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Los Angeles Track World Cup, ADT Velodrome, Carson, California, USA, January 20-22, 2006

Session 1 - January 20, 2006

Georgia Bronzini (Italy) celebrates her points race victory
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(Click for larger image) Georgia Bronzini (Italy) celebrates her points race victory
Men's scratch race winner
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(Click for larger image) Men's scratch race winner  - Walter Perez (Argentina)
Richard Bowker
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(Click for larger image) Richard Bowker at the start of the scratch race final
Clara Sanchez (France)
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(Click for larger image) Clara Sanchez (France) keeps a close eye on eventual  winner of the woman's sprint, Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
Clara Sanchez (France)
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(Click for larger image) Clara Sanchez (France) watches a male teammate receive his medal
Jamie Staff (Great Britain)
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(Click for larger image) Jamie Staff (Great Britain) and Shane John Kelly (Australia) get up close and personal in the keirin
Jamie Staff (Great Britain)
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(Click for larger image) Jamie Staff (Great Britain) pours it on in the keirin
Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
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(Click for larger image) Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
Lauren Franges (USA)
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(Click for larger image) Lauren Franges (USA) in the woman's points race
Georgia Bronzini (Italy)
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(Click for larger image) Georgia Bronzini (Italy) shows the determination that earned her the win in the woman's Points race
Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini
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(Click for larger image) Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini took the win in the women Point race
The Italian women
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(Click for larger image) The Italian women ham up for the cam
World Champ Vera Carrara
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(Click for larger image) World Champ Vera Carrara and World Cup winner Giorgia Bronzini
Ivan Kobalev leads
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(Click for larger image) Ivan Kobalev leads Taiji Nishitani and Walter Perez the winner of the scratch race
Walter Perez
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(Click for larger image) Walter Perez is very happy
The bell lap
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(Click for larger image) The bell lap of a Keirin heat
Keirin Heat action
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(Click for larger image) Keirin Heat action
Sanchez leads
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(Click for larger image) Sanchez leads  Guo in a heat
USA riders
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(Click for larger image) USA riders Tina Pic and Lauren Franges lead the pack in the point’s race
Yan Li (China) leads
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(Click for larger image) Yan Li (China) leads Becky Quinn of the USA
World Champ Vera Carrara (Italy)
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(Click for larger image) World Champ Vera Carrara (Italy)
Joanne Kiesanowski
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(Click for larger image) Joanne Kiesanowski hits the ground in the Points race
Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia)
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(Click for larger image) Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia)
USA rider Tina Pic
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(Click for larger image) USA rider Tina Pic getting the hang of track racing in her first World Cup
Carrara leads
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(Click for larger image) Carrara leads Bronzini and Quinn
Bronzini leads
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(Click for larger image) Bronzini leads Quinn and Kiesanowski
Quinn leads
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(Click for larger image) Quinn leads Tina Pic
A pair of happy Italians
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(Click for larger image) A pair of happy Italians Carrara and Bronzini hold hands
Bronzini
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(Click for larger image) Bronzini has her arms high after her win
The Keirin final
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(Click for larger image) The Keirin final at the line
Jens Mouris
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(Click for larger image) Jens Mouris
Sergio Escobar
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(Click for larger image) Sergio Escobar on his way to taking the win in the pursuit
5th to 8 final
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(Click for larger image) 5th to 8 final
Perez, Kovalev and Nishitani
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(Click for larger image) Perez, Kovalev and Nishitani take a lap in the Mens Scratch Race
Jerome Neuville (FRA)
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(Click for larger image) Jerome Neuville (FRA) tries valiantly to go up alone, to no avail
Perez
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(Click for larger image) Perez celebrates his win
Kovalev, Perez and Nishitani
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(Click for larger image) Kovalev, Perez and Nishitani on the podium
Becky Quinn (USA)
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(Click for larger image) Becky Quinn (USA) awaits the Womens Points Race start
Womens Points
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(Click for larger image) Womens Points race field
Bronzini and Li
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(Click for larger image) Bronzini and Li on the attack
Quinn sets herself up
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(Click for larger image) Quinn sets herself up for the final sprint
Quinn barely edges out
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(Click for larger image) Quinn barely edges out Grain (CAN) for the final sprint win
Bronzini celebrates
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(Click for larger image) Bronzini celebrates
Kelly and Villanueva
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(Click for larger image) Kelly and Villanueva in the Keirin ride for Gold
Villanueva checking out
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(Click for larger image) Villanueva checking out Mulder and Staff in the Keirin final
At one lap to go
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(Click for larger image) At one lap to go Kelly is flying, with Mulder and Staff in tow
Kelly edges out Mulder
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(Click for larger image) Kelly edges out Mulder and Staff at the line
Quinn, Bronzini and Li
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(Click for larger image) Quinn, Bronzini and Li  - Womens Points podium
Jason Allen (NZL)
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(Click for larger image) Jason Allen (NZL)  wins the bronze medal in the Mens Pursuit Final
Jens Mouris (NED)
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(Click for larger image) Jens Mouris (NED)  in the Gold Medal Pursuit Final against Escobar
Sergio Escobar Roure (ESP)
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(Click for larger image) Sergio Escobar Roure (ESP)  takes the Gold in the Pursuit Final
Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)
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(Click for larger image) Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)  and her prey Clara Sanchez (FRA) in Gold medal Match Sprint Ride one.
Mulder, Kelly and Staff
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(Click for larger image) Mulder, Kelly and Staff  - Mens Keirin podium
Mouris, Escobar Roure and Allen
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(Click for larger image) Mouris, Escobar Roure and Allen  - Mens Pursuit podium
Willy Kanis (NED)
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(Click for larger image) Willy Kanis (NED)  evens up the best of three for the Womens Match Sprint Bronze medal over Shuang Guo (CHI)
Tsylinskaya (BLR)
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(Click for larger image) Tsylinskaya (BLR)  finishes off Sanchez (FRA) in Gold medal Match Sprint Ride two for the Gold Medal.
Francois Pervis (FRA)
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(Click for larger image) Francois Pervis (FRA)  nails down third in the Kilometer TT
Ben Kersten (AUS)
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(Click for larger image) Ben Kersten (AUS)  rode in the penultimate heat, and survived the final pairing to take Gold in the Kilometer
Tim Veldt (NED)
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(Click for larger image) Tim Veldt (NED)  in the final pairing finished a second back from Kersten for Silver
Willy Kanis (NED)
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(Click for larger image) Willy Kanis (NED)  appears to take the third ride for the Bronze, but she does it in the pole lane with Guo, who takes the Bronze by relegation
Veldt, Kersten and Pervis
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(Click for larger image) Veldt, Kersten and Pervis  - Kilometer podium