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2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - CM
Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 24-27, 2005
Photography
Retrospective
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Images by Greg Descantes
- Shoulder to shoulder action in the keirin
- Action so fast it’s a blur
- Dajka and Tournant get an up close look at the track’s Siberian Pine
- The crash continues
- Even in the stands, the rookies battled the veterans
- Go faster!
- A Frenchmen in pursuit of gold
- Lone Wolff
- Theo Bos gets mobbed
- On your mark ...get set...
- Keirin action
- Teun Mulder takes a keirin heat
- New Zealand team pursuit
- German team pursuit
- Sending the Worlds around the world
- Team pursuit podium
- Jame Carney admired by the home crowd
- Ms Meares sends a message to Victoria Pendleton
- Anna and Kerrie Meares put on a show for the LA crowd
- Women’s scratch race
- A turn for the worse for Mandy Poitras (Can), Rebecca Quinn (USA) and Virginie Moinard (Fra)
- Canadian coaches help Mandy Poitras after a final corner crash in the scratch race
- Grégory Bauge returns after a blowout
- Mickaël Bourgain edges out Grégory Bauge
- Katie Mactier and Katherine Bates savour the moment
- Bauge keeps an eye on Bourgain
- Photographers clicking away
- Colby Pearce awaits the gun
- Iljo Keisse gets a helping hand from Matthew Gilmore
- Frenchmen Andy Flickinger and Neuville Jérôme
- 2800 fans packed the ADT Center to set a new attendance record
- Robert Slippens and Danny Stam sling their way to silver
- Grégory Bauge and Jobie Dajka
- Clara Sanchez wins Keirin gold
- Staff, Queally and Hoy, winners of the team sprint
- Women’s cat and mouse sprint action
Day 4 - March 27: Men's sprint semi-finals & finals; Women's keirin 1st round, 2nd round, repechages & finals; Women's scratch 10km final; Men's Madison 50km
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Images by Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
- Olga Slyusareva (Russia) stays right with Katherine Bates (Australia) on the bell lap and they finish 1st and 2nd.
- Olga Slyusareva (Russia) - women's scratch world champion
- Mark Cavendish and Robert Hayles (Great Britain) make an exchange en route to lapping the field, resulting in the race win.
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) waves to the Australian fans after taking the bronze medal.
- Rene Wolff (Germany) opens a gap on Mickael Bourgain (France) in route to the world championship title
- Rene Wolff (Germany) celebrates his win
- Shuang Guo (China) and eventual winner Clara Sanchez (France) watch for riders trying to come over the top
- Clara Sanchez (France) celebrates her new title.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Dutch riders Marlyn Blnnendyle and Adrie Visser shooting photos of their teammate
- Team Italia support with rider Elisa Frisoni
- Italian team riders relax between races
- Eleonora Soldo of Italy got fifth in the scratch race
- Scratch race action
- Action from the women's scratch race
- A crash in the scratch race takes out Rebecca Quinn (USA), Mandy Poitras (Canada) and Virginie Moinard (France)
- The women's scratch podium - L-R Katherine Bates (Australia) 2nd; Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 1st; Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine) 3rd
- France vs France in the sprint semis, Grégory Bauge took on Mickaël Bourgain.
- Grégory Bauge (France) goes down as his rear tyre blows out
- Grégory Bauge slides to a halt
- Grégory Bauge is helped into a new skinsuit for a re-ride, following his crash
- Action from the keirin heats
- Action from the keirin
- Clara Sanchez (France) leads out in the final of the women's keirin
- Elisa Frisoni (Italy) shows off her keirin silver medal
- Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Slovakia)
- Robert Bartko/Guido Fulst (Germany) exchange
- Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Belgium) took the bronze medal
- Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Netherlands) on the way to second place
- Team Great Britain executes a sling on their way to grabbing a winning lap
- Team Great Britain - Mark Cavendish and Robert Hayles celebrate
- Team Great Britain - Mark Cavendish and Robert Hayles and their gold medals
- The Madison podium - L-R Netherlands, Great Britain and Belgium
Images by Dana Ross/www.danarossphoto.com
- A grin from Theo Bos
- Swiss masseurs attend to one of their team
- Shuang Guo (China) talks with a member of staff
- Natallia Tsilinskaya (Belarus) - torn but still riding after her crash.
