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Track World Cup 07-08 Round 1 - CDM
Sydney, Australia, November 30-December 2, 2007
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Session 1 - November 30: Men: Qualifying: Team sprint, Individual pursuit, Points race; Women: Qualifying: Individual pursuit, Scratch, Sprint
Reporting by Cyclingnews staff in Sydney
Morning session: Host nation shining already
By Karen Forman
The first round of the 2007 UCI Track World Cycling Cup is underway at Sydney's Dunc Gray Velodrome and already host country Australia has indicated it means business when it comes to grabbing those all-important points towards qualification for the Beijing Olympics.
Early qualifiers for the women's sprint saw world and Olympic time trial champion Anna Meares go through to the quarter finals with a solid 11.264 in the 200 metre time trial. The Toshiba team member then beat French rider Clara Sanchez in the quarter finals 2-0 (11.801 and 12.079) to make her way through to tonight's semi final.
Australian national record holder Katie Mactier will ride off for gold against Vilija Sereikaite in tonight's individual pursuit final after qualifying second with 3.36.784 behind the Lithuanian this afternoon.
The men's team sprint qualifier was won by the Australian Toshiba team of Ryan Bayley, Daniel Ellis, and Shane Kelly in 0.44.48 by 0.05 sec from the German team www.radnet.de comprising Robert Forstemann, Matthias John and Stefan Nimke. Australian national team Mark French, Shane Perkins and Scott Sunderland qualified sixth in 0.44.88
In the men's individual pursuit Australia's Drapac Porsche team member Phillip Thuaux qualified second in 0.04.23.10 and will face Voldoymyr Dyudya of the Ukraine in tonight's final.
Cameron Meyer qualified eighth in the first heat of the men's points race while Mark Renshaw went through in sixth in the second heat.
A total 395 riders have come to Sydney for the three-day event including 15 reigning world champions and all but three of last year's winners - the British team pursuit squad: Geraint Thomas and Paul Manning, the Madison champions Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli, and British women's team sprint champion Shanaze Reade.
The increase in numbers from recent years is due to a new qualification system for the 2008 Olympics which gives automatic selection to individual World Cup winners as well as world champions.
Cycling Australia's high performance manager, Kevin Tabotta, said it was a good start, but that it was too early to speculate. "It's the first day of the first World Cup at the start of the season, where everyone gets to show their cards," he told Cyclingnews. "If we get good results it means we are on track; if not, then we have got time to improve things."
He said he expected the host country to be heavily challenged during the next three days. "We used to have 200 riders at a Sydney World Cup, but due to the Olympics we have 400, so there is a lot more competition. As well, we've had two considerations with our preparation - we have to get the results to qualify for Beijing, but also have to be fit to complete in Beijing. It's a fine balance. The fine tuning will come after the Worlds."
Tabotta said it was great, for a nation which has to travel most of the year, to be able to race at home. "This time the European teams get to experience what we do," he said.
Tonight's session, starting at 7pm, will feature finals for the women's individual pursuit, men's points race, women's scratch, men's team sprint and men's individual pursuit.
