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Session 5 - Morning, Sunday, January 22: Women: Scratch final; keirin final, Men: team sprint final; Madison final

Eight-lap Hammer blow wins scratch; golds for France and Argentina in team sprint, women's keirin and Madison

By Rob Jones in Los Angeles

Sarah Hammer (USA)
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer (USA)  raises arm in victory after the woman's scratch race

The Los Angeles round of the Track World Cup finished on Sunday with four events - the Madison, women's Scratch Race, women's Keirin and Team Sprint. France were the big winners with two titles, followed by the United States and Argentina with one apiece.

Sarah Hammer (USA) took her pursuiting skills onto the track for the Scratch Race, and won with an impressive display of power. Hammer and her countrywomen Rebecca Quinn had planned that Hammer would keep the speed high through the final laps to discourage breakaways, and to set up Quinn in a winning position for the final sprint. Instead, Hammer led for the final eight laps and won the race, with Quinn in second.

"Hammer was really strong." said Canada's Gina Grain. "She kept the speed at 47, 48 kilometres an hour which was enough to discourage anyone from passing, and then she upped the speed at the end and no one could cone round her."

"The plan going in was that I'm going to lead (for Quinn) - this is her race." explained Hammer. "I'm not a big fan of the pack; my big goal was not to crash. So the idea was for me to hang out at the back until 2 K to go. I got on the gas with 8 (laps) to go - 2 K - which was perfect for me.

"I was going 100% at the end and she (Quinn) was coming around, but it just happened that I stayed at the front. It's been a long time since American endurance women have worked together, but we are a great team, we support each other and it doesn't matter which one wins."

Clara Sanchez (France)
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(Click for larger image) Clara Sanchez (France)  in the qualifying keirin

Clara Sanchez (Fra), the world champion and World Cup leader in the Keirin confirmed that she is the dominant woman in the discipline by taking the title. Although it appeared that she had left it too late in the medal race, letting former Junior world champion Shuang Guo (Chn) take the lead into the start of the last lap, Sanchez had impressive speed coming through the final turn and straight, going over the top of Guo and Elisa Frisoni (Ita) for the win.

France took a second victory in the Team Sprint, up against the Polish squad. Led out by sprinters Gregory Bauge and Mickael Bourgain, the French beat Lukasz Kwiatkowski, Krzysztof Szmanek and Damian Zielinski by over one second. Australia (Ryan Bayley, Shane Kelly and Shane Perkins) beat the American Spike team (Stephen Alfred, Ben Barczewski and Giddeon Massie) for the bronze.

In the 120 lap Madison, Russia was the favoured squad, anchored by the indefatigable Mickhail Ignatiev. The duo took points in six of the eight sprints, and were well on their way to victory shortly after the halfway mark, when the Argentine squad of Walter Perez and Dario Colla broke away and took a lap on the field. The Dutch managed to jump clear at the same time, and joined Argentina a lap up on the field, making it a two team race. When the Dutch missed a handover prior to the second last sprint, and Argentina took second in both of the final two sprints, their victory was assured.

Eventual Madison winners
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(Click for larger image) Eventual Madison winners  Walter Perez & Dario Colla (Argentina) execute an exchange

Perez admitted that the plan had been to try and take a lap. "Our plan wasto wait until the middle of the race, after everyone was a little bit tired, and attack to gain a lap. With this team that was the plan. My previous partner was more of a sprinter, so we could go for the sprints, but now with both of us more endurance riders it is better to gain a lap."

Race Notes

The Netherlands overtook Germany to lead the nations rankings with one event remaining.

A number of riders will skip the final in Sydney, and not defend their leads in the overall standings. Ignatiev is joining his road team, Hammer, Bauge and Perez are among many who are planning to concentrate on preparing for the world championships in Bordeaux, France, rather than making the long flight to Sydney for the Final.

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Results

Women's scratch
 
Qualifying Heat 1
 
1 Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
2 Sarah Hammer (USA)
3 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain)
4 Alena Prudnikova (Russia)
5 Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand)
6 Pascale Schnider (Switzerland)
7 Monia Baccaille (Italy)
8 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
9 Ine Wannijn (Belgium)
10 Karolina Janik (Poland)
11 Iona Parks (Jamaica)
12 Mandy Poitras (Canada)
13 Jianling Wang (China)
14 Abril Tinajero (Mexico)
DNS Nina Köhn (Germany)
 