- Riders warm up for the MAdison
- Gianpaolo Biolo & Martino Marcotto (Italy)
- Mark Cavendish & Robert Hayles (Great Britain)
- Robert Bartko & Guido Fulst (Germany)
- Mikhail Ignatiev & Nikolai Troussov (Russia)
- The British team led by the USA's Marty Nothstein
- Mark Cavendish & Robert Hayles (Great Britain)
- Sean Finning & Christopher Sutton (Australia)
- Sean Finning & Christopher Sutton (Australia)
- Robert Bartko & Guido Fulst (Germany)
- Ilya Chernyshov & Yuriy Yuda (Kazakhstan)
- Volodymyr Rybin & Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukraine)
- Robert Slippens & Danny Stam (Netherlands)
- Mikhail Ignatiev & Nikolai Troussov (Russia)
- Alexander Aeschbach & Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)
- Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Perez (Argentina)
- Sean Finning & Christopher Sutton (Australia)
- Robert Slippens & Danny Stam (Netherlands)
- Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Perez (Argentina)
- Ilya Chernyshov & Yuriy Yuda (Kazakhstan)
- Martin Liska & Jozef Zabka (Slovakia)
- Gregory Henderson & Peter Latham (New Zealand)
- Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Perez (Argentina)
- Martin Blaha & Petr Lazar (Czech Republic)
- Alexander Aeschbach & Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)
- Martin Blaha & Petr Lazar (Czech Republic)
- Robert Bartko & Guido Fulst (Germany)
- Gregory Henderson & Peter Latham (New Zealand)
- Marty Nothstein & Colby Pearce (USA)
- Robert Slippens & Danny Stam (Netherlands)
- Volodymyr Rybin & Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukraine)
- Andy Flickinger & Neuville Jérôme (France)
- Mark Cavendish & Robert Hayles (Great Britain)
- Marty Nothstein (USA) was disappointed not to end his career on a brighter note
- Martin Liska & Jozef Zabka (Slovakia)
- Siarhei Daubniuk & Yauheni Sobal (Belarus)
- Martin Blaha & Petr Lazar (Czech Republic)
- Robert Bartko & Guido Fulst (Germany)
- Mark Cavendish & Robert Hayles (Great Britain)
- Matthew Gilmore & Iljo Keisse (Belgium)
- Siarhei Daubniuk & Yauheni Sobal (Belarus)
- Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Perez (Argentina)
- Clara Sanchez (France) after winning the keirin
- Clara Sanchez celebrates
Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com
- As the board says Women's Scratch race final
- Charlotte Becker (Ger) takes takes a flyer in the scratch race but is reeled in eventually
- Rebecca Quinn surounded in the scratch race
- Adrie Visser (Ned) got 4th in the Scratch race
- Katherine Bates (Aus) was second in the scratch race
- Crash on the last turn of the Women's Scratch race takes out Mandy Poitras (Can), Virginie Moinard (Fra) and Rebecca Quinn (USA)
- Grégory Bauge's (France) rear tyre blows out, resulting in a crash as Mickael Bourgain rides around him
- Grégory Bauge (France) starting to notice the falling effect
- Grégory Bauge (France) did not have too many options open to him at this point
- The Women's Scratch race podium: The photographers busy capturing the moment.
- Katherine Bates, second place scratch race finisher celebrates
- Katherine Bates after her second place Scratch race finish
- The crowd enjoys the Women's Keirin race
- The Madison
- The Russian team hand-off in the madison
- Belarus get some Madison action happening
- Slovakia shows intensity in the Madison
- Colby Pierce (USA) goes on a solo break away from the pack. Soon the British team bridges up and keeps going to lap the field.
- Colby Pierce (USA) goes on a solo break away from pack
- Ouch! One of the Kazakhstan riders crashed earlier in race but got back in to join the fun.
- Colby Pierce (USA) hands off to Marty Nothstein in the Madison
- Mark Cavendish and Robert Hayles (GBr) celebrate their Madison victory
- The Madison Podium: Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (2nd), Mark Cavendish/Rob Hayles (1st), Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keiss (3rd)
- The Women's Keirin podium: Elisa Frisoni (Ita, 2nd), Clara Sanchez (Fra, 1st), Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned, 3rd)
- Yes, I have a medal as well. The Women's Keirin podium.
