British blast into team pursuit finals

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.

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Men's Scratch Race Heat 1
1Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) France
2Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Malaysia
3Lukasz Bujko (Pol) Poland
4Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Federation
5Roger Kluge (Ger) Germany
6Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy
7Petr Lazar (Cze) Czech Republic
8Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spa) Spain
9Angel Dario Colla (Arg) Argentina
10Michael Vingerling (Ned) Netherlands
11Javier Azkue Prieto (Spa) FGN
12Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Ireland
13Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Lithuania
14Ki Ho Choi (HKg) HKP
DNFTosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Belgium
DNFRyan Sabga (USA) Black Dog
DNFIban Leanizbarrutia Cruz (Spa) EUS
DNFKing Wai Cheung (Chn) GPC
DNFKonstantinos Karageorgos (Gre) Greece
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Men's Scratch Race Heat 2
1Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Ukraine
2Leigh Howard (Aus) Australia
3Colby Pearce (USA) United States Of America
4Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain
5Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria
6David Boily (Can) Canada
7Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan
8Fabio Masotti (Ita) FFA
9Robson Dias (Bra) Brazil
10Loïc Perizzolo (Swi) Switzerland
11Shane Archbold (NZl) New Zealand
12Kampo Wong (HKg) Hong Kong, China
13Roman Maksimov (Rus) LOK
14Sergi Carrere (Spa) CAT
15Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Mexico
16Matvey Zubov (Rus) KTA
17James Louter (RSA) South Africa
18German Lopez Abrego (Spa) NAV
19Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Armenia
DNSVasili Kiryienka (Blr) Belarus
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Men's Team Pursuit Qualifying
1Great Britain0:03:57.709
Row 1 - Cell 0 Steven BurkeRow 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Edward ClancyRow 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Ben SwiftRow 3 - Cell 2
Row 4 - Cell 0 Geraint ThomasRow 4 - Cell 2
2Spain0:04:08.744
Row 6 - Cell 0 Sergi Escobar RoureRow 6 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 0 David Muntaner JuanedaRow 7 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 0 Antonio Tauler LlullRow 8 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 0 Eloy Teruel RoviraRow 9 - Cell 2
3Germany0:04:09.027
Row 11 - Cell 0 Robert BartkoRow 11 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 0 Henning BommelRow 12 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 0 Roger KlugeRow 13 - Cell 2
Row 14 - Cell 0 Stefan SchäferRow 14 - Cell 2
4Ukraine0:04:09.477
Row 16 - Cell 0 Maksym FonrabeRow 16 - Cell 2
Row 17 - Cell 0 Maksym PolishchukRow 17 - Cell 2
Row 18 - Cell 0 Vitaliy ShchedovRow 18 - Cell 2
Row 19 - Cell 0 Roman KononenkoRow 19 - Cell 2
5Denmark0:04:09.826
Row 21 - Cell 0 Michael Faerk ChristensenRow 21 - Cell 2
Row 22 - Cell 0 Philip NielsenRow 22 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 0 Rasmus Christian QuaadeRow 23 - Cell 2
Row 24 - Cell 0 Christian RanneriesRow 24 - Cell 2
6Poland0:04:11.531
Row 26 - Cell 0 Pawel BrylowskiRow 26 - Cell 2
Row 27 - Cell 0 Dawid GlowackiRow 27 - Cell 2
Row 28 - Cell 0 Piotr KasperkiewiczRow 28 - Cell 2
Row 29 - Cell 0 Grzegorz StepniakRow 29 - Cell 2
7Netherlands0:04:11.581
Row 31 - Cell 0 Levi HeimansRow 31 - Cell 2
Row 32 - Cell 0 Geertjan JonkmanRow 32 - Cell 2
Row 33 - Cell 0 Peter SchepRow 33 - Cell 2
Row 34 - Cell 0 Arno Van Der ZwetRow 34 - Cell 2
8Lokomotiv0:04:12.345
Row 36 - Cell 0 Rodriges ArguelyesRow 36 - Cell 2
Row 37 - Cell 0 Artur ErshovRow 37 - Cell 2
Row 38 - Cell 0 Valery KaykovRow 38 - Cell 2
Row 39 - Cell 0 Leonid KrasnovRow 39 - Cell 2
9Belgium0:04:14.111
Row 41 - Cell 0 Dominique CornuRow 41 - Cell 2
Row 42 - Cell 0 Jonathan DufrasneRow 42 - Cell 2
Row 43 - Cell 0 Tim MertensRow 43 - Cell 2
Row 44 - Cell 0 Stijn SteelsRow 44 - Cell 2
10France0:04:14.915
Row 46 - Cell 0 Vivien BrisseRow 46 - Cell 2
Row 47 - Cell 0 Julien DuvalRow 47 - Cell 2
Row 48 - Cell 0 Julien MoriceRow 48 - Cell 2
Row 49 - Cell 0 Benoit DaeninckRow 49 - Cell 2
11Switzerland0:04:14.975
