British blast into team pursuit finals
Men's four to face Spain in team pursuit final, women's trio to race Germans
Men's Team Pursuit Qualifying
Team Great Britain blew the opposition away in qualify of the men’s team pursuit at the World Cup at the Manchester Velodrome. The quartet of Edward Clancy, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas and Steven Burke set a time of 3:57.709 to set up a final with Spain, who posted the second best time of 4:09.744.
World Champions Denmark missed out on a place in the final after finishing fifth with Michael Faerk Christensen the only rider present from their winning ride in Poland. The race for the bronze will be between Germany and Ukraine who were separated by less than half a second.
“It’s all about a new line-up and the preparation for London,” said Paul Manning, a Great Britain coach and former pursuiter. “The aim is to learn and to target the pace they’ve set themselves. Ed is the most experienced but they’re a young team. There are six riders going for four places so we don’t know the line up for the final yet.”
Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying
Great Britain's World Champion trio Wendy Houvenaghel, Lizzie Armitstead and Jo Rowsell qualified fastest for the women's 3000 metre team pursuit final with a time of 3:23.436, but missed out on the World record by just a second. They beat their nearest rival, Germany, into second place by more than four seconds. Third was Australia, who will face Netherlands in the bronze medal race.
France was the first team to post a competitive time with 3:34.912 ride but they were knocked off the top by first the Belgian and then the German teams. Australia looked to have booked their place in the final when they set a time of 3.28.751, but Great Britain relegated them to third.
The British team started slowly though, just down on the Germany's time after the first kilometre. However, they proved too strong and gained time on each of the subsequent intermediate splits.
Women’s Keirin Qualifying
World Champion Shuang Guo (China), Elisa Frisoni (France), Anna Meares (Australia), Olga Panarina (Belarus), Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) and Victoria Pendleton (Sky+ HD) all won their Keirin heats and made it through to the second round.
In the six repechage heats Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania), Virginie Cueff (France), Agnes Ronner (Netherlands), Miriam Welte (Germany), Victoria Baranova (Russia) and Olivia Montauban (France) all won and will take part in the next round.
Men's Scratch Race Heats 1 & 2
Matthieu Lafagnous (France) won the first heat in the Men's Scratch Race in Manchester on Sunday in a sprint finish ahead of Adiq Husainie Othman (Malaysia) and Lukasz Bujko (Poland).
King Wai Cheung (GPC) was the first rider to attack but was swiftly brought back after three laps. However he attacked again a managed to gain a lap with ten to go. Cheung was unable to hold onto the coattails of the field though and quickly lost all of his advantage as the pace increased, finishing a lap down and out of contention.
Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukraine), Leigh Howard (Australia) and Colby Pearce (USA) were the stars of the second heat in the Men's Scratch Race with the three riders gaining a lap on the field to book their place in the final. Local favourite Chris Newton (GBR) led home a chase group and finished in fourth.
The race was sparked into action by Robson Dias (Brazil) who attacked in the opening laps. However he was unable to distance himself from the field and as the speed dropped Howard and Pearce seized the opportunity and broke clear. Lagkuti joined the duo and the triumvirate set about gaining a lap on the field.