Qualifying Heat 2
 
1 Marlijn Binnendijk (Netherlands)
2 Rochelle Gilmore (Australia)
3 Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia)
4 Rebecca Quinn (USA) Spike
5 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
6 Gina Grain (Canada)
7 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
8 Dale Tye (New Zealand)
9 Yulia Arustamova (Russia)
10 Karelia Judith Machado Jaimes (Venezuela)
11 Katarzyna Jagusiak (Poland)
12 Sima Trapp (USA)
13 Yan Li (China)
14 Keyvi Triana (Mexico)
DNS Christina Becker (Germany)
 
Final
 
1 Sarah Hammer (USA)
2 Rebecca Quinn (USA) Spike
3 Yulia Arustamova (Russia)
4 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
5 Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia)
6 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain)
7 Gina Grain (Canada)
8 Monia Baccaille (Italy)
9 Alena Prudnikova (Russia)
10 Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand)
11 Karolina Janik (Poland)
12 Rochelle Gilmore (Australia)
13 Ine Wannijn (Belgium)
14 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
15 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
16 Karelia Judith Machado Jaimes (Venezuela)
17 Pascale Schnider (Switzerland)
18 Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
19 Dale Tye (New Zealand)
20 Marlijn Binnendijk (Netherlands)
 
Men's team sprint
 
Qualifying
 
1 France                                              45.392 (59.481km/h)
  Grégory Bauge
  Mickaël Bourgain
  François Pervis
2 Poland                                              45.997 (58.699km/h)
  Lukasz Kwiatkowski
  Krzysztof Szymanek
  Damian Zielinski
3 Australia                                           46.108 (58.558km/h)
  Ryan Bayley
  Ben Kersten
  Shane Perkins
4 Spike Professional                                  46.397 (58.193km/h)
  Stephen Alfred
  Benjamin Barczewski
  Giddeon Massie
5 Spain                                               46.475 (58.095km/h)
  Alvaro Alonso Rubio
  Salvador Melia Mangriñan
  José A. Villanueva Trinidad
6 United States                                       46.556 (57.994km/h)
  Kevin Belz
  Michael Blatchford
  Christian Stahl
7 Japan                                               46.598 (57.942km/h)
  Koji Hamada
  Kazuya Narita
  Yusho Oikawa
8 Germany                                             46.843 (57.639km/h)
  Marco Jäger
  Matthias John
  Jan Van Eijden
9 Russia                                              46.955 (57.501km/h)
  Sergey Borisov
  Denis Dmitriev
  Stoyan Vasev
10 Canada                                             47.097 (57.328km/h)
  Cam Mackinnon
  Yannik Morin
  Travis Smith
11 Greece                                             47.280 (57.106km/h)
  Athanasios Mantzouranis
  Konstandinos Pendarakis
  Panagiotis Voukelatos
12 China                                              47.326 (57.051km/h)
  Wu Dan
  Yong Feng
  Zhang Lei
13 Trinidad And Tobago                                49.827 (54.187km/h)
  Azikiwe Kellar
  Haseem McLean
  Christopher Sellier
 
Finals
 
Gold
 
1 France                                              45.299 (59.603km/h)
  Grégory Bauge
  Mickaël Bourgain
  François Pervis
2 Poland                                              46.377 (58.218km/h)
  Lukasz Kwiatkowski
  Krzysztof Szymanek
  Damian Zielinski
 
Bronze
 
1 Australia                                           45.867 (58.865km/h)
  Ryan Bayley
  Shane John Kelly
  Shane Perkins
2 Spike Professional                                  46.328 (58.280km/h)
  Stephen Alfred
  Benjamin Barczewski
  Giddeon Massie
 
Women's keirin
 
First round
 
Heat 1
 
1 Shuang Guo (China)
2 Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
3 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
4 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
5 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
6 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania)
DNF Dana Gloss (Germany)
 
Heat 2
 
1 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
2 Clara Sanchez (France)
3 Chloe Macpherson (Australia)
4 Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
5 Jinjie Gong (China)
6 Lyubov Shulyka (Ukraine)
7 Keyvi Triana (Mexico)
 
Heat 3
 
1 Jennie Reed (USA) Spike
2 Tamilla Abassova (Russia)
3 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)
4 Katrin Meinke (Germany)
5 Magdalena Sara (Poland)
6 Kerrie Meares (Australia)
7 Abril Tinajero (Mexico)
 
Repechage
 
Heat 1
 
1 Dana Gloss (Germany)
2 Lyubov Shulyka (Ukraine)
3 Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
4 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
5 Magdalena Sara (Poland)
 
Heat 2
 
1 Jinjie Gong (China)
2 Katrin Meinke (Germany)
3 Chloe Macpherson (Australia)
4 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania)
5 Abril Tinajero (Mexico)
 
