Ed Clancy leads the British team in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The Aussies won the best team in Manchester(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Michael D'Almeida (France) rides the gold medal winning anchor leg of the men's team sprint(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Simona Krupeckaite (LTU) on the shoulder of Shuang Guo (China) in the women's Keirin(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Simona Krupeckaite (LTU) is on the front of the field in the women's final chased by Anna Meares (Aus) and gold medallist Shuang Guo (China)(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The French team won the men's team sprint gold medal - Kevin Sireau, Michael D'Almeida and Gregory Bauge(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Victoria Pendleton (Team Sky) all smiles on the podium of the women's Keirin where she won the bronze medal(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The women's Keirin podium Clara Sanchez (France), Shuang Guo (China) and Victo(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Hammer strains to get speed in the omnium tt(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Hammer celebrates(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Denmark in the bronze medal final(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Bronze medal winners Spain(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Wiggins on the front as the Britis win the men¹s team pursuit(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Wiggins on the front as the Britis win the men¹s team pursuit(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
NZ had to settle for silver(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Germany in the men's team sprint final but they had to settle for silver(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Kevin Sireau leads Michael D'Almeida as France win the gold medal in the men's team sprint(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Keirin action(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Keirin action(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Keirin action(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The Danish team down to three in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Gregory Bauge leads off for the French team in qualfying for the men's team sprint(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Sir Chris Hoy leads Matt Crampton in the British team in qualfying for the men's team sprint(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Jason Kenny leads off for the Great Britain team in qualfying for the men's team sprint(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
New Zealand in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Russia in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
New Zealand in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The Australian Jayco team in qualfying for the men's team sprint - (Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Bradley Wiggins leads the British team in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The Belgian team in the men's 4,000m team pursuit qualifying round (Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Kevin Sireau leads Michel D¹Almeida in the mens team sprint(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Britain's team pursuiters easily won gold in the World Cup meeting at Manchester, almost catching New Zealand in the final. But on crossing the line, glancing at the time and clocking that they'd just ridden the fifth fastest 4km team pursuit of all time - 3:55.438 - their first reaction was disappointment.
As Bradley Wiggins said, "It was slightly disappointing to see the time when we crossed the line. But in hindsight, it's mid-February, I rode two sessions with the guys before the Tour of Qatar, and I've done my final track sessions this week.
"We've had limited preparation time and we did a 3:55," Wiggins continued. "Had we done 3:55 before Beijing everyone would've been ecstatic. But it shows the level team pursuiting is at now: the four-minute barrier is now the minimum. It's fantastic for the event."
But the four British riders' disappointment also owed, perhaps, to another positive development for the team pursuit: the threat posed by Australia.
The Australians fielded an under-strength team in Manchester, but Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy - all veterans of the Olympic gold medal-winning team in Beijing - and Steven Burke are well aware that, when it comes to next year's London Games, the big danger to a successful defence of their title is likely to be an Australian "A" team including Jack Bobridge and Cameron Meyer.
Clancy explained that their ride in qualifying (a 3:57) suggested the world record could be on the cards in the final. "But it's a pretty good time," he said of their time there. It certainly was: the fifth best of all time, and marginally faster than the 3:55.476 set by a strong Australian quartet on their way to gold in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last October. The other three fastest times were all set by Great Britain, including the world record, 3:53.314, in Beijing.
Thomas joked that they were only riding at "50%" of capacity. "The Aussies have got some work to do," he said, before more seriously adding, "They're pushing us, but it makes for good racing."
While the team pursuit final was arguably the highlight of the final day's racing - certainly as far as the capactiy crowd was concerned - there were also victories for Sarah Hammer (USA) in the women's omnium, France in the men's team sprint and Shuang Guo (China) in the women's keirin, ahead of Clara Sanchez (France) and Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain).
The surprise was that Anna Meares couldn't add to her tally of two gold medals, and complete the clean sweep of sprint victories. Having sailed through to the keirin final, the Australian could only manage fifth behind Guo, upgrading the silver she won in the sprint.
