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World Track Championships - CM
Stuttgart, Germany, July 30 - August 3, 2003
Photography
Men's Pursuit Men's Keirin Women's Keirin Women's Pursuit Men's Team Pursuit Men's Scratch Men's Kilo TT Women's 500m TT Teams Sprint Women's Sprint Women's Scratch Women's Points Men's Madison Men's Sprint Men's points
Pre-World's practice session
Click here for a montage of pics of various riders fine-tuning themselves on the boards of the Schleyer Hall.
Images by AFP/Mladen Antonov
- Arnaud Tournant (France) contemplates a practice session at the Schleyer Hall.
- After some deliberation, Arnaud Tournant (France) finally gets going, but looks like he could use a few more hours' sleep.
- Arnaud Tournant (France) begins to show a little more enthusiasm, but doesn't want to go full throttle just yet.
- Members of the Italian squad enjoy a practice session at the Schleyer Hall in Stuttgart.
- French pursuit riders warm up for some fine tuning before the World Track Championships officially begin.
- Members of the Czech team pursuit squad in full flight in the midst of their practice session at the Schleyer Hall.
Keirin
Round 1
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- 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
Men's Pursuit
Qualifying
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- Robert Bartko qualified but managed only sixth best time
- Daniel Becke (Germany) warms up on the rollers
- Daniel Becke shows a face concentration and nerves
- Daniel Becke rode to a fifth place qualifying time
- Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) was third fastest in the qualifiers
- Jens Mouris (Netherlands) in full flight
- Jens Mouris (Netherlands) didn't make the qualification cut
- Luke Roberts (Australia) flew to the second fastest qualifier
- Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) dominated the qualification in the individual pursuit
- Wiggins' average speed was nearly 56 km/h for the 4,000 metres
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- Bradley Wiggins rides in the men's individual pursuit qualifying heat
- Sergi Escobar Roure in the men's individual pursuit qualifying heat
- Mark Jamieson finished 7th and qualified for the final
- Luke Roberts finished second and also qualified
Round 1
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- Brad Wiggins (GBr) was again the fastest in the first round, beating Alexey Markov by 9 seconds
- Brad Wiggins (GBr) on fire again
- Luke Roberts (Aus) was again the second quickest rider in round 1
- Sergi Escobar (Spain) clocked 4.22.510 in round 1
- Sergi Escobar (Spain) beat Robert Bartko (Rabobank) in the first round
- Paul Manning (GBr) went under 4.24 to go into the bronze medal ride off
- Robert Bartko (Ger) very much warmed up
- Robert Bartko (Ger) starts his ride
- Robert Bartko (Ger) in full flight during the first round of the men's pursuit
- Daniel Becke (Ger) practices the Le Mans style start
- Daniel Becke (Ger) sets off in round 1
- Daniel Becke (Ger) was not fast enough to beat Paul Manning in round 1
Finals
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- Paul Manning races for the bronze, and misses
- Sergi Escobar Roure Starts off on his run
- Roure has his eyes set on the podium
- Brad Wiggins and Chris Boardman wait for the final run
- Wiggins stretches before his final run
- Wiggins is off, and he's feeling good
- He's tucked in and it's looking like a good run
- A grimace or a grin; we can't tell
- Roberts, Wiggins and Roure on the podium
- Brad Wiggins in the rainbow jersey
Images by Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
- Hayden Roulston (NZl) enjoys watching the men's individual pursuit finals.
- Robert Bartko (Ger) just scraped into the finals, but was easily beaten by Spain's Sergi Escobar Roure.
- Bradley Wiggins (GBr) prepares himself before his gold medal-winning ride.
