Track World Cup 08-09 Round 2 - CDM

Melbourne, Australia, November 20-22, 2008

Photography

Session 6 - November 22: Men: Madison, Sprint; Women: Team Pursuit, Keirin, 500m TT,

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• Adam Stewart from New Zealand buries the head and sizzles around Hisense Arena for the rankings in the men's sprint
• Daniel Ellis from Australia rides the top of the boards in his ride for the rankings of the men's sprint
• A rider from Greece prepares to charge for the finishline in his quest for top rankings in the men's sprint
• Daniel Ellis from Australia prepares to charge for the line in his ride for the rankings in the men's sprint
• Matthias John from Germany at the top of the boards in his ride for the rankings in the men's sprint
• Pavel Yakushevskiy from Russia gets ready to duck down on the boards and sprint for home in his ride for the men's rankings in the sprint
• The Australian women's pursuit team head towards qualifying second for the final in the night session
• Elizabeth Armitstead (centre) awaits the start to the women's pursuit with her Great Britian teammates on the line
• The Great Britian women's pursuit team charge towards number one ranking in the event
• The dining room at Hisense Arena is all ready and waiting for patrons of the night session
• Shane Perkins (left) of Australia and Japan's Kazunari Watanabe go toe-to-toe in the men's qualifting heats of the sprint
• Applause for Aussie Jason Niblett after his winning ride to qualify for the men's sprint finals
• Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang throws a mono in his duel with Frenchman Francois Pervis during the men's sprint rounds
• Are you ready for this mate?
• Azizulhasni Awang (top) from Malaysia does his customary mono as he throws his bike at the line with Frenchman Francois Pervis
• The Spanish women's team fly around Hisense Arena in the qualifying rounds of the women's teams pursuit
• The Great Britian women's pursuit team power around Hisense Arena in Melbourne
• Great Britian's Joanna Rowsell leaves the track assisted by coach Shane Sutton after her ride in the teams pursuit
• Christos Volikakis from Greece gets ready to leave the top of the boards and speed towards the line in his qualifying ride for rankings in the men's sprint
• Melbourne was providing plenty of speed at the Track World Cup meet at Hisense Arena on the final night of racing
• Glen O'Shea slings Aussie teammate Leigh Howard into the action during the madison on the final night of the Track World Cup in Melbourne
• Cameron Meyer hands the job over to Aussie teammate Chris Sutton during the ride for the gold medal in the madison
• Andreas Graf and Georg Tazreiter from Austria combine in the madison on the boards at Hisense Arena
• Jesper Morkov and Christian Ranneries from Denmark use the sling in the madison; they finished in tenth place, two laps down
• Gold medallists from Spain, Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur and David Muntaner Juaneda, combined nicely to win the madison
• Argentinian pair, Jose Fernando Antogna and Angel Dario Colla, finished the madison in eleventh place two laps down on the winning Spaniards
• The Great Britian womens pursuit team leave the gates (l-r); Katie Colclough, Elizabeth Armitstead and Joanna Rowsell in their quest for gold
• The Australian womens pursuit team of Josephine Tomic, Sarah Kent and Ashlee Ankudinoff put up a great effort to push the girls from Great Britian all the way
• Joanna Rowsell drives her Great Britian teammates around Hisense Arena and towards the gold medal in the pursuit
• The girls from Great Britian are helped from their bikes after claiming gold in the womens teams pursuit
• Francois Pervis from France keeps a close watch on Australia's Jason Niblett in the ride-off for the bronze medal in men's sprint
• Mind if I rest my head on your shoulder? Frenchman Francois Pervis finds a relaxing moment against Jason Niblett in the men's sprint for the bronze medal
• Jason Niblett from Australia has the edge on Frenchman Francois Pervis in the ride-off for the bronze medal in men's sprint
• Francois Pervis from France in action during his ride against Jason Niblett from Australia for the bronze medal
• Shane Perkins from Australia watches the wheel of Frenchman Michael D'Almeida in their ride-off for the gold medal in the mens sprint
• Shane Perkins of Australia stays high on the boards and in control against Michael D'Almeida of France in the mens sprint for gold
• Shane Perkins from Australia striving for the gold medal in the men's sprint final
• Australian Shane Perkins thanks the crowd after winning the gold medal in the men's sprint
• Action from the final of the women's keirin at Hisense Arena in Melbourne
• Willy Kanis from the Netherlands holds out Italian Elisa Frisoni to win the gold medal in the women's keirin final
• The golden GB's (l-r): Katie Colclough, Joanna Rowsell and Elizabeth Armitstead, the champions of the women's pursuit at the Track World Cup in Melbourne
• The madison podium (l-r): Australia (silver), Spain (gold), and Germany (bronze)
• The women's 500 metre time trial medallists (l-r): Jinjie Gong from China (silver), Willy Kanis from the Netherlands (gold), and Kaarle McCulloch from Australia (bronze)
• The women's keirin medallists (l-r): Elisa Frisoni from Italy (silver), Willy Kanis from the Netherlands (gold), and Christin Muche from Germany (bronze)
• The men's sprint medallists (l-r): Michael D'Almeida from France (silver), Shane Perkins from Australia (gold), and Jason Niblett from Australia (bronze)