Results
Morning session
Women's 3000m individual pursuit - qualifying
1 Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Safi - Pasta Zara Manhattan 3.36.575 (49.867 km/h)
2 Katie Mactier (Australia) 3.36.784 (49.819 km/h)
3 Karin Thürig (Switzerland) 3.38.293 (49.474 km/h)
4 Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) 3.38.596 (49.406 km/h)
5 Sarah Hammer (United States Of America) 3.38.680 (49.387 km/h)
6 Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3.38.725 (49.377 km/h)
7 Verena Jooss (Germany) 3.39.473 (49.208 km/h)
8 Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3.39.775 (49.141 km/h)
9 Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 3.40.019 (49.086 km/h)
10 Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia) 3.41.070 (48.853 km/h)
11 Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 3.41.089 (48.849 km/h)
12 Tara Whitten (Canada) 3.42.325 (48.577 km/h)
13 Min Yang (People's Republic of China) 3.42.358 (48.570 km/h)
14 Elizaveta Bochkarova (Ukraine) 3.42.611 (48.515 km/h)
15 Katherine Bates (Australia) 3.43.818 (48.253 km/h)
16 Dotsie Bausch (United States Of America) 3.44.290 (48.151 km/h)
17 Cathy Moncassin Prime (France) 3.44.374 (48.133 km/h)
18 Trine Schmidt (Denmark) 3.45.198 (47.957 km/h)
19 Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 3.46.776 (47.624 km/h)
20 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 3.48.293 (47.307 km/h)
21 Tatiana Guderzo (Italy) 3.48.707 (47.221 km/h)
22 Charlotte Becker (Germany) 3.48.909 (47.180 km/h)
23 Marlijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) 3.51.298 (46.693 km/h)
24 Yudelmis Dominguez Masague (Cuba) 3.51.742 (46.603 km/h)
25 Neva Day (United States Of America) 3.52.292 (46.493 km/h)
26 Jessie Maclean (Australia) 3.52.388 (46.474 km/h)
27 Uracca Leow (Malaysia) 3.53.221 (46.308 km/h)
28 Min Hye Lee (Korea) 3.53.455 (46.261 km/h)
29 Satomi Wadami (Japan) 3.53.706 (46.211 km/h)
30 Svetlana Paulikaite (Lithuania) 3.54.790 (45.998 km/h)
31 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 3.56.035 (45.755 km/h)
32 Iona Wynter (Jamaica) 3.56.131 (45.737 km/h)
33 Camille Pallett (Australia) 3.56.766 (45.614 km/h)
34 Wei Li (People's Republic of China) 3.58.335 (45.314 km/h)
35 Kele Murdin (United States Of America) 3.58.390 (45.303 km/h)
36 Paola Maria Salazar Rabbe (Guatemala) 4.15.353 (42.294 km/h)
DNF Danielys Garcia (Venezuela)
Men's 4000m individual pursuit - qualifying
1 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 4.22.411 (54.875 km/h)
2 Phillip Thuaux (Australia) 4.23.097 (54.732 km/h)
3 Marc Ryan (New Zealand) 4.27.324 (53.867 km/h)
4 Alexander Serov (Russian Federation) 4.27.596 (53.812 km/h)
5 Stephen Cummings (Great Britain) 4.28.014 (53.728 km/h)
6 Vitaliy Popkov (Ukraine) 4.28.455 (53.640 km/h)
7 Luke Roberts (Australia) 4.28.734 (53.584 km/h)
8 Toni Tauler Llull (Spain) 4.28.873 (53.556 km/h)
9 Taylor Phinney (United States Of America) 4.29.118 (53.508 km/h)
10 Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 4.29.293 (53.473 km/h)
11 Enzo Cesario Farias (Chile) 4.30.923 (53.151 km/h)
12 Daniel Becke (Germany) 4.31.617 (53.015 km/h)
13 Alexandr Pliuschin (Republic of Moldova) 4.31.854 (52.969 km/h)
14 Fabien Sanchez (France) 4.31.891 (52.962 km/h)
15 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 4.31.978 (52.945 km/h)
16 Robert Bengsch (Germany) 4.32.021 (52.937 km/h)
17 Mark Jamieson (Australia) 4.32.061 (52.929 km/h)
18 Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukraine) 4.32.930 (52.760 km/h)
19 Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark) 4.33.034 (52.740 km/h)
20 Magnus Backstedt (Sweden) 4.34.244 (52.507 km/h)
21 Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 4.35.109 (52.342 km/h)
22 Nikita Novikov (Russian Federation) 4.35.781 (52.215 km/h)
23 Milan Kadlec (Czech Republic) 4.36.038 (52.166 km/h)
24 Dominique Stark (Switzerland 4.36.890 (52.006 km/h)
25 Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 4.40.331 (51.367 km/h)
26 Sun Jae Jang (Korea) 4.40.783 (51.285 km/h)
27 Charles Bradley Huff (United States Of America) 4.42.071 (51.050 km/h)