Women's Keirin
Round 1
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- Clara Sanchez (France), Christin Muche (Germany) and Yumary Gonzalez Valdinieso (Cuba) in the first round of the women's keirin
- Christin Muche (Germany) leads out in the repechage of the women's keirin
Final
- Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) beats Anna Meares (Australia) and Oxana Grishina (Russia) in the final of the women's keirin
Women's Pursuit
Qualifying
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- Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Ned) showed excellent form to qualify fastest in 3:32.004
- Emma Davies (GBr) was 10th fastest in 3:40.538
- Pernille Jakobsen (Den) finished up in 18th place with a 3:50.121
- Verena Joos (Ger) gave it everything, but only managed 20th in qualifying
- Verena Joos (Ger) suffers during her ride
Round 1
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- Katie Mactier (Aus) was the quickest rider in round 1, and goes into the final against Van Moorsel tonight
- Katie Mactier (Aus) has turned into a top notch pursuiter, riding 3'31.500 in the first round to progress to the gold medal final
- Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Ned) sets off from the starting gate
- A close up of Van Moorsel giving it full gas in round 1
- Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Ned) was even faster in round 1, defeating Australian Katherine Bates by nearly 7 seconds
- Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Ned) looks happy to have made it through to the final
- Olga Slusareva (Rus) sets off for her first round ride
- Olga Slusareva (Rus) in full flight
- Sarah Ulmer (NZl) rode well enough in round 1 to make it to the bronze medal final
- Karin Thuerig (Swi) showed herself to be useful on the track against the clock, as well as on the road
Final
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- Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsen makes her final effort
- Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsen realises she's got it
- Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsen celebrates with her support crew
- Katie Mactier (Australia) congratulates Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsen (Netherlands)
- The women's IP podium: Katie Mactier (Australia), Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsen (Netherlands) and Olga Slioussareva (Russia)
- Rainbowed-up once again, the repeat world champ shows off her medal
- Could Queen Leontien be any more pleased?
Men's Team Pursuit
Qualifying
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- The Bielorussian squad in action at Stuttgart
- Steve Wooldridge does a turn at the front of the Australian team, which qualified fastest
- Graeme Brown leads the Aussies out for their qualifying run
- Brad Wiggins (2nd) helped guide the British team into second place in the qualifying round
- The British riders in full swing, on their way to second in the qualifying round
- France managed a solid third place in the qualifiers
- Back in black the Kiwis qualified fourth fastest in the team pursuit
- The Danish team looked great, but only finished 10th
- The Dutch quartet just missed out on making the next round, qualifying 9th
- The Italians did not impress anyone, finishing 15th of the 15 teams
- The Russian team during qualification
- Robert Bartko dicusses the team pursuit situation with German federation president Sylvia Schenk and coach Berndt Dittert
- Jens Lehmann interviewed by German TV about the selection affair
- Jens Lehmann in the stands looking rather miffed about the whole team pursuit selection conflict
Finals
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- The Australian team pursuiters smashed their own World Record in Stuttgart
- Australia beat Britain with a winning time of 3.57.28
- Britain's Bryan Steel, Robert Hayles, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins rode to a silver medal time of 4.00.629
- The French powerhouse could muster only bronze this year
- The Aussies rejoice after their record-setting ride
- The celebrating begins for the Australian pursuit team
- On the podium, world champions
- The full team pursuit podium: a crowded affair
Images by AFP
- Graeme Brown (Australia) deep in concentration before the start of the final of the team pursuit.
- The new awesome foursome - Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts and Peter Dawson.
- Australia's Peter Dawson delighted with his effort after the Aussie quartet smashed their previous world record.
- Air France - the French quartet in full flight at the Schleyer Hall, on their way to a bronze medal.
- French coach Jacky Mourioux proudly stands with his bronze medal winning team pursuit squad of (from L to R) Franck Perque, Fabien Sanchez, Jerome Neuville and Fabien Merciri.
Men's Scratch
Images by Yuzuru Sunada/www.yuzurusunada.com
- Franco Marvulli (Swi) is delighted as he crosses the line a winner
- The podium (L to R): Robert Sassone (Fra), Franco Marvulli (Swi) and Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)
Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de
- Franco Marvulli has a quick head-check before heading for the finish
- Marvulli crosses the line, adding another rainbow jersey to his collection
- Franco look up as his National anthem plays
- Marvulli poses for the obligatory "biting of the medal" photo
- Marvulli with Coach Nagel
- Robert Sassone (Fra), Franco Marvulli (Swi) and Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) on the podium
Images by AFP
- Franco Marvulli leads the field
- Swiss rider Franco Marvulli is happy with his win
Men's Kilo TT
Images by Yuzuru Sunada/www.yuzurusunada.com
- Stefan Nimke (Ger) was the best against the clock in the kilo, averaging a shade under 60 km/h.