Day 3 - March 26: Men's sprint qualifying through 5th to 8th final; Men's scratch 15 km final; Men's team pursuit; Women's individual pursuit; Women's sprint semi-final & finals
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Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com
- Karin Thurig (Switzerland) put herself into the bronze medal pursuit final with a 3:42.452
- It must have been the cheese.
- Katherine Bates (Australia) took a second off Thurig to qualify for the gold medal final
- Katie Mactier made it an all-Australia final with a 3:38.325
- Elena Tchalykh (Russia) went head to head against Mactier in qualifying, and it pushed her into the bronze medal final
- Rene Wolff (Germany) squeezes out a 10.404 - a tie with Edgar of Great Britain - and a coin flip put the German in fifth seed
- Stefan Nimke (Germany) qualifies 4th for the men's sprint
- Gregory Bauge (France) qualifies third with a 10.279
- World Cup leader Mickael Bourgain (FRance) snaps up second seed with a 10.257
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) turns in a 10.192 to claim top seed
- Team New Zealand places fourth with a 4:10.698 (Jason Allen, Gregory Henderson, Peter Latham and Marc Ryan)
- Netherlands crash in warmup didn't seem to faze them - they qualified second with a 4:09.483 (Levi Heimans, Jens Mouris, Peter Schep, Niki Terpstra)
- World Cup team pursuit points leaders Great Britain set the standard with a 4:08.569 (Ed Clancy, Steven Cummings, Paul Manning, Christopher Newton)
- Australia closed out the qualifying session with a small bobble that took them out of the final for gold, and into the race for bronze (Matthew Goss, Ashley Hutchinson, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge)
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Olga Slyusareva (Russia) rode to a 5th spot in the pursuit qualifiers
- Katherine Bates (Australia) rode hard to a 2nd place
- Team Australia in the pursuit qualifiers
- Team Australia rotates the lead
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) was 13th fast in the 200m
- Stefan Nimke (Germany) was fourth fast in sprint qualifying
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) rode to 9th despite - or perhaps because of - his fall last night
- Kazuya Narita (Japan) was 16th
- Gregory Bauge (France) powers to third
- Jamie Staff (Great Britain) got 14th
- Mickael Baurgain (France) was second fastest
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) was on fire, setting a new track record of 10.192
- Team France on the way to 7th spot
- Italy had a bad day - 11th out of 11
- Team New Zealand was 4th fastest, and none more black.
- Track racing is good family fun!
- Team Russia on the way to 8th place
- Team Germany had an off day in 6th spot
- Team Ukraine was 5th fastest today
- Team Netherlands power out of the blocks
- The Team Netherlands train going for second spot
- The Netherlands express
- Great Britain was fast today in 1st place - could the Brits finally land the team pursuit championship?
Images by Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
- Adrie Visser (Netherlands) finished 7th during pursuit qualifications
- Erin Mirabella (USA) finished 9th during pursuit qualifications
- Emma Davies (Great Britain) digs deep and finishes 6th in the pursuit
- Karin Thurig (Switzerland) had a strong ride and has a shot at bronze during the pursuit finals
- Katherine Bates (Australia) qualifies 2nd in the pursuit setting up an all Australia final
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) finished 9th in the 200m qualifying with a time of 10.509
- Jamie Staff (Great Britain) at the rail during the men's sprint qualifying
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) didn't disappoint his fans turning a 10.192 for the top seen in the men's sprint.
- New Zealand got off to a slow start but still qualified 4th and still has a chance for the bronze
- The Netherlands rode well setting up a showdown against the British for the World Championship title
- World Cup Champions Great Britian continued their winning ways but taking the top qualifying spot in 4:08.569
- Top seed Australia collapsed during the last kilometer to qualify to ride off against New Zealand for the bronze medal
Images by Dana Ross/www.danarossphoto.com
- A record crowd turned out for the third evening of racing
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) gets a pep talk from coach Shane Sutton.
- The Meares sisters doing a trackstand in competion for 3rd and 4th place.
- Victoria Pendleton defeats Tamilia Abassova (Russia) in the sprint finals
- Victoria Pendleton celebrates her women's sprint victory
- Victoria Pendleton wears the flag after winning the women's sprints
Images by Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
- James Carney (USA) put in a blistering attack with ten laps to ignite the scratch race
- The men's field fights for position on the final lap.
- Karin Thurig (Switzerland) took the bronze in the women's pursuit.