28 Amir Rusli (Malaysia) 4.43.977 (50.708 km/h)
29 Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong, China) 4.50.079 (49.641 km/h)
30 Behnam Khalilikhosroshahi (Iran) 4.51.633 (49.377 km/h)
31 Vadim Vdovinov (Kazakhstan) 4.51.970 (49.320 km/h)
Women's sprint - qualifying
1 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.160 (64.516 km/h)
2 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) scienceinsport.com 11.244 (64.034 km/h)
3 Anna Meares (Aus) Toshiba 11.264 (63.920 km/h)
4 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.285 (63.801 km/h)
5 Shuang Guo (People's Republic of China) 11.344 (63.469 km/h)
6 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 11.357 (63.397 km/h)
7 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.368 (63.335 km/h)
8 Jennie Reed (USA) Momentum Cycling 11.417 (63.063 km/h)
9 Jinjie Gong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 11.436 (62.959 km/h)
10 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.460 (62.827 km/h)
11 Clara Sanchez (France) 11.468 (62.783 km/h)
12 Dana Glöss (Germany) 11.516 (62.521 km/h)
13 Lulu Zheng (People's Republic of China) 11.552 (62.326 km/h)
14 Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) 11.563 (62.267 km/h)
15 Miriam Welte (Germany) 11.587 (62.138 km/h)
16 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation) 11.597 (62.085 km/h)
17 Daniela Grelui Larreal (Venezuela) 11.634 (61.887 km/h)
18 Valentina Alessio (Italy) 11.642 (61.845 km/h)
19 Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 11.689 (61.596 km/h)
20 Christin Muche (Ger) www.radnet.de 11.745 (61.302 km/h)
21 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 11.774 (61.151 km/h)
22 Kerrie Meares (Australia) 11.777 (61.136 km/h)
23 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 11.785 (61.094 km/h)
24 Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) 11.817 (60.929 km/h)
25 Oksana Grishina (Russian Federation) 11.820 (60.913 km/h)
26 Virginie Cueff (France) 11.834 (60.841 km/h)
27 Natasha Hansen (New Zealand) 11.838 (60.821 km/h)
28 Fang Tian (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 11.875 (60.631 km/h)
29 Elizabeth Carlson Reap (United States Of America) 12.002 (59.990 km/h)
30 Ying Huang Ting (Chinese Taipei) 12.060 (59.701 km/h)
31 Jocelyn Rastrick (New Zealand) 12.116 (59.425 km/h)
32 Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico) 12.353 (58.285 km/h)
33 Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Catalunya 12.362 (58.243 km/h)
34 Fatehah Mustapa (Malaysia) 12.397 (58.078 km/h)
DNS Apryl Eppinger (Philippines)
1/8 finals
Heat 1
1 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.447 (62.898 km/h)
2 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation)
Heat 2
1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) scienceinsport.com 12.692 (56.728 km/h)
2 Miriam Welte (Germany)
Heat 3
1 Anna Meares (Aus) Team Toshiba 11.905 (60.478 km/h)
2 Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine)
Heat 4
1 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.739 (61.334 km/h)
2 Lulu Zheng (People's Republic of China)
Heat 5
1 Shuang Guo (People's Republic of China) 11.816 (60.934 km/h)
2 Dana Glöss (Germany)
Heat 6
1 Clara Sanchez (France) 11.551 (62.332 km/h)
2 Rodriguez Lisandra Guerra (Cuba)
Heat 7
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 12.145 (59.283 km/h)
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
Heat 8
1 Jennie Reed (USA) Momentum Cycling 11.998 (60.01 km/h)
2 Jinjie Gong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
Quarter finals
Heat 1
1 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.913 12.060
2 Jennie Reed (USA) Momentum Cycling 12.072
Heat 2
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 12.202 REL 12.059
2 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) scienceinsport.com 12.163
Heat 3
1 Anna Meares (Aus) Team Toshiba 11.801 12.079
2 Clara Sanchez (France)
Heat 4
1 Shuang Guo (People's Republic of China) 11.646
2 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 12.033 12.318
Men's team sprint - qualifying
