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Los Angeles Track World Cup - CDM
ADT Velodrome, Carson, California, USA, December 10-12, 2004
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Session 5 - December 12 Afternoon
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First LA world cup wraps with Madison and keirin action
By Eddie Monnier
The final day of the Los Angeles World Cup event provided some spectacular racing and wrapped up the USA' first taste of World Cup talent on its newest and only indoor velodrome.
Women's keirin provides thrilling final
The women's keirin was packed with talent, including Natalia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) who had already taken out the Sprint and 500 meter gold medal for this World Cup (and Olympic bronze medalist in the 500 meter); double medalist Elisa Frisoni (silver, 500 meter and bronze, Sprints) of Italy; current world champion Clara Sanchez (France); current junior world champion Shuang Guo (China); Olympic double medalist Anna Meares (Australia, gold, 500 meter and bronze, sprint).
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Each of the heats was exciting but it was Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) who ultimately took out the title in a thrilling finale in a time of 12.167 (59.176 km/h). US rider Jeannie Reed - who won both her earlier heats with strong displays of power - tried to come over the top from dead last to the front with 1.5 laps to go. She was taken up the banking in turn one and couldn't quite get over Tsylinskaya who had led since the start. Pendleton powered to the line to take the win over Anna Meares (Australia) and leaving Tyslinskaya with the bronze.
Netherlands defeats Olympic champions in team sprint
The Netherlands posted a 45.258 (59.658 km/h) to qualify fastest and earn the right to face off against Olympic champions and current World Cup leader Germany for the gold / silver round. France and Japan would face each other in the bronze round. While the World Championships are admittedly a ways off, Australia's sprinters continued to struggle and qualified only fifth fastest. The Netherlands clawed its way back in the second half of its match against the Germans to take the win by 0.254 over Germany. France had a bit of an easier time with Japan who seemed to struggle to keep it together.
Women's scratch race
With 27 women entered for the scratch race, two qualifying heats were held with the top 10 in each advancing to the final. With so many qualifying, there was little incentive to drive the pace and both heats more or less waited for the field sprint. Rebecca Quinn (USA) won the first heat and Alexis Rhodes (Australia) took out the slightly faster second heat. The energy saved in the heats would be unleashed in the final which was completed at an average speed that was 5 km/hr faster. Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) and Elana Chalykh (Russia) were active throughout the race. The attacks were numerous but nobody got more than a half lap advantage over the field. The group was compact with five to go when Alexis Rhodes (Australia) hit the front and set tempo until inside of two to go when Mandy Poitras (Canada) came stomping over the top with teammate Gina Grain in tow. The leadout stalled as Yulia Arustamova (Russia) surged on the outside and gunned it all the way to the line for a win by several meters. Eleonora Soldo (Italy) grabbed the Silver while Emma Davies took Bronze to round out the podium.
Germany dominates a smoking fast Madison
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Fifteen two-man teams lined up for the Madison, always a crowd favorite, though a bit confusing for many spectators. The US team took out the first sprint, which stirred the vocal crowd, even though many were still hoarse from cheering Colby Pearce during the prior evening's men's points race. Belarus attacked and gained about half a lap before Russia really cranked up the chase to complete the catch before the second points sprint which was taken out by the Czechs to move into first while the Germans and the US were tied at just two points behind. The field split under the pressure of the second sprint. Germany and Russia, sensing the opportunity, went on the attack. The Czech team caught on to the break and the trio eventually gained a lap on the US, Australia, Denmark, Canada and Chile which trailed the rest of the field. An important tactical difference between a regular Points Race and a Madison is in the Madison, laps take precedence over points (whereas laps are converted to points in a Points Race).
Germany continued its move and powered off the front alone to add a lap advantage over the front of the field as well. That's not surprising given the duo was driven by talented pursuit strongman Robert Bartko. The Germans would eventually take another lap over the back group.
Greg Henderson and Peter Latham of New Zealand tried valiantly to take back a lap, but the most they could do was take out the 40-to-go sprint as they were caught at about 25 laps to go. Germany had the race well under control with at least a lap lead over everyone as well as a four point advantage over the next best Czech team. But there was a fierce battle among the Czechs, Russia, Great Britain, New Zealand and Ukraine, who were all on the same lap and separated by six or fewer points from each other.