- Katie Mactier (Australia) - a happy new world champion
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) likes the taste of gold.
- Gregory Bauge (France) defeats Ross Edgar (Great Britain) to move into the semi-finals
- Tamilia Abassova (Russia) tries to hold Victoria Pendleton (Great britain) at the rail during the women's match sprint
- Australia rides to the bronze.
- Great Britain rode strongly to take the world championship title
- A Great Britain rider flies the British flag.
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) keeps an eye on Theo Bos (Netherlands) and pulled the surprise upset at the line
- Theo Bos watches Jobie Dajka over his shoulder
- Kerrie Meares (Australia) watches for her sister Anna
- Victoria Pendelton (Great Britain) shows off her new championship gold medal.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Italy's Angelo Ciccone tried to get away in the scratch race
- Jame Carney (USA) tried to go with 10 laps to go but came up short
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) wins the scratch race world championship
- Katherine Bates (Australia) on the way to a fine silver in the pursuit.
- Katie Mactier (Australia) gives the thumbs up after winning gold
- The scratch race podium - L-R Gregory Henderson (New Zealand) 2nd; Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 1st; Matthew Gilmore (Belgium)
- Australia's Meares sisters play to the crowd in the bronze ride.
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) just gets Theo Bos (Netherlands) at the line to make the upset of the night
- Grégory Bauge (France) edges out Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) and Tamilia Abassova (Russia) in the sprint final
- Alex Baum - the man behind cycling in So Cal
- Aussie Hug - Bates and Mactier congratulate on the podium
- The women's sprint podium - L-R: Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 2nd; Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 1st; Anna Meares (Australia) 3rd
- James Carney (USA) trying to get away in the final laps of the scratch race
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) leads Greg Henderson (New Zealand) and gets the win
- A very happy Alex Rasmussen
- Karin Thurig (Switzerland) rode to a bronze medal in the pursuit
- Katherine Bates (Australia) rides in the pursuit
- Alex Rasmussen bites the gold
- Abassova, Pendleton, Meares show their medals
- Katie Mactier shows the gold medal of pursuit world champion
- Great Britain won the team pursuit - at long last!
- Team Great Britain takes a lap of honour
- The Meares trackstanding - or grandstanding? The crowd loved it anyway.
Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com
- Marvulli and Neuville wait for an opportunity in the mens scratch final.
- Miles Olman (Australia) in the scratch race.
- Jame Carney (USA) launched an all-out solo attack with less than 2 kilometers remaining.
- Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) leads the pack out with one to go.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) takes the scratch race win over Henderson of New Zealand
- Rasmussen (Denmark) celebrates the scratch race win.
- Elena Tchalykh (Russia) in the bronze medal pursuit final
- Karin Thurig (Switzerland) proves cheese is mightier than caviar
- Katie Mactier (Australia) concentrates on the countdown clock in the pursuit
- Katherine Bates (Australia) makes it an all-Aussie pursuit final
- Katie Mactier - identified by the gold of her shoe covers
- Katie Mactier celebrates the pursuit win
- Katie Mactier and teammate Katherine Bates - gold and silver
- Tuen Mulder and Stefan Nimke share the lane on the way to Mulder's win in the sprint 1/4 finals
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) sends Theo Bos (Netherlands) to the 5-8 final
- The Meares sisters put on a show for the SRO crowd.
- Team Australia claimed third place against New Zealand in the team pursuit finals
- Team New Zealand missed the podium in the team pursuit finals
- Team Great Britain claimed gold in the team pursuit finals
- Team Netherlands against Great Britain took silver.
- Great Britain celebrates the team pursuit win
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) takes Abassova in the final ride of the women's match sprint
- Victoria Pendleton celebrates the sprint win
- What I have to deal with to shoot a "lap of honor"!
- That's better! - Bates and Mactier a second later after they pass the photo phalanx
- Ross Edgar (Great Britain) wins the 5-8 minor sprint final over Teun Mulder of the Netherlands
- In the end, after three rides - it was ANNA meares over her sister Kerrie for the bronze.
Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com
- Anna Meares (AUS) looks back at Victoria Pendleton (GBR) in Sprint Finals
- Gregory Henderson (New Zealand) - second in the scratch race
- Matthew Gilmore (Belgium) - third in the Scratch race
- Action from the scratch race
- Action from the scratch race
- Action from the scratch race
- Action from the scratch race
- France's Jerome Neuville in the scratch race
- Bikes all over the track in the scratch race
- USA's James Carney takes a flyer with 10 laps to go
- Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) in the scratch race
- A packed house enjoyed some fine track today
- Katherine Bates (Australia) on the way to silver in the women's pursuit
- Katie Mactier wins the individual pursuit
- The men's scratch race podium - Gregory Henderson (New Zealand) 2nd; Alex Rasmussen (Denmark), 1st; Matthew Gilmore (Belgium) 3rd
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) comes around Germany's Stefan Nimke in the 1/8 finals in the men's sprint
- A very determined Craig Mclean (Great Britain) comes around Spain's Jose A Villanueva Trinidad in the 1/8 finals in the men's sprint
- Spain's Jose A Villanueva Trinidad gives it all he has but not enough as Craig Mclean (Great britain) takes the win in the 1/8 finals in the men's sprint
- Sisters Anna (in lead) and Kerrie Meares put on a great show as they battled for the bronze in the sprint
- Tamilia Abassova (Russia) looks back for eventual gold medal winner Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) in the sprint
- New Zealand in team pursuit
- Australia rides to 3rd in the team pursuit
- Love those aero helmets
- Netherlands team pursuit - good for the silver
- Great Britain fans yell and wave for their pursuit gold medal team
- That's right - I won. Jobie Dajka (Australia) in the sprint quarter finals
- Rene Wolff (Germany) powers to win over Teun Mulder (Netherlands) in sprint quarter finals
- World Cup leader Tamilia Abassova (Russia) on her way to a silver against Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
- A very happy women's individual pursuit podium. - Katherine Bates (Australia) 2nd; Katie Mactier (Australia) 1st; Karin Thurig (Switzeland) 3rd
- Katie Mactier (Australia) couldn't be happier without serious self-inflicted jaw damage.
- Individual pursuit winner Katie Mactier (Australia) and 2nd place Katherine Bates (Australia)
- Most of the fans shuffled out of the velodrome before Anna Meares took her lap around the track to celebrate her 3rd place in the Sprint. Here she high fives with fans at track side.
Day 2 - March 25: Men's individual pursuit; Men's keirin; Men's kilometer TT; Women's points race 25 km; Women's sprint qualifying through to 5th to 8th final
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- Robert Bengsch (Germany) finished 11th in a time of 4:33.452
- Mark Jamieson (Australia) finished 8th with a 4k time of 4:32.146
- Levi Heimans with a strong start and a 3rd place finish with a time of 4:28.943
- Robert Bartko (Germany) cruised into the 1st place time of 4:25.807
- Fabien Sanchez (France) finishes in 7th place with a time of 4:32.087
- Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) grits it out to qualify 2nd with a time of 4:28.858
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) came went the long way around to advance.
- Anna Meares (Australia) defeats Clara Sanchez (France) to advance
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) keeps a watchful on Kerrie Meares (Australia) in the women's 1/4 finals round.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Josiah Ng (Malaysia) going hard at the front of the keirin heat
- Action from the keirin heat
- Levi Heimans (Netherlands) powering to third fastest IP qualifier and a place in the bronze final.
- Robert Bartko (Germany) was fastest in the pursuit qualifiers
- Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) got off to a slow start but finished fast to take second place in qualifying and a chance at gold.
- Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) was fifth fastest in qualifying
- Tian Fang goes for it in sprint qualifying
- Italy’s Elisa Frisoni looks very focused in qualifying
- Tamilia Abassova (Russia) rides to fouth in qualifying
- Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) was second-fastest qualifier
- Kerrie Meares (Australia) in the 200m sprint qualifying
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) qualified fastest, but went out in the 1/4 finals
- Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) leads Oxana Grishina (Russia) in the 1/8-finals
- Kerrie Meares (Australia) gets ready for her 1/8-final heat against Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
- Kerrie Meares and Elisa Frisoni duke it out
- Willy Kanis (Netherlands) leads out Victoria Pendleton (Great britain)
- Pendleton grabs the win over Kanis
- Elisa Frisoni (Italy) leads out Kerrie Meares (Australia)
- A workman repairs the track after the crash
Images by Matthew Moses/www.moses-images.com
- Erin Mirabella (USA) and Olga Slyusareva (Russia) fighting for position on the sprint lap.
- Katherine Bates (Australia) solos off the front.