1 Team Toshiba 44.480 (60.701 km/h)
Ryan Bayley
Daniel Ellis
Shane John Kelly
2 www.radnet.de 44.530 (60.633 km/h)
Robert Forstemann
Matthias John
Stefan Nimke
3 Cofidis 44.641 (60.482 km/h)
Didier Henriette
Kévin Sireau
Arnaud Tournant
4 Great Britain 44.659 (60.458 km/h)
Matthew Crampton
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
5 Netherlands 44.744 (60.343 km/h)
Theo Bos
Teun Mulder
Tim Veldt
6 Australia 44.847 (60.204 km/h)
Mark French
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
7 France 44.873 (60.169 km/h)
Gregory Bauge
Michaël D'almeida
François Pervis
8 Germany 45.078 (59.896 km/h)
Carsten Bergemann
Rene Enders
Michael Seidenbecher
9 People's Republic of China 45.363 (59.519 km/h)
Yong Feng
Feng Lin
Lei Zhang
10 Greece 45.648 (59.148 km/h)
Athanasios Mantzouranis
Christos Volikakis
Panagiotis Voukelatos
11 Japan 45.667 (59.123 km/h)
Tsubasa Kitatsuru
Kiyofumi Nagai
Kazunari Watanabe
12 Russia 45.804 (58.946 km/h)
Sergey Borisov
Sergey Kucherov
Sergey Polynskiy
13 Ukraine 45.947 (58.763 km/h)
Yevgen Bolibrukh
Yuriy Tsyupyk
Andriy Vynokurov
14 Venezuela 45.970 (58.733 km/h)
Hersony Canelon
Cesar Marcano
Angel Pulgar
15 Poland 46.058 (58.621 km/h)
Kamil Kuczynski
Lukasz Kwiatkowski
Tomasz Schmidt
16 Spain 46.385 (58.208 km/h)
Alvaro Alonso Rubio
Ruben Donet Gregori
Salvador Melia Mangrinan
17 Malaisia 46.394 (58.197 km/h)
Hasni Azizul Azizulhasni
Junaidi Nasir
Lam Josiah Ng Onn
18 Czech Republic 46.753 (57.750 km/h)
Tomas Babek
Adam Ptacnik
Denis Spicka
19 Korea 46.762 (57.739 km/h)
Lae Sun Choi
Myeong Hyeon Lee
Jae Yeol Ryu
20 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 46.767 (57.733 km/h)
Yahui Gao
Qiming Wang
Jiren Wei
21 Moscow 46.876 (57.598 km/h)
Denis Dmitriev
Kirill Filatov
Stoian Vasev
Men's points race - qualifying
Heat 1
1 Greg Henderson (New Zealand) 13 pts
2 Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Focus 8
3 Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 7
4 Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 6
5 Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Arda Natura Pinarello Ukraina 6
6 Vasili Kiryienka (Belarus) 6
7 Toni Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears 5
8 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Toshiba 4
9 Vadim Shaekhov (Uzb) Uzbekistan Pro Cycling 4
10 Jung Hwan Youm (Korea) 3
11 Colby Pearce (USA) Slipstream Chipotle 2
12 King Wai Cheung (Hong Kong, China)
13 Martino Marcotto (Italy)
14 Victor Garcia (Mexico)
15 Andreas Graf (Austria)
16 Jasmin Ruslan (Malaysia)
17 Carlos Herrero (Spa) Catalunya
DNS Alexandr Pliuschin (Republic of Moldova)
Heat 2
1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Russian Federation) 25 pts
2 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 25
3 Milton Wynants Vazquez (Uruguay) 24
4 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 23
5 Kampo Wong (Hong Kong, China) 23
6 Mark Renshaw (Australia) 11
7 Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spa) Cespa - Euskadi 7
8 Nicolas Rousseau (France) 7
9 Oleksandr Martynenko (Ukr) ISB Sport Donetsk 6
10 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team 100% Me 5
11 Juan Esteban Curuchet (Argentina) 4
12 Bobby Lea (United States Of America) 3
13 David Mccook (USA) Proman Racing Team 2
14 Jozef Zabka (Slovakia) 1
15 Andris José Hernandez (Venezuela)
16 Andrey Bozhko (Kazakhstan)
17 Mahammad Alakbarov (Azerbaijan)
Heat 3
1 Peter Schep (Netherlands) 27 pts
2 Joan Llaneras Rossello (Spain) 25
3 Makoto Iijima (Japan) 25
4 Maxime Bally (Switzerland) 23
5 Volodymyry Rybin (Ukraine) 22
6 Zachary Bell (Canada) 11
7 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow 10
8 Chris Newton (Great Britain) 6
9 Juan Pablo Forero Carreno (Colombia) 5
9 Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 5
11 Kenneth Williams (USA) Cody Racing Team 3
12 Antonio Arriagada Marco (Chile) 2
13 Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1
14 Mehdi Sohrabi (Islamic Republic of Iran) 1
15 Magnus Backstedt (Sweden)
16 Matti Pajari (Finland)
17 Stephen Pelaez (Philippines)
DNF Steve Schets (Belgium)
