World Masters Track Championships - CMM

Manchester, UK, September 7-13, 2003

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Day 7 - September 12: Team Sprint, Points Race

As the World Masters Track Cycling Championships came to a close, Great Britain and USA both ended the Championships with 11 Golds, but the host nation takes pole position having won more Silver medals.

The final event was the Muratti Cup, which brought the Championships to a dramatic climax as British rider Bryan Taylor brought the Cup back to Britain.

Muratti Cup - 'Race of Champions'

The Muratti Cup, also known as the "Race of Champions", was first held on 8th July 1899, when a field of twenty three riders contested the 10 mile Manchester Wheelers event. The race was not contested for between 1976 and 2000. In 2001 it was held for the first time at the World Masters Track Championships here in Manchester, when Australia's Danny Clark headed the field home. Last year it was Peter Coulson of Australia.

Bryan Taylor produced a devastating sprint to win the Muratti Cup. He was followed home by another British rider, Shaun Wallace, with Grant Law of Australia third.

Four riders lapped the field with just under half the race remaining. Other riders tried in vain to escape the field. The four leaders watched each other as the speed built. Law headed the field with Wallace in close attention but it was Taylor of the VC Londres club who moved into the winning position with less than a lap to go. Wallace, who is now based in the USA but represents the Harlow club when in Britain, closed down coming round the final bend but Taylor was not going to be denied victory. Last year's winner, Peter Coulson of Australia, was the other rider to lap the field and he finished fourth.

Alan Geldard Trophy Race

Steve Davies won the Alan Geldard Trophy Race with a blistering final sprint. Davies, a member of the Ferry Hill Wheelers, was one of six riders who escaped from the bunch to lap the field. Five of these contested the final sprint. Great Britain filled the top three places, following Davies home was Dick Cubison of Rutland Cycling club, and Liverpool's Willi Moore. The other two who lapped the field were Canada's Christopher Anstey and Clive Burr of the VC Londres club.

Men's Open Team Sprint (Olympic Sprint)

In a closely fought final a team calling themselves "The Empire Strikes Back", made up of two British rivals and one from South Africa, raced to gold in 48.766sec finishing just 0.098sec ahead of "Global Locate" made up of Wikus Esterhuizen of South Africa, Britain's Stefan Collins and Kirk Whiteman of the USA. Bronze went to the Manchester based team "Yatsumitsu Schlapp Dasche" comprised of Ian Sharp, David Robson and Graham Wilman all from Britain, who recorded 50.190.

Men's Age Group 35 years plus Team Sprint (Olympic Sprint)

A team made up of Gil Hatton from the USA, Britain's Dave Le Grys and Australia's Geoff Stoker and calling themselves "Just For The Record", established two world masters best time on their way to winning gold. In the qualifying round they recorded 49.138sec to shave 0.152 off the previous mark. In the final they shaved a further 0.827sec off their time when they covered the three laps in 48.311sec.

Silver went to a team of three Americans, Stanley Gregg, Don Langley and Kenneth Todd, calling themselves "Greggs Specialized" collected silver with a time of 50.482sec. "Team Manns" comprised of two Americans and one Australian finished in the bronze position in 50.684sec.

Men's Age Group 60 - 64 years - Points Race

Victor Copeland completed a clean sweep of all titles in his age category. The American rider won every sprint in the points race to amass 20 points, 11 more than his nearest rival. Earlier in the week he was unbeatable in the Sprint, 500m Time Trial and 2000m Pursuit.

Manfred Nepp of Germany, collected the Silver with 9 points just ahead of Henry Fort Pino of France. This completed a hat trick of medals for the French competitor. His others were Silver in the Sprint and Bronze in the Pursuit.

Men's Age Group 65 years plus - Points Race

Brian Dacey of Great Britain, collected his second gold medal when he out sprinted his rivals to win the 10 kilometre Points Race. Dacey a member of the London based De Laune CC, gained 14 points to finish two points ahead of fell Brit Roland Crayford. Bronze went to Keith Harrison of the USA.

Dacey's previous title victory came in the 2,000m Pursuit. His win in the Points completed a hat trick for Dacey as he also collected bronze in the Sprint. Crayford went one better with four medals his others were gold in the Sprint and silvers in the Time Trial and Pursuit. Harrison's bronze was also his fourth but two came in the 70 plus category where he won both the Sprint and Pursuit. The American was also second in the Sprint in this category.

Women's Age Group 30-39 years - Points Race

Angela Hunter collected Gold in the final event of the Championships to put Great Britain on top of the medal table. Hunter and Bronwyn Law-Viljoen of South Africa battled for the points at each sprint. Hunter, a member of the GS Strade team, won the final two sprints to take Gold with 25 points.