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Unfortunately with about 9 laps to go both Great Britain riders hit the deck coming out of turn four. While clearly banged up, neither was badly hurt. Re-mounting their bikes to considerable crowd applause, the Brits re-entered the race. The Czechs took out the remaining sprint to end the day with 16 points (but down a lap on Germany which had 15 points) and claim the silver medal. The Russians edged New Zealand and Argentina by just two points for the bronze (New Zealand took fourth because of its better finish on the final sprint).
Bartko and his teammate Leif Lampater put on quite a display today. And if there were tired legs from the three days of racing, it didn't slow the race at all. The 40km event took just 44:15 (54.24 km/h) to complete. But I'm sure there are some tired legs now.
Closing thoughts
And so we close our coverage of this World Cup event. The event certainly provided an opportunity for organizers and athletes alike to test the facility and logistics. While many of the timed events were slower than some expected, Theo Bos' ripping fast kilometer of 1:01.768 shows it's not all attributable to the track. The fact is, for many of the riders, they've only begun their serious preparation following their post-Olympic Games break. Athletes at this level cannot rush back to peak fitness if they want to be at their best in March, when it matters the most. And we'll have a good idea of how fast the track is when everyone comes back in peak form for the world championships in March. But ultimately, it's the racers who make the races exciting, not the track surface. Don't miss it!
Photography
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Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com
- Better late than never - the Match Sprint awards were delayed a day (L to R) Arnaud Tournant (France), Mickaël Bourgain (France), and Kazuya Narita (Japan).
- Kazuya Narita (Japan) gets the series leader's jersey for the Sprint.
- Canada (Morin, McKinnon, Smith) in the Team Sprint.
- New Zealand (Beatson, Williams, Cresswell) in the Team Sprint.
- USA (Nelman, Massie, Stahl) in the Team Sprint.
- Ukraine (Lopatyuk, Tsyupyk, Vynokurov) in the Team Sprint.
- Netherlands (Bos, Mulder, Veldt) in the Team Sprint.
- Australia (Eadie, Bayley, Kersten) in the Team Sprint.
- Germany (Nimke, John, Bergmann) in the Team Sprint.
- Round 1 Repechage of Women's Keirin - Kristen Bayley (Australia), Willy Kanis (Netherlands), Oxana Grichina (Russia), and Chrysoula Zacharioudaki (Greece).
- Mandy Poitras (Canada) and Emma Davis (Great Britain) deliver Yulia Arustamova (Russia) with one lap to go.
- Yulia Arustamova (Russia) enjoys her win.
- Round 2 Heat 1 of the Women's Keirin, with Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) in first wheel.
- Round 2 of the Women's Keirin - Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia), Anna Meares (Australia), Clara Sanchez (Italy).
- Nikolai Troussov (Russia) throws in Mikhail Ignatiev in the Madison.
- Americans Colby Pearce and Marty Nothstein in the Madison.
- Germany's Robert Bartko and Leif Lampater in the Madison.
- Leif Lampater (Germany).
- Ashley Hutchinson (Australia) exchanges with Darren Young in the Madison.
- Germany's Leif Lampater and Robert Bartko.
- Robert Bartko (Germany)
- Colby Pearce (USA).
- Marty Nothstein (USA).
- Petr Lazar (Czech Republic) sends in Martin Blaha on the way to second place in the Madison.
- Great Britain's Russell Downing and Tony Gibb find themselves on the ground after Martin Blaha and Petr Lazar (Czech Republic) split their exchange.
- Germany's Leif Lampater and Robert Bartko celebrate their Madison victory.
- Robert Bartko and Leif Lampater bask in the applause.
- The women's Scratch Race podium - (L to R) Eleonoa Soldo (Italy), Yulia Arustamova (Russia), and Emma Davies (Great Britain)
- Kristine Bayley (Australia) at the start of the Women's Keirin minor final.
- Elisa Frisoni (Italy) wins the Women's Keirin Minor Final.
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia) drops down to take the moto in the Women's Keirin gold medal final.
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) nips Anna Meares (Australia) at the line in the Women's Keirin gold medal final.