- Shane Kelly (Aus) powers out of the starting gate
- The podium (L to R): Shane Kelly (2nd), Stefan Nimke (1st) and Arnaud Tournant (3rd)
Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de
- Shane Kelly on his way to second place with a personal best time
- Stefan Nimke heading for a rainbow jersey
- His look says it all, he wants this win
- Arnaud Tournant took home third place
- Nimke votes for World peace
- YES! A happy Nimke on the podium
- And Nimke in his rainbow jersey
- Kelly, Nimke and Tournant on the podium
- Nimke shows off his medal
- Nimke then poses for the "biting the medal" shot
Images by AFP
- Jamie Staff (GBr) heads for seventh place
- Aussie Shane Kelly races home for second place
- Ben Kersten heading home for fifth place
- Arnaud Tournant (Fra) showing off his bronze medal
- Stefan Nimke looking more like an alien than a World Champ
Women's 500m TT
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- Kathrin Freitag (Ger) gets out of the saddle to crank
- Freitag tucks in but won't make the podium
- Nancy Contreras Reyes of Mexico took the silver
- Katrin Meinke powers home
- Meinke placed tenth with 35.191
- Natallia Tsylinskaya heads home for gold
- Contreras Reyes, Tsylinskaya and Jiang on the podium
- Natallia Tsylinskaya stands proud
Teams Sprint
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- The French team in action during the Team Sprint final
- France rode well, but had to settle for silver behind Germany
- The German team sets off from the starting blocks
- Germany en route to winning the gold medal in the team sprint
- The German team could hardly breathe after their win, having gone so deep
- Jens Fiedler, Carsten Bergemann and Rene Wolff celebrate after their win in the team sprint
- Carsten Bergemann, Jens Fiedler and Rene Wolff on the podium after their win
- A photo opportunity...
- Gold tastes good for the Germans
- High fives all round for the German world champions
Images by AFP
- In the first round heats, Craig Mclean (Great Britain) swings off to allow powerhouse Jason Queally to take Great Britain into the playoff for the bronze medal.
- Rene Wolff (Germany) swings in to do the final lap in the final of the team sprint.
- The French trio of Mickaël Bourgain, Laurent Gane and Arnaud Tournant let it rip on the opening lap of the team sprint final.
- Australia's Jobie Dajka leads his team-mates Mark French and Ryan Bayley in their quest for the bronze medal.
- Jens Fielder collapses on the ground after a sterling team effort by the German trio to claim the gold medal.
- Carsten Bergemann dances around the stadium with the national flag of Germany after his team's gold medal-winning performance.
Women's Sprint
Round 1
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- Germany's Katrin Meinke saw her medal hopes end at the quarter final round
Finals
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- Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) puts her nose in front of Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) in the final of the women's sprint
- Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) comes underneath Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) on her way to winning the gold medal in the women's sprint
- Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mex) beat Victoria Pendleton (GBr) to take bronze
- Katrin Meinke (Germany) in the 5th-8th final, where she claimed 6th place
- Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) does a victory lap
- Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) on the podium after receiving her medal, flowers and jersey
- The women's sprint podium (L to R): Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus, 2nd), Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia, 1st) and Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico, 3rd)
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- Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) easily outsprints Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) to the line to take the gold medal.
- The women's sprint podium (L to R) - Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus, 2nd), Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia, 1st) and Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico, 3rd).
Women's Scratch
Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de
- Madness on the boards in the women's scratch race
- Anke Wichmann leads the field for Germany
- Olga Slusareva takes gold for Russia in the 10km scratch
- The final podium: Adrie Visser (l), Olga Slusareva, Rochelle Gilmore
Images by AFP
- Olga Slusareva (Russia) begins her lap of honour while Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) and Adrie Visser (Netherlands) congratulate each other on their performances.
- Olga Slusareva (Russia) celebrates by completing a lap of honour around the track with the national flag of Russia.
- Adrie Visser (Netherlands) likes the taste of her scratch race bronze medal.
- The podium - Gold medallist Olga Slusareva (Russia) celebrates with her son, with Adrie Visser (Netherlands, L) and Rochelle Gilmore (Australia, R) also looking very content with their efforts.
Women's Points
Images by Yuzuru Sunada/www.yuzurusunada.com
- The podium (L to R): Edita Kubelskiene (2nd), Olga Slioussareva (1st) and Yoanka Gonzalez Perez (3rd)
Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de
- Slioussareva edges in front of the bunch
- Instead of biting her medal, Slioussareva kisses it
- Kubelskiene, Slioussareva and Perez on the podium
Images by AFP
- Olga Slioussareva raises her flag after her win
- The riders are all ablur as they streak past
Men's Madison
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- Bruno Risi swings his partner Franco Marvulli in
- Juan Curuchet and Walter Perez during their bronze medal winning ride
- Guido Fulst and Andreas Mueller get into the swing of things
- New Zealanders Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston in action during the men's madison
- Franco Marvulli (Swi) celebrates with the Swiss flag after he partnered Bruno Risi to win the madison
- Franco Marvulli (Swi) both exhausted and elated after winning the madison
- Franco Marvulli, coach Markus Nagel, and Bruno Risi celebrate after their win in the madison
- The podium (L to R): Henderson/Roulston (NZl, 2nd), Marvulli/Risi (Swi, 1st), Curuchet/Perez (Arg, 3rd)
- Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi on the podium after their madison win
- Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi now in nice rainbow jerseys
- mmm....gold...
