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Track World Cup 05-06 Round 4 - CDM
Sydney, Australia, March 3-5, 2005
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Day 3 - March 5: Women: Scratch; Keirin
Men: Team sprint; Madison 40 km final
Dutch courage pays while women take centre stage
By Les Clarke in Sydney
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On the final day of competition in Sydney there more surprises and more speed as the women's keirin and men's team sprint combined with the women's scratch and men's Madison to entertain yet another strong crowd which showed that Sydney loves their track racing.
Women's keirin
Jennie Reed looked strong in the first round of the women's keirin, leading over the last two laps to easily hold off China's Mu Di in the first heat. In the second heat Yvonne Hijgenaar continued where she left off in the 500m tt last night to win ahead of China's Jonjie Gong. The second round saw Reed, Italy's Annalisa Cucinotta and Ukranian Lubov Shulyka qualify for the final from the first heat, while in the second heat Tamilia Abassova, Mu Di and Elisa Frisoni rode into the final after great work to position themselves ahead of quality riders such as Kristine Bayley and Yvonne Hijgenaar
In the final for 7th-12th, China's Jinjie Gong showed good pace over the final bend to secure 7th place ahead of Hijgenaar, with New Zealander Fiona Carswell and Lithuanian Viktorija Lomsargyte involved in a final-bend crash. Both riders thankfully escaped serious injury. The final for gold was won by Chinese rider Mu Di after leading out early in the final lap.
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It came down to a Reed-Di sprint, with Reed appearing to get a better run out of the final bend than her Chinese opponent - but it was Di who prevailed in a very close finish ahead of Reed and Italian Elisa Frisoni. Speaking after the finish, Reed was a little disappointed with her performance, admitting she may have underestimated Di in the finale. "There were a lot of moves I had to cover - there was a lot going on, and to be honest I think I underestimated the Chinese rider a little bit," said Reed after the finish. "I waited too long to have a run and come over the top, and although I thought I had with the bike throw, I guess I didn't."
She also added that, "I think we were pretty even and I made a little mistake; I was a little high coming around, which isn't typical of me but I thought I wouldn't have any problems coming around. That itself was probably a mistake." But having said that she's looking forward to world's and her recent strong form, which should serve her well in Bordeaux next month.
Men's team sprint
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In qualifying for the men's team sprint, Malaysia came out early to post a time of 46.620 before they were bettered by the New Zealand crew, who stopped the clock at 46.501. But these were blasted by the Dutch team of Theo Bos, Teun Mulder and Tim Veldt who posted a time of 44.479 to put themselves at the head of the leaderboard. France's trio of Gregory Bauge, Francois Pervis and Arnaud Tournant came out and rode a very respectable time of 44.769 to place themselves into the final against the Dutch.
Poland came out strongly in their ride-off for bronze against Japan but it wasn't enough to secure third place after the Japanese trio posted a time of 45.341 to take a medal deserving of their solid ride. In the gold medal race France came out strongly against the Dutch trio, with Gregory Bauge riding his usual excellent first lap to set up what could've been a slight upset. But it wasn't to be, as Bos, Mulder and Veldt powered through on each of their turns to stop the clock with a time of 44.628, just one tenth of a second faster than the French team.
It was a closely fought affair, with the Dutch riders only just keeping their noses in front throughout the race to provide another enthusiastic crowd with an entertaining performance. Speaking after the finish, Holland's boss on the track, Theo Bos played down his team's acheivement, saying that, "The world championships will decide who the best sprinters in the world are and which team is best," but that isn't to say he wasn't happy with the performance of his crew. He does know, however, that they could bring their time for the event down to be in with a real shot next month in France.
Women's scratch race
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It was a cagey affair in the women's scratch race, with Russia's Yulia Aroustamova timing her sprint to perfection to take the win ahead of the Czech Republic's Jarmilia Machacova. With none of the field prepared to make a real attempt at breaking away from the bunch, it always looked likely that the race would come down to a sprint over the closing laps - this was the case, and although there were surges of speed from various riders it became apparent nothing was going to stick.
