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Cyclingnews 2004 Reader Poll Results
Best female track rider
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Breaking the Women's Three Kilometer World Pursuit record mulitple times and becoming World Champion and Olympic Champion all in one year certainly put Sarah Ulmer's name on the lips of all cycling fans. With her perfect style, Ulmer shook Leontein Van Moorsel's four year world record of 3.30.604 when she beat out Australia's Katie McTier in the World Championships in Melbourne and went on to break her own record by over six seconds two months later at the Olympic Games in Athens, raising the level of women's track cycling in an instant. Ulmer's down to earth attitude and bubbly smile also endeared her to sporting enthusiasts around the world and ensured her domination of the Cyclingnews reader poll.
Taking 100 points for second place was young Australian sprinter Anna Meares who surprised even herself when she took out the World Championship in Melbourne and backing up to win the Gold Medal in the 500m Time Trial in Athens. Her competitor Lori-Ann Meunzer from Canada won Gold in the Women's sprint in Athens takes third in the 2004 reader poll.
Results
Votes %ge 1 Sarah Ulmer 227 40.9 2 Anna Meares 100 18.0 3 Lori-Ann Meunzer 52 9.4 3 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel 52 9.4 5 Victoria Pendleton 11 2.0 5 Katie Mactier 11 2.0 7 Erin Mirabella 9 1.6 8 Olga Slyusareva 8 1.4 9 Jennie Reed 7 1.3 10 Rochelle Gilmore 5 0.9 10 Nicole Cooke 5 0.9 12 Tamilia Abassova 4 0.7 12 Sarah Uhl 4 0.7 14 Vera Koedooder 3 0.5 14 Emma Davies 3 0.5 14 Clara Sanchez 3 0.5 17 Yvonne Hijgenaar 2 0.4 17 Vera Carrera 2 0.4 17 Svetlana Grankovskaya 2 0.4 17 Natalia Tsylinskaya 2 0.4 17 Mary McConneloug 2 0.4 17 Katherine Bates 2 0.4 17 Becky Conzelman 2 0.4 Total 555