Hammer wrapped up an impressive omnium series with third in the final event, the 500m time trial. That was her lowest position. Over the two days of competition she won the flying lap, the elimination race, the pursuit and scratch race, with her only other defeat coming in the points race, in which she was second.
Yet she insisted that there is still room for improvement after only her second Olympic-format omnium. "Everyone's going to get better because it's a new event," she said. "Everyone's learning.
"For me, the pursuiting comes naturally but the sprint events are something else," Hammer said. "With my physical make up the 500m is the most difficult for me. Riding that, and seeing the world record on the board, you think: god, I'm putting this event to shame!"
Despite her success, Hammer was opposed to the axing of the pursuit and its replacement with the omnium - and she remains to be convinced of the wisdom behind the change. "Do I think dropping the pursuit was a good move? No. But I'm adapting to it. These are the cards we were dealt. You can complain about it but then you've got to move on.
"But I'm having a great amount of fun," she said. "The individual pursuit was very stressful, because you'd have to be hyper focused all the time. You can't be at that intensity starting a points race, for example. But it's still tough: backing up the events, being consistent, and the mental aspect to the omnium is huge."
France ran out as overall winners of the World Cup, helped in no small part by their male sprinters. After Kevin Sireau's victory in the sprint on Friday, he joined Gregory Bauge and a new name, Michael D'Almeida, to qualify fastest and meet Germany in the final.
Great Britain, the Olympic champions - racing in Manchester as Sky Track Cycling - suffered a bad start when Jason Kenny appeared to stall at the gate, and they could only qualify third, to face Team Jayco-AIS in the ride-off for bronze.
And while France once again proved their domination, beating the world champions Germany in 43.534 seconds (to Germany's 43.715), Great Britain only managed a marginal improvement on their qualifying ride to claim bronze in 44.087. "It can be frustrating when it doesn't come together, but that's what team events are like," said Chris Hoy, who rode as second man, with Matt Crampton as anchor.
"We were beaten here by the French at the world championships in 2008, and we hardly beat them before the Olympics, so you don't know when it's going to come together. We'd have loved to win today, but the better team beat us. It doesn't mean that we can't do it when it really counts. Getting all three riders bang on is difficult. You just don't know when it's going to come together."
Women's Omnium - Individual Pursuit
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#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Sarah Hammer (Ouch Racing Team)
0:03:35.263
2
Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
0:03:36.199
3
Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
0:03:39.592
4
Melissa Hoskins (Australia)
0:03:40.509
5
Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
0:03:41.775
6
Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
0:03:43.127
7
Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
0:03:43.571
8
Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
0:03:44.284
9
Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)
0:03:44.785
10
Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand)
0:03:45.135
11
Min Hye Lee (Korea)
0:03:46.200
12
Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukraine)
0:03:47.300
13
Julie Leth (Denmark)
0:03:47.828
14
Angie Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela)
0:03:47.888
15
Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
0:03:47.994
16
Jennifer O'reilly (Ireland)
0:03:48.381
17
Jolien D'hoore (Belgium)
0:03:50.327
18
Pascale Jeuland (France)
0:03:50.562
19
Chao Mei Wu (Giant Pro Cycling)
0:03:52.262
20
Marta Tagliaferro (Italy)
0:03:57.347
21
Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
0:03:58.014
22
Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)
0:04:05.761
23
Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovakia)
Row 22 - Cell 2
Men's Team Pursuit - Qualifying
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#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Great Britain
0:03:57.471
2
New Zealand
0:04:01.347
3
Spain
0:04:03.674
4
Denmark
0:04:05.155
5
Netherlands
0:04:05.576
6
Australia
0:04:06.459
7
Lokomotiv
0:04:06.623
8
Belgium
0:04:06.718
9
Colombia
0:04:07.607
10
Russia
0:04:08.683
11
France
0:04:08.716
12
Korea
0:04:09.331
13
Germany
0:04:09.441
14
Ukraine
0:04:10.919
15
Chile
0:04:11.325
16
Hong Kong
0:04:12.582
17
Switzerland
0:04:12.590
18
Poland
0:04:12.919
19
Greece
0:04:14.213
20
Italy
0:04:15.249
21
Ouch Pro Cycling
0:04:18.656
22
Max Success Pro Cycling
0:04:22.579
Men's Team Sprint - Qualifying
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#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
France
43.633
2
Germany
43.847
3
Sky Track Cycling
44.049
4
Jayco-AIS
44.451
5
Netherlands
44.619
6
Japan
44.635
7
New Zealand
44.694
8
China
44.763
9
Poland
44.871
10
United States
45.017
11
Czech Republic
45.063
12
Team Erdgas.2012
45.309
13
Russia
45.542
14
Cyclo Channel Tokyo
45.654
15
Venezuela
45.688
16
Spain
45.859
17
Canada
45.869
18
Ukraine
45.984
19
Greece
46.352
20
Malaysia
46.469
21
DFT Cycling Team
48.155
Women's Keirin - First Round
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Heat 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Clara Sanchez (France)
2
Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
3
Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Greece)
4
Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania)
5
Mariasthela Vilera (Venezuela)
6
Eun Ji Lee (Korea)
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Heat 2