- Madison gold medal winners, Germany's Robert Bartko and Leif Lampater.
- The Madison podium - (L to R) Blaha and Lazar (Czech Republic), Bartko and Lampater (Germany), and Troussov and Ignatiev (Russia)
- France (Didier Henriette, Bourgain, Tournant) in the Team Sprint.
- Germany (Carsten Bergmann, Nimke, John) in the Team Sprint.
- Netherlands (Teun Mulder, Veldt, Bos) in the Team Sprint.
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) drives it home for the gold medal in the Team Sprint.
- The Women's Keirin podium - (L to R) Anna Meares (Australia), Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) and Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia).
- Tamilia Abassova (Russia) takes the series keirin lead.
- The men's Team Sprint winners - Netherland's Theo Bos, Teun Mulder and Tim Veldt.
- Germany take the Team Sprint series lead - Matthias John, Stefan Nimke and Carsten Bergmann.
Images by Dana Ross/www.danarossphoto.com
- You have to be careful with the pins - a British team riders looks pensive.
- Bourgain and Tournant before the awards ceremony for their Silver and Gold in the Sprints.
- Robert Bartko and Leif Lampater took the Madison gold for Germany
- Belarus did great hand-offs
- The Aussies worked well together.
- The Ukraine riders did great hand-offs in the Madison.
- The German team with the great Robert Bartko.
- The Czechs came in second
- The Russians took third place with 8 points.
- The American home team of Marty Nothstein and Colby Pierce.
- The Russian pair executes a hand-over
- Great Britain crashed in the Madison. It was painful.
- Both G.B. riders went down...
- ...but they got back up again....
- ...and took 6th place with 5 points.
- The start of the Women's Keirin final race. You had better do what this man says - he has a gun.
Images by Mitch Friedman Photography
- Sebastion Donadio and Cancio Sebastian (Argentina) ride in the Madison
- Spain's Miguel Alzamora and Asier Maeztu in a fast and furious Madison
- Zach Bell and Martin Gilbert (Canada) exchange in the Madison
- Russia's Mikhail Ignatiev and Mikolai Troussov do the hand sling
- Ukraine riders Lyubomyr Polatayko and Vasyl Yakovlev show Argentina how to do the hand sling
- USA rider Colby Pearce slings in team-mate Marty Nothstein
- Eleonora Soldo of Italy 2nd place overall in Scratch 10K
- Russia's Yulia Arustamova - winner and World Cup leader in the Scratch race
- The women's keirin podium - 2nd Anna Meares (Australia), 1st Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) and 3rd Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia)
- Team Sprint podium - L-R Germany, Netherlands, France
- Top nation Award goes to Netherlands for the 1st time ever with 89 points for the World Cup weekend.
- Charlotte Becker (GER) gets ready to ride.
- Old style Campy cranks with new style wheels on a new Czech team bike
- Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) rode hard in the Scratch race and finished 14th
- Lydudmyla Vypyraylo (UKR) leads Eleonora Soldo (ITA), Charlotte Becker (GER) and Hungry's Andrea Hannos in the 10K Scratch final
- Match Sprint podium L-R 2nd Arnaud Tournant (FRA), 1st Mickael Bourgain (FRA), 3rd Kazuya Narita (JPN)
- LA cycling figure Alex Baum (far left) and VC La Grange founder Raymond Fouquet (ar right) with the Match Sprint top 3 riders
- British rider Victoria Pendleton on her way to winning the Women's keirin final
- World Champ Clara Sanchez of France finished 4th in the keirin
- France starts the Team Sprint with riders Mickael Bourgain, Didier Henriette and Arnaud Tournant. They went on to finish 3rd overall
- Team France and friends - L-R - Team Wrench, Velo Club La Grange Founder Raymond Fouquet, Arnaud Tournant, Didier Henriette, World Champ Carla Sanchez, Michael Bourgain and team manager.