Great Britain's Nikki Harris kept trying her luck off the front, putting in a number of attacks, but without any other riders expressing any interest in working together to get away the field kept coming back together. Coming into the final two laps Machacova made a brave effort to lead out a very long sprint, in fact setting Aroustamova up perfectly to power home through the final bend for the win.
Men's Madison
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With Australia's pairing of Richard England and Simon Clarke featuring against the Great Britain duo of Mark Cavendish and Thomas Geraint it was expected that these two teams would fight it out for the win. The Danish pairing of Alex Rasmussen and Michael Morkov didn't read the script, however, leading from early on and holding on to take the win.
The Australians started the race strongly, with England and Clarke taking points on offer during the first three sprints but it was the teams of Denmark, Italy, Ukraine and Great Britain that blew the race open shortly before the fourth sprint when they made their way off the front to lap the field. From there it was a race between these four pairs, with the Danish duo keeping a watchful eye on the Ukranians, who were shaping up as their main rivals.
There were plenty of attacks from the remaining teams, now a lap behind, but none had any sting in them until the German pair of Christian Lademann and Erik Weispfennig were able to make their way onto the lead lap through sustained attacking riding. An excellent effort from the two Germans which was rewarded with a solid fifth place at the finish. But it was all about Denmark's two riders, who added another gold medal to their country's win in the team pursuit the previous night.
Team manager Heiko Salzwedel was extremely pleased with the pair, saying after the finish, "They rode a really smart Madison, doing all the right things and from my point of view I didn't have to make many corrections during the race."
The legendary coach was enthusistic about his team's performances at the meet, saying, "Denmark hasn't been on the podium for 14 years - and to now be on top of the podium is very exciting. These two young guys - Alex is still 22 and Morkov is just 21 - they still have a long way to go, and it's very exciting."
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- 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
Results
Women scratch Qualifying Heat 1 1 Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 2 Sung Eun Gu (Korea) 3 Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine) 4 Belinda Goss (Australia) 5 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 6 Yulia Aroustamova (Russia) 7 Monia Baccaille (Italy) 8 Nikki Harris (Great Britain) 9 Karolina Janik (Poland) 10 Mandy Poitras (Canada) 11 Uracca Leow Hoay Sim (Malaysia) 12 Sima Trapp (USA) 13 Maria Tzoumanika (Greece) Heat 2 1 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 2 Olaberria Dorronsoro L. (Spain) 3 Elizaveta Bochkaryova (Ukraine) 4 Lauren Franges (USA) 5 Alena Prudnikova (Russia) 6 Gina Grain (Canada) 7 Catherine Sell (New Zealand) 8 Noor Azian Alias (Malaysia) 9 Pascale Schnider (Switzerland) 10 Katarzyna Jagusiak (Poland) 11 Skye-Lee Armstrong (Australia) 12 Yumari Gonzalez (Cuba) 13 Iona Wynter Parks (Jamaica) 14 Songee Han (Korea) Final 1 Yulia Aroustamova (Russia) 2 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 3 Alena Prudnikova (Russia) 4 Monia Baccaille (Italy) 5 Olaberria Dorronsoro L. (Spain) 6 Belinda Goss (Australia) 7 Catherine Sell (New Zealand) 8 Nikki Harris (Great Britain) 9 Gina Grain (Canada) 10 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 11 Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 12 Sung Eun Gu (Korea) 13 Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine) 14 Lauren Franges (USA) 15 Mandy Poitras (Canada) 16 Pascale Schnider (Switzerland) 17 Karolina Janik (Poland) 18 Noor Azian Alias (Malaysia) 19 Elizaveta Bochkaryova (Ukraine) 20 Katarzyna Jagusiak (Poland) Women