Session 4 - November 21: Men: Kilometre, Keirin, Team pursuit, Scratch race; Women: Team Sprint, Points race,

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• The Korean team receive some encouragement from their coach during qualifying for the men's team pursuit
• Stepping up to the plate: The Australian team step onto the apron for their heat of the men's teams pursuit
• The Australian team power around Hisense Arena during their heat of the men's teams pursuit
• Three to go: The Australian team receive directions from the sidelines after releasing a rider with three laps remaining
• The New Zealand team in action during their heat of the men's teams pursuit held over four kilometres
• Shane Perkins from Australia is introduced to the crowd for the night session on day two of the Track World Cup in Melbourne
• Scott Sunderland from Australia gives his all during the men's one kilometre time trial
• Michael D'Almeida from France charges towards a gold medal in the men's one kilometre time trial
• One to go: Michael D'Almeida from France gets one lap to go from his coach in the men's one kilometre time trial
• Spaniard David Alonso Castillo in action during the men's one kilometre time trial
• Gold medallist Michael D'Almeida from France warms down on the rollers as patrons dine inside Hisense Arena
• Action from the women's final of the points race on day two of the Track World Cup in Melbourne
• Riders sprint to the line during the final of the women's points race
• Australian Belinda Goss heads towards a bronze medal in the women's points race
• Riders in the home straight during the final of the women's points race at Hisense Arena in Melbourne
• Emily Rosemond (left) and Kerrie Meares from Australia await the call-up for the gold medal ride-off in the women's team sprint
• Kerrie Meares from Australia takes a deep breath before the women's sprint final for the gold medal
• Heads were turning during a final of the men's keirin
• Mark Jamieson straps himself in as he awaits his Australian teammates to join him for their gold medal ride-off in the men's teams pursuit
• The Australian quartet head towards gold in the men's teams pursuit
• Almost caught: The Australian team are about to pounce on the Spaniards during the men's four kilometre teams pursuit final
• The catch: The Aussies swoop around the Spaniards and power towards gold in the men's four kilometre teams pursuit
• Francois Pervis from France leads the field in the men's keirin final into the final lap
• Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang salutes the crowd after brilliantly winning the men's keirin final
• A rider sneaks away from the rest in the men's scratch race final
• Hong Kong's Ho Ting Kwok takes a peek at the scoreboard on the front of the bunch during his gold medal ride in the men's scratch race
• Australian Chris Sutton in the bunch during the men's scratch race
• Leigh Howard from Australia takes the final sprint in the men's scratch race
• Ho Ting Kwok from Hong Kong can't believe he has just won a gold medal at the Track World Cup in Melbourne
• I still can't believe it: Ho Ting Kwok from Hong Kong on the podium after accepting his gold medal
• The men's one kilometre time trial medallists (L-R): Scott Sunderland from Australia (silver), Michael D'Almeida from France (gold) and Hao Li Wen from China (bronze)
• The podium from the women's points race (l-r): Dorronsoro Olaberria from Spain (silver), Evgeniya Romanyuta from Russia (gold), and Belinda Goss from Australia (bronze)
• The women's sprint podium (l-r): Kerrie Meares and Emily Rosemond (Aus, silver), Yvonne Hijgenaar and Willy Kanis (Neth, gold), and Jin Gu Hyon and Gyeong Kim Won (Korea, bronze)
• The golden Aussies from the men's four kilometre teams pursuit (l-r): Rohan Dennis, Mark Jamieson, Jack Bobridge and Luke Durbridge
• The men's keirin podium (l-r): Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine, silver), Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia, gold), and Francois Pervis (France, bronze)
• The men's scratch race podium (l-r): Leigh Howard (Aus,silver), Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong,gold), and Jason Christie (New Zealand) bronze.

