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Junior World Championships - CM Jr
Cape Town, South Africa, July 12-16, 2008
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Day 3 - July 14: Men 1000m TT, men points race, women sprint qualifiers, women team pursuit,
Bastille glory for France
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Day three of the UCI Junior World Cycling Championships saw some exciting racing at the Bellville Velodrome. The Sprint competition began in earnest today for the women as they began the battle for the prestigious sprint title. German rider, Kristina Vogel, was considered the rider to beat but only managed to qualify third in the opening round. Russia's Victoria Baranova set the fastest qualifying time of 11"918 seconds and was the only rider to qualify under the 12-second mark. Tomorrow will see the Sprints come to a head with the finals being held in the afternoon.
The Ladies Team Pursuit provided some close racing amongst the top four nations. The final was a show of dominance by the Australian trio of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Megan Dunn and Sarah Kent who recorded a time of 3'37"138. The Australians quickly established the lead and the New Zealand team were powerless to respond to the pace the Australians set. Belgium put in an inspired ride against the Russians to take the bronze medal.
The surprise of the day came in the one-kilometre time trial for men. Obviously inspired by the storming of the Bastille, French rider Quentin Lafargue took the gold ahead of the Australian, Thomas Palmer, who was expected to repeat his gold medal ride from one year ago. Lafargue recorded a time of 1'03"860 for the timed kilometer ahead of the Australians Thomas Palmer and Scott Law.
The highlight of the evening's racing was the points race for men over 25 kilometres. American prodigy Taylor Phinney and Australian, Luke Durbridge, were amongst the favourites to take the title. The Points Race got off to a blazing start with riders frantically trying to elude the peleton. Six riders managed to lap the field on two separate occasions. Amongst those riders were Belgian Tosh van der Sande, New Zealander Jason Christie, Chilean Cristobal Olavarria and pre-race favourite Luke Durbridge. Taylor Phinney was unable make a successful breakaway due to being too well marked by the other competitors. Van der Sande rode very consistently throughout the race and reaped the benefits of his hard work by winning the gold with 49 points ahead of second placed rider, Cristobal Olavarria on 46 points and Australian Luke Durbridge taking bronze with 45 points.
The racing resumes tomorrow at 14:30 at the Bellville Velodrome with the first rounds of the Men's Sprints and the finals of the Women's Sprints being the highlights of the day. Tuesday will also see the much anticipated Madison event for the men and if history is anything to go by this event will be sure to provide the crowd with some spectacular racing.
Entrance is free. The track racing will continue tomorrow and Wednesday, the Time Trial takes place in Wellington on Friday, July 18 with the individual road race, through the streets of Cape Town on Sunday, July 20.
For more information, results, start lists and road closure details go to www.juniorworlds.co.za
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- The Australian team won the team pursuit
- The podium of the men's points race (l-r) Cristobal Olavarria (Chile), Tosh Van Der Sande (Belgium) and Luke Durbridge (Australia).
- Quentin Lafargue (France) took out the 1000 metre time trial.
Results
Men's 1000m time trial 1 Quentin Lafargue (France) 1.03.9 (56.373 km/h) 2 Thomas Palmer (Australia) 1.04.8 (55.531 km/h) 3 Scott Law (Australia) 1.05.5 (54.974 km/h) 4 Thierry Jollet (France) 1.05.9 (54.596 km/h) 5 Myron Simpson (New Zealand) 1.06.7 (53.972 km/h) 6 Loris Paoli (Italy) 1.06.8 (53.874 km/h) 7 Nikolay Zhurkin (Russian Federation) 1.07.0 (53.721 km/h) 8 Sam Steele (New Zealand) 1.07.3 (53.521 km/h) 9 Trevor Griffiths (Australia) 1.08.0 (52.917 km/h) 10 Joachim Eilers (Germany) 1.08.2 (52.784 km/h) 11 Karol Kasprzyk (Poland) 1.08.2 (52.779 km/h) 12 Christian Leand Tamayo Saavedra (Colombia) 1.08.4 (52.599 km/h) 13 Hyung Min Choe (Korea) 1.09.3 (51.955 km/h) 14 Marek Benda (Czech Republic) 1.09.4 (51.84 km/h) 15 Jonathan Fabian Jimenez Canoles (Colombia) 1.10.0 (51.42 km/h) 16 Davide Magon (Italy) 1.10.5 (51.041 km/h) 17 Ryu Sasaki (Japan) 1.10.5 (51.031 km/h) 18 Shota Takahashi (Japan) 1.12.2 (49.832 km/h) 19 Pablo Ramirez (Chile) 1.12.5 (49.649 km/h) 20 Jesper Asselman (Netherlands) 1.12.9 (49.373 km/h) Men's points race 1 Tosh Van Der Sande (Belgium) 49 2 Cristobal Olavarria (Chile) 46 3 Luke Durbridge (Australia) 45 4 Fabio Felline (Italy) 43 5 Jason Christie (New Zealand) 39 6 Dae Eun Kim (Korea) 27 7 Carlos Daniel Linares Zambrano (Venezuela) 26 8 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain) 25 9 Julien Duval (France) 24 10 Vitaly Barbas (Russian Federation) 24 11 Josef Manousek (Czech Republic) 23 12 Thomas Juhas (Germany) 23 13 Yoeri Havik (Netherlands) 20 14 Yu Motosuna (Japan) 17 15 Taylor Phinney (United States Of America) 8 16 Cyrille Thierry (Switzerland) 5 17 Daniel Alexande Jaramillo Diez (Colombia) 3 18 Alexander Emanu Caselles (Argentina) 2 19 Piotr Chatlas (Poland) 1 20 Ryan Aitcheson (Canada) DNF Sean Patrick Downey (Ireland) Women's sprint 200m qualifying 1 Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation) 11.918 (60.413 km/h) 2 Won Gyeong Kim (Korea) 12.003 (59.985 km/h) 3 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 12.096 (59.524 km/h) 4 Annette Edmondson (Australia) 12.182 (59.104 km/h) 5 Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei) 12.199 (59.021 km/h) 6 Olivia Montauban (France) 12.207 (58.983 km/h) 7 Laurie Berthon (France) 12.411 (58.013 km/h) 8 Magali Baudacci (France) 12.617 (57.066 km/h) 9 Gabriela Slamova (Czech Republic) 12.739 (56.519 km/h) 10 Aleksandra Drejgier (Poland) 12.89 (55.857 km/h) 11 Kornelia Maczka (Poland) 12.928 (55.693 km/h) 12 Colleen Hayduk (United States Of America) 12.979 (55.474 km/h) 13 Erika Alanis (Mexico) 13.111 (54.916 km/h) 14 Carolina Buenaventura (Ecuador) 13.124 (54.861 km/h) 15 Galina Streltsova (Russian Federation) 13.174 (54.653 km/h) 16 Marines Chiquin Prada Rodriguez (Venezuela) 13.194 (54.57 km/h) 17 Yoshiko Kondo (Japan) 13.409 (53.695 km/h) 18 Kayono Maeda (Japan) 13.457 (53.504 km/h) 1/8 finals Heat 1 1 Laurie Berthon (France) 13.303 (54.123 km/h) 2 Kayono Maeda (Japan) Heat 2 1 Magali Baudacci (France) 13.198 (54.554 km/h) 2 Yoshiko Kondo (Japan) Heat 3 1 Marines Chiquin Prada Rodriguez (Venezuela) 13.861 (51.944 km/h) 2 Gabriela Slamova (Czech Republic) Heat 4 1 Aleksandra Drejgier (Poland) 13.195 (54.566 km/h) 2 Galina Streltsova (Russian Federation) Heat 5 1 Kornelia Maczka (Poland) 13.571 (53.054 km/h) 2 Carolina Buenaventura (Ecuador) Heat 6 1 Colleen Hayduk (United States Of America) 13.935 (51.668 km/h) 2 Erika Alanis (Mexico) 1/4 finals Heat 1 - Race 1 1 Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation) 12.952 (55.59 km/h) 2 Magali Baudacci (France) Heat 1 - Race 2 1 Victoria Baranova (Russian Federation) 12.963 (55.543 km/h) 2 Magali Baudacci (France) Heat 2 - Race 1 1 Won Gyeong Kim (Korea) 12.577 (57.247 km/h) 2 Laurie Berthon (France) Heat 2 - Race 2 1 Won Gyeong Kim (Korea) 12.848 (56.04 km/h) 2 Laurie Berthon (France) Heat 3 - Race 1 1 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 12.331 (58.389 km/h) 2 Olivia Montauban (France) Heat 3 - Race 2 1 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 12.953 (55.586 km/h) 2 Olivia Montauban (France) Heat 4 - Race 1 1 Annette Edmondson (Australia) 13.397 (53.743 km/h) 2 Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei) Heat 4 - Race 2 1 Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei) 13.227 (54.434 km/h) 2 Annette Edmondson (Australia) Heat 4 - Race 3 1 Annette Edmondson (Australia) 12.747 (56.484 km/h) 2 Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei) Quarter final 5-8 ride 5 Olivia Montauban (France) 13.398 (53.739 km/h) 6 Laurie Berthon (France) 7 Magali Baudacci (France) DNF Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei) Women's 3000m team pursuit Qualifying 1 Australia 3.41.5 (48.762 km/h) Ashlee Ankudinoff Megan Dunn Sarah Kent 2 New Zealand 3.43.7 (48.285 km/h) Sequoia Cooper Gemma Dudley Cathy Jordan 3 Belgium 3.45.7 (47.842 km/h) Evelyn Arys Jessie Daams Jolien D'hoore 4 Russia 3.46.4 (47.713 km/h) Irina Mironenko Elena Lichmanova Lidia Malakhova 5 Italy 3.53.9 (46.173 km/h) Giada Balzan Rossella Callovi Valentina Scandolara Final 1 Australia 3.37.1 (49.738 km/h) Ashlee Ankudinoff Megan Dunn Sarah Kent 2 New Zealand 3.44.8 (48.042 km/h) Sequoia Cooper Gemma Dudley Cathy Jordan 3 Belgium 3.42.5 (48.55 km/h) Evelyn Arys Jessie Daams Jolien D'hoore 4 Russia 3.45.7 (47.858 km/h) Irina Mironenko Elena Lichmanova Lidia Malakhova