Heat 3
 
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
2 Kerrie Meares (Australia)
3 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)
4 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
5 Keyvi Triana (Mexico)
 
Second round
 
Heat 1
 
1 Clara Sanchez (France)
2 Shuang Guo (China)
3 Kerrie Meares (Australia)
4 Dana Gloss (Germany)
5 Katrin Meinke (Germany)
DNF Tamilla Abassova (Russia)
 
Heat 2
 
1 Jinjie Gong (China)
2 Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
3 Jennie Reed (USA) Spike
4 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
5 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
6 Lyubov Shulyka (Ukraine)
 
Final 1-6
 
1 Clara Sanchez (France)
2 Shuang Guo (China)
3 Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
4 Jennie Reed (USA) Spike
5 Jinjie Gong (China)
6 Kerrie Meares (Australia)
 
Final 7-12
 
7 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
8 Dana Gloss (Germany)
9 Katrin Meinke (Germany)
10 Lyubov Shulyka (Ukraine)
11 Tamilla Abassova (Russia)
12 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
 
Men's Madison
 
Qualifying Heat 1
 
1 Netherlands                                        7 pts
  Jens Mouris
  Niki Terpstra
2 Ukraine                                            3
  Lyubomyr Polatayko
  Volodymyr Rubin
 
One lap behind  
 
3 Belgium                                            9
  Kenny De Ketele
  Steve Schets
4 Argentina                                          8
  Dario Colla
  Walter Perez
5 Team TIAA - CREF                                   6
  Michael Friedman
  Chad Hartley
6 Omnibike Dynamo M.                                 4
  Konstantin Ponomarev
  Alexey Shmidt
7 Denmark                                            4
  Michael Mørkøv
  Alex Rasmussen
8 Germany                                            3
  Karl-Christian König
  Christian Kux
9 France
  Jonathan Mouchel
  Jérôme Neuville
10 Switzerland
  Giuseppe Atzeni
  René Schibli
 
Two laps behind  
 
11 Hong Kong
  King Wai Cheung
  Kam Po Wong
 
Qualifting Heat 2
 
1 Russia                                            11 pts
  Mikhail Ignatiev
  Nikolay Trussov
2 New Zealand                                       10
  Jason Allen
  Anthony Chapman
3 Canada                                             5
  Zach Bell
  Martin Gilbert
4 Italy                                              5
  Angelo Ciccone
  Fabio Masotti
5 Slovakia                                           5
  Martin Liska
  Jozef Zabka
6 Czech Republic                                     3
  Jiri Hochmann
  Milan Kadlec
7 Mexico                                             2
  Chistian Barrios
  José Sanchez
8 Spain
  Aitor Alonso Granados
  Joan Llaneras Rossello
 
One lap behind  
 
9 Venezuela                                          3
  Miguel Ernesto Chacon Sosa
  Maximo Rojas
10 Spike Professional
  Ryan Luttrell
  Kevin Suhr
11 Guatemala
  Calanche J. David Estuardo
  Perez Laparra Miguel Angel
 
Final
 
1 Argentina                                          7 pts
  Dario Colla
  Walter Perez
2 Netherlands                                        4
  Jens Mouris
  Niki Terpstra
 
One lap behind  
 
3 Russia                                            17
  Mikhail Ignatiev
  Nikolay Trussov
4 Denmark                                           16
  Michael Mørkøv
  Alex Rasmussen
5 Italy                                             13
  Angelo Ciccone
  Fabio Masotti
6 Belgium                                            9
  Kenny De Ketele
  Steve Schets
7 Ukraine                                            5
  Lyubomyr Polatayko
  Volodymyr Rubin
8 Spain                                              1
  Aitor Alonso Granados
  Joan Llaneras Rossello
 
Two laps behind  
 
9 Team TIAA - CREF                                   7
  Michael Friedman
  Chad Hartley
10 Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                            5
  Konstantin Ponomarev
  Alexey Shmidt
11 Slovakia                                          4
  Martin Liska
  Jozef Zabka
12 Germany
  Karl-Christian König
  Christian Kux
13 Czech Republic
  Jiri Hochmann
  Milan Kadlec
DNF Canada
  Zach Bell
  Martin Gilbert
DNF Mexico
  Chistian Barrios
  José Sanchez
DNF New Zealand
  Jason Allen
  Anthony Chapman
DNF Venezuela
  Miguel Ernesto Chacon Sosa
  Maximo Rojas
DNS France
  Jonathan Mouchel
  Jérôme Neuville