Track World Cup 08-09 Round 1 - CDM

Manchester, Great Britain, October 31-November 2, 2008

Photography

Session 6 - November 2: Men: Madison, Team Sprint; Women: Team Pursuit, Keirin,

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Japan's Hirouki Inagaki on the start line for the international keirin
Matt Crampton takes the victory in his JKA keirin heat
D'Almedia makes sure of qualification in the JKA Keirin by winning his heat
Ross Edgar (Sky+ HD) makes it a team one-two ahead of Jason Kenny in the JKA Keirin qualifiers
Christos Volikakis happy to take second in the JKA Keirin repechage and go into the next round
Aussie Shane Perkins wins his heat of the JKA Keirin repechage

Session 5 - November 2: Men: Qualifying: Madison; Women: Qualifying: Keirin, Team Pursuit,

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British youngters Luke Rowe and Mark Christian (100% ME) make the change in the madison qualifers
Keisse on the attack for Belgium in the madison qualifier
Ouch...Mark Christian bearing the scars of the crash
Stroetinga takes max points in a the madison sprint lap
Wiggins passes on to Geraint Thomas on the way to winning their Madison qualfier
Spanish pairing Elorriaga Zubiaur and Muntaner Juaneda make the change
Victoria Pendleton salutes the crowd after winning the women's Keirin
The battle is on for the Belgians in the Madison who finished with the silver medal
Thumbs up for Britain's Matt Crampton who won 15,000 Euro in the JKA International Keirin
Crampton wins €15,000 in a lunge for the line in the JKA International Keirin
Ross Edgar (Sky+ HD) in the achor leg of the British team's victory in the team sprint
Jason Kenny (Sky+ HD) leads Ross Edgar on lap two of the men's team sprint final
The French team make an exchange in the Madison final
Bradley Wiggins (GB) on the charge
Aussie duo Glenn O'Shea and Leigh Howard fight to stay in contention in the Madison
Geraint Thomas (GBr) on the attack in the Madison
Wiggins tries to take a lap in the Madison
Eyeballs out for the Toshiba boys from Australia
The Russians on the way to bronze in the Madison
Germany keep the pressure on
Celebrations for Olaf Pollack after Germany won the Madison
Jamie Staff (Sky+ HD) celebrates winning the team sprint
A tearful Olaf Pollack and team mate Roger Kluge on the podium wearing new gold accessories
The Madison podium with Belgium (silver), Germany (gold) and Russia (bronze)
Celebrations for the Sky+ HD team who won the team sprint
The Sky+ HD team take gold in the team sprint
Pensive Pendleton on the line in the womens Keirin final
The German team take silver in the womens team pursuit
Jo Rowsell leads the British 100% ME team to victory in the womens team pursuit final
Lizzie Armistead rounds off a great weekend with a third gold medal in the womens team pursuit
Lizzie Armistead (Great Britain) happy with her third gold of the weekend

Session 4 - November 1: Men: Sprint, Team Pursuit, Points race; Women: Team Sprint, Scratch race, 500m TT,

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Perkins goes one up against Almedia in the semi final
Pendleton powers her way to gold in the womens 500m tt
Shane Perkins and Jason Kenny collide.
They both fall onto the track before the finish line.
But Kenny stays in the air longer and avoids the friction of the track a tad longer to slide ahead of Perkins.
Kenny wins the second sprint sliding backwards across the line
Kenny crosses the line first
Jason Kenny claims victory while still on the ground
Ouch...Kenny's a bit damaged
Double ouch - Perkins worse for wear
Queen Victoria on the podium again...
GB head the podium with Denmark and the Netherlands
Ed Clancy and Geraint Thomas celebrate catching the Danish to win the team pursuit final
Chris Newton on the podium with silver medallist Eloy Rovira Teruel (Spain) and bronzed Belgian Iljo Keisse
Junior Chris Newton finally on the points race podium top spot
Shane Perkins, Jason Kenny and Matt Crampton on the podium laughing at the crash replay
Kenny wins sprint gold
Happy Chris Newton interviewed by TV
Newton laps up the applause
The crowd on their feet as Newton wins the final sprint in the points race
Rovira Teruel leads the break
Newton leads the race
Keisse goes for a long one to secure more points
Young Jess Varnish leads Anna Blyth on the way to team sprint gold
Lizzie Armitstead delighted to have won the womens scratch race
Canadian Tara Whitten goes for broke with just over a lap to go
Young Steven Burke leads the pursuiters of Great Britain to gold

Session 3 - November 1: Men: Qualifying: Sprint (200m TT, 1/8 final, 1/4 final, 5th-12th final), Team Pursuit, Points race; Women: Qualifying: Scratch race, Team Sprint,