keirin First round Heat 1 1 Jennie Reed (USA) 2 Mu Di (China) 3 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 4 Lubov Shulyka (Ukraine) 5 Fiona Carswell (New Zealand) 6 Magdalena Sara (Poland) 7 Kristine Bayley (Australia) Heat 2 1 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 2 Jinjie Gong (China) 3 Elisabeth Williams (New Zealand) 4 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 5 Jin A You (Korea) 6 Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 7 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania) Repechage Heat 1 1 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 2 Jin A You (Korea) 3 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 4 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 5 Magdalena Sara (Poland) Heat 2 1 Lubov Shulyka (Ukraine) 2 Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 3 Fiona Carswell (New Zealand) 4 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania) 5 Elisabeth Williams (New Zealand) Second round Heat 1 1 Jennie Reed (USA) 2 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 3 Lubov Shulyka (Ukraine) 4 Jinjie Gong (China) 5 Jin A You (Korea) 6 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania) Heat 2 1 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 2 Mu Di (China) 3 Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 4 Fiona Carswell (New Zealand) 5 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 6 Kristine Bayley (Australia) Final 1-6 1 Mu Di (China) 2 Jennie Reed (USA) 3 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 4 Lubov Shulyka (Ukraine) 5 Tamilia Abassova (Russia) 6 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) Final 7-12 7 Jinjie Gong (China) 8 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) DNF Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania) DNF Fiona Carswell (New Zealand) DNS Kristine Bayley (Australia) DNS Jin A You (Korea) Men's Madison 1 Denmark 14 pts Michael Mørkøv Alex Rasmussen 2 Italy 11 Fabio Masotti Marco Villa 3 Great Britain 10 Mark Cavendish Geraint Thomas 4 Ukraine 8 Lyubomyr Polatayko Volodymyr Rybin 5 Germany 6 Christian Lademann Erik Weispfennig One lap behind 6 Russia 13 Alexander Khatuntsev Sergey Kolesnikov 7 Australia 10 Simon Clarke Richard England 8 Korea 5 Sun Jae Jang Sung Baek Park 9 Netherlands 5 Jens Mouris Niki Terpstra 10 Belgium 0 Nicky Cocquyt Davy Tuytens 11 Argentina 0 Jose F. Antogna Juan Gaspari Two laps behind 12 Canada 5 Zach Bell Martin Gilbert 13 Spain 1 Miguel Alzamora Riera Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur Three laps behind 14 Switzerland Maxime Bally Grégory Devaud DNF Belarus Siarhei Daubniuk Dzmitry Smirnou DNF Hong Kong King Wai Cheung Kam Po Wong Men team sprint 1 Netherlands 44.479 (60.702km/h) Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt 2 France 44.769 (60.309km/h) Grégory Bauge François Pervis Arnaud Tournant 3 Japan 45.393 (59.480km/h) Masaki Inoue Takashi Kaneko Kazunari Watanabe 4 Poland 45.395 (59.477km/h) Lukasz Kwiatkowski Tomasz Schmidt Damian Zielinski 5 Australia 45.724 (59.049km/h) Ben Kersten Joel Leonard Shane Perkins 6 Spain 45.768 (58.993km/h) Alvaro Alonso Rubio Alfredo Moreno Cano José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad 7 China 45.861 (58.873km/h) Yong Feng Zhang Lei Qiming Wang 8 New Zealand 46.501 (58.063km/h) Justin Grace Nathan Seddon Adam Stewart 9 United States 46.547 (58.005km/h) Benjamin Barczewski Giddeon Massie Christian Stahl 10 Malaysia 46.620 (57.915km/h) Junaidi Mohd Nasir Josiah Ng On Lam Mohamed Rizal Tisin 11 Canada 46.829 (57.656km/h) Cam Mackinnon Yannik Morin Travis Smith 12 Korea 47.679 (56.628km/h) Yeong Gyu Jeon Dong Jin Kang Hee Chun Yang Gold final 1 Netherlands 44.628 (60.500km/h) Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt 2 France 44.730 (60.362km/h) Grégory Bauge François Pervis Arnaud Tournant Bronze final 1 Japan 45.341 (59.548km/h) Masaki Inoue Takashi Kaneko Kazunari Watanabe 2 Poland 45.552 (59.272km/h) Lukasz Kwiatkowski Tomasz Schmidt Damian Zielinski
