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World Track Championships - CM

Stuttgart, Germany, July 30 - August 3, 2003

Preview    Event program and results 

2003 Track World Championships: Showdown in Stuttgart

By Jeff Jones

Form Czech before the start
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This year's Track Cycling World Championships will be held in Stuttgart, Germany, between July 30 and August 3. Originally scheduled for Shenzhen, China, the Championships had to be relocated to Stuttgart due to the unwillingness of several countries to send teams to China because of the threat of SARS. Stuttgart last hosted the World's in 1991, and will host the World Road Championships in 2007.

The events kick off on Wednesday morning with the men's kilo and women's 24 km points race. In the evening, the men's 15 km scratch race is the only event on offer. Thursday morning sees the first rounds of the men's and women's 4000/3000m individual pursuits, with the men's final held that evening. Also the men's keirin competition and the women's 500m time trial will be held on Thursday.

On Friday morning, the men will line up again for the 4000m team pursuit qualifying, with the finals to be held on Saturday evening. The men's sprint qualifying, men's 40 km points race, and women's keirin will all be held on Friday. Saturday sees the women's scratch race as well as the first rounds of the women's sprint, followed by the final of the team pursuit and men's sprint in the evening. The racing concludes on Sunday with the final of the women's sprint, the men's 51.4 km madison and men's team sprint.

Last year in Copenhagen Australia cleaned up at the Track World's, but will have a tougher task this year in the absence of Brad McGee and Sean Eadie, both of whom were gold medallists at last year's World's. McGee opted to pull out after suffering strange bouts of hypoglycaemia during the Tour de France, while Eadie returned home from German to Sydney due to a recurring knee injury. Australia will be relying on Luke Roberts and Mark Jamieson in the pursuit and Mark French, Jobie Dajka and Graeme Brown in the men's sprint events. In the women's races, Alison Wright, Kate Bates and Katie Mactier will line up in the pursuit, while Rochelle Gilmore, Rosalee Hubbard and the Meares sisters will ride in the points, scratch and sprint events.

Tournant's back
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France will once again field a strong team, with the likes of Arnaud Tournant, Laurent Gane, Mickael Bourgain, Franck Perque, Jerome Neuville and Marion Clignet in their ranks, along with Phillippe Gaumont to ride the individual pursuit, Fresh after finishing the Tour.

Great Britain is taking its top sprinters Chris Hoy, Craig Maclean, Jason Queally, Jamie Staff and Ross Edgar, while the endurance riders Bryan Steel, Brad Wiggins, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning and Chris Newton will try and take a gold in at least one of the pursuit events.

The host nation Germany will come to Stuttgart with their best riders, including 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Robert Bartko for the individual pursuit, who is a surprise replacement for Jens Lehmann. Daniel Becke is also entered for the pursuit, and he and Bartko will combine with Christian Bach, Guido Fulst and Sebastian Siedler to try and re-create the "dream team" that won them Olympic Gold in the team pursuit as well as going under the four minute barrier. In the sprint events, Soren Lausberg, Jan van Eijden, Stefan Nimke, Carsten Bergmann, Matthias John, Jens Fiedler and Rene Wolff will form a formidable contingent. Katrin Meinke and Katrin Freitag will line up in the women's sprint events, while Christina Becker and Anke Wichmann are probably the ones to watch in the endurance events.

The other countries perhaps don't boast so much depth in track, however there are still a number of standout riders, such as Joan Llaneras and (Spain, points/madison), Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus, sprint), Ainars Kiksis (Latvia, sprint), Josiah Ng (Malaysia, sprint), Robert Slippens and Danny Stam (Netherlands, madison), Leontien Zijlaard van Moorsel (Netherlands, pursuit), Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand, pursuit), Oksana Grichina and Olga Slioussareva (Russia, sprint), Jame Carney and Colby Pearce (USA, madison) and Tanya Lindenmuth (USA, sprint).

 

Wednesday

Mens Individual Pursuit - Qualifying

 

Opening ceremony -  

 

Mens Kilometer t.t. - Final

 

Womens Points race 24 km - Final

Mens Kilometer t.t. - Award ceremony

Mens Scratch 15 km - Final

Womens Points race 24 km - Award ceremony

Mens Scratch 15 km - Award ceremony

 

 

 

Thursday

Mens Individual pursuit - 1st round

 

Mens Keirin - 1st round

 

Womens Individual pursuit - Qualifying

Mens Keirin - Repechages

Mens Keirin - 2nd round

Womens 500m t.t. - Final

Mens Keirin - Final places 7 to 12

Mens Keirin - Final 1 - 6

Womens 500m t.t. - Award ceremony

Mens Individual pursuit - Finals 3-4 & 1-2

Mens Keirin - Award ceremony

Mens Individual pursuit - Award ceremony

 

 

 

Friday

Mens Team pursuit - Qualifying

 

Mens Sprint 200m t.t. (18) - Qualifying

 

Womens Individual pursuit - 1st round

 

Womens Keirin - 1st round

Mens Sprint - 1/16 Final

Womens Keirin - Repechages

Mens Sprint - Repechages 1/16

Womens Keirin - 2nd round

Mens Sprint - 1/8 Final

Womens Individual pursuit - Finals 3-4 & 1-2

Womens Keirin - Final places 7 to 12

Mens Sprint - Repechages 1/8

Mens Points race 40 km - Final

Mens Sprint - 1/4 Final 1st heat

Womens Individual pursuit - Award ceremony

Womens Keirin - Final 1 - 6

Mens Sprint - 1/4 Final 2nd heat

Mens Points race 40 km - Award ceremony

 

Womens Keirin - Award ceremony

 

Mens Sprint - 1/4 Final ( 3rd i.r. )

 

 

 

Saturday

Womens Sprint 200m t.t. (18) - Qualifying

 

Mens Team pursuit - 1st round

 

Mens Sprint - 1/2 Final 1st heat

 

Womens Sprint - 1/16 Final

Mens Sprint - 1/2 Final 2nd heat

Womens Sprint - Repechages 1/16

Womens Scratch 10 km - Final

Mens Sprint - 1/2 Final ( 3rd i.r. )

Womens Sprint - 1/8 Final

Mens Sprint - 9th to 12th places

Mens Sprint - 5th to 8th places

Mens Sprint - Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (1st )

Womens Sprint - Repechages 1/8

Mens Team pursuit - Final 3-4 & 1-2

Womens Sprint - 1/4 Final 1st heat

Mens Sprint - Final 3-4 & 1-2 (2nd)

Womens Scratch 10 km - Award ceremony

Womens Sprint - 1/4 Final 2nd heat

Mens Sprint - Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (3rd)

 

Mens Team pursuit - Award ceremony

 

Mens Sprint - Award ceremony

 

Womens Sprint - 1/4 Final ( 3rd i.r. )

 

 

 

Sunday

Womens Sprint - 1/2 Final 1st heat

 

Mens Team sprint - Qualifying

 

Womens Sprint - 1/2 Final 2nd heat

 

Mens Madison 51.4 km - Final

Womens Sprint - 1/2 Final ( 3rd i.r. )

Mens Team sprint - 1st round

Womens Sprint - Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (1st)

Womens Sprint - 9th to 12th places

Womens Sprint - 5th to 8th places

Mens Madison 51.4 km - Award ceremony

Womens Sprint - Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (2nd)

Mens Team sprint - Finals 3-4 & 1-2

Womens Sprint - Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (3rd)

Mens Team sprint - Award ceremony

Womens Sprint - Award ceremony