Track World Cup 08-09 Round 4 - CDM

Beijing, China, January 16-18, 2009

Photography

Session 3 - January 18: Men: Sprint, Madison; Women: Team pursuit, Keirin

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• Beijing put on a show.
• Lei Zhang faced French riders in semifinal and final.
• Shane Perkins lost the semifinal series against Gregory Bauge.
• Lei Zhang celebrated a lot as he made it into the sprint final.
• Gregory Bauge had the men's sprint under control.
• Bauge celebrates his sprint win.
• Bauge (r) beat Zhang in the final.
• Zhang was proud of his silver medal.
• Zhang celebrated his silver like a win.
• The men's podium (l-r) Zhang, Bauge and Perkins.
• Perkins leads the World Cup.
• The Russian women team pursuit team had some gaps in-between riders and finished third.
• Lithuania scored no medal in the women's team pursuit - fourth.
• New Zealand's women won the pursuit event.
• Home support was strong.
• The women patiently ride behind the pacemaker in the keirin
• Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) was unbeatable as she won all her races, including the final.
• Krupeckaite after her winning sprint.
• Krupeckaite leads the keirin World Cup.
• The keirin podium (l-r) with runner-up Shuang Guo (China), Krupeckaite and third-placed Willy Kanis (Netherlands).
• The Madison seems crazy but it is all well structured.
• Glenn O'Shea and Leigh Howard took the win for Team Toshiba in the men's Madison.
• Robert Hayles and Peter Kennaugh of Great Britain finished second.
• Roger Kluge and Ralf Matzka (Germany) ended the Madison day in third.
• The Madison podium (l-r) with second-placed Great Britain, winner Toshiba and bronze medalists Germany.
• Kluge and Matzka have the white jerseys of World Cup leader.
• China was the nation with the most wins.
• The UCI officials who worked Beijing.
• Winning nation China.
• The New Zealand women took out victory in the team pursuit.
• The Kiwis looked good in Beijing.
• China was the runner-up.
• China raced well an received silver for its efforts.
• The women team pursuit podium.

Session 2 - January 17: Men: Team pursuit, Keirin, Kilometre TT, Scratch race; Women: 500m TT, Points race, Team sprint

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• The New Zealand men's team pursuiters scorched the track in the qualifiers, but then fell shy of gold in the final.
• The Russian Lokomotive team on its way to bronze in the men's team pursuit.
• Team Toshiba on its way to gold in the men's team pursuit
• Action in the women's points race.
• Yvonne Hijgenaar and Willy Kanis took gold in the women's team sprint.

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• Yulei Xu (Max Success Pro Cycling) third in the 500m TT.
• Jinjie Gong of Team China second in the 500m TT.
• Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) first in the 500m TT.
• Jinjie Gong of Team China second in the 500m TT.
• Yulei Xu (Max Success Pro Cycling) third in the 500m TT Coach
• Team Toshiba on the podium.
• The team pursuit podium.
• Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) rides in the points race.
• Cui Wang (China) finished second in the points race.
• A crash in the women's points race.
• Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) won the points race.
• Russian team Lokomotiv.
• Sprint in the women's points race.
• Cui Wang (China) second on the podium.
• Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) first on the podium.
• Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) tops the points race podium.
• Giorgia Bronzini (Italy), the World Cup Leader.
• Team New Zealand finished second in the men's team pursuit.
• Toshiba in the men's team pursuit.
• New Zealand races in the men's team pursuit.
• Toshiba on the way to win the men's team pursuit.
• Toshiba on the way to first in the men's team pursuit.
• Jinjie Gong of Team China World Cup Leader in the 500m TT.
• The Dutch women won the team sprint and lead the World Cup.
• China finished third in the team sprint at home.
• The Dutch pair Yvonne Hijgenaar and Willy Kanis take off.
• Lithuania received silver
• Great Britain's Chris Newton finished second in the scratch race.
• The men's scratch race in full swing.
• The sprints were hotly contested.
• Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) finished third in the men's scratch race.
• New Zealander Hayden Godfrey took the win in the scratch race.
• Chinese team sprinters on the podium.
• Yvonne Hijgenaar (l) and Willy Kanis won gold in the team sprint.
• Lithuania finished second.
• Chris Newton celebrates his silver in the scratch race.
• Godfrey won scratch gold.
• The scratchy podium (l-r) with Newton, Godfrey and Ratajczyk.
• The training for the Olympics now shows in other events.
• The men's Keirin is underway.
• In a fierce sprint Awang 's front wheel lifted off and across the finish line in first place.
• Bauge was narrowly beaten.
• Awang tried all and it was enough in the end.
• In a tight race, Dutchman Teun Mulder finished third (in orange).
• It took a while for Awang to get into position to celebrate.
• Mohd Rizal Tisin added to Malaysia's fortune with a win in the 1000m time trial.
• Rizal had the best time after one kilometre.
• François Pervis (Cofidis) finished second in the kilo.
• Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) was third.
• Awang leads the Keirin World Cup.
• The Keirin podium (l-r) with Bauge, Awang and Mulder.
• The kilo podium (l-r) with Pervis, Rizal and Kuczynski.
• Wen Hao Li of China leads the kilo World Cup.

