World Track Championships - CM

Melbourne, Australia, May 26-30, 2004

Photography

Day 5 - May 30, 2004

Images by Mark Gunter

• Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mexico) & Sung Eun Gu (Korea) crash out of the scratch race
• Yoanka Gonzalez Perez (Cuba) charges for the line in the women's scratch race
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) gets his head into race space
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) & Ryan Bailey duke it out in the sprints
• Anna Meares (Australia) powers to the line in her gold medal kilo ride
• Overcome with emotion, Anna Meares is congratulated by her sister Kerrie
• Anna Meares celebrates her victory in the kilo
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) gives Laurent Gane (France) a Look in the first heat of the final
• Mark Renshaw & Luke Roberts (Australia) were just out of the medals in fourth
• Robert Slippens & Danny Stam (Netherlands) took Madison bronze
• Franco Marvulli & Bruno Risi (Switzerland) in the Madison
• Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Perez (Argentina) celebrate their Madison victory
• Laurent Gane (France) leads Theo Bos (Netherlands) in the sprint final
• Theo Bos takes his second victory over Laurent Gane (France)
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) celebrates his first - but, we suspect, not last - sprint world championships
• The Bayside Bandidos were one of the more vocal section of the very enthusiastic crowd
• Anna Meares very emotional on the podium
• Madison winners Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Perez of Argentina
• The crowd cheers on Ryan Bayley in the sprint for bronze
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) on the podium of the sprint
• The sprint podium - Laurent Gane (France), Theo Bos (Netherlands) and Ryan Bayley (Australia)
• Theo Bos has been one of the revelations of these championships - sprinting has a new force

Day 4 - May 29, 2004

Images by Mark Gunter

• Theo Bos (Netherlands) won his heat against Salvador Melia (Spain)
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) looks very keen to add a 2004 sprint medal to his collection
• Florian Rousseau (France) lost to Ryan Bayley (Ausralia) in the firstround but won his repechage in powerful style
• Mathias John (Germany) shows the effort in the sprint first round.
• Sean Eadie (Australia) will face fellow Aussie Ryan Bayley in the next round
• Jens Fiedler (Germany) powers to tehline todefeat Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan)
• Team Great Britain won their heat and will face Australia in the gold medal final
• Team Australia on the way to a certain podium spot - but will it be gold or silver?
• Mickaël Bourgain (France) wins the first repechage
• Florian Rousseau (France) grabbed another rechage win for France
• Teun Mulder (Netherlands) goes through from the third repechage
• Ben Kelly - the Australian team's assistant mechanic says wrenching is the next best thing to racing at the world's
• Jens Fielder (Germany) psyches himself up for the sprint
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) leads the women's points race
• Women's points race action
• Adri Visser (Netherlands) shows the effort in the points race
• Olga Slyusareva (Russia) celebrates a dominating win in the points race
• Team Spain charged to bronze in the 3-4 final
• Team Australia looks for the signal from coach Macca
• Team Great Britain were once again close, but no cigar
• Peter Dawson (Australia) salutes the crowd after his team's pursuit of victory
• Theo Bos & Jamie Staff surge for the line in the sprint
• The pot of gold and the rainbow
• Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) takes the third heat of the sprint final and the gold medal
• Team Australia on the podium - Ashley Hutchinson, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts and Peter Dawson

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• The Spanish pursuit team in action on day four of the Track Cycling World Championships
• The Russian pursuit team line up at Vodafone Arena
• The team from Great Britian sending out the challenge to the Aussies in the Team Pursuit
• Australian strong man Sean Eadie caught in a Melbourne sandwich!
• Sean Eadie of Australia keeps his eye on any challengers
• Frenchman Gregory Bauge throws his bike at the line in the 500m time trial
• Theo Bos from the Nederlands has the edge in this sprint, his Spanish opponent can't bare to look
• Luke Roberts of Australia has his eye on Melbourne for another World Championship jersey in the team's pursuit
• World Track Cycling photographers position themselves for the finish to the Women's Points race
• Belem Guerreo Mendez of Mexico looks behind to see where the challengers are going to come from in the Women's Points race
• The girls are going for it down the back straight in the Women's Points race
• The Australian pursuit team acknowledges the crowd in the home straight after winning the Teams Pursuit World Championship
• The Australian team on the startline for the team pursuit
• Damian Zielinski of Poland relaxes before his duel in the mens sprint
• The pursuit team from the Nederlands on the startline in Melbourne
• Jens Fiedler of Germany grabs onto the railing after coming to a halt against Laurent Gane of France in the Men's Sprint
• Australian speed machine Ryan Bayley flys around a bend in his heat of the Men's Sprint
• The staff have it over their Bos! That's Jamie Staff from Great Britian (L) and Theo Bos from the Nederlands (R) in the Men's Sprint on day four
• Tasmanian cycling legend Danny Clark at Vodafone Arena for the 2004 World Track Championships

