World Track Championships - CMManchester, October 25-29, 2000Main page M 4000m TP M 1km TT M Madison Day 1 - October 25Men's 4000m Team PursuitFavourites have few problems
The 4000m team pursuit competition opened day one of the World Track Championships in Manchester. With the absence of the Olympic silver medallists Ukraine, as well as the withdrawal of German strongman, Robert Bartko, it was expected that Great Britain and France would rise to the occasion. The British team of Manning, Wiggins, Newton and Steel, riding on their home ground, managed just under 4:07 for their qualifying run, the fastest of the morning. They were followed by France (4:07.19), Germany (4:07.48) and Russia (4:12.39). The top eight advanced through to the quarter finals later that day, and all four teams had no problem in overcoming their rivals. All of the opponents (Netherlands, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic) were caught by the above teams, and all went faster in the evening. Britain and Germany both rode under 4:03, setting things up for an interesting finals series tomorrow. Qualifying Team Splits: 1 km 2 km 3 km 4 km 1 Great Britain 1.04.86 2.05.17 3.06.15 4.06.98 (58.303 km/h) (Paul Manning, Christopher Newton, Bryan Steel, Bradley Wiggins) 2 France 1.04.52 2.04.82 3.05.94 4.07.19 (58.255 km/h) (Cyril Bos, Philippe Gaumont, Jerome Neuville, Damien Pommereau) 3 Germany 1.05.22 2.05.47 3.06.05 4.07.48 (58.186 km/h) (Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst, Jens Lehmann) 4 Russia 1.05.98 2.06.71 3.08.56 4.12.39 (57.054 km/h) (Edouard Gritsoun, Alexei Markov, Alexander Serov, Denis Smyslov) 5 Netherlands 1.08.04 2.10.41 3.12.74 4.15.60 (56.337 km/h) (John Den Braber, Jens Mouris, Peter Schep, Wilco Zuijderwijk) 6 Spain 1.07.15 2.09.01 3.11.98 4.16.16 (56.216 km/h) (Francisco Javier Carrion Mecho, Sergio Escobar Roure, Cristobal Forcadell, Carlos Torrent Tarres) 7 Poland 1.06.98 2.09.13 3.12.32 4.17.00 (56.032 km/h) (Robert Karsnicki, Szymon Kurdynowsky, Jaroslaw Rebiewski, Pawel Zugaj) 8 Czech Republic 1.06.58 2.08.74 3.13.35 4.18.42 (55.722 km/h) (Martin Blaha, Libor Hlavac, Milan Kadlec, Josef Kankovsky) 9 Italy 1.08.82 2.12.22 3.16.90 4.23.58 (54.633 km/h) (Sauro Bembo, Maurizio Biondo, Luca Capuzzo, Devid Garbelli) 10 Mexico 1.09.21 2.14.41 3.21.51 4.27.58 (53.816 km/h) (B. Miguel Alcantara, Luis Contreras Juan, Alberto Sanchez Mario, Jose Sanchez Sotelo Quarter Finals
Splits: 1 km 2 km 3 km 4 km Heat 1 1 Russia 1.05.83 2.05.46 3.05.91 4.08.10 (58.04 km/h) (Vladimir Karpets, Alexei Markov, Alexander Serov, Denis Smyslov) 2 Netherlands 1.05.93 2.16.70 3.19.33 Caught (John Den Braber, Jens Mouris, Peter Schep, Wilco Zuijderwijk) Heat 2 1 Germany 1.04.38 2.03.06 3.01.61 4.02.06 (59.49 km/h) (Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst, Jens Lehmann) 2 Spain 1.06.95 2.08.72 Caught (Francisco Javier Carrion Mecho, Sergio Escobar Roure, Cristobal Forcadell, Carlos Torrent Tarres) Heat 3 1 France 1.04.45 2.03.89 3.03.65 4.05.63 (58.624 km/h) (Cyril Bos, Philippe Gaumont, Jerome Neuville, Damien Pommereau) 2 Poland 1.08.14 2.10.35 Caught (Robert Karsnicki, Szymon Kurdynowsky, Jaroslaw Rebiewski, Pawel Zugaj) Heat 4 1 Great Britain 1.04.20 2.03.17 3.02.03 