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World Junior Track Championships - CM
Los Angeles, USA, July 28-August 1, 2004
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Women Points race 20 km
First Gold medal to Spratt
By Kristy Scrymgeour
Sixteen year old Amanda Spratt started her first Junior World Championship experience on a high note today when she took out the women's points race to win the first gold medal of the week. Racing a very smart and controlled race, Spratt showed traits of a rider with experience and definite promise of continued success.
Spratt dominated the early sprints by means of leading them out and holding off riders with her fast pace. Midway through the race Korean rider Choe Sun Ae went on the attack taking Kimberly Geist (USA) with her. Eventually the pace of the Korean was too strong for Geist and she fell of the wheel and got caught by the chasers. With a few laps to go Florence Girardet (France) made a very smart move and bridged to the gap to Sun Ae enabling her to take enough points to move into third place by the end. Sun Ae took second place and Spratt safely finished in the bunch to take the win.
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Spratt was ecstatic when Cyclingnews caught up with her after the race. She had made multiple calls to her family back in New South Wales, Australia and said that it "still hadn't sunk in yet." Spatt said she went into the race wanting to "concentrate on keeping good position and not panicking. Gary [Sutton] told me to do everything that I would normally do in a race and not to think about it being an international race. That really helped me to relax," she added. Spatt, who comes from a long generation of cyclists said she is looking forward to celebrating the medal, "but right now I have to refocus for the pursuit tomorrow."
Exhausted after her ride was Sun Ae, but extremely happy to take second place in the event. This being her first ever race on an indoor track, Sun Ae said she felt good and "tried not to think about getting caught."
Photography
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Images by Mitch Friedman Photography
- Big cheeses and big scissors at the opening ceremony
- Karen Verbeek (Belgium) ready for the points race
- Riders roll out for the women's points race
- The women's points race gets under way
- Rebecca Bertolo (Italy) in the middle of the points race pack
- The women's points race rolls round the banking
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) leads the field in the points race
- Florence Girardet (France) and Paola Munoz (Chile) ride in tehpoints race
- Florence Girardet (France) and Kimberly Geist (USA) working hard in the points race
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) goes for one of three sprint wins in the points race
- Choe Sun Ae (Korea) on her way to second in the points race
- Kimberly Geist (USA) looks worn out after grabbing a few points
- Winning gold medals is thirsty work Amanda Spratt grabs a drink after the points race
- Amanda Spratt and Australian coach Gary Sutton celebrate
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) on the women's points race podium
- The women's points race podium - Choe Sun Ae (Korea), Amanda Spratt (Australia) and Florence Girardet (France)
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) kisses her medal for the women's points race
Images by Kristy Scrymgeour/Cyclingnews.com
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) leads the field in the women's points race
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) won three of the eight sprints in the women's points
- Amanda Spratt (Australia) - tired but very pleased after her win
Results
1 Amanda Spratt (Australia) 19 pts 27.30.57 (43.621km/h)
2 Choe Sun Ae (Korea) 10
3 Florence Girardet (France) 8
4 Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands) 8
5 Karen Verbeek (Belgium) 8
6 Elena Raspopina (Russia) 8
7 Stephanie Pohl (Germany) 7
8 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 7
9 Rebecca Bertolo (Italy) 5
10 Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland) 3
11 Kimberly Geist (USA) 3
12 Paddy Walker (New Zealand) 1
13 Paola Munoz (Chile) 1
14 Berenice Castro (Mexico)
One lap behind
15 Naomi Cooper (Canada) -20
Sprints
1 - 70 to Go
1 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 5 pts
2 Elena Raspopina (Russia) 3
3 Amanda Spratt (Australia) 2
4 Paddy Walker (New Zealand) 1
5 Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands)
2 - 60 to Go
1 Florence Girardet (France) 5 pts
2 Rebecca Bertolo (Italy) 3
3 Karen Verbeek (Belgium) 2
4 Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands) 1
5 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
3 - 50 to Go
1 Amanda Spratt (Australia) 5 pts
2 Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands) 3
3 Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland) 2
4 Rebecca Bertolo (Italy) 1
5 Karen Verbeek (Belgium)
4 - 40 to Go
1 Amanda Spratt (Australia) 5 pts
2 Karen Verbeek (Belgium) 3
3 Elena Raspopina (Russia) 2
4 Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland) 1
5 Rebecca Bertolo (Italy)
5 - 30 to Go
1 Amanda Spratt (Australia) 5 pts
2 Karen Verbeek (Belgium) 3
3 Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands) 2
4 Paola Munoz (Chile) 1
5 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
6 - 20 to Go
1 Stephanie Pohl (Germany) 5 pts
2 Elena Raspopina (Russia) 3
3 Amanda Spratt (Australia) 2
4 Rebecca Bertolo (Italy) 1
5 Karen Verbeek (Belgium)
7 - 10 to Go
1 Choe Sun Ae (Korea) 5 pts
2 Kimberly Geist (USA) 3
3 Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands) 2
4 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 1
5 Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
8 - Final
1 Choe Sun Ae (Korea) 5 pts
2 Florence Girardet (France) 3
3 Stephanie Pohl (Germany) 2
4 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 1
5 Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
