News for May 31, 1997

Nothstein loses out to Darryn Hill in World Cup Sprint final

Hill beat Nothstein, the 1996 Olympic silver medalist, in two consecutive rides out of a best-of-three 200-meter series for the gold medal. Hill broke from the American on the second turn of the rack and outdistanced him down the straightaway. Hill was a former world sprint champion

Hill's winning time was 11:19.

``I knew he would give me a strong race,'' Hill said. ``It was a matter of having enough in me to make a burst at the end. He is a fierce competitor.''

Germany's Eyk Pokomy captured the bronze.

Nothstein had expected a battle with Olympic gold medalist Jens Fielder of Germany, but Fielder withdrew from the competition due to a knee injury sustained during a race in Cali, Colombia, last week.

``(Hill) had better position on me throughout the race,'' Nothstein said. ``I had trouble accelerating. It was a race to the finish line and he was a better man than me tonight.''

In the men's points race final, Canadian Brian Walton took the gold with a total of 28 points in the 90-lap race.

Russia set a new track record of 4:15.38 in the 4K Team Pursuit Final. The United States was second with a time of 4:24.90.

Thirty-one countries were competing in the three-day event, which concludes Saturday evening. This was the first time in five years the United States played host.

The World Cup is a qualifier for the 1997 World Championship, which will be contested in in August in Perth, Australia.

USCF Report - Results from Session Three at World Track Cup in Trexlertown:

Lehigh Valley residents Marty Nothstein, Marcelo Arrue and Nicole Reinhart all advanced during the Friday morning session of the UCI World Track Cup at Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertown.

Nothstein, the current world keirin champion and 1994 world match sprint champion, won his quarterfinal in the mens match sprint, besting Sean Eadie of Australia. The Trexlertown native moves on to tonights semifinals where he will meet Eyk Pokorny of Germany.

Arrue, of Alburtis, Pa., also moved into the semifinals by defeating Igor Chtchelinski of Russia. Arrue, who placed fifth in the mens match sprint at the 1996 UCI World Championships, will meet 1995 world match sprint champion Darryn Hill of Australia in the semifinals.

Reinhart, of Macungie, Pa., moved into the quarterfinals of the womens match sprint by upsetting Canadian Lori Muenzer in the first round. The 20-year-old American will face another Canadian, 1993 world match sprint champion Tanya Dubnicoff, in the quarterfinals. Another American, Jennie Reed, of Issaquah, Wash., advanced to the quarterfinals by winning her repechage round. She will face Olympic silver medalist Michelle Ferris of Australia. The womens sprint event concludes Saturday.

In the mornings other event, Russia and the United States qualified first and second, respectively, in the team pursuit. The two nations will square off in tonights final. Tonights session will also include the mens points race, featuring Olympic silver medalist Brian Walton of Canada.

The Lehigh Valley Velodrome round of the UCI World Track Cup is the second of six events used as qualifiers for the UCI World Track Championships, scheduled for late August in Australia. Thirty-one nations are competing in Trexlertown, the first time a World Track Cup has been held in the United States since 1994.

Session One Results

Mens Match Sprint, Quarterfinals

Darryn Hill, Australia, def. Frederic Magne, France.
Marty Nothstein, Trexlertown, Pa., def. Sean Eadie, Australia.
Eyk Pokorny, Germany, def. Lampros Vasilopoulos, Greece.
Marcelo Arrue, Alburtis, Pa., def. Igor Chtchelinski, Russia.

Semifinal pairings: Hill vs. Arrue; Nothstein vs. Pokorny.

Womens Match Sprint, 1/8 Finals

Galina Enioukhina, Russia, def. Rita Razmaite, Lithuania.
Michele Ferris, Australia, def. Yumari Gonzalez, Cuba.
Felicia Ballanger, France, def. Ulrike Weichelt. Germany.
Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada, def. Giovanna Troldi, Italy.
Nicole Reinhart, Macungie, Pa., def. Lori Muenzer, Canada.
Magali Marie Faure, France, def. Jennie Reed, Issaquah, Wash.

Repechage winners: Reed and Muenzer.

Quarterfinal pairings: Enioukhina vs. Muenzer; Ferris vs. Reed; Ballanger vs.
Faure; Dubnicoff vs. Reinhart.

Team Pursuit Qualifying

1. Russia (Anton Chantyr, Edouard Gritsoun, Nikolai Kouznetsov, Alexei
Markov), 4 mins, 18.964 secs; 2. United States (Mariano Friedick, Brentwood,
Calif.; Adam Laurent, Shell Beach, Calif.; Adam Payne, Newnan, Ga.; Christian
VandeVelde, Lemont, Ill.), 4:24.731; 3. Spain (Adolfo Alperi Plaza, Miguel
Alzamora Riera, Isaac Galvez Lopez, Ivan Herrero), 4:28.050; 4. Argentina
(Gustavo Artacho, Angel Colla, Sebastian Donadio, Gonzalo Garcia), 4:28.777.

Finals pairings: Russia vs. United States (first and second); Spain vs.
Argentina (third and fourth).

