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Track World Cup 08-09 Round 4 - CDM
Beijing, China, January 16-18, 2009
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Session 1 - January 16: Men: Points race, Team sprint, Individual pursuit; Women: Individual pursuit, Scratch race, Sprint
New Zealand opens with double gold
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The BikeNZ team stamped its mark on the fourth round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing on Friday, netting golds in the men's and women's individual pursuit.
Alison Shanks, who took fourth in the Olympics last summer, set a new personal best time of 3:30.685 in the 3000m test, while fellow Olympian Jesse Sergent put in a stunning performance in the men's event. The 20-year-old caught Ukraine's Vitaliy Shchedov shortly after the 3km mark in the 4000m final.
Shanks bested Vilija Sereikaite of Lithuania by seven seconds in the pursuit final.
"It was a remarkable start to the competition for us," said BikeNZ national track coach Tim Carswell. "This is Alison's first competition since the Olympics and so to produce this quality of performance after four months off the track is outstanding. Every time she steps on to the track she seems to ride faster and is now in a position to begin to challenge the best in the world."
"Jesse was our strong man in the team pursuit at the Olympics and with Rolly [Hayden Roulston] now with his new professional road team, it has given Jesse his opportunity. He has grabbed it with both hands. That's the fastest time ever by a New Zealander. It was a stunning performance."
Sergant, like former pursuit record holder Roulston, also has a new road team for 2009, the Trek-Livestrong team.
France dominates team sprint
The French riders took the two top spots in the men's team sprint event. The professional Cofidis trio took the top honours with Mickaël Bourgain, Kévin Sireau and François Pervis, while the national team of Gregory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Thierry Jollet put in a strong performance to make the gold medal final, but fell far short of challenging their countrymen. Germany had to pull out all the stops to take bronze ahead of China, taking third by 18 hundredths of a second.
The British are back! Newton on top in points race
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Briton Chris Newton turned his Olympic bronze into World Cup gold in the men's points race in a dominating performance which saw him win six sprints and the final to take the top step of the podium over Zachary Bell (Canada).
Newton nearly missed his chance at the win when Hong Kong's Kam-Po Wong lapped the field early in the race and the rest of the field was reluctant to chase. However, Newton managed to latch onto a breakaway without Wong to steal the lap back and, since his point total far exceeded Wong's, he took gold and the overall lead in the World Cup points race competition.
Former Soviet republics take women's sprint, scratch race
The women's sprint competion was the sole domain of Lithuanian Simona Krupeckaite, who went unbeaten in all rounds to take gold ahead of Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine). Krupeckaite dispatched Willy Kanis (Netherlands) in the semifinals in two rounds, while Shulika had to work a little harder to get the better of China's Shuang Guo.
In the final, Krupeckaite made short work of finishing off the gold medal, requiring only two races to hand Shulika the silver, while Guo fell in three rounds to Kanis.
In the women's scratch race, it was Russian Evgeniya Romanyuta, winner of the points race at the Melbourne World Cup, who took the sprint ahead of Italian Giorgia Bronzini. Australian Belinda Goss snuck in for the bronze ahead of her compatriot Rochelle Gilmore (HP-Teschner).
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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.
Images by Greg Chang/Photosport International
- 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.
Results
Men 4000m individual pursuit qualification 1 Jesse Sergent (New Zealand) 4.17.962 (55.822 km/h) 2 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine) 4.27.177 3 David O'loughlin (Ireland) 4.27.563 4 Volodymyr Diudia (ISD-Sport Donetsk) 4.29.534 5 Valery Kaykov (Lokomotiv) 4.30.014 6 Rohan Dennis Toshiba 4.30.104 7 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spain) 4.33.689 8 Zhaoyu Zeng (People's Republic of China) 4.35.130 9 Adrian Kurek (Poland) 4.35.854 10 Arno Van Der Zwet (Netherlands) 4.36.960 11 Matti Pajari (Finland) 4.37.964 12 Fabian Schaar (Germany) 4.40.834 13 Evgeny Kovalev (Russian Federation) 4.41.771 14 Hossein Nateghi (Islamic Republic of Iran) 4.43.379 15 Alessandro De Marchi (Italy) 4.44.035 16 Yong Sheng Yan (Max Success Pro Cycling) 4.53.108 4000m individual pursuit final For gold 1 Jesse Sergent (NZl) New Zealand 2 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr) Ukraine (lapped) For bronze 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 4.28.294 4 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Isdsport Donetsk 4.28.544 5 Valery Kaykov (Rus) Lokomotiv 6 Rohan Dennis (Toshiba) 7 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Spain 8 Zhaoyu Zeng (Chn) China 9 Adrian Kurek (Pol) Poland 10 Arno Van Der Zwet (Ned) Netherlands 11 Matti Pajari (Fin) Finland 12 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Germany 13 Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) Russia 14 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) I.R. Iran 15 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Italy 16 Yong Sheng Yan (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling Team sprint qualification 1 Cofidis 0.44.84 (60.212 km/h) Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis Kévin Sireau (Fra) François Pervis (Fra) Cofidis 2 France 0.45.19 Gregory Bauge (Fra) France Michaël D'Almeida (Fra) France Thierry Jollet (Fra) France 3 Germany 0.45.43 Sebastian Doehrer (Ger) Germany Maximilian Levy (Ger) Germany Mathias Stumpf (Ger) Germany 4 China 0.45.55 Zixiang Zhang (Chn) China Wen Hao Li (Chn) China Lei Zhang (Chn) China 5 Malaysia 0.45.72 Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos (Mas) Malaysia Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Mas) Malaysia Mohd Rizal Tisin (Mas) Malaysia 6 Poland 0.45.82 Maciej Bielecki (Pol) Poland Kamil Kuczynski (Pol) Poland Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Pol) Poland 7 Netherlands 0.45.89 Teun Mulder (Ned) Netherlands Yondi Schmidt (Ned) Netherlands Tim Veldt (Ned) Netherlands 8 Japan 0.58.69 Kazuya Narita (Jpn) Japan Yudai Nitta (Jpn) Japan Kazunari Watanabe (Jpn) Japan 9 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 0.46.11 Miao Zhang (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Changsong Cheng (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Qiang Zhang (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 10 Russia 0.46.18 Sergey Borisov (Rus) Russia Sergey Ruban (Rus) Russia Valentin Savitskiy (Rus) Russia 11 Czech Republic 0.47.38 Filip Ditzel (Cze) Czech Republic Adam Ptacnik (Cze) Czech Republic Denis Spicka (Cze) Czech Republic 12 I.R. Iran 0.47.73 Hassan Ali Varposhti (IRI) I.R. Iran Ali Ali Askari (IRI) I.R. Iran Mahmoud Parash (IRI) I.R. Iran REL Max Success Pro Cycling Ke Hu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling Qi Tang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling Junyue Wang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling REL Belarus Yury Karzheneuski (Blr) Belarus Anton Lapshinau (Blr) Belarus Siarhei Lis (Blr) Belarus Finals 1 Cofidis 0.44.86 (60.185 km/h) Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) Cofidis Kévin Sireau (Fra) François Pervis (Fra) Cofidis 2 France 0.45.42 Gregory Bauge (Fra) France Michaël d'Almeida (Fra) France Thierry Jollet (Fra) France 3 Germany 0.45.32 Sebastian Doehrer (Ger) Germany Maximilian Levy (Ger) Germany Mathias Stumpf (Ger) Germany 4 China 0.45.50 Zixiang Zhang (Chn) China Wen Hao Li (Chn) China Lei Zhang (Chn) China 5 Malaysia 6 Poland 7 Netherlands 8 Japan 9 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 10 Russia 11 Czech Republic 12 I.R. Iran 13 Max Success Pro Cycling 14 Belarus Points race Heat 1 1 Chris Newton (Great Britain) 13 pts 2 Volodymyr Rybin (ISD-Sport Donetsk) 10 3 Andreas Graf (Austria) 8 4 King Wai Cheung (Giant Pro Cycling) 7 5 Zachary Bell (Canada) 6 6 Stanislav Volkov (Lokomotiv) 5 7 Gang Xu (Max Success Pro Cycling) 5 8 Kampo Wong (Hong Kong, China) 5 9 Ismaël Kip (Netherlands) 4 10 Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) 2 11 Airan Fernandez Casasola (Catalunya) 1 12 Sergiy Minashkyn (Ukraine) 13 Amir Zargari (Islamic Republic of Iran) DNS Carlos Hernandez Santana (Mexico) Points race final 1 Chris Newton (Great Britain) 35 pts 2 Zachary Bell (Canada) 20 3 Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 19 4 Volodymyr Rybin (ISD-Sport Donetsk) 11 5 Stanislav Volkov (Lokomotiv) 9 6 Kazuhiro Mori (Japan) 6 7 Kampo Wong (Hong Kong, China) 4 8 Wei Li (People's Republic of China) 3 9 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spain) 1 10 Andreas Graf (Austria) 11 Ismaël Kip (Netherlands) -14 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) -15 13 Gang Xu (Max Success Pro Cycling) -15 14 Westley Gough (New Zealand) -16 15 Alex Buttazzoni (Italy) -18 16 Ralf Matzka (Germany) -19 17 Luke Rowe (Team 100% Me) -19 18 Turakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand -20 DNF King Wai Cheung (Giant Pro Cycling) DNF Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong Pro Cycling) Women 3000m individual pursuit qualification 1 Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3.31.519 (51.059 km/h) 2 Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 3.36.400 3 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukraine) 3.42.965 4 Elena Chalykh (Russian Federation) 3.44.087 5 Josephine Tomic (Australia) 3.44.711 6 Kimberly Geist (United States Of America) 3.48.441 7 Cui Wang (People's Republic of China) 3.48.617 8 Charlotte Becker (Germany) 3.49.563 9 Amy Pieters (Netherlands) 3.52.459 10 Edyta Jasinska (Poland) 3.55.006 11 Martina Ruzickova (Czech Republic) 3.55.362 12 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 4.01.358 13 Chanpeng Nontasin (Thailand) 4.01.420 DNS Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cuba) 3000m individual pursuit final For gold 1 Alison Shanks (NZl) New Zealand 3.30.685 (51.261 km/h) 2 Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) Lithuania 3.37.661 For bronze 3 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukraine) 3.41.892 4 Elena Chalykh (Rus) Russia 3.42.360 5 Josephine Tomic (Aus) Australia 6 Kimberly Geist (USA) USA 7 Cui Wang (Chn) China 8 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany 9 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 10 Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland 11 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Czech Republic 12 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Spain 13 Chanpeng Nontasin (Tha) Thailand Dalila Rodriguez Hernandez (Cub) Cuba Scratch race Heat 1 1 Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic 2 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany 3 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Hp Teschner 4 Svetlana Paulikaite (Ltu) Lithuania 5 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) New Zealand 6 Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland 7 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy 8 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) US National Team 9 Na Zhao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 10 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong 11 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Switzerland 12 Debora Galvez Lopez (Spa) Spain 13 Sutharat Boonsawat (Tha) Thailand 14 Cui Wang (Chn) China 15 Olga Slyusareva (Rus) Russia 16 Ilze Bole (RSA) South Africa DNS Iraida Garcia Ocasio (Cub) Cuba Heat 2 1 Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland 2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy 3 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russia 4 Lauren Ellis (NZl) New Zealand 5 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 6 Belinda Goss (Aus) Australia 7 Peta Mullens (Aus) Hp Teschner 8 