Law-Viljoen gained 19 points to take Silver and complete a hat trick of medals. Her others were Gold in the 500m Time Trial and Silver in the Pursuit. Joy Nixon of Great Britain collected Bronze. Nixon of the London based VC Londres, finished with 13 points. Great Britain and USA both ended the Championships with 11 Golds, but the host nation takes pole position having more Silver medals.

Women's Age Group 40 years plus - Points Race

Marion Bax of the Netherlands, collected her second gold medal of the week when she gained a runaway victory in the 12.5 kilometre Points Race. The flying Dutch woman used her sprinting ability to amass 20 points, 11 more than her nearest rival South Africa's Paula Noah. The bronze went to Mexico's Isabel Leon Moncada.

For Bax it was her fourth medal. Her others were gold in the Sprint, silver in the Pursuit and bronze in the 500m Time Trial. For Noah it was the first time she did not gain the top spot on the victors rostrum. Earlier in the week she was victorious in both the 500m Time Trial and 2,000m Pursuit. Moncada had also visited the podium before and that had been in the number one spot, for she found her speed was just too good for her opponents in the Sprint.

Results

Men 35+ Team Sprint, 750m
 
1 Just For The Record                   49.138*
2 Greggs Specialized                    51.066
3 Norfolk And Good                      51.495
4 Team Manns                            51.632
5 Pca Cicolos Uno                       51.636
6 Davies Law                            52.216
7 Franco Argentines                     52.941
8 Pscc - Greggs                         53.537
9 Greggs Cascadia                       54.742
10 North Midlands Youth Squad           55.583
11 Team Scot-Usa                        56.914
12 Ploughmans Lunchers                  57.960
 
*New World Masters record
 
Final
 
3rd & 4th
 
3 Norfolk and Good
Steve Cronshaw (Great Britain)
Steve Pulford (Great Britain)
Mark Zaschke (Great Britain)
 
4 Team Manns
Ron Boyle (Australia)
Scott Butler (USA)
James Tainter (USA)
 
1st & 2nd
 
1 Just For The Record
Gil Hatton (USA)
David LeGrys (Great Britain)
Geoff Stoker (Australia)
 
2 Greggs Specialized
Stanley Gregg (USA)
Don Langley (USA)
Kenneth Todd (USA)
 
Men's Open Team Sprint, 750m
 
Qualifying Round
 
1 The Empire Strikes Back               49.113
2 Global Locate                         50.108
3 Yasumitsu Schlapp Dasche              50.349
4 The Track Team - Canada               51.532
5 John Howells Hammer Boyz              51.731
6 Track Stand                           52.312
7 Latinos Team                          54.078
 
Final
 
3rd & 4th
 
3 Yasumitsu Schlapp Dasche
Ian Sharp (Great Britain)
David Robson (Great Britain)
Graham Wilman (Great Britain)
 
4 The Track Team - Canada
Eric Beausejour (Canada)
John Sutherland (Canada)
Gerard Robert (Canada)
 
1st & 2nd
 
1 The Empire Strikes Back
Marco Librizzi (Great Britain)
Neil Potter (Great Britain)
Grenville Scullard (South Africa)
 
2 Global Locate
Wikus Esterhuizen (South Africa)
Stefan Collins (Great Britain)
Kirk Whiteman (USA)
 
Men 65+ Points Race, 10km - 40 laps
 
1 Brian Dacey (Great Britain)               14 pts   14.42.913
2 Roland Crayford (Great Britain)           12
3 Keith Harrison (USA)                      11
4 John Scott (Great Britain)                 2
5 Neil Orrell (Great Britain)                2
6 Richard Keller (Ireland)                   0
 
1 lap behind
 
7 Roger Smith (Great Britain)                1
8 Laurence Rissbrook (Great Britain)         0
 
2 laps behind
 
9 Atte Koskinen (Finland) 2 points
 
Women 40+ Points Race, 12.5km - 50 laps
 
1 Marion Bax (Netherlands)                  20 pts   18.31.917
2 Paula Noah (South Africa)                 11
3 Isabel Leon Moncada (Mexico)              10
4 Petra Kluender (Germany)                   5
5 Karen Byrne (Great Britain)                4
6 Jackie White (Great Britain)               3
7 Charlotte Miller (USA)                     2
8 Terry Roach (USA)
9 Sharon Padley (Great Britain)
10 Glynis Francis (Great Britain)
11 Olga Figueroa (Columbia)
12 Diane Scullard (South Africa)
 
1 lap behind
 
13 Evelyn Kenyon (Great Britain)
 
Men 35+ Team Sprint, 750m
 
3rd & 4th
 
3 Team Manns                            50.684
Ron Boyle (Australia)
Scott Butler (USA)
James Tainter (USA)
 
4 Norfolk And Good                      50.949
Steve Cronshaw (Great Britain)
Steve Pulford (Great Britain)
Mark Zaschke (Great Britain)
 