- What do you do when you don't have to race and your teammates are? If you're Italian Martina Faccin you're cheering them on
- Madison Czech style - Martin Blaha and Petr Lazar went on to finish 2nd overall
- Elisa Frisoni (ITA) finished 7th in the Keirin final 7-12
- The 3 Italian women who rode the last day of the World Cup L-R: Elisa Frisoni, Eleonora Soldo and Giorgia Bronzini
- Jennie Reed (USA) has a very cool LOOK winter bike
- Madison Top 3 - L-R 2nd Martin Blaha, Petr Lazar (CZE) 1st Robert Bartko, Leif Lampater (GER), 3rd Mikhail Ignatiev, Kikolai Troussov (RUS)
- The tall German riders, Bartko and Lampater with the shortest Bella Woman at the World Cup, Italian Eleonora Soldo
Images by Mike Novitch
- The Ukrainian team giving it their all in the Team Sprints
- Local racer Johnny Walsh led more Keirin laps then anyone throughout the weekend
- Canadian team lining up to qualify for the Team Sprints.
- Bump and grind in the women's keirin final. USA's Jeanie Reed trying to come over the top
Results
Team sprint qualifying 1 Netherlands 45.258 (59.658km/h) Teun Mulder Theo Bos Tim Veldt 2 Germany 45.741 (59.028km/h) Matthias John Stefan Nimke Carsten Bergmann 3 France 46.297 (58.319km/h) Didier Henriette Arnaud Tournant Mickaël Bourgain 4 Japan 46.582 (57.962km/h) Terufumi Sakakieda Kazuya Narita Yusho Oikawa 5 Australia 46.662 (57.863km/h) Sean Eadie Ryan Bayley Ben Kersten 6 Poland 46.921 (57.544km/h) Lukasz Kwiatkowski Damian Zielinski Rafa Furman 7 United States 47.150 (57.264km/h) Ryan Nelman Gideon Massie Christian Stahl 8 Ukraine 47.271 (57.117km/h) Maksym Lopatyuk Yuriy Tsyupyk Andrei Vynokurov 9 Russia 47.876 (56.396km/h) Dmitry Leopold Sergey Polynskiy Vladimir Kiriltsev 10 Canada 48.069 (56.169km/h) Yannick Morin Cam Mackinnon Travis Smith 11 New Zealand 48.222 (55.991km/h) Daniel Beatson Andrew Williams David Cresswell 12 Greece 48.837 (55.286km/h) Panagiotis Voukelatos Athanasios Mantzoyranis Dimitrios Georgiou DNS Venezuela Alexander Cornieles Jhonny Hernandez Frederick Segura Team sprint finals Final for 3rd & 4th 1 France 46.401 (58.188km/h) Didier Henriette Mickaël Bourgain Arnaud Tournant 2 Japan 47.554 (56.778km/h) Kazuya Narita Terufumi Sakakieda Yusho Oikawa Final for 1st & 2nd 1 Netherlands 45.163 (59.783km/h) Teun Mulder Theo Bos Tim Veldt 2 Germany 45.417 (59.449km/h) Matthias John Stefan Nimke Carsten Bergmann Team sprint final classification 1 Netherlands Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt 2 Germany Carsten Bergmann Matthias John Stefan Nimke 3 France Mickaël Bourgain Didier Henriette Arnaud Tournant 4 Japan Kazuya Narita Yusho Oikawa Terufumi Sakakieda 5 Australia Ryan Bayley Sean Eadie Ben Kersten 6 Poland Rafa Furman Lukasz Kwiatkowski Damian Zielinski 7 United States Gideon Massie Christian Stahl Ryan Nelman 8 Ukraine Maksym Lopatyuk Yuriy Tsyupyk Andrei Vynokurov 9 Russia Vladimir Kiriltsev Dmitry Leopold Sergey Polynskiy 10 Canada Cam Mackinnon Travis Smith Yannick Morin Madison 1 Germany 15 pts 44.15 (53.523 km/h) Robert Bartko Leif Lampater One lap behind 2 Czech Republic 16 Martin Blaha Petr Lazar 3 Russia 10 Mikhail Ignatiev Nikolai Troussov 4 New Zealand 8 Gregory Henderson Peter Latham 5 Argentina 8 Sebastian Donadio Cancio Sebastian 6 Great Britain 6 Dean Downing Tony Gibb 7 Ukraine 5 Lyubomyr Polatayko Vasyl Yakovlev 8 Netherlands 4 Wim Stroetinga Niki Terpstra 9 Spain 3 Miguel Alzamora Riera Asier Maeztu 10 Belarus 1 Siarhei Daubniuk Yauheni Sobal Two laps behind 11 Australia 6 Ashley Hutchinson Darren Young 12 United States 5 Martin Wayne Nothstein Colby Pearce 13 Denmark 1 Michael Berling Alex Rasmussen 14 Chile Enzo Cesario Farias José Alfredo Medina Andrade DNF Canada Zach Bell Martin Gilbert DNF Kazakhstan Andrey Bozhko Damir Murzagaliyev Sprints 140 To Go 1 United States 5 pts 2 Ukraine 