Day 3 - May 28, 2004

Images by Mark Gunter

• Team Australia blasted to the fastest time in the team pursuit qualifiers
• Jennie Reed (USA) was fastest US qualifier in nith
• Tanya Lindenmuth (USA) was mid-pack in sprint qualifiers
• Anna Meares (Australia) was second-fastest qualifier
• Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) set the fastest time in qualifying
• Katie Mactier (Australia) rode the IP first round into an all-antipodean gold medal final
• Katherine Bates (Australia) was eliminated in the IP first round
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) was keeping a low profile after her first round victory.

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• The Ukrainian team rolls out in qualifying
• Scrutineers check Team Australia's bikes
• Great Britain invites us to talk to the hand
• Team Australia lines up
• Team Australia qualifies fastest in the pursuit
• Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada) goes for it in the women's sprint qualifiers
• Svetlana Grankovskaya (Russia) makes 60km/h look easy
• Jamie Staff's tattoo - an inside look at one of the fastest legs in the world
• Katie Mactier (Australia) winning her heat of the women's IP first round
• Team USA warms up
• Shane Kelly & Jens Fiedler (Germany) dive for the line in the first round of the kierin
• Anna Meares & coach Martin Barras in a reflective moment
• Jennie Reed (USA) waits for the women's sprint

Images by Mark Gunter

• Hein Verbruggen - the UCI chief says Melbourne has a good chance of hosting the road world's in 2009 or 2010
• Hein Verbruggen talks about the UCI's plans to invigorate track racing with a year-round calendar
• Katie Mactier (Australia) got a half-second up on Ulmer but faded in the last kilo
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) was once again poetry in motion in the IP
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) was more than a little pleased to win the IP final
• Greg Henderson (New Zealand) on the front of the scratch race bunch
• Mark Jamieson (Australia) leads Greg Henderson (New Zealand) in the scratch race
• Greg Henderson celebrates - it was a good day for New Zealand
• Natallia Tsylinskaya (Bielorussia) takes a tumble in her ride against Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain). Happily, Tsylinskaya was only bruised.
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) on the podium as the New Zealand national anthem is played
• The women's IP podium Katie Mactier (Australia), Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) and Elena Tchalykh (Russia)
• Sarah Ulmer shows off her new gong
• José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain) leads Ryan bayley (Australia) in the keirin
• Jamie Staff (Great Britain) squeaks in ahead of Spain's José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez
• Jamie Staff cools off after the kierin
• Greg Henderson waves from the points race podium
• The points race podium - Robert Slippens (Netherlands), Greg Henderson (New Zealand) and Walter Perez (Argentina)
• The kierin podium - José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain), Jamie Staff (Great Britain), and Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• On top of the action at Vodafone Arena during the World Track Championships of 2004
• Above the home straight at Vodafone Arena
• Riders corner during the men's scratch race on night three of the Championships
• Like angry ants at Vodafone Arena!
• Jenny Reed from the USA plays cat and mouse with her opponent before a packed house on night three
• Look mum no shoes!
• Katie Mactier of Australia had plenty of support at the start to the gold medal race in the Individual Pursuit
• The flying Kiwi Sarah Ulmer in pursuit of the gold medal
• Katie Mactier powering in Melbourne during the gold medal race against Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand
• Riders throw their bikes at the line in the finish to the keirin Final
• Mine's a gold medal - what's yours? Sarah Ulmer (center) could be asking Russian Elena Tchalykh.
• Sarah Ulmer from New Zealand all smiles and showing off her new gold medal
• Jamie Staff from Great Britain number one and gold medalist in the men's Keirin
• Greg Henderson from New Zealand landed a double for the Kiwis with gold in the men's scratch race
• The medalists from the men's scratch race from left, Robert Slippens (Netherlands) silver, Greg Henderson (New Zealand) gold and Walter Perez (Argentina) bronze