- Olga Slyusareva (Russia) wins the final sprint but Vera Carrara (Italy) finishes second to take the World Championship title in the Women's point race.
- A very happy Vera Carrara (Italy) as she takes a victory lap.
- Olga Slysusareva (Russia) stares ahead after unsuccessfully trying to defend her title.
- A smiling Katherine Bates (Australia) waves to the crowd as her third place finish is announced.
- Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) fights hard but can't overcome Robert Bartko's effort.
- Jason Queally (Great Britain) powers through his start to a 2nd place finish in the kilometer.
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) focuses ahead as he finishes in 1:01.165 to take the world championship title in the Kilometer
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) rides hard but had to settle for third.
- With the motor gone the fight for the front intensifies in the men's keirin
- A very happy Teun Mulder (Netherlands) celebrates his world championship win in the keirin
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) shows off his new world championship medal.
- Barry Forde (Barbados) takes a ceremonial lap after finishing 2nd in the men's keirin.
Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com
- Vera Carrara (Italy) goes away solo to take a late lap in the womens points race
- Olga Slyusareva (Russia) controlled the race's sprinting, but not getting away for a lap put her fate in Carrara's hands
- Katherine Bates (Australia) battled her way into the bronze on her sprinting ability.
- Slyusareva wins the final sprint but Carrara can celebrate the race win with second place at the line
- Carrara celebrates her points race win.
- Staff, Escuredo and Kelly slip by as Wolff, Dajka and Tournant tangle in the mens keirin second round
- Carrara of Italy awaits her gold medal
- The women's points race podium - Olga Slyusareva (Russia), Vera Carrara (Italy), Katherine Bates (Australia)
- Vera Carrara - gold tastes GOOD!
- Levi Heimans (Netherlands) bronze in the individual pursuit is well worth the effort
- Robert Bartko (Germany) rolls to pursuit gold against Spain
- Sergi Escobar (Spain) digs down deep for silver in the pursuit
- Jason Queally (Great Britain) hauls in silver in the kilometer TT
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) brought the crowd to its feet with every split on the way to gold in the kilometer
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) rode last but only could lock down bronze in the kilometer final
- Shane Kelly (Australia) lets the group bunch up as he leads out the keirin final for gold
- Mulder and Forde move to the front with one lap to go in the keirin final
- Mulder takes the keirin win over Forde and Kelly
- The mens pursuit podium Sergi Escobar (Spain), Robert Bartko (Germany), Levi Heimans (Netherlands)
- The keirin minor final sprint - Wolff, Villanueva, & Edgar battle it out
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) awaits the keirin final start
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) celebrates the keirin win
- Queally, Bos and Hoy mug for the cameras after the kilometer awards
- Forde, Mulder and Kelly on the men's keirin podium
Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com
- Action from the women's points race
- Erin Mirabella (USA) checks the score in the points race
- Katherine Bates (Australia) battled to make third 3rd in the points race
- Action from the women's points race
- Olga Slyusareva (Russia) finished an unaccustomed second 2nd in the points race
- Action from the women's points race
- Erin Mirabella (USA) in the points race - the Olympic bronze medalist couldn't get it tiogether today
- Mandy Poitras (Canada) was 7th in the points race
- Belem Guerrero (Mexico) had to get the most aggressive rider award in the points race after her constant attacks
- Vera Carrara (Italy) knocked Russia's Olga Slyusareva off her points race throne
- Action from the women's points race
- Action from the women's points race
- Charlotte Becker (Germany) in the women's points race
- Jobie Dajka (Australia) gets tangled up with René Wolff (Germany) and Arnaud Tournant (France) in the keirin
- Dajka and Tournant in serious trouble
- Dajka rolls with the impact as Tournant realises that he's not ging to stay upright
- Arnaud Tournant (France) - a bit the worse for wear after the crash
- Travis Smith (Canada) warms up
- Tim Veldt (Netherlands) was 9th in the kilo
- Ben Kersten (Australia) powers to fourth in the 1km time trial
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) blasts along in the 1km time trial
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) does a victory lap after the 1km time trial
- The Men's Pursuit Podium and the German national anthem
- Robert Bartko (Germany) salutes the crowd after his 1st place in the individual pursuit
- Keirin final 7-12 places - the final sprint
- Keirn final 1-6 places line up - Jamie Staff (Great Britain), Teun Mulder (Netherlands), Jose Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
- Eventual keirin winner Teun Mulder (Netherlands) in the middle of the line-up
- Former world champ Shane Kelly (Australia) takes the lead in the keirin final
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) wins the keirin
- Men's 1km time trial podium - Jason Queally (Great Britain) 2nd, Theo Bos (Netherlands) 1st, Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 3rd
- Keirin Podium - Barry Forde (Barbados) 2nd, Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 1st, Shane John Kelly (Australia) 3rd"
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Vera Carrara (Italy) gets ready to race in the points event
- Action from the women's points race
- The women's points race podium - L-R Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 2nd, Vera Carrara (Italy) 1st, Katherine Bates (Australia) 3rd
- Vera Carrara on her lap of honor
- Robert Barko waves
- Teun Mulder is very happy
- The Italian girls are very happy that Carrara won
- The beginning of the crash as Jobie Dajka comes down on Arnaud Tournant
- Dajka and Tournant crash hard
- Teun Mulder on his way to winning the Keirin
- The kilo podium - L-R Jason Quelly (Great Britain) 2nd, Theo Bos (Netherlands) 1st, Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 3rd
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- The life of a cyclist - meditation and dirty laundry.