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Sandie Clair (France)
2
Dimitra Patapi (Greece)
3
Zhao Juan Meng (Hong Kong)
4
Victoria Baranova (Russia)
5
Fatehah Mustapa (Ysd)
6
Jessica Laws (Dft Cycling Team)
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Heat 3
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Victoria Pendleton (Sky)
2
Miriam Welte (Germany)
3
Olga Panarina (Belarus)
4
Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mexico)
5
Ryoko Nakagawa (Japan)
REL
Monique Sullivan (Canada)
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Heat 4
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Jinjie Gong (China)
2
Kanako Kase (Japan)
3
Anna Meares (Australia)
4
Anastasya Voinova (Russia)
5
Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
6
Alba Diez Lopez (Catalunya Track Cycling)
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Heat 5
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2
Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
3
Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
4
Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
5
Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
6
Maryia Lohvinava (Belarus)
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Heat 6
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Shuang Guo (China)
2
Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
3
Rebecca James (Great Britain)
4
Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
5
Stella Tomassini (Italy)
6
Won Gyeong Kim (Korea)
7
Frany Maria Fong Echevarria (Mexico)
Women's Keirin - First Round Repechage
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Heat 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Rebecca James (Great Britain)
2
Monique Sullivan (Canada)
3
Anastasya Voinova (Russian Federation)
4
Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
5
Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
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Heat 2
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
2
Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
3
Dimitra Patapi (Greece)
4
Alba Diez Lopez (Catalunya Track Cycling)
REL
Zhao Juan Meng (Hong Kong)
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Heat 3
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Mirima Welte (Germany)
2
Stella Tomassini (Italy)
3
Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Greece)
4
Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania)
5
Jessica Laws (DFT Cycling Team)
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Heat 4
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Olga Panarina (Belarus)
2
Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation)
3
Won Gyeong Kim (Korea)
4
Kanako Kase (Japan)
5
Mariaesthela Vilera (Venezuela)
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Heat 5
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Anna Meares (Australia)
2
Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
3
Eun Li Lee (Korea)
4
Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mexico)
REL
Fatehah Mustapa (YSD)
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6
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
2
Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
3
Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
4
Maryia Lohvinava (Belarus)
5
Frany Maria Fong Echevarria (Mexico)
REL
Ryoko Nakagawa (Japan)
Men's Team Sprint - Final
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Final
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
France
43.534
2
Germany
43.715
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Bronze Medal Race
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
3
Sky Track Cycling
44.087
4
Jayco-AIS
44.270
Women's Keirin - Second Round
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Heat 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Anna Meares (Australia)
2
Jinjie Gong (China)
3
Clara Sanchez (France)
4
Rebecca James (Great Britain)
5
Kristina Vogel (Germany)
6
Olga Panarina (Belarus)
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Heat 2
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Victoria Pendleton (Sky)
2
Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
3
Shuang Guo (China)
4
Sandie Clair (France)
5
Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
6
Miriam Welte (Germany)
Women's Keirin - Final
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Final
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Shuang Guo (China)
2
Clara Sanchez (France)
3
Victoria Pendleton (Sky)
4
Jinjie Gong (China)
5
Anna Meares (Australia)
6
Kaarle McCulloch (Australia)
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Race For 7th-12th place
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
7
Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
8
Olga Panarina (Belarus)
9
Rebecca James (Great Britain)
10
Miriam Welte (Germany)
11
Kristina Vogel (Germany)
12
Sandie Clair (France)
Women's Omnium - Scratch Race
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#
Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Sarah Hammer (Ouch Cycling Team)
2
Pascale Jeuland (France)
3
Melissa Hoskins (Australia)
4
Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
5
Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium)
6
Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
7
Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)
8
Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovakia)
9
Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)
10
Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand)
11
Angie Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela)
12
Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
13
Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
14
Julie Leth (Denmark)
15
Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
16
Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
17
Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
18
Jennifer O'Reilly (Ireland)
19
Chao Mei Wu Gpc
20
Marta Tagliaferro (Italy)
21
Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
Rel
Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukraine)
Rel
Min Hye Lee (Korea)
Women's Omnium - Time Trial
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#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
35.746
2
Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)
35.833
3
Sarah Hammer (Ouch Track Cycling)
36.181
4
Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
36.460
5
Chao Mei Wu (Giant Pro Cycling)
36.650
6
Angie Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela)
36.696
7
Jolien D'hoore (Belgium)
36.810
8
Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
36.868
9
Min Hye Lee (Korea)
37.018
10
Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand)
37.106
11
Melissa Hoskins (Australia)
37.124
12
Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
37.165
13
Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
37.308
14
Pascale Jeuland (France)
37.593
15
Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
37.735
16
Jennifer O'Reilly (Ireland)
37.774
17
Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukraine)
38.124
18
Julie Leth (Denmark)
38.239
19
Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
38.452
20
Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
38.577
21
Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovakia)
38.678
22
Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)
39.297
23
Marta Tagliaferro (Italy)
39.586
Women's Omnium - Final Standings
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#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Sarah Hammer (Ouch Track Cycling)
9
pts
2
Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
38
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)
42
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
51
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
52
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand)
52
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
56
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Melissa Hoskins (Australia)
58
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Angie Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela)
62
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
64
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Jolien D'hoore (Belgium)
65
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
67
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Pascale Jeuland (France)
69
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Chao Mei Wu (Giant Pro Cycling)
72
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
78
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Min Hye Lee (Korea)
78
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Julie Leth (Denmark)
93
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovakia)
104
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Jennifer O'reilly (Ireland)
105
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Marta Tagliaferro (Italy)
105
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukraine)
106
Row 20 - Cell 3
22
Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)
118
Row 21 - Cell 3
23
Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
119
Row 22 - Cell 3
24
Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong)
Row 23 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 3
Men's Team Pursuit - Final
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Final
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Great Britain
0:03:55.438
2
New Zealand
0:04:00.314
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Bronze Medal Race
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
3
Spain
0:04:03.308
4
Denmark
0:04:05.477
Final World Cup Standings
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Men's Sprint - Final World Cup Standings
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Kévin Sireau (France)
42
pts
2
Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan)
24
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
20
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
18
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
3
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Shane Perkins (Jayco-Skins)
12
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Sebastian Doehrer (Germany)
10
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Lei Zhang (People's Republic of China)
9
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Michaël D'Almeida (France)
9
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
9
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Miao Zhang (People's Republic of China)
8
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Gregory Bauge (France)
8
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Maximilian Levy (Germany)
7
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Peter Mitchell (Great Britain)
7
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
François Pervis (France)
6
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Mickaël Bourgain (France)
5
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Sam Webster (New Zealand)
4
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
Damian Zielinski (Poland)
4
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Scott Sunderland (Australia)
4
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Roy Van Den Berg (Netherlands)
3
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
Travis Smith (Canada)
3
Row 20 - Cell 3
22
Jimmy Watkins (Ouch Racing Team)
2
Row 21 - Cell 3
23
Stefan Nimke (Germany)
2
Row 22 - Cell 3
24
Robert Forstemann (Germany)
1
Row 23 - Cell 3
25
Azizulhasni Awang (YSD)
1
Row 24 - Cell 3
26
Tobias Wachter (Germany)
1
Row 25 - Cell 3
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Men's Individual Pursuit - Final World Cup Standings