Day 2 - May 27, 2004

Morning session

Images by Mark Gunter

• Luke Roberts (Australia) fought back from 1.5 seconds down to win his heat of the men's IP first round
• Robert Hayles (Great Britain) was the second-fastest in round 1
• Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) powered to a heat win and the fastest time
• Cherifa Adda (Algeria) put in a brave effort as her nation's only representative at these world's.
• Katie Mactier (Australia) warms up before the women's IP qualifiers
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) gets in the zone before her showdown with Leontien Zijlaard - Van Moorsel
• Erin Mirabella (USA) - the US pursuit specialist was 14th
• Katherine Bates (Australia) turned in a solid seventh place
• Katie Mactier (Australia) hammers into the fray, setting the fastest splits at 1000m and 2000m
• Leontien Zijlaard - Van Moorsel powers away ffrom the start
• Sarah Ulmer was a model of power, poise and concentration on her way to the record.
• Sarah Ulmer was rather pleased to add a world record to her palmares
• Sarah Ulmer is mobbed by the media after her record ride
• Algeria goes for the 'colorful bike' award

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• Emma Davies of Great Britian in action in her heat of the individual pursuit during the morning session on day two
• Dutch star Leontien Zijlaar Van Moorsel was in action early in the individual pursuit
• Australian hope Katie Mactier looks up to the scoreboard to check her time after her heat of the individual pursuit
• Uyun Muzizah of Indonesia grimaces, unaware of her Chinese opponent sweeping around her in the womens individual pursuit
• Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand flying in her heat of the individual pursuit
• The look of a World Record holder - Sarah Ulmer after breaking the record for the Womens Individual Pursuit with a time of 3 min 30.604 seconds
• Smiling Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand after her record breaking ride
• Sarah Ulmer is swarmed by the World's Track media after breaking the Individual Pursuit World Record
• Michael Tomalaris of SBS chats with Sarah Ulmer after her fantastic ride in the Individual Pursuit
• A Track World's commissaire keeps watch before waving the green flag to start an individual pursuit race
• Germany's Christian Lademann wears an Australian road team tee shirt of Team MGZT Bianchi under his National uniform
• That's not bad Sergi Escobar Roure after his ride in his heat of the mens' Individual Pursuit

Evening session

Images by Mark Gunter

• DernyVision - a rear tyre's view of the kierin
• Christian Stahl (USA) on the way to 18th
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) marked his first senior year with a medal
• Ben Kirsten (Australia) peaked fast but faded in the final lap
• Chris Hoy (Great Britain) was unstoppable on the way to victory
• Arnaud Tournant (France) - the Tournantator was tired from the previous day but happy with silver
• Shane Kelly (Australia) also ran out of gas after twp laps
• Stefan Nimke (Germany) gets underway in the kilo
• The women's kierin finalists ready to go
• France dominates the keirin
• Clara Sanchez (France) celebrates winning the keirin
• Clara Sanchez acknowledges her fans after her win
• Jennie Reed (USA) was very happy to be on the podium
• Sergi escobar (Spain) on the podium
• Men's IP medalists Robert Hayles (Great Britain), Sergi Escobar (Spain) and Robert Bartko (Germany)

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• The French have plenty of support here in Melbourne
• British cycling legend Chris Boardman at the World Track Championships in Melbourne
• Robert Hayles was flying in the Individual Pursuit
• Sergi Escobar Roure of Spain powering towards a gold medal in the Individual Pursuit
• You little beauty Spaniard Sergi Escobar Roure wins the gold medal in the Individual Pursuit
• Australian Ben Kersten in action in the mens one kilometre time trial
• Ben Kersten has the crowd behind him down the back straight in the time trial
• Soren Lausberg of Germany an imposing figure on the rollers awaiting his attempt at the one kilometre time trial
• Soren Lausberg of Germany flexing his muscles in the time trial on day two of the World Track Championships
• Shane Kelly of Australia awaits his call up for the one kilometre time trial
• The field fight for positions with a lap to go in the womens Keirin final
• Elisa Frisoni of Italy puts her hands to her mouth after winning the silver medal in the Keirin final, winner Clara Sanchez of France is in the background
• Luke Roberts of Australia on the line in the Bronze medal race in the Individual Pursuit
• Chris Hoy of Great Britain after his win in the Mens' one kilometre time trial
• A proud Chris Hoy stands to the National Anthem with a gold medal around his neck
• I've just won a World Championship!
• Mmm these are tasty!
• The men's IP podium - Robert Hayles of Great Britiain (silver) Sergi Escobar Roure of Spain (gold) and Robert Bartko of Germany (bronze)