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) went on to win the men's keirin.
- Teun Mulder (Netherlands) takes the keirin
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) apologizes to Kerrie Meares for hooking her in the sprint.
- Arnaud Tournant (France).
- Chris Boardman.
- Some very cool people rode bikes to the velodrome.
- Women's points race action.
- John Howard - no, not the Aussie PM, but America's first international road racing champion.
- Full house at the ADT Event Center.
- Vera Carrara (Italy), winner of the Women's 25km points race.
- Robert Bartko (Germany) in the men's individual pursuit.
- Robert Bartko (Germany) won the men's individual pursuit.
- Robert Bartko (Germany), winner of the men's individual pursuit, with defending champ Sergi Escobar (Spain) gracefully finishing second.
- Theo Bos (Netherlands) powers to an amazing win in the Kilo in a time of 1'01.165 - 58.857 km/h!!
Day 1 - March 24: Men's points race 40 km final; Men's team sprint qualifying & finals; Women's 500m TT final
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Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com
- Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belarus started fourth from last, and turned in the first sub-35 second ride - which held up for gold.
- The Netherlands Yvonne Hijgenaar started next and moved into second temporarily.
- Australia's Anna Meares started last and bumped Hijgenaar to Bronze.
- The men's points race field
- Vladimir Rybin of Ukraine settles into the lead with two sprints to go
- Juan Llaneras of Spain only figured in two sprints until working to take a lap 25 laps to go
- Ioannis Tamouridis of Greece had one sprint win (sixth) before joining Llaneras in a breakaway
- Tamouridis and Llaneras take a lap with only 4 laps remaining
- Rybin takes a moment to celebrate his Points Race win.
- Great Britain in the team sprint qualifying (Staff, Queally, Hoy)
- Team Germany in the team sprint finals for bronze (John, Wolff, Nimke)
- France goes down to Germany in the bronze medal ride (Bourgain, Bauge, Tournant)
- Jamie Staff of GBR snapped the clamping spring of his SPD-R, which caused a minor delay before the final for Gold
- The Netherlands races against Great Britain in the Team Sprint Final (Mulder, Veldt, Bos)
- Jamie Staff leaves the lane a bit early, but Great Britain holds on to take Gold (Staff, Queally, Hoy)
- Staff, Queally and Hoy accept the cheers of the crowd at Theo Bos and Ray Godkin look on
- Staff, Queally and Hoy in full regalia
- Becky Conzelman of the USA got the crowd on its feet in the Women's 500m
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- The opening ceremonies
- The last Netherlands rider takes it home in the team sprint qualifying
- Magdalena Sara (Poland) rides in the 500m TT
- Tamilia Abassova (Eussia) on the way to 6th in the 500m TT
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) recovers after her gold medal ride
- Anna Meares (Australia) powers out of the blocks in the women's 500m TT
- Anna Meares (Australia) on the way to 2nd in the 500m TT
- Colby Pearce (USA) had an off day in the points race
- More points race
- Colby Pearce (USA) in the points race
- Sean Finning (Australia) was in contention until the final sprints
- Points race action
- Ouch! Poland's Rafal Ratajczyk crashed early in the points race but still finished 9th
- Colby Pearce (USA) in the men's points race
- The women's 500m TT podium - All smiles Anna Meares (Australia), Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus), Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) finishes up the team sprint
- Volodymyr Rybin (Ukraine) tastes gold in the points race.