Session 2 - November 20: Men: Individual pursuit, Team sprint, Points race; Women: Sprint, Individual pursuit, Scratch race,

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• Riders in a heat of the women's scratch-race in action during day one of the 2008 Track World Cup in Melbourne
• Emily Rosemond (left) of Australia and Lyubov Shulika of the Ukraine battle it out in a heat of the women's sprint
• Willy Kanis from the Netherlands in action during the women's sprint
• Jack Bobridge rides towards the fastest time in the men's Individual Pursuit.
• Glen O'Shea of Australia powers around Hisense Arena in the men's 30km points race
• Joon Jong Seo of Korea was keeping the crowd on edge in a thrilling men's 30km points race in his battle with Australia's Glen O'Shea
• Glen O'Shea (left) of Australia and Korea's Joon Jong Seo shake hands after finishing one-two respectively in the men's 30km points race
• Patrons were able to dine on the inside of the track at Hisense Arena during the Track World Cup in Melbourne
• Kerrie Meares (right) took the bronze medal ahead of Australian counterpart Kaarle McCulloch in the women's sprint
• Joanna Rowsell from Great Britian receives encouragment from her coach as she heads towards a gold medal in the women's individual pursuit
• Josephine Tomic from Australia came up against a smart one in Great Britian's Joanna Rowsell in the women's individual pursuit and finished with the silver medal
• Joanna Rowsell of Great Britian powers towards a gold medal in the women's individual pursuit on day one of the Track World Cup
• Belinda Goss of Australia keeps a close watch on the wheel ahead during the women's scratch race final
• Elizabeth Armitstead of Great Britian (white) attacks on the bell-lap in the women's scratch race final and surges towards a gold medal
• Former Australian track cycling coach, Martin Barras, leans over to congratulate Jason Niblett, a member of Australia's three man teams sprint which won gold
• Ukranian Lyubov Shulika gets some advice from her coach prior to her gold medal ride against Germany's Christin Muche in the women's sprint final
• Australia's Jack Bobridge cruises towards gold in the men's individual pursuit final
• The men's points race podium (L-R): Joon Jong Seo from Korea (silver), Glen O'Shea from Australia (gold), and Spaniard Eloy Teruel Rovira (bronze)
• The podium from the women's individual pursuit (L-R): Josephine Tomic from Australia (silver), Joanna Rowsell from Great Britian (gold), and the Czech Republic's Lada Kozlikova (bronze)
• The podium from the women's scratch race (L-R): Annalisa Cucinotta from Italy (silver), Elizabeth Armitstead from Great Britian (gold), and Russia's Evgeniya Romanyuta (bronze)
• Australian gold in the men's teams sprint (L-R): Daniel Ellis, Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland on the podium in Melbourne
• The men's individual pursuit podium (L-R): Alexei Markov from Russia (silver), Jack Bobridge from Australia (gold), and Vitaliy Shcedov from the Ukraine (bronze)
• The podium from the women's sprint (L-R): Christin Muche from Germany (silver), Lyubov Shulika from the Ukraine (gold), Kerrie Meares from Australia (bronze)

Images by Andrew White/www.fyxomatosis.com

• Round 2 of the UCI Track World Cup gears up in Melbourne, Australia.
• Anxious riders get the finishing touches ahead of the first day of racing.
• A band aid approach to fixing bikes works, just make sure you don’t stand on it.
• Women’s scratch race winner Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) throws the bike over the line.
• Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) looked at ease in the scratch.
• Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) answers the tough questions after her win.
• 'I know this great place to eat on Hosier Lane if you want eat later'
• A Russian rider focuses ahead of her race.
• The view from the stands was just as good as ringside seats.
• While the cricketers slog it out in Brisbane, there was another Australia Vs. New Zealand grudge match on the track in Melbourne.
• A Dutch rider lights up the boards at the Melbourne Track World Cup.
• Rubbing is racing, but when it's carbon it takes a beating.
• Kerrie Meares (Australia) rode well and took home bronze.
• Azizul Awang (Malaysia) warms the engine for the team sprint.
• Belinda Goss (Australia) breezed through the heat but missed out on the podium in the final.