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David Daniell (Great Britain) flies round to go temporarily top of the leader board in sprint qualification
Francois Pervis (France) will face tough competition in round two after finishing ninth in sprint qualification
Aussie Shane Perkins on his way to qualify in third place for the men's sprint
The German pursuit team looked good but missed out on a medal ride
The British youngsters in the 100% ME team get some valuable experience on the boards
Possible 2012 Olympians in the young 100% ME team
Matt Crampton wins his quarterfinal comfortably
Britain's David Daniell can't hold off the challenge from France's Michael D'Almedia
Joy for Geraint Thomas and the British team as they go under 4 minutes in team pursuit qualification
G hits the front to lead the British pursuit team into the gold medal ride against Denmark
Geraint Thomas focused ahead of the team pursuit qualifying round
The Danish team riding towards second place in qualification
The Russians down to three men in the closing stages of their qualifying round
The Netherlands finished in fourth place in qualification
Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven) on his way to take a lap in the points race heats
The hammer goes down in the womens scratch race heats
Katie Colclough (100% ME) bides her time in the womens scratch race heats
Evan Oliphant on the banking after he took a lap
Colombia's Roldan Ortiz on the top of the banking during the points race heat

Session 2 - October 31: Men: Keirin, Scratch race, Individual pursuit, Kilometre; Women: Sprint, Individual pursuit, Points race,

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Australia's Rochelle Gilmore stays high as riders stay wary in the womens points race final before the hammer went down
Britain's Katie Colclough takes maximum points as her team dominate the points race
Francois Pervis narrowly beats Jason Kenny in the mens keirin final
Francois Pervis was happy with his victory in the Keirin
Points race winner Lizzie Armitstead leads the field in the final
Wendy Houvenaghel on the podium with the gold medal for the womens pursuit
Womens pursuit podium (l-r): Tara Whitten (Canada) silver, Wendy Houvenaghel (Gbr) gold and Joanna Rowsell (Gbr - 100%ME) bronze
Happy Francois gets the gold medal for the mens Keirin
Pervis salutes the crowd
It was an all-British podium for the womens points race, with Alexandra Greenfield, Elizabeth Armitstead and Katie Colclough
New Milram signing Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands) salutes the crowd after he won the men's scratch race
The scratch race podium (l-r): Tim Mertens (Belgium) silver, Wim Stroeginga (Holland) gold and Martin Blaha (ADP) bronze
Victoria Pendleton punches the air as she wins the womens sprint
Pendleton celebrates in front of the home crowd
Wendy Houvenaghel rode superbly to finish on top in the women's pursuit final
Ed Clancy thanks the crowd after winning the men's individual pursuit
Wendy Houvenaghel focuses ahead of her ride in the final
Houvenaghel on her way to winning gold in the womens pursuit
David Daniell salutes the crowd after he won the men's kilometre time trial

Session 1 - October 31: Men: Qualifying: Keirin, Individual pursuit, Scratch race; Women: Qualifying: Sprint (200m TT, 1/8 final, 1/4 final, 5th-12th finals), Individual pursuit, Points race,

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Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) delighted with her fast qualification time in the pursuit
Houvenaghel on her way to the final in the pursuit
Canadian Tara Whitten will face Houvenaghel in the final
Whitten on a fast ride in the pursuit
Ukranian Lyubov Shulika holds off the challenge from China's Jingie Gong in the Women's sprint quarter finals
British 2012 hopeful Mark Christian on his way in the qualification round of the men's 4,000m individual pursuit
Anna Blyth fights back in the sprint quarter finals
Vitaliy Schedov (Ukraine) on his way to the mens pursuit final
Ed Clancy (Great Britain) was quickest in pursuit qualification
Clancy grits his teeth to claim top spot in pursuit qualification
Australia's Rochelle Gilmore stays high as riders stay wary in the womens points race final before the hammer went down
Britain's Katie Colclough takes maximum points as her team dominate the points race
Francois Pervis narrowly beats Jason Kenny in the mens keirin final
Francois Pervis was happy with his victory in the Keirin
Points race winner Lizzie Armitstead leads the field in the final
Wendy Houvenaghel on the podium with the gold medal for the womens pursuit
Womens pursuit podium (l-r): Tara Whitten (Canada) silver, Wendy Houvenaghel (Gbr) gold and Joanna Rowsell (Gbr - 100%ME) bronze
Happy Francois gets the gold medal for the mens Keirin
Pervis salutes the crowd
It was an all-British podium for the womens points race, with Alexandra Greenfield, Elizabeth Armitstead and Katie Colclough
New Milram signing Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands) salutes the crowd after he won the men's scratch race
The scratch race podium (l-r): Tim Mertens (Belgium) silver, Wim Stroeginga (Holland) gold and Martin Blaha (ADP) bronze
Victoria Pendleton punches the air as she wins the womens sprint
Pendleton celebrates in front of the home crowd
Wendy Houvenaghel rode superbly to finish on top in the women's pursuit final
Ed Clancy thanks the crowd after winning the men's individual pursuit
Wendy Houvenaghel focuses ahead of her ride in the final
Houvenaghel on her way to winning gold in the womens pursuit
David Daniell salutes the crowd after he won the men's kilometre time trial