- The team sprint podium - if you think this is crowded, wait till the Team Sprint...
- Team sprint gold goes to Great Britain
- Team sprint silver medalists, Netherlands
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- The Brits keep it organized like this.
- Weighing in.
- You have to iron all the flags.
- The riders at the ADT Event Center Velodrome in Carson California
- Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belarus rides to first place in the women's 500m
- Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belarus rides to first place in the women's 500m
- Anna Meares of Australia gets ready to ride the women's 500m
- Anna Meares of Australia rides to 2nd place in the women's 500m
- The start of the Men's 40km points race.
- Action from the men's points race
- Action from the men's points race
- Colby Pearce makes a move on the field in the men's 40km point's race.
- Rafal Ratajczyk crashed , got back in, and still finished 9th in the Men's 40K Points race
- Media coverage is extensive for this event.
- Attendance was good on opening night of the World Track Cycling Championships in Los Angeles
- Natallia Tsylinskaya on the podium as new world champion in the women's 500m TT
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (gold) and Anna Meares (silver) taking a victory lap after the women's 500m TT
- The German team getting ready for the team time trial
- The Brits go for gold in the team time trial
- Ioannis Tamouridis wins silver for Greece in the Men's 40K Points race
- Ioannis Tamouridis from Greece - silver medalist in the men's 40km points race.
- Volodymyr Rybin of Ukraine - gold medal winner of the Men's 40K points race.
- The Brits took gold in the team sprint - Chris Hoy, Jason Queally, Jamie Staff
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- US track legend Nelson Vails was on hand and walking around the pits
- The Dutch team mechanic gets to work
- The Management - AEG's Bill Peterson, UCI's Hein Verbruggen and USAC's Jim O
- Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania gets her hands taped
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) rode to 5th in the 500m TT
- Elisa Frisoni of Italy came in as World Cup leader and left in 9th spot overall
- Elisa Frisoni (Italy) on the way to ninth
- Natallia Tslinskaya (Belarus) flying to her first world championship
- Australia's Anna Meares rode hard and just missed out on repeating her 2004 rainbow ride
- Natallia Tsylinskaya celebrates
- The women's 500m TT podium - L-R 2nd Anna Meares (Australia), 1st Natallia Tslinskaya (Belarus), 3rd Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
- The women's 500m TT podium - L-R 2nd Anna Meares (Australia), 1st Natallia Tslinskaya (Belarus), 3rd Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
- Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) on the podium, looking not unhappy
- Action from the men's points race
- Action from the men's points race
- Action from the points race
- Winner in the Points race Rybin and 11th place finisher Scheps getting points
- Colby Pearce (USA) rode hard and finished 13th
- Olympic champion Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia) had an off night in the points race
- Volodymyr Tybin (Ukraine) celebrates his points race win
- The Russian team in the team sprint
- The German team in the team sprint
- The Czech team blasts off in the team sprint
- Team France starts the team sprint
- Jamie Staff's broken pedal
- The Netherlands team had trouble staying tight in the final
- Chris Hoy and Jamie Staff celebrate the British team sprint victory
- The points race podium - Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece), Volodymyr Rybin (Ukraine) and Juan Llaneras Rossello (Spain)
- Flags go up at the team sprint award ceremony
- The team sprint podium
- Hands up who's a world champion!
- British fans were happy tonight
Riders practice - March 24
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- A team France mechanic works on one of the squad's Look bikes.
- Anna Meares (Australia) practices flying 200m sprints.
- The track has been busy for the last several days with riders training and practicing on the boards of the ADT Event Centre Velodrome.
- Coming attractions.
- Shane Kelly (Australia) gets in some high-speed practice laps
- Chinese sprinter Guo Shuang in a flying 200m practice session
- The ADT Center will be the home of the world track championships for the next four days
- Team France practices the team time trial.
- A painting of Marshall W. "Major" Taylor is part of a display dedicated to the great late 19th/early 20th century track rider.
- The Major Taylor exhibit - Taylor was the US's top track cyclist at the end of the 19th century
- Major Taylor's bike on wooden rollers is on display at the ADT Centre velodrome.
