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

Session 5 - January 22, 2006

Sarah Hammer (USA)
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer (USA)  raises arm in victory after the woman's scratch race
Rebecca Quinn (Spike)
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(Click for larger image) Rebecca Quinn (Spike)  shows the crowd that Sarah Hammer (USA) is #1
Clara Sanchez (France)
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(Click for larger image) Clara Sanchez (France)  in the qualifying keirin
Jennie Reed (Spike)
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(Click for larger image) Jennie Reed (Spike)  in the qualifying keirin
Eventual Madison winners
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(Click for larger image) Eventual Madison winners  Walter Perez & Dario Colla (Argentina) execute an exchange
Walter Perez (Argentina)
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(Click for larger image) Walter Perez (Argentina)  Struts his stuff in front of an appreciative crowd after winning the men's  Madison race
Shaung Guo (China)
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(Click for larger image) Shaung Guo (China)  in the keirin finals
Clara Sanchez (France)
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(Click for larger image) Clara Sanchez (France)  wins the woman's keirin
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer leads the pack in morning qualifying heat
The pack
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(Click for larger image) The pack in qualifying action to make the final
Karelia Judith Machado Jaimes
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(Click for larger image) Karelia Judith Machado Jaimes just made the final
Dale Tye
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(Click for larger image) Dale Tye in the pack with Giorgia Bronzini on her right and Gina Grain on the left of her
Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini
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(Click for larger image) Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini at speed
Omnibike Dynamo riders
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(Click for larger image) Omnibike Dynamo riders Konstantin Ponomarev and Alexey Shmidt
Germany’s world cup
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(Click for larger image) Germany’s world cup leaders Christian Konig and Christian Kux
Heat one winners
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(Click for larger image) Heat one winners Jens Mouris and Niki Terpstra
TIAA-CREF riders
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(Click for larger image) TIAA-CREF riders Mike Friedman and Chad Hartley went down hard with one of the French riders
Sliding down
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(Click for larger image) Sliding down the wood
Mike Friedman
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(Click for larger image) Mike Friedman up and riding after the crash with his bent up bike still made it to the finals
One of the German girls
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(Click for larger image) One of the German girls sliding after her front tire rolled
Kerrie Meares
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(Click for larger image) Kerrie Meares leads Natallia Tsylinskaya and Annalisa Cucinotta in a Keirin Heat
Rebecca Quinn
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(Click for larger image) Rebecca Quinn in the pack
Rebecca Quinn
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(Click for larger image) Rebecca Quinn trying to get away
Monia Baccaille of Italy
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(Click for larger image) Monia Baccaille of Italy finished 8th in the scratch final
Quinn looks back
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(Click for larger image) Quinn looks back
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer pulls the field around for many laps and still wins
Hartley
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(Click for larger image) Hartley slings in Friedman
On the way to the win
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(Click for larger image) On the way to the win  the team of Argentine – Cario Colla and Walter Perez
A pair of happy Argentine
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(Click for larger image) A pair of happy Argentine riders Colla and Perez
Clara Sanchez
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(Click for larger image) Clara Sanchez gets the win over Shuang Guo and Elisa Frisoni who just edged out Jennie Reed
Bauge pulls off
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(Click for larger image) Bauge pulls off as Bourgian and Pervis take off for the win in team sprint final
Frisoni at speed
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(Click for larger image) Frisoni at speed
Italian celebrations
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(Click for larger image) Italian celebrations   - Monia Baccaille, Giorgia Bronzini and Annalisa Cucinotta lift Elisa Frisoni after getting her bronze medal
Kerrie Meares
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(Click for larger image) Kerrie Meares shows off a sprinter's physique
Team Italia riders
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(Click for larger image) Team Italia riders Elisa Frisoni, Giorgia Bronzini and Annalisa Cucinotta show of their new team shirts. No doubt they'd like to stay and train in sunny California.
Sarah gets ready
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(Click for larger image) Sarah gets ready to put the "Hammer" down
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  gets some last minute instructions
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  goes to the front
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  still in front
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  puts the "Hammer" down
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  cools down after winning the Women's Scratch
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  and Rebecca Quinn go 1-2 in the Women's Scratch
The winner, Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) The winner, Sarah Hammer
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  gets congratulations from a Chinese rider
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer  and Rebecca Quinn cool down
Rebecca Quinn
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(Click for larger image) Rebecca Quinn  shows off her silver medal
Nice, "flowers"
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(Click for larger image) Nice, "flowers"
Women's Scratchpodium
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(Click for larger image) Women's Scratchpodium  - 1st, Sarah Hammer, 2nd, Rebecca Quinn, 3rd, Yulia Arustamova
The winners!
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(Click for larger image) The winners!
Sarah Hammer
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Hammer shows the gold
Ben Kersten (Australia)
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(Click for larger image) Ben Kersten (Australia) in the team sprint.
Kerrie Meares (Australia)
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(Click for larger image) Kerrie Meares (Australia) in the keirin
Christian Stahl (USA)
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(Click for larger image) Christian Stahl (USA) in the men's team sprint
The German team
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(Click for larger image) The German team in the men's team sprint
A Polish team rider
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(Click for larger image) A Polish team rider gets some help
Carla Sanchez (France)
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(Click for larger image) Carla Sanchez (France) gets a little push
Kerrie Meares (Australia)
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(Click for larger image) Kerrie Meares (Australia) readies for the women's scratch
Kerrie Meares (Australia)
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(Click for larger image) Kerrie Meares (Australia) on the keirin start line