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Spain 9 Feiyan Sun (Chn) China 10 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Czech Republic 11 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team 12 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 13 Laura Dittmann (Ger) Germany 14 Thatsani Wichana (Tha) Thailand REL Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong DNS Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cub) Cuba DNS Jessica Fernanda Jurado (Mex) Mexico Final 1 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russia 2 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy 3 Belinda Goss (Aus) Australia 4 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Hp Teschner 5 Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic 6 Catherine Cheatley (NZl) New Zealand 7 Feiyan Sun (Chn) China 8 Shelley Olds (USA) US National Team 9 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (USA) US National Team 10 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany 11 Andrea Wolfer (Swi) Switzerland 12 Peta Mullens (Aus) Hp Teschner 13 Debora Galvez Lopez (Spa) Spain 14 Na Zhao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 15 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 16 Martina Ruzickova (Cze) Czech Republic 17 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong 18 Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland 19 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy 20 Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 21 Svetlana Paulikaite (Ltu) Lithuania 22 Lauren Ellis (NZl) New Zealand 23 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Spain DNF Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland Sprints Qualifying 1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 0.11.304 (63.694 km/h) 2 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine 0.11.434 3 Shuang Guo (Chn) China 0.11.439 4 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 0.11.473 5 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China 0.11.607 6 Fang Tian (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0.11.817 7 Sandie Clair (Fra) France 0.11.819 8 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0.11.849 9 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada 0.11.853 10 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands 0.11.855 11 Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russia 0.11.866 12 Li Huang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 0.11.874 13 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France 0.11.876 14 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong 0.11.889 15 Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia 0.11.910 16 Elisa Frisoni (Ita) Italy 0.11.975 17 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russia 0.12.080 18 Xiaoqing Xing (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 0.12.165 19 Na Li (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 0.12.191 20 Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania 0.12.303 21 Jutatip Maneephan (Tha) Thailand 0.12.397 22 Zhao Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong 0.12.414 23 Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Spain 0.12.445 24 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland 0.12.677 25 Wathinee Luekajorn (Tha) Thailand 0.13.056 26 Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland 0.13.428 Quarterfinals B Heat 1 1 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada 12.174 (59.142 km/h) 2 Elisa Frisoni (Ita) Italy Heat 2 1 Sandie Clair (Fra) France 12.150 2 Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia Heat 3 1 Fang Tian (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 12.334 2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong Heat4 1 Li Huang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 12.697 2 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France Semifinals B Heat 1 1 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada 12.319 (58.446 km/h) 2 Li Huang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling Heat 2 1 Fang Tian (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 12.431 2 Sandie Clair (Fra) France Finals B 1 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada 12.346 2 Fang Tian (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 3 Li Huang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 12.825 4 Sandie Clair (Fra) France Quarterfinals Heat 1 1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 12.014 2 Elisa Frisoni (Ita) Italy Heat 2 1 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine 12.326 2 Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia Heat 3 1 Shuang Guo (Chn) China 12.389 2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong Heat 4 1 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 12.167 2 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France Heat 5 1 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China 12.426 2 Li Huang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling Heat 6 1 Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russia 12.662 2 Fang Tian (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling Heat 7 1 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands 12.306 2 Sandie Clair (Fra) France Heat 8 1 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 12.121 2 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada Place 5-8 5 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China 6 Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russia 7 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands 8 Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling Semifinals Heat 1 1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 11.847 11.811 2 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands Heat 2 1 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine 11.805 12.009 2 Shuang Guo (Chn) China 12.159 Finals For gold 1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 11.781 12.021 2 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine For bronze 1 Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 12.108 12.096 2 Shuang Guo (Chn) China 12.473
