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2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - CM, Great Britain, March 26-30, 2008

Men's omnium 200m, pursuit, points race, scratch race, kilo TT; Men's kilometre TT final; Women's keirin 1st round, repechages, 2nd round, 7 to 12 & final; Women's scratch 5 km qualifying & 10 km final

Pursuiter does sprints: Former world pursuit champion Robert Bartko
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World Keirin champion Jennie Reed
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French sprinter Clara Sanchez
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The women take the start in the Keirin
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In the men's Omnium, six-day specialist Robert Slippens
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Travis Smith of Canada waits in the starting gate
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Ghislain Boiron checks his toe straps before his start
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Leigh Howard of Australia
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Gold medallist in the men's Omnium,
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In the men's Kilo time trial, Frenchman Michael D'Almeida
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Germany's Robert Forstemann
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Teun Mulder of The Netherlands
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"How did I do?" - Mulder checks the scoreboard
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The Omnium also features a scratch race
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Britain's Steven Burke holds off Russia's Evgeny Kovalev
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On the podium for the Kilometre time trial
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Sprint action from the second round of the women's Keirin .
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Women's scratch race: The bunch ride high on the banking
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A bunch shot from the women's scratch race.
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The sprint for second place in the women's scratch race
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Eleonora Van Dijk of The Netherlands
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Former world Madison champion Walter Perez
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Smile time: Eleonora Van Dijk
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Keirin final: Jennie Reed lurks near the back
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Reed launches her winning move
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A delighted Jennie Reed
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Men's Omnium medallists:
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Quality podium:
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Jess Varnish (Great Britain)
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Jennie Reed (United States Of America)
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Jennie Reed (United States Of America) head to head
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Jennie Reed during her first round heat of the Keirin.
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Reed focused on the task at hand.
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Reed's win came as an upset to the home country favourite
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Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
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Jennie Reed takes the title.
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Reed was ecstatic with her winning ride.
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Godfrey accepts his new jersey
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Reed in the colours of world champion.
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Reed on the podium, flanked by two former world champions
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Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
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Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands)
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Godfrey takes a victory lap
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Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
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Leigh Howard (Australia)
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Gianpaolo Biolo (Italy)
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Germany's Roberto Bartko
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Evgeny Kovalev (Russia)
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The home crowd was keen to see twenty year old Steven Burke
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Ghislain Boiron (France)
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Bobby Lea (USA)
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Robert Slippens (Netherlands)
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His win in the men's scratch race has not affected Aliaksandr Lisouski's
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Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina)
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Winner of the men's omnium in the 2007 World Championships,
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Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
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The second heat of the women's keirin
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Competitors take a moment to compose themselves
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The short repose over,
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Reona Sumi (Japan)
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Riding with determination and aggression,
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The rules stipulate that riders must stay behind the derny
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Tension builds as the derny purrs
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Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
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Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus)
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Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina)
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Vasileios Galanis (Greece)
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Tim Mertens (Belgium)
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Gianpaolo Biolo (Italy)
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Alois KanKovsky (Czech Republic)
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Travis Smith (Cananda)
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The alienesque figure of Roberto Bartko (Germany)
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Leigh Howard (Australia)
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After five separate events,
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Unfortunately, with a flight to catch,
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