Row 51 - Cell 0 Damien CorthesyRow 51 - Cell 2
Row 52 - Cell 0 Silvan DillierRow 52 - Cell 2
Row 53 - Cell 0 Claudio ImhofRow 53 - Cell 2
Row 54 - Cell 0 Loïc PerizzoloRow 54 - Cell 2
12Katyusha0:04:15.180
Row 56 - Cell 0 Konstantin KuperasovRow 56 - Cell 2
Row 57 - Cell 0 Alexander PetrovskiyRow 57 - Cell 2
Row 58 - Cell 0 Ivan SavitskyRow 58 - Cell 2
Row 59 - Cell 0 Matvey ZubovRow 59 - Cell 2
13Ireland0:04:20.589
Row 61 - Cell 0 Stephen BarrettRow 61 - Cell 2
Row 62 - Cell 0 David Mc CannRow 62 - Cell 2
Row 63 - Cell 0 David O'loughlinRow 63 - Cell 2
Row 64 - Cell 0 Matthew BrammeierRow 64 - Cell 2
14Austria0:04:21.057
Row 66 - Cell 0 Andreas GrafRow 66 - Cell 2
Row 67 - Cell 0 Andreas MullerRow 67 - Cell 2
Row 68 - Cell 0 Werner RiebenbauerRow 68 - Cell 2
Row 69 - Cell 0 Michael SingerRow 69 - Cell 2
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Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying
1Great Britain0:03:23.400
Row 1 - Cell 0 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Great BritainRow 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Wendy Houvenaghel (GBr) Great BritainRow 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Joanna Rowsell (GBr) Great BritainRow 3 - Cell 2
2Germany0:03:27.500
Row 5 - Cell 0 Lisa BrennauerRow 5 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 0 Verena Joos (Ger) GermanyRow 6 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 0 Madeleine Sandig (Ger) GermanyRow 7 - Cell 2
3Australia0:03:28.800
Row 9 - Cell 0 Tess Downing (Aus) AustraliaRow 9 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 0 Belinda Goss (Aus) AustraliaRow 10 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 0 Josephine Tomic (Aus) AustraliaRow 11 - Cell 2
4Netherlands0:03:30.800
Row 13 - Cell 0 Vera Koedooder (Ned) NetherlandsRow 13 - Cell 2
Row 14 - Cell 0 Amy Pieters (Ned) NetherlandsRow 14 - Cell 2
Row 15 - Cell 0 Ellen Van DijkRow 15 - Cell 2
5Belgium0:03:32.900
Row 17 - Cell 0 Jessie Daams (Bel) BelgiumRow 17 - Cell 2
Row 18 - Cell 0 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) BelgiumRow 18 - Cell 2
Row 19 - Cell 0 Kelly Druyts (Bel) BelgiumRow 19 - Cell 2
6France0:03:34.900
Row 21 - Cell 0 Sophie CreuxRow 21 - Cell 2
Row 22 - Cell 0 Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) FranceRow 22 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 0 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) FranceRow 23 - Cell 2
7Russia0:03:35.100
Row 25 - Cell 0 Victoria Kondel (Rus) Russian FederationRow 25 - Cell 2
Row 26 - Cell 0 Alena Prudnikova (Rus) Russian FederationRow 26 - Cell 2
Row 27 - Cell 0 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russian FederationRow 27 - Cell 2
8Lithuania0:03:37.900
Row 29 - Cell 0 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Ltu) LithuaniaRow 29 - Cell 2
Row 30 - Cell 0 Aleksandra Sosenko (Ltu) LithuaniaRow 30 - Cell 2
Row 31 - Cell 0 Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) LithuaniaRow 31 - Cell 2
9Poland0:03:37.900
Row 33 - Cell 0 Edyta Jasinska (Pol) PolandRow 33 - Cell 2
Row 34 - Cell 0 Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) PolandRow 34 - Cell 2
Row 35 - Cell 0 Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) PolandRow 35 - Cell 2
10Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre0:03:40.000
Row 37 - Cell 0 Monia Baccaille (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme AzzurreRow 37 - Cell 2
Row 38 - Cell 0 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme AzzurreRow 38 - Cell 2
Row 39 - Cell 0 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme AzzurreRow 39 - Cell 2
11Rodin0:03:45.200
Row 41 - Cell 0 Skye Lee Armstrong (Aus) RodinRow 41 - Cell 2
Row 42 - Cell 0 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) RodinRow 42 - Cell 2
Row 43 - Cell 0 Lotte Van  Hoek (Ned) RodinRow 43 - Cell 2
12Mexico0:04:04.300
Row 45 - Cell 0 Jessica Fernanda Jurado (Mex) MexicoRow 45 - Cell 2
Row 46 - Cell 0 Mayra Del Rocio Rocha (Mex) MexicoRow 46 - Cell 2
Row 47 - Cell 0 Estefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) MexicoRow 47 - Cell 2
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Heat 1
1Shuang Guo
2Virginie Cueff
3Sumaia Ribeiro
4Victoria Baranova
5Wai Sze Lee
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Heat 2
1Elisa Frisoni (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre
2Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland
3Ainhoa Pagola Alvarez (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net
4Agnes Ronner
DSQJessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Heat 3
1Anna Meares (Aus) Australia
2Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands
3Proman Racing Team Cari Higgins (USA)
4Eleni Klapanara (Gre) Greece
5Alba Diez (Spa) Catalunya
6Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Heat 4
1Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus
2Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia
3Rebecca James (GBr) Great Britain
4Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Catalunya
5Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany
6Estefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) Mexico
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Heat 5
1Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Australia
2Jinjie Gong (Chn) People's Republic of China
3Olivia Montauban (Fra) France
4Dana Glöss (Ger) Germany
5Penny Day (NZl) Posh of Holmwood, New Zealand
6Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Heat 6
1Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + HD
2Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania
3Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Gre) Greece
4Zhao  Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong
5Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland
6Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Repechage Heat 1
1Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania
2Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Catalunya
3Sumaia Ribeiro (Bra) Brazil
4Alba Diez (Spa) Catalunya
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Repechage Heat 2
1Virginie Cueff (Fra) France
2Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania
3Eleni Klapanara (Gre) Greece
4Ainhoa Pagola Alvarez (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Repechage Heat 3
1Agnes Ronner (Ned) Netherlands
2Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland
3Cari Higgins (USA) Proman Racing Team
4Penny Day (NZl) Posh of Holmwood, New Zealand
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Repechage Heat 4
1Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation
2Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands
3Rebecca James (GBr) Great Britain
4Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia
5Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Repechage Heat 5
1Olivia Montauban (Fra) France
2Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong
3Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia
4Zhao  Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong
DNSEstefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) Mexico
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Women's Keirin Round 1 Repechage Heat 6
1Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany
2Jinjie Gong (Chn) People's Republic of China
3Dana Glöss (Ger) Germany
4Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation
5Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Gre) Greece
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Men's International Keirin Round 1 Heat 1
1Azizulhasni Awang
2Maximilian Levy
3François Pervis
4David Daniell
5Andrii Vynokurov
6Kazunari Watanabe
7Makoto Yoshikawa
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Men's International Keirin Round 1 Heat 2
1Matthew Crampton
2Shane Perkins
3Christos Volikakis
4Yudai Nitta
5Kazuya Narita
DNFDenis Spicka
DSQYoshiyuki Okabe
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Men's International Keirin Round 1 Heat 3
1Ross Edgar
2Jason Kenny
3Teun Mulder
4Tomokazu Sato
5Jason Niblett
6Carten Bergemann
7Tomas Babek
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Men's International Keirin Repechage Heat 1
1Carten Bergemann
2Tomas Babek
3Kazuya Narita
4Makoto Yoshikawa
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Men's International Keirin Repechage Heat 2
1Christos Volikakis
2David Daniell
3Teun Mulder
4Yudai Nitta
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Men's International Keirin Repechage Heat 3
1Andrii Vynokurov
2Jason Niblett
3François Pervis
4Tomokazu Sato
5Kazunari Watanabe

 

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