SESSION TWO REPORT

Australian Darryn Hill stole the spotlight from American Marty Nothstein Saturday night in the World Track Cup at Lehigh Valley Velodrome.

In front of a partisan crowd in Nothsteins hometown, Hill, the 1995 world sprint champion, won the mens match sprint final in two rides.

"Darryn was the man tonight," a disappointed Nothstein said. "That wasnt the real Marty out there."

Nothstein has been suffering from a fever since he returned from the first round of World Track Cup last week in Colombia.

"The way I was feeling tonight, I just wanted to make it to the final."

He lost his opening semifinal ride to German Eyk Pokorny, then won the next two rides to advance to face Hill. Pokorny defeated American Marcelo Arrue, Alburtis, Pa., for third place.

Nothstein, the current world keirin champion, will compete in that event Saturday, the last day of the competition.

In other action Saturday night, Canadian Brian Walton won the mens points race, edging Julian Dean of New Zealand and Michael Sandstod of Denmark. Walton, the Olympic silver medalist in the event, said he had not competed on the track since the Olympics. American Mariano Friedick, Brentwood, Calif., was seventh.

In the team pursuit, Russia set a new Lehigh Valley Velodrome track record in the final with a time of four minutes, 15.381 seconds, defeating the United States in the final. Spain was third.

World and Olympic champion Felicia Ballanger of France moved into the semifinals of the womens sprint, where she will face Olympic silver medalist Michelle Ferris of Australia. Galina Enioukhina of Russia will face Canadian Tanya Dubnicoff in the other semifinal.

Action will conclude Saturday. Other finals include the keirin, Olympic sprint, Madison and womens individual pursuit. The womens individual pursuit field includes American Rebecca Twigg, Colorado Springs, Colo., the six-time world champion, three-time world champion Jeannie Longo of France and Olympic champion Antonella Bellutti of France.

Session Two Results

Team Pursuit, 4km

1. RUSSIA (ANTON CHANTYR, EDUOARD GRITSOUN, NIKOLAI KOUZNETSOV, ALEXEI
MARKOV), 4:15.381 (track record); 2. United States (Mariano Friedick,
Brentwood, Calif.; Adam Laurent, Shell Beach, Calif.; Adam Payne, Newnan,
Ga.; Christian Vande Velde, Lemont, Ill.), 4:24.907; 3. Spain (Adolfo Alperi,
Miguel Alzamora, Isaac Galvez, Ivan Herrero), 4:24.02; 4. Argentina (Gustavo
Artacho, Angel Colla, Sebastian Donadio, Gonzalo Garcia), 4:25.48; 5.
Colombia (John Garcia, Yovani Lopez, Alexander Moncaleano, John Ramirez),
4:29.425; 6. Poland (Marcin Galazka, Robert Karsnicki, Marek Maciejewski,
Jaroslaw Rebiewski), 4:31.786; 7. New Zealand (Gary Anderson, Brendon
Cameron, Timothy Carswell, Lee Vertongen), 4:32.483; 8. Chile (Marcello
Arriagada, Marcos Arriagada, Alvaro Munoz, Richard Rodriguez), 4:40.751.

Mens Points Race

1. BRIAN WALTON (Canada), 28 pts (3 sprint wins); 2. Julian Dean (New
Zealand), 24 (3); 3. Michael Sandstod (Denmark), 22 (2); 4. Pavel
Khamidouline (Russia), 22 (1); 5. Brett Aitken (Australia), 21 (2); 6.
Gabriel Curuchet (Argentina), 14 (1); 7. Mariano Friedick, Brentwood, Calif.,
11 (1); 8. Shaun Wallace (Great Britain), 7 (1); 9. Jose Velasquez (Colombia),
7; 10. Juan Llaneras (Spain), 3.

Mens Match Sprint

1. DARRYN HILL (Australia); 2. Marty Nothstein, Trexlertown, Pa.; 3. Eyk
Pokorny (Germany); 4. Marcelo Arrue, Alburtis, Pa.; 5. Sean Eadie
(Australia); 6. Frederic Magne (France); 7. Lampros Vasilopoulos (Greece); 8.
Igor Chtchelinski (Russia); 9. Georgia Chimonetos (Greece); 10. Roger Furrer
(Switzerland).

Womens Match Sprint, Quarterfinals

Galina Enioukhina, Russia, def. Lori Muenzer, Canada.
Michelle Ferris, Australia, def. Jennie Reed, Issaquah, Wash.
Felicia Ballanger, France, def. Magali Marie Faure, France
Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada, def. Nicole Reinhart, Macungie, Pa.

Semifinal pairings: Enioukhina versus Dubnicoff; Ferris versus Ballanger.

Ster van Zeeland - Women

Stage 1, Koudekerke-Vlissingen:

 1. Mansveld (Gassleternijeveen) 70 km in 1.48.08
 2. Groen (Nieuw-Lekkerland)
 3. Leontien Van Moorsel (Rotterdam)
 4. Bohme (Ger)
 5. Brunen (Swifterband)