World Track Championships - CM

Stuttgart, Germany, July 30 - August 3, 2003

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Keirin

Gane takes fast final

By Valkerie Mangnall in Stuttgart, Germany

French star Laurent Gane won a fiercely-contested keirin ahead of Australia's Jobie Dajka after Dajka led out with about two laps to go. Dajka said later that he hadn't wanted to get caught in the back of the keirin group, but his early moved gave Gane a lead-out and the French rider over-hauled him for the win. Barry Forde of Barbados took the bronze.

See our Day 2 Wrap for more on the final.

Round 1 - Scare for Dajka

Jens Fiedler in action
Photo: © Hennes Roth

Defending champion Jobie Dajka overcame a crash on the first lap of his keirin heat to qualify for tonight's second round at the world track cycling titles. The Australian fell after a clash of wheels going into the first bend and, with his feet locked into the pedals, had to pull himself up using the trackside barriers before rejoining the group. He failed to finish in the top two but breezed through his repechage, taking off with just under a lap to go and winning comfortably.

Dajka joins countrymen Mark French and Ryan Bayley in the next round, along with Barry Forde of Barbados. Forde progressed after winning his repechage the first time and then being forced into a repeat performance when the race was re-run because the derny rider did not leave the track correctly.

Also through are Germany's Rene Wolff and Jens Fiedler, Frenchmen Mickael Bourgain and Laurent Gane, Ross Edgar of Great Britain, Pavel Buran of the Czech Republic, Japan's Yuji Yamada and Malaysia's Josiah Ng.

Photos

Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de

• German coach Detlef Uibel explains to Jens Fiedler that he can't possibly ride with his hair in that state
• Jens Fiedler now realises the importance of having your hair done correctly for a major track meet
• Jens Fiedler gets the full treatment on his hair. Doesn't he know the story of Samson?
• "Just puff it up a little at the top." For a keirin racer, it's as much about looking good as it is about going fast. Jens Fiedler can do both.
• Jens Fiedler (Ger, L) in action during the opening round of the men's keirin. Intimidating hairdo effect is ruined by helmet.
• Action from the opening rounds of the men's keirin
• Rene Wolff (Ger) leads Mark French (Aus) in the first round of the men's keirin

More images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de

• Half way through the second heat in round two
• René Wolff tries to sneak through
• Jens Fiedler wins the 7th-12th ride-off
• Gane and Forde watch Dajka coming up on them
• Gane takes the win with Dajka second and Forde third
• Dajka, Gane and Forde on the podium
• Forde, the lone rider from Barbados, with his medal
• Laurent Gane doesn't look dissapointed with his win
• Gane waves to the crowd

Results

Round 1
 
Heat 1
 
1 Laurent Gane (Fra)
2 Yuji Yamada (Jpn)
3 Barry Forde (Bar)
4 Ivan Vrba (Cze)
5 Jobie Dajka (Aus)
6 Gideon Massie (USA)
 
Heat 2
 
1 René Wolff (Ger)
2 Mark French (Aus)
3 Ainars Kiksis (Lat)
4 Jonathan Marin (Col)
5 Martin Benjamin (Ned)
DNF Angel Martorell (Mex)
DNF Jaroslav Jerabek (Svk)
 
Heat 3
 
1 Ryan Bayley (Aus)
2 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)
3 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spa)
4 Ross Edgar (GBr)
5 Lampros Vasilopoulos (Gre)
6 Toshimasa Yoshioka (Jpn)
7 Stephen Alfred (USA)
 
Heat 4
 
1 Pavel Buran (Cze)
2 Jens Fiedler (Ger)
3 Peter Bazalik (Svk)
4 Jamie Staff (GBr)
5 Josiah Ng On Lam (Mas)
6 Hiroschi Tsutsumi (Jpn)
 Theo Bos (Ned)
 
Repechages
 
Heat 1
 
1 Barry Forde (Bar)
2 Lampros Vasilopoulos (Gre)
3 Jamie Staff (GBr)
REL Angel Martorell (Mex)
 
Heat 2
 
1 Ross Edgar (GBr)
2 Ainars Kiksis (Lat)
3 Gideon Massie (USA)
4 Martin Benjamin (Ned)
 
Heat 3
 
1 Jobie Dajka (Aus)
2 Jonathan Marin (Col)
3 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spa)
4 Stephen Alfred (USA)
5 Hiroschi Tsutsumi (Jpn)
 
Heat 4
 
1 Josiah Ng On Lam (Mas)
2 Ivan Vrba (Cze)
3 Jaroslav Jerabek (Svk)
4 Peter Bazalik (Svk)
5 Toshimasa Yoshioka (Jpn)

Round 2

Heat 1

1 Laurent Gane (Fra)
2 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)
3 Barry Forde (Bar)
4 Josiah Ng On Lam (Mas)
5 Pavel Buran (Cze)
6 Mark French (Aus)

Heat 2

1 Jobie Dajka (Aus)
2 René Wolff (Ger)
3 Yuji Yamada (Jpn)
4 Ryan Bayley (Aus)
5 Jens Fiedler (Ger)
6 Ross Edgar (GBr)

Final

For 1st-6th

1 Laurent Gane (Fra)
2 Jobie Dajka (Aus)
3 Barry Forde (Bar)
4 René Wolff (Ger)
5 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)
6 Yuji Yamada (Jpn)

For 7th-12th

1 Jens Fiedler (Ger)
2 Josiah Ng On Lam (Mas)
3 Ryan Bayley (Aus)
4 Ross Edgar (GBr)
5 Pavel Buran (Cze)
6 Mark French (Aus)