1 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) France |
2 | Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Malaysia |
3 | Lukasz Bujko (Pol) Poland |
4 | Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Federation |
5 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Germany |
6 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy |
7 | Petr Lazar (Cze) Czech Republic |
8 | Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spa) Spain |
9 | Angel Dario Colla (Arg) Argentina |
10 | Michael Vingerling (Ned) Netherlands |
11 | Javier Azkue Prieto (Spa) FGN |
12 | Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Ireland |
13 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Lithuania |
14 | Ki Ho Choi (HKg) HKP |
DNF | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Belgium |
DNF | Ryan Sabga (USA) Black Dog |
DNF | Iban Leanizbarrutia Cruz (Spa) EUS |
DNF | King Wai Cheung (Chn) GPC |
DNF | Konstantinos Karageorgos (Gre) Greece |
1 | Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Ukraine |
2 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Australia |
3 | Colby Pearce (USA) United States Of America |
4 | Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain |
5 | Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria |
6 | David Boily (Can) Canada |
7 | Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan |
8 | Fabio Masotti (Ita) FFA |
9 | Robson Dias (Bra) Brazil |
10 | Loïc Perizzolo (Swi) Switzerland |
11 | Shane Archbold (NZl) New Zealand |
12 | Kampo Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China |
13 | Roman Maksimov (Rus) LOK |
14 | Sergi Carrere (Spa) CAT |
15 | Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Mexico |
16 | Matvey Zubov (Rus) KTA |
17 | James Louter (RSA) South Africa |
18 | German Lopez Abrego (Spa) NAV |
19 | Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Armenia |
DNS | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarus |
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:57.709 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Edward Clancy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Ben Swift | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Geraint Thomas | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
2 | Spain | 0:04:08.744 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Sergi Escobar Roure | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | David Muntaner Juaneda | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Antonio Tauler Llull | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Eloy Teruel Rovira | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
3 | Germany | 0:04:09.027 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Robert Bartko | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Henning Bommel | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Roger Kluge | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Stefan Schäfer | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
4 | Ukraine | 0:04:09.477 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Maksym Fonrabe | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Maksym Polishchuk | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Vitaliy Shchedov | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Roman Kononenko | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
5 | Denmark | 0:04:09.826 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Michael Faerk Christensen | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Philip Nielsen | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Rasmus Christian Quaade | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Christian Ranneries | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
6 | Poland | 0:04:11.531 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Pawel Brylowski | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Dawid Glowacki | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Piotr Kasperkiewicz | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Grzegorz Stepniak | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
7 | Netherlands | 0:04:11.581 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Levi Heimans | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Geertjan Jonkman | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Peter Schep | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Arno Van Der Zwet | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
8 | Lokomotiv | 0:04:12.345 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Rodriges Arguelyes | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Artur Ershov | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Valery Kaykov | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Leonid Krasnov | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
9 | Belgium | 0:04:14.111 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Dominique Cornu | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Tim Mertens | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
Row 44 - Cell 0 | Stijn Steels | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
10 | France | 0:04:14.915 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Vivien Brisse | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Julien Duval | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
Row 48 - Cell 0 | Julien Morice | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Benoit Daeninck | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
11 | Switzerland | 0:04:14.975 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Damien Corthesy | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
Row 52 - Cell 0 | Silvan Dillier | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Claudio Imhof | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Loïc Perizzolo | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
12 | Katyusha | 0:04:15.180 |
Row 56 - Cell 0 | Konstantin Kuperasov | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
Row 57 - Cell 0 | Alexander Petrovskiy | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
Row 58 - Cell 0 | Ivan Savitsky | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
Row 59 - Cell 0 | Matvey Zubov | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
13 | Ireland | 0:04:20.589 |
Row 61 - Cell 0 | Stephen Barrett | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
Row 62 - Cell 0 | David Mc Cann | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
Row 63 - Cell 0 | David O'loughlin | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
Row 64 - Cell 0 | Matthew Brammeier | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
14 | Austria | 0:04:21.057 |
Row 66 - Cell 0 | Andreas Graf | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
Row 67 - Cell 0 | Andreas Muller | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
Row 68 - Cell 0 | Werner Riebenbauer | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
Row 69 - Cell 0 | Michael Singer | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:23.400 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Great Britain | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Wendy Houvenaghel (GBr) Great Britain | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Joanna Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