4.02.91 (59.28 km/h) (Paul Manning, Christopher Newton, Jonathan Clay, Bradley Wiggins) 2 Czech Republic 1.04.83 2.06.59 Caught (Martin Blaha, Libor Hlavac, Milan Kadlec, Josef Kankovsky Men's 1000m Time TrialTournant defends22 year old Arnaud Tournant successfully defended his World Title in the 1 kilometre time trial this evening. The Frenchman rode a brisk 1.01.619 to average 58.42 km/h, beating German Sören Lausberg by just 13 hundredths of a second. The Olympic champion, Jason Queally (GBr) finished third in 1.02.45, with another French rider, Hervé Thuet garnering fourth. Tournant made up for largest career 'blemish' in Sydney where he finished fifth. Results
Splits: 250 m 500 m 750 m 1000 m
1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 18.497 31.994 46.080 1.01.62 (58.424 km/h)
2 Soren Lausberg (Ger) 18.971 32.445 46.504 1.01.74
3 Jason Queally (GBr) 18.927 32.736 47.053 1.02.45
4 Herve Robert Thuet (Fra) 18.815 32.713 47.229 1.02.97
5 Garen Bloch (RSA) 18.849 32.868 47.475 1.03.01
6 Grzegorz Krejner (Pol) 19.348 33.440 48.128 1.03.65
7 Arnaud Duble (Fra) 19.170 32.942 47.732 1.03.92
8 Teun Mulder (Ned) 18.880 32.918 47.830 1.04.03
9 Jose Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spa) 19.009 33.017 47.858 1.04.07
10 Toshiaki Fushimi (Jpn) 18.867 33.197 48.212 1.04.37
11 James Fisher (Can) 19.011 33.229 48.418 1.04.84
12 Matjaz Leskovar (Slo) 19.042 33.186 48.365 1.05.09
13 Andrei Vynokurov (Ukr) 19.423 33.731 48.935 1.05.19
14 Patrik Merk (Swi) 18.992 33.387 48.804 1.05.30
15 Nikolaos Agelidis (Gre) 19.762 34.163 49.686 1.06.61
DNS Josef Kankovsky (Cze)
DNS Gregorio Bare (Uru)
Men's MadisonWeisspfennig/Steinweg win it for Germany
Germany's Erik Weisspfennig and Stephan Steinweg took gold in an emotional victory in the Madison title at the World Track Championships in Manchester today. Silver went to Spain's Juan Llaneras and Isaac Galvez (the defending champions), with Argentina's Curuchet brothers taking bronze. The two Germans set the shape of the race when they took a lap on the field about a quarter of the way into the race. Weispfenning and Steinweg would probably not have raced together in this event if top German six-day man Andreas Kappes had not tested positive for nandrolone earlier this summer. Kappes faces a probable two-year ban from the German federation. With 80% of this season's six-day races taking place in Germany, Steinweg and Weisspfennig can look forward to a lucrative winter season. And, judging by the big smiles on their faces, a happy one. Report courtesy of Nick Rosenthal (aka 'Fat Nick') Results
1 Stephan Steinweg/Erik Weisspfennig (Ger) 28 pts 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez/Joan Llaneras Rosello (Spa) 15 3 Esteban Curuchet Juan/Edgardo Simon (Arg) 8 1 lap behind: 4 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 21 5 Robert Sassone/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 18 6 Silvio Martinello/Marco Villa (Fra) 16 7 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 10 8 Tayeb Braikia/Jimmi Madsen (Den) 8 9 Etienne De Wilde/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 7 2 laps behind: 10 Dmitri Galkin/Oleg Grichkine (Rus) 12 DNF Luis Alberto Martinez Vento/Jose Sanchez Sotelo (Mex) |