3 3 Czech Republic 2 4 Belarus 1 5 Chile 120 To Go 1 Germany 5 pts 2 Australia 3 3 Russia 2 4 Denmark 1 5 Ukraine 100 To Go 1 Czech Republic 5 pts 2 Argentina 3 3 Great Britain 2 4 Spain 1 5 Germany 80 To Go 1 Germany 5 pts 2 Czech Republic 3 3 Russia 2 4 Great Britain 1 5 New Zealand 60 To Go 1 Germany 5 pts 2 Russia 3 3 Ukraine 2 4 Netherlands 1 5 Australia 40 To Go 1 New Zealand 5 pts 2 Netherlands 3 3 Spain 2 4 Australia 1 5 Russia 20 To Go 1 Argentina 5 pts 2 Great Britain 3 3 Russia 2 4 Czech Republic 1 5 Ukraine Final 1 Czech Republic 5 pts 2 New Zealand 3 3 Australia 2 4 Russia 1 5 Argentina Women's scratch race 1 Yulia Arustamova (Russia) 13.15.394 (45.261km/h) 2 Eleonora Soldo (Italy) 3 Emma Davies (Great Britain) 4 Mandy Poitras (Canada) 5 Anna Webb (USA) 6 Gina Grain (Canada) 7 Rebecca Quinn (USA) 8 Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine) 9 Charlotte Becker (Germany) 10 Catherine Sell (New Zealand) 11 Szilvia Szabolcsi (Hungary) 12 Pascale Schnider (Switzerland) 13 Guerrero Mendez Belem (Mexico) 14 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) 15 Andrea Hannos (Hungary) 16 Alexis Rhodes (Australia) 17 Jacqueline Marshall (Great Britain) 18 Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 19 Elena Chalykh (Russia) Rel Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) Women keirin first round Heat 1 1 Jennie Reed (USA) 12.208 (58.978km/h) 2 Anna Meares (Australia) 3 Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 4 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 5 Chrysoula Zacharioudaki (Greece) DNS Angee Gonzalez VEN Heat 2 1 Shuang Guo (China) 12.645 (56.940km/h) 2 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 3 Oxana Grishina (Russia) 4 Daniela Claussnitzer (Germany) 5 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) Heat 3 1 Clara Sanchez (France) 11.807 (60.981km/h) 2 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 3 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 4 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 5 Elizabeth Williams (New Zealand) Rel Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia) Women keirin first round repechage Heat 1 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia) 12.448 (57.841km/h) 2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 3 Daniela Claussnitzer (Germany) 4 Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 5 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) Heat 2 1 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 12.198 (59.026km/h) 2 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 3 Oxana Grishina (Russia) 4 Elizabeth Williams (New Zealand) 5 Chrysoula Zacharioudaki (Greece) Women keirin second round Heat 1 1 Jennie Reed (USA) 12.208 (58.978km/h) 2 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 3 Oxana Grishina (Russia) 4 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 5 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 6 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) Heat 2 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia) 11.887 (60.570km/h) 2 Anna Meares (Australia) 3 Clara Sanchez (France) 4 Shuang Guo (China) 5 Daniela Claussnitzer (Germany) 6 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) Women keirin 7-12 7 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 12.388 (58.121km/h) 8 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 9 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 10 Daniela Claussnitzer (Germany) 11 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 12 Shuang Guo (China) Women keirin 1-6 1 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 12.167 (59.176km/h) 2 Anna Meares (Australia) 3 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia) 4 Clara Sanchez (France) 5 Oxana Grishina (Russia) 6 Jennie Reed (USA)
