Track World Cup 04-05 Round 4 - CDM

Sydney, Australia, February 18-20, 2004

Photography

Session 1 - February 18 - Qualifying: Men's Keirin; Women's Sprint; Men's Individual Pursuit; Men's Scratch; Women's Points race 10 km

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• Jennie Reed (USA) in action in the qualification Flying 200
• Anna Meares (Australia) winds it up
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) checking things out this morning
• Joel Leonard (Australia) gets some advice before his keirin heat
• Matthew Crampton (Great Britain) on his way to winning his heat in the keirin
• Shuang Guo (China) looking focused
• Elisa Frisoni (Italy) was looking good in the heats
• Dana Gloss (Germany) and Elisabeth Williams (New Zealand) await their heat
• Jennie Reed (USA) easily winning her heat in the Sprint
• Kerrie Meares (Australia) patiently waits for her heat
• Willy Kanis (Netherlands) won this heat
• Ivan Kovalev (Russia) during his 4km Individual Pursuit heat
• Levi Heimans (Netherlands) in the start gates
• Robert Lee (USA) in his heat
• Alessandro Mazzolani (Italy) rode strongly in his heat

Session 2 - February 18 - Finals: Men's Scratch 15 km; Women's Sprint; Men's Keirin; Women's Points 20 km; Men's Individual pursuit; Men's Kilometer time trial

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• Jennie Reed (USA) warms up through the shadows
• The Men's Scratch race rolls around Dunc Gray Velodrome
• Chris Pascoe (Australia) in the Men's Scratch race
• Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands) wins the first gold medal of the championships
• The women's turn in the Points race
• Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) amongst it all
• Sprinting for points
• Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) was always in the action and won convincingly
• Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) celebrates her win
• Shadow play
• Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) stoked with her win in the points race
• Kazunari Wantanabe (Japan) awaits the start of a Keirin heat
• Christian Stahl (USA) ready to roll
• A nice place for a nap
• Laurent Gane (France) waits for the Keirin final to start
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) takes the win in the Keirin
• The medics hard at work
• How they know which flag is which
• Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) during the National Anthem
• The Women's Points podium - Giorgia Bronzini (Italy, 2nd), Rochelle Gilmore (Australia, 1st), Yunmei Wu (China, 3rd)
• The Men's Scratch podium - Alex Rasmussen (Denmark, 2nd); Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands, 1st) and Gregory Henderson (New Zealand, 3rd)
• The Keirin podium - Laurent gane (France, 2nd) Theo Bos (Netherladns, 1st) and Pavel Buran (Czech Republic, 3rd)
• Keeping an eye on things
• Anna Meares (Australia) was in good form tonight
• Anna Meares (Australia) wins the Women's Sprint against Shuang Guo (China)
• Anna Meares (Australia) celebrates a satisfying win
• Ivan Kovalev (Russia) in action during the Individual Pursuit
• Levi Heimans (Netherlands) overtakes Edward Clancy (Great Britain) in the final
• Levi Heimans (Netherlands) broke his countries record at this meet
• Tim Veldt (Netherlands) looks at the score board after his Kilometer Time Trial
• Ben Kersten (Australia) won by a second
• Ben Kersten (Australia) on his victory lap
• The Women's Sprint podium - Shuang Guo (China, 2nd), Anna Meares (Australia, 1st), Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands, 3rd)
• The Kilo podium - Tim Veldt (Netherlands, 2nd), Ben Kersten (Australia, 1st), François Pervis (France, 3rd)

Images by John Veage

• Crash! Three riders go down in the 7-12 final of the men's keirin. Panagiotis Keloglou (Greece), Dean Edwards (South Africa) and Angel Martorell (Mexico)
• The bike of Dean Edwards (South Africa) shows the scars of the crash

Session 3 - February 19 - Qualifying: Men's Team pursuit; Men's Sprint 200m & eighth final; Women's Individual pursuit