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• Hayden Godfrey of New Zealand in the sratch race.
• Hayden Godfrey of New Zealand kept the competition in sight.
• The scratch podium
• Godfrey was all smiles after his win.

Session 1 - January 16: Men: Points race, Team sprint, Individual pursuit; Women: Individual pursuit, Scratch race, Sprint

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• Britain's Chris Newton dominated the sprints in the men's points race to take gold.
• Chris Newton (Great Britain) caught a late break to get even on laps with Hong Kong's Kam-Po Wong.
• The men's points race was a tactical affair.
• The women's scratch race was won by Russian Evgeniya Romanyuta.
• A lull in the action in the women's scratch race.

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• Svitlana Galyuk (Ukraine) finished third in the individual pursuit.
• Galyuk pursuit well.
• Alison_Shanks starts her pursuit final.
• Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) in the pursuit final that she lost but still received silver.
• Alison Shanks (New Zealand) during her gold pursuit.
• Chris Newton (Great Britain) in the points race.
• Newton won the points race.
• Kampo Wong in the points race final where he finished seventh.
• Canadian Zachary Bell came in second in the points race, behind Newton.
• Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) got bronze in the points race.
• Newton celebrates his win as he crosses the line.
• Alison_Shanks of New Zealand on the podium to get celebrate her win in the 3000m pursuit.
• The women's pursuit podium (l-r) with Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania, second), Alison Shanks (New Zealand) and Svitlana Galyuk (Ukraine, third).
• Sereikaite leads the World Cup in the pursuit.
• Belinda Goss (Australia) ended the scratch race in third place.
• Crashes are common in track racing.
• Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russia) won the scratch race.
• Newton celebrates on the podium.
• Newton leads the World Cup in the points races.
• A happy Newton takes in the cheers from the Chinese crowd.
• Goss was happy with her third place in the scratch race.
• Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) finished second in the women's scratch race.
• Romanyuta was the happiest of them all after her win in the scratch race.
• The Chinese sprint team gets rolling.
• Germany's team sprinters scored a third place.
• Cofidis gets ready for the winning ride in the team sprint.
• Cofidis powered along the track as the fastest team.
• Kevin Sireau looks exhausted but gets to celebrate soon.
• The team sprint podium had a French touch to it.
• All the sprinters tried to get onto the podium's highest spot.
• Cofidis leads the World Cup.
• David O'Loughlin (Ireland) finished third in the individual pursuit.
• Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine) took silver in the pursuit.
• Jesse Sergent (New Zealand) won the pursuit event.
• Tournant retired as a sprinter and is now the coach of Cofidis.
• The French sprint team circles the track at a fast pace.
• Jesse Sergent (New Zealand) gets rolling.
• Sergent with the full concentration on the track ahead.
• Sergent celebrates his win.
• Sergent and Shanks won gold fior New Zealand.
• Shchedov is the leader in the pursuit World Cup standings.
• Women's sprint Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania), l, beats Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine).
• Women's sprint Kanis, r, beat Shuang Guo (China)
• Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) Women's sprint on the podium.
• Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) World Cup Leader in the women's sprint.