Day 1 - May 26, 2004

Afternoon session

Images by Mark Gunter

• Action from the first heat
• Colby Pearce (USA) - the Sydney world cup points race winner made it through qualifying
• Sven Teutenberg (Germany) just scraped in through the heats
• Mark Renshaw (Australia) leads the field in heat 2, and just made the finals
• The points race heats in a very moody Vodafone Arena

Evening session

Images by Mark Gunter

• Warm-up - riders get in some laps before the crowds arrive for the evening session
• Miquel Alzamora Riera (Spain)
• Enzo Cesario Farias (Chile)
• Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mexico)
• Team USA gives it everything in the team sprint
• Team France stormed to victory in the team sprint
• Riders down! Fortunately Mark Renshaw and another rider walked away.
• Hey it's a points race - not a Madison
• Franck Perque (France) was not upset about winning the points race
• Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) was fastest in the individual pursuit qualifiers.
• Luke Roberts (Australia) qualified fourth in the individual pursuit.
• Team France goes hard
• Team France takes a lap of honour after the team sprint
• Franck Perque (France) took the first gold medal of the championships for the points race
• Team France celebrates - Mickaël Bourgain, Laurent Gane and Arnaud Tournant

Training - May 25, 2004

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• The crew of SBS (top left) at Vodafone Arena and bringing the Championships into your loungerooms with live telecasts throughout the week
• Les Murray of SBS hosting the live telecasts of the World Track Championships
• What the riders are in town for
• Michael Tomalaris (r) interviews Australian track star Shane Kelly during a live cross on SBS
• The French Connection!
• Colby Pearce of the USA talks tactics prior to training
• Great Britian powerhouse Chris Hoy flexes his muscles at training
• Columbian Serpa Perez Jose Rodolfo warms up on the rollers at Vodafone Arena
• The Latvian pursuit team on the blocks at training for the 2004 World Track Championships in Melbourne
• Australian heavyweight trackstar Sean Eadie prepares himself on the home straight at Vodafone Arena
• Katie Mactier hams it up behind her Australian teamates
• Timothy Gudsell of New Zealand gets into some rhythm on the rollers at training
• Russell Downing from Great Britian powering on the boards at Vodafone Arena
• The World Track Championships are attracting media from all around the world
• Part of the Dutch team in the centre of Vodafone Arena during training at the 2004 World Track Championships
• Colby Pearce (bottom) and Jame Carney from the USA during their teams one and a half hour training session at Vodafone Arena
• Kazakstan have just the two riders at the 2004 World Track Championships in Melbourne

Training - May 24, 2004

Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com

• Gianniosis Vaslios of Greece lying down on the job
• The two female members of the Greek team Kyriaki Konstantinidou (R) and Eleftheria Ellinikaki
• Juliette Vandekerckhove of France in action at training for the World Track Titles in Melbourne
• Aitor Aponso from Spain stretches prior to training for the scratch race at the World Titles in Melbourne
• Italian riders Elisa Frisoni (front) and Antonelli Bellutti on the rollers at Vodafone Arena
• The teams from Spain (L) and the Ukraine go head to head at training for the World Track Titles
• Aussie hope Mark Jamieson ready for action at Vodafone Arena
• Part of the Australian contingent take to the track for training
• Katherine Bates all smiles at training for the World Track Titles
• Some of the media get hold of German team members during training
• French sprint coach Daniel Morelon overseeing training at the World Track Titles in Melbourne
• All aboard the Belarus train
• French star Florian Rousseau shares a joke before training
• Alexey Markov from Russia adding some colour to training at Vodafone Arena
• The Great Britian team bought some goodies with them for training!
• British cycling legend Chris Boardman is in Melbourne to help out at the World Titles
• American Jame Carney adjusts his saddle before training
• Look it's the USA!
• Jenny Reed from the USA goes for it on the rollers

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