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• The Malaysian Team take to the field
• The United States of America come out of the shadow
• The Aussies will go against Russia for the bronze tonight
• New Zealand in good formation
• Great Britain the only team that could ruin New Zealands chance of gold
• Russia straight down the line
• Joel Leonard (Australia) made the top 16 in qualifying
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) the man to beat
• Jobie Dajka (Australia) in full flight
• The Dutchies warm down
• Dale Tye (New Zealand) made the final of the individual pursuit
• Marlijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) in her heat
• Arnaud Tournant (France) was too good in his first heat
• Travis Smith (Canada) keeps an eye on Jobie Dajka (Australia)
• Kazunari Watanabe (Japan) went early and held it for a win
• Kin Chung Wong (Hong Kong) looked strong

Session 4 - February 19 - Finals: Men's Sprint; Men's Team pursuit; Women's 500m time trial; Women's Individual pursuit; Men's Points Race

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• The Aussie boys are ready to go
• Australia took bronze in the team pursuit
• Russia in action
• New Zealand in action in the team pursuit
• Great Britain were a smooth operation tonight
• Waiting for the team pursuit presentation
• Jobie Dajka (Australia) on his way to the final of the sprint
• Kerrie Meares (Australia) in the warm up ring
• Shuang Guo (China) waits patiently for her turn
• Kerrie Meares (Australia) in action in the 500m TT
• Lori-Ann Muenzer (Canada) rode into 3rd in the 500m TT
• Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) was hungry for a win
• Elisa Frisoni (Italy) also won the World Cup overall for the 500m TT
• Jobie Dajka (Australia) looking focused
• Jobie Dajka (Australia) went on to win his heat and advance to the final
• Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus) in the 3km Individual Pursuit
• Marlijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) had the fastest time
• Dale Tye (New Zealand) gained the silver medal
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) in front of a large crowd
• Theo Bos (Netherlands) on his way to gold in the sprint
• The 500m Time Trial podium Elisa Frisoni (2nd), Yvonne Hijgenaar (1st) and Lori-Ann Muenzer (3rd)
• The 3km Individual Pursuit podium Dale Tye (2nd), Marlijn Binnendijk (1st) and Tatsiana Sharakova (3rd)
• The Men's points race
• Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) shows the strain
• Action during the points race
• Sean Finning (Australia) puts in some effort in the points race
• Volodymyr Rybin (Ukraine) took the honours
• The battle of the French
• The points podium Ioannis Tamouridis (2nd), Volodymyr Rybin (1st) and Sean Finning (3rd)
• The sprint podium Jobie Dajka (2nd), Theo Bos (1st) and Arnaud Tournant (3rd)

Session 5 - February 20 - Women's Scratch 10 km; Men's Madison 40 km; Women's Keirin; Men's Team sprint

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• Action in the women's keirin heats.
• Shuang Guo (China) leads her heat in the keirin.
• Japan compete in the team sprint.
• Australia in the team sprint.
• There was a large crowd on hand to watch the last session of the meet.
• The women line up for the start of the points race.
• All together on a turn.
• The crowd watch the women in action.
• Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) and team mate Katherine Bates were always in the action.
• Yunmei Wu (China) had a go with five laps remaining.
• The sprint for the line.
• Italy celebrates.
• More keirin action.
• The Dutch combo in action.
• The Australians do their stuff.
• The 'Suttonettes' gave it their all in the Madison.
• The winning pair of the Ukranians.
• The scratch race podium.
• Yawei Gao (China) with her game face.
• The Keirin final on the move.
• The final dash for the line in the keirin.
• The Madison podium.
• Ben Kersten (Australia) ready to go.
• The Aussies start the team sprint and came away with bronze.
• The Chinese team in action.
• Arnaud Tournant (France) before the team sprint.
• The French trio on their victory lap.
• The Keirin podium.
• The French on the team sprint podium.
• The medallists in the team sprint.
• The Australians were the team of the meet.
• The Netherlands came out as the best overall team in the World Cup.