2 | Germany | 0:03:27.500 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Lisa Brennauer | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Verena Joos (Ger) Germany | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Madeleine Sandig (Ger) Germany | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
3 | Australia | 0:03:28.800 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Tess Downing (Aus) Australia | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Belinda Goss (Aus) Australia | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Josephine Tomic (Aus) Australia | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
4 | Netherlands | 0:03:30.800 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Vera Koedooder (Ned) Netherlands | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
Row 15 - Cell 0 | Ellen Van Dijk | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
5 | Belgium | 0:03:32.900 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Belgium | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Belgium | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Kelly Druyts (Bel) Belgium | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
6 | France | 0:03:34.900 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Sophie Creux | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
7 | Russia | 0:03:35.100 |
Row 25 - Cell 0 | Victoria Kondel (Rus) Russian Federation | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Alena Prudnikova (Rus) Russian Federation | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russian Federation | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
8 | Lithuania | 0:03:37.900 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) Lithuania | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
Row 30 - Cell 0 | Aleksandra Sosenko (Ltu) Lithuania | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Lithuania | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
9 | Poland | 0:03:37.900 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Poland | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
Row 35 - Cell 0 | Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
10 | Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre | 0:03:40.000 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Monia Baccaille (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
11 | Rodin | 0:03:45.200 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Skye Lee Armstrong (Aus) Rodin | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Rodin | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Rodin | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
12 | Mexico | 0:04:04.300 |
Row 45 - Cell 0 | Jessica Fernanda Jurado (Mex) Mexico | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Mayra Del Rocio Rocha (Mex) Mexico | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Estefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) Mexico | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
1 | Shuang Guo |
2 | Virginie Cueff |
3 | Sumaia Ribeiro |
4 | Victoria Baranova |
5 | Wai Sze Lee |
1 | Elisa Frisoni (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre |
2 | Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland |
3 | Ainhoa Pagola Alvarez (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net |
4 | Agnes Ronner |
DSQ | Jessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain |
1 | Anna Meares (Aus) Australia |
2 | Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands |
3 | Proman Racing Team Cari Higgins (USA) |
4 | Eleni Klapanara (Gre) Greece |
5 | Alba Diez (Spa) Catalunya |
6 | Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation |
1 | Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus |
2 | Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia |
3 | Rebecca James (GBr) Great Britain |
4 | Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Catalunya |
5 | Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany |
6 | Estefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) Mexico |
1 | Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Australia |
2 | Jinjie Gong (Chn) People's Republic of China |
3 | Olivia Montauban (Fra) France |
4 | Dana Glöss (Ger) Germany |
5 | Penny Day (NZl) Posh of Holmwood, New Zealand |
6 | Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania |
1 | Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + HD |
2 | Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania |
3 | Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Gre) Greece |
4 | Zhao Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong |
5 | Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland |
6 | Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia |
1 | Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania |
2 | Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Catalunya |
3 | Sumaia Ribeiro (Bra) Brazil |
4 | Alba Diez (Spa) Catalunya |
1 | Virginie Cueff (Fra) France |
2 | Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania |
3 | Eleni Klapanara (Gre) Greece |
4 | Ainhoa Pagola Alvarez (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net |
1 | Agnes Ronner (Ned) Netherlands |
2 | Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland |
3 | Cari Higgins (USA) Proman Racing Team |
4 | Penny Day (NZl) Posh of Holmwood, New Zealand |
1 | Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation |
2 | Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands |
3 | Rebecca James (GBr) Great Britain |
4 | Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia |
5 | Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland |
1 | Olivia Montauban (Fra) France |
2 | Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong |
3 | Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia |
4 | Zhao Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong |
DNS | Estefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) Mexico |
1 | Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany |
2 | Jinjie Gong (Chn) People's Republic of China |
3 | Dana Glöss (Ger) Germany |
4 | Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation |
5 | Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Gre) Greece |
1 | Azizulhasni Awang |
2 | Maximilian Levy |
3 | François Pervis |
4 | David Daniell |
5 | Andrii Vynokurov |
6 | Kazunari Watanabe |
7 | Makoto Yoshikawa |
1 | Matthew Crampton |
2 | Shane Perkins |
3 | Christos Volikakis |
4 | Yudai Nitta |
5 | Kazuya Narita |
DNF | Denis Spicka |
DSQ | Yoshiyuki Okabe |
1 | Ross Edgar |
2 | Jason Kenny |
3 | Teun Mulder |
4 | Tomokazu Sato |
5 | Jason Niblett |
6 | Carten Bergemann |
7 | Tomas Babek |
1 | Carten Bergemann |
2 | Tomas Babek |
3 | Kazuya Narita |
4 | Makoto Yoshikawa |
1 | Christos Volikakis |
2 | David Daniell |
3 | Teun Mulder |
4 | Yudai Nitta |
1 | Andrii Vynokurov |
2 | Jason Niblett |
3 | François Pervis |
4 | Tomokazu Sato |
5 | Kazunari Watanabe |
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