row 31 - Cell 0	Lara Gillespie
Row 32 - Cell 0	Mia Griffin
Row 33 - Cell 0	Kelly Murphy
Row 34 - Cell 0	Alice Sharpe
8	Poland	0:04:26.523
Row 36 - Cell 0	Daria Pikulik
Row 37 - Cell 0	Justyna Kaczkowska
Row 38 - Cell 0	Karolina Karasiewicz
Row 39 - Cell 0	Nikol Plosaj
9	Russian Federation	0:04:27.357
Row 41 - Cell 0	Tamara Dronova
Row 42 - Cell 0	Daria Malkova
Row 43 - Cell 0	Mariia Miliaeva
Row 44 - Cell 0	Mariia Novolodskaya
10	Belarus	0:04:29.410
Row 46 - Cell 0	Alena Amialiusik
Row 47 - Cell 0	Palina Pivavarava
Row 48 - Cell 0	Ina Savenka
Row 49 - Cell 0	Karalina Savenka
11	Ukraine	0:04:35.153
Row 51 - Cell 0	Kseniia Fedotova
Row 52 - Cell 0	Yuliia Biriukova
Row 53 - Cell 0	Oksana Kliachina
Row 54 - Cell 0	Ganna Solovei

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Elite Men Team Pursuit Qualifying
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Denmark	0:03:50.723
Row 1 - Cell 0	Lasse Norman Hansen
Row 2 - Cell 0	Julius Johansen
Row 3 - Cell 0	Frederik Rodenberg Madsen
Row 4 - Cell 0	Rasmus Pedersen
2	Italy	0:03:53.145
Row 6 - Cell 0	Simone Consonni
Row 7 - Cell 0	Filippo Ganna
Row 8 - Cell 0	Francesco Lamon
Row 9 - Cell 0	Davide Plebani
3	France	0:03:53.528
Row 11 - Cell 0	Thomas Denis
Row 12 - Cell 0	Corentin Ermenault
Row 13 - Cell 0	Valentin Tabellion
Row 14 - Cell 0	Benjamin Thomas
4	Switzerland	0:03:54.111
Row 16 - Cell 0	Claudio Imhof
Row 17 - Cell 0	Valere Thiebaud
Row 18 - Cell 0	Stefan Bissegger
Row 19 - Cell 0	Robin Froidevaux
5	Huub Wattbike Test Team	0:03:54.562
Row 21 - Cell 0	John Archibald
Row 22 - Cell 0	Daniel Bigham
Row 23 - Cell 0	William Perrett
Row 24 - Cell 0	Jonathan Wale
6	Russian Federation	0:03:54.820
Row 26 - Cell 0	Nikita Bersenev
Row 27 - Cell 0	Lev Gonov
Row 28 - Cell 0	Ivan Smirnov
Row 29 - Cell 0	Kirill Sveshnikov
7	Germany	0:03:55.187
Row 31 - Cell 0	Felix Gross
Row 32 - Cell 0	Theo Reinhardt
Row 33 - Cell 0	Leon Rohde
Row 34 - Cell 0	Domenic Weinstein
8	Great Britain	0:03:56.425
Row 36 - Cell 0	Matthew Walls
Row 37 - Cell 0	Mark Stewart
Row 38 - Cell 0	Steven Burke
Row 39 - Cell 0	Ethan Vernon
9	Belgium	0:03:57.722
Row 41 - Cell 0	Kenny de Ketele
Row 42 - Cell 0	Robbe Ghys
Row 43 - Cell 0	Rune Herregodts
Row 44 - Cell 0	Fabio van den Bossche
10	United States	0:03:59.008
Row 46 - Cell 0	John Croom
Row 47 - Cell 0	Gregory Daniel
Row 48 - Cell 0	Gavin Hoover
Row 49 - Cell 0	Ashton Lambie
11	Belarus	0:04:00.062
Row 51 - Cell 0	Raman Tsishkou
Row 52 - Cell 0	Hardzei Tsishchanka
Row 53 - Cell 0	Yauheni Akhramenka
Row 54 - Cell 0	Yauheni Karaliok
12	Poland	0:04:01.684
Row 56 - Cell 0	Bartosz Rudyk
Row 57 - Cell 0	Filip Prokopyszyn
Row 58 - Cell 0	Szymon Sajnok
Row 59 - Cell 0	Daniel Staniszewski
13	Lokosphinx	0:04:02.195
Row 61 - Cell 0	Savva Novikov
Row 62 - Cell 0	Sergey Malnev
Row 63 - Cell 0	Arseny Nikiforov
Row 64 - Cell 0	Alexandr Smirnov
14	Ukraine	0:04:05.866
Row 66 - Cell 0	Volodymyr Dzhus
Row 67 - Cell 0	Vitaliy Hryniv
Row 68 - Cell 0	Vladyslav Shcherban
Row 69 - Cell 0	Maksym Vasyliev
15	Track Team Brandenburg	0:04:13.864
Row 71 - Cell 0	Richard Banusch
Row 72 - Cell 0	Franz Gross
Row 73 - Cell 0	Pierre-Pascal Keup
Row 74 - Cell 0	Sebastian Schmiedel

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