Images by AFP
- The Swiss pairing of Bruno Risi (closest) and Franco Marvulli worked superbly to take the gold medal.
- Jerome Neuville (France, L) lends a hand to his team-mate Franck Perque. The French duo eventually finished 9th.
- Slovakia's Martin Liska and Jozef Zabka had a solid ride to finish in fifth place.
- Argentina's Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Perez were delighted with their bronze medal performance.
- The New Zealand combination of Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston had a great ride to finish with the silver.
- Bruno Risi (Switzerland) gets a big hug from his coach.
- Victory is sweet - The winning pair of Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli revel in their success.
Men's Sprint
Qualifying & 1/16 final
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- Jens Fiedler (Germany) quietly concentrates
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) practices his balance
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) comes off the bank for his 200m qualifying run
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) winding it up
- Jan van Eijden (Germany) powers up for the 200m
- Jan van Eijden (Germany) on his way to a 10.331 in the men's sprint qualifying
- Rene Wolff (Germany) gets ready for his 200m flying TT
- Rene Wolff (Germany) at full speed in the qualifier
- Arnaud Tournant (France) during his qualifying run
- Czech Pavel Buran gets ready to break the sound barrier
- Arnaud Tournant (bottom) and Jan van Eijden (top) go head to head in the first round
- Rene Wolff (Germany) leading in his round 1 heat
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) beats Ross Edgar (GBr) in round 1
Quater-finals
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- René Wolff (Germany) beat Takashi Kaneko (Japan) in their 1/4 final heat
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) leads Arnaud Tournant (France) in the quarter-final
- Arnaud Tournant (France) turns it up a notch
- Arnaud Tournant (France) comes past Jens Fiedler (Germany) to win the quarter-final
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) leaves the track after his 1/4 final
- Jens Fiedler (Germany) exhausted after being defeated by Arnaud Tournant (France) in their 1/4 final
Semi-finals
Images by AFP
- Arnaud Tournant (France) tries to catch Jobie Dajka (Australia) unawares in the semi-finals of the men's sprint, but Dajka is there waiting.
- Laurent Gane (France) at full throttle in the semi-finals of the men's sprint. Gane convincingly defeated Germany's Rene Wolff 2-0 to move into the gold medal playoff.
- Rene Wolff (Germany, L) and Laurent Gane go head-to-head in the semi-finals.
Finals
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- Laurent Gane (l) and Jobie Dajka shake hands before going head to head
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) keeps an eye on Laurent Gane (France)
- Dajka won the first sprint, but couldn't hold off Gane for the gold
- Laurent Gane punches the air after taking gold in the men's sprint final
- Rene Wolff (Germany) was gracious in defeat, and went home with bronze
- A beaming Laurent Gane takes his gold medal on the podium
- The final sprint podium: Dajka (l), Gane, and Wolff
Images by AFP
- In the first heat of the gold medal final, Laurent Gane (France) gets the better of Australia's Jobie Dajka.
- Laurent Gane (France) and Jobie Dajka (Australia) hold hands as a sign of mutual respect after a great final.
- After one of the hardest fights in his cycling career, an exhausted but elated Laurent Gane (France) is held by his coach Daniel Morellon after winning the men's sprint final.
- Happy to be off his bike, Laurent Gane (France) gives a big thumbs up for the camera.
- Arnaud Tournant (France) leads Rene Wolff (Germany) in the first of a best of three final for the bronze medal.
- In the playoff for bronze, Arnaud Tournant (France) was beaten 2-0 by Germany's Rene Wolff.
Men's points
- Franz Stocher (Austria) was determined to do a good ride
- Franz Stocher (Austria) leads Juan Llaneras (Spain) in the points race
- Jos Pronk (Netherlands) goes hard in the points race on his way to the bronze
- Franz Stocher (Austria) spots his red-clad fan club in the crowd
- Franz Stocher (Austria) celebrates with his fans
- Franz Stocher (Austria) demonstrates how 'the crowd goes wild'
- The men's points podium: Juan Llaneras (Spain), Franz Stocher (Austria) & Jos Pronk (Netherlands)
- Franz Stocher (Austria) waves from the podium
- Franz Stocher (Austria) with medal, in teeth
- Franz Stocher (Austria) is sure there's chocolate in there somewhere...
- Jos Pronk, like so many world's medalists, discovers there's no chocolate inside the medals.