1st & 2nd
 
1 Just For The Record                   48.311*
Gil Hatton (USA)
David LeGrys (Great Britain)
Geoff Stoker (Australia)
 
*New World Masters record
 
2nd Greggs Specialized                  50.482
Stanley Gregg (USA)
Don Langley (USA)
Kenneth Todd (USA)
 
Men's Open Team Sprint, 750m
 
3rd & 4th
 
3 Yasumitsu Schlapp Dasche               50.19
Ian Sharp (Great Britain)
David Robson (Great Britain)
Graham Wilman (Great Britain)
 
4 The Track Team - Canada                51.46
Eric Beausejour (Canada)
John Sutherland (Canada)
Gerard Robert (Canada)
 
1st & 2nd
 
1 The Empire Strikes Back               48.766
Marco Librizzi (Great Britain)
Neil Potter (Great Britain)
Grenville Scullard (South Africa)
 
2 Global Locate                         48.864
Wikus Esterhuizen (South Africa)
Stefan Collins (Great Britain)
Kirk Whiteman (USA)
 
Men 60 - 64 Points Race, 10km - 40 laps
 
                                            20 pts   14.51.931
1 Victor Copeland (USA)                      9
2 Manfred Nepp (Germany)                     8
3 Henry Fort Pino (France)                   6
4 David South (Australia)                    1
5 Leonard Jones (Great Britain)
6 Peter Smith (Great Britain)
7 Victor Possee (Great Britain)
8 Minoru Mitsumoto (Japan)
9 Eric Holm Hansen (Denmark)
 
1 lap behind
 
10 Jose Salvador Moreno (Mexico) 0 points
 
Women 30 - 39 Points Race, 15km - 60 laps
 
1 Angela Hunter (Great Britain)             25 pts   23.11.551
2 Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (South Africa)        19
3 Joy Nixon (Great Britain)                 13
4 Carine Van Schie (Netherlands)             4
5 Nicky Peters (Great Britain)               3
6 Susan Carter (Great Britain)               2
7 Sara Laliberte (Canada)                    0
 
Alan Geldard Trophy Race - 8km
 
1 Steve Davies (Great Britain)       10.10.764
2 Dick Cubison (Great Britain)
3 Willi Moore (Great Britain)
4 Christopher Anstey (Canada)
5 Clive Burr (Great Britain)
6 Scott Porter (USA)
7 Mark Rodamaker (USA)
8 Bernhard Kluender (Germany)
 
Muratti Cup 10 Mile Scratch Race
 
1 Bryan Taylor (Great Britain)       19.55.561
2 Shaun Wallace (Great Britain)
3 Grant Law (Australia)
4 Peter Coulson (Australia)
 
1 lap behind
 
5 Mario Nell (South Africa)
6 Timothy Lawson (Great Britain)
7 Scott Laliberte (Canada)
8 David Nisbet (Great Britain)
9 Aubrey Gordon (British Guyana)
10 Juan Carlos B’diano Contero (Equador)
11 Simon Layfield (Great Britain)
12 Trevor Graham (South Africa)
13 John Cole (USA)
14 Guy Cook (Great Britain)
15 Christopher Adamson (Great Britain)
16 William Byrne (Ireland)
17 Jose Dario Hernandez (Columbia)
18 Matthew Loupis (Australia)
 
Best Rider Awards
 
Women
 
50+ Terry Roach (USA)
45-49 Marion Bax (Netherlands)
40-44 Paul Noah (South Africa)
35-39 Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (South Africa)
30-34 Carine Van Schie (Netherlands)
 
Men
 
65+ Roland Crayford (Great Britain)
60-64 Victor Copeland (USA)
55-59 Mark Rodamaker (USA)
50-54 Steve Davies (Great Britain)
45-49 Larry Nolan (USA) & Gilbert Hatton (USA)
40-44 Geoff Stoker (Australia) & Shaun Wallace (Great Britain)
35-39 Robert Veroba (Canada)
30-34 Peter Coulson (Australia)
 
Top Female - Marion Bax (Netherlands)
Top Male - Victor Copeland (USA)
Overall Top Rider - Victor Copeland (USA)

Final medal standings

                   Gold  Silver  Bronze
 
Great Britain        11      23      14
USA                  12       6      13
Australia             7       5       3
South Africa          5       2       2
Netherlands           3       2       1
Canada                3       1       3
Austria               2       1       1
Japan                 1               1
Mexico                1               1
Finland               1
Germany                       3
Trinidad                      1
France                        1       2
Guyana                        1
Ireland                               2
Argentina                             1
Columbia                              1
Denmark
Ecuador
Greece
Italy