Day 1 Track Worlds: Dutch men win fourth consecutive gold in Team Sprint

The first medals of the 2021 UCI Track World Championships in Roubaix, France were handed out in the women's Scratch Race, Martina Fidanza (Italy) making a move at the right time to win the gold in a solo breakaway.

From a bunch sprint behind, Maike Van der Duin (Netherlands) took silver while Jennifer Valente (United States of America) edged Maggie Coles-lyster (Canada) for the bronze. It was the 13th career medal at Track Worlds for the American.

Fidanza was one of the favourites, having won the Scratch contest in both the elite and Under-23 European Championships in 2020. Van der Duin took the silver medal behind Fidanza at the U23 European Track Championships last year, but earned the gold in the U23 contest earlier this year.

Netherlands and Germany win Team Sprints

The Dutch men's team secured their fourth consecutive gold medal in the Team Sprint storming to victory with Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen and Roy van den Berg.

The team posted the fastest time in the qualifyng round and went on to beat Poland's team of Mateusz Milek, Daniel Rochna and Mateusz Rudyk in the first round.

The Dutch team advanced to the finals to face the French team of Florian Grengbo, Rayan Helal and Sebastian Vigier. They took the victory in a time of 41.979 seconds forcing the French team to have to settle for the silver medal.

Germany's team of Stefan Boetticher, Joachim Eilers and Nik Schroeter won the bronze-medal round against Russia's team of Ivan Gladyshev, Alexander Sharapov and Pavel Yakushevskiy in fourth place.

In the women's Team Sprint, it was Germany that took home the gold medal, and set the world record in the process, with a winning team of Sophie Lea Friedrich, Sophie Pauline Grabosch and Emma Hinze. They beat Russia's team of Nataliia Antonova, Daria Shemleva and Yana Tyshchenko that took the silver medal.

The German team were also the fastest in the qualifying round to beat the Russian and the Canadian teams.

During the first round, Germany and Poland posted the two fastest time and advanced through to the gold medal round where Germany won with a time of 46.064 seconds.

The racing continues on Thursday for Day 2 at the UCI Track World Championships.

Women's Scratch Race

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Final
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Martina Fidanza (Italy)
2Maike Van der Duin (Netherlands)
3Jennifer Valente (United States of America)
4Maggie Coles-lyster (Canada)
5Hanna Tserakh (Belarus)
6Victoire Berteau (France)
7Alzbeta Bacikova (Slovakia)
8Daria Pikulik (Poland)
9Petra Sevcikova (Czech Republic)
10Neah Evans (Great Britain)
11Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)
12Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway)
13Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania)
14Yumi Kajihara (Japan)
15Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine)
16Aline Seitz (Switzerland)
17Verena Eberhardt (Austria)
18Victoria Velasco Fuentes (Mexico)
19Amber Joseph (Barbados)
20Johanna Kitti Borissza (Hungary)
DNSMaria Martins (Portugal)

Men's Team Sprint

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Men's Team Sprint - Gold Medal Round
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Netherlands0:00:42.550
Row 1 - Cell 0 Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Roy Van den Berg (Netherlands)
2France 0:00:42.550
Row 5 - Cell 0 Florian Grengbo (France)
Row 6 - Cell 0 Rayan Helal (France)
Row 7 - Cell 0 Sebastien Vigier (France)
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Men's Team Sprint - Bronze Medal Round
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
3Germany 0:00:43.141
Row 1 - Cell 0 Stefan Boetticher (Germany)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Joachim Eilers (Germany)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Nik Schroeter (Germany)
4Russia 0:00:43.717
Row 5 - Cell 0 Ivan Gladyshev (Russian Cycling Federation)
Row 6 - Cell 0 Alexander Sharapov (Russian Cycling Federation)
Row 7 - Cell 0 Pavel Yakushevskiy (Russian Cycling Federation)
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Men's Team Sprint - fifth through eighth
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
5Great Britain
Row 1 - Cell 0 Alistair Fielding (Great Britain)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Joseph Truman (Great Britain)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Hamish Turnbull (Great Britain)
6Poland
Row 5 - Cell 0 Mateusz Milek (Poland)
Row 6 - Cell 0 Daniel Rochna (Poland)
Row 7 - Cell 0 Mateusz Rudyk (Poland)
7Canada
Row 9 - Cell 0 Hugo Barrette (Canada)
Row 10 - Cell 0 Ryan Dodyk (Canada)
Row 11 - Cell 0 Nick Wammes (Canada)
8Japan
Row 13 - Cell 0 Yuta Obara (Japan)
Row 14 - Cell 0 Kohei Terasaki (Japan)
Row 15 - Cell 0 Kento Yamasaki (Japan)

Women's Team Sprint

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Women's Team Sprint - Gold Medal Round
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Germany 0:00:46.064 WR
Row 1 - Cell 0 Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Emma Hinze (Germany)
2Russian Cycling Federation 0:00:46.718
Row 5 - Cell 0 Nataliia Antonova (Russian Cycling Federation)
Row 6 - Cell 0 Daria Shmeleva (Russian Cycling Federation)
Row 7 - Cell 0 Yana Tyshchenko (Russian Cycling Federation)
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Women's Team Sprint - Bronze Medal Round
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
3Great Britain 0:00:48.059
Row 1 - Cell 0 Sophie Capewell (Great Britain)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Blaine Ridge-davis (Great Britain)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Millicent Tanner (Great Britain)
4Japan 0:00:48.612
Row 5 - Cell 0 Riyu Ohta (Japan)
Row 6 - Cell 0 Mina Sato (Japan)
Row 7 - Cell 0 Fuko Umekawa (Japan)
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Women's Team Sprint - fifth through eighth
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
5Canada
Row 1 - Cell 0 Lauriane Genest (Canada)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Kelsey Mitchell (Canada)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Sarah Orban (Canada)
6Poland
Row 5 - Cell 0 Marlena Karwacka (Poland)
Row 6 - Cell 0 Urszula Los (Poland)
Row 7 - Cell 0 Nikola Sibiak (Poland)
7Ukraine
Row 9 - Cell 0 Liubov Basova (Ukraine)
Row 10 - Cell 0 Alla Biletska (Ukraine)
Row 11 - Cell 0 Oleksandra Lohviniuk (Ukraine)
8Nigeria
Row 13 - Cell 0 Mary Samuel (Nigeria)
Row 14 - Cell 0 Ese Ukpeseraye (Nigeria)
Row 15 - Cell 0 Tawakalt Yekeen (Nigeria)

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