The UCI Track World Championships concluded on Day 5 as gold medals were awarded to men's Madison, Elimination Race and Sprint, and in the women's Points Race and Keirin.
Italy's Elia Viviani brought home the gold medal in the first men's Elimination Race at the Worlds after his compatriot Letizia Paternoster won the world title in the first-ever women's Elimination Race on Day 2 of the event.
Viviani beat silver medallist Iuri Leitao of Portugal and bronze medallist Sergei Rostovtsev racing for the Russian Cycling Federation.
Viviani consistently positioned himself among the top four in the early stages of the event, and only once was at risk of elimination when he was caught near the back with eight riders remaining in the race. He sprinted the front of the race with six riders left to avoid another close call.
As Rostovtsev fell off-pace and settled for bronze, Viviani and Leitao were the only two left on the track for the grand finale. Leitao kicked off his sprint early at the start of the final lap but Viviani passed him in turn three and four, and crossed the finish line first with the world title.
Denmark take gold in men's Madison
The Danish team of Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Morkov secured the gold medal in the men's Madison accumulating a total of 68 points during the 200 laps (50km) and across the 20 sprints.
The beat the Italian team of Simone Consonni and Michele Scartezzini that secured 64 points to earn the silver medal while the Belgian team of Kenny de Ketele and Robbe Ghys took home bronze after securing 62 points.
Kopecky wins Points Race world title
Lotte Kopecky transferred her road fitness directly onto the boards at the Track World Championships to secure the world title in the women's Points Race on the final day of racing.
Kopecky secured 76 points in the 100 laps (25km) of racing that offered 10 sprints throughout the race. Katie Archibald (Great Britain) brought home the silver medal with 72 points while Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) earned bronze with 60 points.
Fourth placed French rider Marion Borras was the first rider to lap the field on her own in the opening laps. In the end, Archibald, Wild, Borras, along with Silvia Zanardi (Italy), and Maria Martins (Portugal) lapped the field twice for 40 additional points.
Kopecky lapped the field three times for an additional 60 points to add to the 16 points she picked up in the sprints, to win the world title.
Friedrich wins women's Keirin
Lea Sophie Friedrich won her third world title at the Track World Championships, closing out the event with a victory in the women's Keirin after claiming golds in the 500-metre Time Trial and the Team Sprint.
In the Keirin, she started out placing second in heat 2 during the first round and advanced to the second round where she won heat 1. In the finals, Friedrich beat silver medallist Mina Sato (Japan) and bronze medallist Yana Tyshchenko (Russian Cycling Federation).
Dutch go 1-2 in men's Sprint
The Netherlands went 1-2 in the men's Sprint with Harrie Lavreysen beating his compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland in the final round for the world title.
French sprinter Sebastien Vigier secured the bronze meda after beating Germany's Stefan Boetticher in the bronze-medal round.
Final medal table
| Pos. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Belgium | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | USA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Russian Cycling Federation | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | Trinidad & Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Men's Madison Final
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 86 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Lasse Norman Hansen | |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Michael Morkov | |
| 2 | Italy | 64 |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Simone Consonni | |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Michele Scartezzini | |
| 3 | Belgium | 62 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Kenny de Ketele | |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Robbe Ghys | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 58 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Ethan Hayter | |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Oliver Wood | |
| 5 | France | 58 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Morgan Kneisky | |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Benjamin Thomas | |
| 6 | Portugal | 27 |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | Joao Matias | |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Rui Oliveira | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 11 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Robin Froidevaux | |
| Row 20 - Cell 0 | Lukas Ruegg | |
| 8 | Australia | 8 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Kelland O'Brien | |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Lucas Plapp | |
