Track World Cup: Trott and Boudat seal Omnium wins

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The medals were split between several nations on the final day of the Hong Kong Track World Cup on Sunday with Thomas Boudat (France) and Laura Trott (Great Britain) winning their respective Omniums. In the men’s sprint Patrick Constable (Australia) took gold with Jason Kenny (Great Britain) taking bronze.

Mark Cavendish marked his return to World Cup track racing with fourth in the men’s Omnium, with a consistent display over the two-day competition.

Women’s Omnium

Trott had built up a lead over the first day of the competition, with her long-term rival Sarah Hammer (USA) in second place ahead of Sunday’s final day of action.

The British rider solidified her position at the head of the standings with fourth place in the 500-metre and third in the flying-lap. Hammer could not better either of those results, and finished the competition with a silver medal, 18 points down on the Olympic gold medallist. Laurie Berthon of France had an impressive day, finishing second in the time trial and winning the flying-lap.

It was enough to see her move into third and take bronze. Jolien D’Hoore won the points race, the final event of the competition.

“I think this track, because it's quite grippy, I think it took the steam out of everybody and it ended up just being a race where you could just follow and sit in a lot more,” said Trott in statement released by her team.

“I've really enjoyed it actually - I wasn't looking forward to the points race - after three days doing the team pursuit as well yesterday it really did take it out of me and I was worried how I was going to feel,” Trott continued.

“With 20 laps to go because I'd already won I was like 'should I just attack' but it kind of left me on the back foot. So I thought, ‘I best just to get to the finish’ and I guess that's what I did."

Men’s Omnium

Thomas Boudat (France) claimed the win in the men’s Omnium with a consistent display over the second day of racing.

Cavendish finished 11th in the kilometre and 4th in the flying lap, meaning he was still in contention for a medal ahead of the final event. He had finished the first day of the competition in fourth.

He won the first sprint in the points race, moving him into third behind leader Kazakh Zakharov and Boudat of France, but Olympic omnium champion Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) responded in the next sprint to retake the bronze medal position.

Hansen won the third sprint and he continued to gain ground, battling with Boudat and.

"I'm really pleased, personally," said Cavendish. "I did better than I thought I was going to do. I'd have been happy with a top ten here so to get fourth..."

"It's been a great group atmosphere - we've won the weekend, won the world cup overall so it's nice to be a part of that."

Men's Sprint

Australian Patrick Constable, a former junior world champion, claimed his biggest victory yet in the elite ranks, beating Olympic champion Jason Kenny (Great Britain) in the semifinal, and then ousting China's Chao Xu in the final to take home the gold in the individual sprint.

"It's huge, I'm stoked I could get the job done and end up on the top step," Constable said.

"I've just focused on stepping up again this year, 12 months is a long time in sprinting, but I'm happy with where I'm heading."

Constable came only 12th in the qualifying, but handily defeated Azizulhasni Awang in the 1/16 to go forward. After losing in the first race, Constable rallied to beat Russian Nikita Shurshin in the next two sprints to advance. He then topped Poland's Damian Zielinski, who qualified quickest, in the 1/8 final.

He then had to face off against Kenny in the semifinal, and handily defeated the Briton in two rounds before scoring back to back wins over Xu to bring home the gold.

Kenny was pleased to take home the bronze medal over French rival Francois Pervis. "It's good to go the distance in the sprint competition for a change - not done that in a while," said Kenny.

"It's a tricky track to ride it's a bit different to normal. Obviously there's a few names missing but the standard's been really good today so I'm pretty pleased with the result to be honest."

Women's Keirin

Lithuanian Simona Krupeckaite took out the women's keirin final after sweeping through the first two rounds on top.

Australia's Stephanie Morton was second, after being inspired by her compatriot's performance in the individual sprint. "I was buzzing for the final after just watching Pat [Constable] win the sprint. I had to go the long way around and copped a couple of hooks so that wasn't ideal.

"It turned into a long sprint but I put on the after burners and was happy to walk away with a silver."

Local favourite Sarah Lee Wai-sze claimed the bronze.

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