Track World Cup 05-06 Round 4 - CDM

Sydney, Australia, March 3-5, 2006

Photography

Stage 3 - March 5: Session Five - 11.50
Women: Scratch 5 km: qualifying (2 heats i.r)
Men: Madison 20 km: qualifying (2 heats i.r)
Session 6 - 13.00
Women: Scratch 10 km final; Keirin
Men: Team sprint; Madison 40 km final,  

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• The french trio during qualifying in the Team Sprint
• The girls in the early stages of the scratch race
• Keeping an eye on things
• Nikki Harris (Great Britain) on the attack
• with one lap to go Yulia Aroustamova (Russia) was on the outside, and ended with a win
• Richard England (Australia) during the Madison
• The Australian duo were leading in the early stages of the race
• Denmark put in some effort for their win
• Action on the track
• Ukraine just missed out on the medals
• Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) looking focused
• the Danish pair thank the crowd
• The womens Keirin final on track in the late afternoon
• The sprint for the Keirin was won by Mu Di (China)
• The Bos (Netherland) working it in the Team Sprint
• The Nederlands were the overall World Cup Champions

Stage 2 - March 4: Session Three - 10.00
Women: Individual pursuit qualifying 
Men: Team pursuit qualifying; Sprint qualifying, 1/8 & 1/4 finals; Points race 15km qualifying
Session Four - 19.00
Women: Individual pursuit finals; 500m t.t. final
Men: Team pursuit final 3-4 & 1-2; Sprint finals; Points Race 30km final,  

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• Shane Perkins (Australia) in the mens sprint qualifications
• Josiah Ng On Lam (Malaysia) showed good form today
• Christian Stahl (USA) in action
• Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) was the fastest for the sprint
• Gregory Bauge (France) in usual good form
• Adrie Visser (Netherlands) starts of in her Inividual Pursuit Qualifying run
• Tess Downing (Australia) a future star
• Lisa Gatto (Italy) gave it her all today
• Li Wang (China) was fastest
• Wendy Houvenaghel (Great britain) was close behing in second
• The young Aussie side Rode into a bronze chance in the teams pursuit
• The GBR team was also young and put on a good show
• Ukraine rode well together and confirmed a final burst
• Part of the hazards of track cycling
• Arnaud Tournant (France) on his way to beating Travis Smith (Canada)
• Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) in action against Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
• Michael Blatchford (USA) against Qiming Wang (China)
• Josiah Ng On Lam (Malaysia) was the surprise today beating #1 seed Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
• The Aussie boys get a quick pep talk before ther bronze ride off
• the Australians take off
• Richard England leads the Australian Team Pursuit
• Great Britain on the charge
• Denmark's team pursuit crew were too strong tonight
• Ukraine finished with the silver
• Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) in the 500m time trial
• Elisa Frisoni (Italy) during the 500m time trial
• Wendy Houvenaghel (GBr) improved in every km to take the gold
• Li Wang (China) hoping for gold but only managed silver
• The 500m podium
• Arnaud Tournant (France) gets a push from cycling legend Florian Rousseau
• Arnaud Tournant (France) had a hard battle against Josiah Ng On Lam (Malaysia)
• Gregory Bauge (France) took gold in the sprint
• Taking a break while a bit of the world passes by
• Niki Terpstra (Ned) working hard
• Niki Terpstra (Ned) took a memorable win in the points race

Stage 1 - March 3: Session One - 10:00
Women: Sprint qualifying, 1/8 & 1/4 finals; Points race 10km qualifying
Men: Scratch 7.5km qualifying; Keirin 1st round & repechages; Individual pursuit qualifying
Session Two - 19:00
Women: Sprint semis & finals; Points race 20km final
Men: Scratch 15 km final; Kilometer t.t final; Keirin finals; Individual pursuit finals,  

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• Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) takes out the men's scratch race
• The scratch race podium (l-r): Sun Jae Jang (Kor), Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) and Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus)
• Tamilia Abassova (Russia) in action during sprint qualifications
• Anna Meares (Australia) looked strong in the qualifications for the sprint
• Elisa Frisoni (Italy) is the number 1 seed
• Ben Kersten (Australia) leads his keirin heat home
• Anna Meares (Australia) keeps an eye on Kristine Bayley (Australia)
• Sun Jae Jang (Korea) at the start of his Individual Pursuit
• Paul Healion (Ireland) in action
• Jakub Sredzinki (Poland) put everything into his heat
• Rob Hayles (Science in Sport) doing his own thing
• Michael Ford (Australia) rode for bronze in the final
• Alexander Khatuntsev (Russia) bursts out of the stating gate
• Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine) looked strong
• Elisa Frisoni (Italy) looked good this morning
• Jennie Reed (USA) had her game face on
• Anna Meares (Australia) battles it out with Magdalena Sara (Poland)
• Elisa Frisoni (Italy) on her way to winning her heat
• The Keirin podium (l-r): Josiah Ng On Lam (Malaysia), Theo Bos (Ned), Jan Van Eijden (Ger)
• Joel Leonard (Australia) takes off in the Kilo and rides in to third place
• Yong Feng (China) psyches up before a big ride in the Kilo
• Anna Meares (Australia) gives the thumbs up after taking gold in the sprint
• Jennie Reed (USA) battles it out with Elisa Frisoni (Italy) in there heat in the sprint
• The field stretches out during the scratch race
• Kori Seehafer (USA) has a go in the points race
• Vera Carrara (Italy) shows her winning form
• Adrie Visser (Ned) leads a four woman break in the points race
• Belinda Goss (Australia) put in a good show during the points race
• Vera Carrara (Italy) before the restart
• Vera Carrara (Italy) gives the victory salute
• Ben Kersten (Australia) was looking good but got relegated to last
• Theo Bos (Ned) flies into the finish of the Keirin
• Gary Sutton and Michael Ford discuss the plan ahead of his bronze medal ride
• Michael Ford (Australia) on his way to third in the Individual Pursuit
• Alexander Khatuntsev (Russia) on his way to silver
• Rob Hayles (SIS) was too strong in the individual pursuit