| 9 | New Zealand | 7 |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | Aaron Gate | |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Corbin Strong | |
| 10 | Russian Cycling Federation | 6 |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | Lev Gonov | |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Vlas Shichkin | |
| Row 30 - Cell 0 | Ilart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi | |
| DNF | Poland | |
| Row 32 - Cell 0 | Szymon Sajnok | |
| Row 33 - Cell 0 | Daniel Staniszewski | |
| DNF | Czech Republic | |
| Row 35 - Cell 0 | Denis Rugovac | |
| Row 36 - Cell 0 | Daniel Babor | |
| DNF | Mexico | |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | Jose Muniz Vazquez | |
| Row 39 - Cell 0 | Jorge Peyrot Balvanera | |
| DNF | Belarus | |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | Yauheni Karaliok | |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | Aliaksei Shmantsar | |
| DNF | Austria | |
| Row 44 - Cell 0 | Maximilian Schmidbauer | |
| Row 45 - Cell 0 | Andreas Graf | |
| DNF | Ukraine | |
| Row 47 - Cell 0 | Volodymyr Dzhus | |
| Row 48 - Cell 0 | Maksym Vasyliev |
Men's Sprint Final
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) | |
| 2 | Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands) |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sebastien Vigier (France) | |
| 4 | Stefan Boetticher (Germany) |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
| 6 | Mikhail Iakovlev (Russian Cycling Federation) | |
| 7 | Mateusz Rudyk (Poland) | |
| 8 | Rayan Helal (France) | |
| 9 | Jair Tjon en Fa (Suriname) | |
| 10 | Daniel Rochna (Poland) | |
| 11 | Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Malaysia) | |
| 12 | Nick Wammes (Canada) | |
| 13 | Anton Hoehne (Germany) | |
| 14 | Kento Yamasaki (Japan) | |
| 15 | Joseph Truman (Great Britain) | |
| 16 | Hamish Turnbull (Great Britain) | |
| 17 | Sandor Szalontay (Hungary) | |
| 18 | Pavel Yakushevskiy (Russian Cycling Federation) | |
| 19 | Kohei Terasaki (Japan) | |
| 20 | Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (Colombia) | |
| 21 | Juan Peralta (Spain) | |
| 22 | Martin Cechman (Czech Republic) | |
| 23 | Jai Angsuthasawit (Thailand) | |
| 24 | Vasilijus Lendel (Lithuania) | |
| 25 | Juan David Ochoa Henao (Colombia) | |
| 26 | Edgar Ismael Verdugo Osuna (Mexico) | |
| 27 | Norbert Szabo (Romania) | |
| 28 | Juan Carlos Ruiz Teran (Mexico) | |
| 29 | Mitchell Sparrow (South Africa) | |
| 30 | Mohamed Elyas Mohamed Yusoff (Singapore) |
Women's Keirin Final
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) | |
| 2 | Mina Sato (Japan) | |
| 3 | Yana Tyshchenko (Russian Cycling Federation) | |
| 4 | Madalyn Godby (United States of America) | |
| 5 | Kelsey Mitchell (Canada) | |
| 6 | Daria Shmeleva (Russian Cycling Federation) |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shanne Braspennincx (Netherlands) | |
| 8 | Martha Bayona Pineda (Colombia) | |
| 9 | Mathilde Gros (France) | |
| 10 | Lauriane Genest (Canada) | |
| 11 | Laurine Van Riessen (Netherlands) | |
| 12 | Yuli Verdugo Osuna (Mexico) |
Men's Elimination Race
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Viviani (Italy) | |
| 2 | Iuri Leitao (Portugal) | |
| 3 | Sergei Rostovtsev (Russian Cycling Federation) | |
| 4 | Donavan Grondin (France) | |
| 5 | Jules Hesters (Belgium) | |
| 6 | Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) | |
| 7 | Erik Martorell Haga (Spain) | |
| 8 | Gavin Hoover (United States of America) | |
| 9 | Rotem Tene (Israel) | |
| 10 | Yacine Chalel (Algeria) | |
| 11 | Jan Vones (Czech Republic) | |
| 12 | Tobias Hansen (Denmark) | |
| 13 | Roman Gladysh (Ukraine) | |
| 14 | Jordan Arley Parra Arias (Colombia) | |
| 15 | Yauheni Karaliok (Belarus) | |
| 16 | Theo Reinhardt (Germany) | |
| 17 | Akil Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
| 18 | Eiya Hashimoto (Japan) | |
| 19 | Jose Muniz Vazquez (Mexico) | |
| 20 | Facundo Gabriel Lezica (Argentina) | |
| 21 | Maximilian Schmidbauer (Austria) | |
| 22 | Claudio Imhof (Switzerland) |
Women's Points Race Final
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) | 76 |
| 2 | Katie Archibald (Great Britain) | 72 |
| 3 | Kirsten Wild | 60 |
| 4 | Marion Borras (France) | 54 |
| 5 | Silvia Zanardi (Italy) | 51 |
| 6 | Maria Martins (Portugal) | 41 |
| 7 | Jennifer Valente (United States of America) | 33 |
| 8 | Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) | 22 |
| 9 | Karolina Karasiewicz (Poland) | 22 |
| 10 | Ganna Solovei (Ukraine) | 20 |
| 11 | Verena Eberhardt (Austria) | 2 |
| 12 | Maggie Coles-lyster (Canada) | 2 |
| 13 | Nastassia Kiptsikava (Belarus) | 1 |
| 14 | Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (Mexico) | |
| 15 | Lena Mettraux (Switzerland) | |
| 16 | Johanna Kitti Borissza (Hungary) | |
| 17 | Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) | |
| 18 | Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain) | -15 |
| 19 | Tereza Medvedova (Slovakia) | -40 |
| DNF | Fanny Cauchois (Lao People's Democratic Republic) | |
| DNS | Gulnaz Khatuntseva (Russian Cycling Federation) |
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