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UCI 2009 Paracycling World Champs - Report - Day 1

6th November 2009, Manchester Velodrome

Report: Eddie Allen | Images: Larry Hickmott

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EVENING SESSION: Male B & VI 1000m TT Final | Male CP 3 1000m TT Final | Male CP 4 1000m TT Final | Male LC 1 4km Pursuit Final | Male LC 2 4km Pursuit Final | Male LC 3 3km Pursuit Final | Male LC 4 3km Pursuit Final

Male BVI 1km Time Trial


Barnie Storey and Neil Fachie took Gold and broke the world record (set by Storey and Kappes at the Beijing Paralympics) in a stunning time of 1.02.217, shaving 6 tenths off the previous record. It was a GB 1-2 with Simon Jackson and pilot Dave Readle securing bronze. Spanish riders Porto and Villanueva took Bronze.

1 FACHIE Neil BVI STOREY Richard Pilot GBR 1:02.217 WR
2 JACKSON Simon BVI READLE David Pilot GBR 1:04.904
3 PORTO Jose Enrique BVI VILLANUEVA Jose Antonio Pilot ESP 1:05.683

Great Britain pilot, Dave Readle, along with blind athlete Simon Jackson, power their way round the track to a Silver medal in the  Men's BV1 kilometre time trial to make it a 1-2 for Great Britain

A familiar face in the Men's BV1 kilometre where sighted tandem pilots power and steer the tandem with a blind (or semi blind) athlete on the back. Spain had former able bodied World Cup and World Championship sprinter Jose Antonio Villanueva on the front of their tandem and they won a bronze medal behind the two British pairings.

Male CP3 1km Time Trial

Multi Paralympic champion and hour record holder for his category, Darren Kenny, racing to a World Title after a tight tussle with his GB teammate Waddon with Kenny managing to claw his way into the lead on the final lap after being slower on the first three of the four laps.

More precious metal for GB riders, as Mssrs. Kenny and Waddon scoop Gold and Silver in the Kilo. The GB pairing were both head and shoulders above the opposition, both posting 1.11 times with Rik running the legendary Darren Kenny mighty close. Spain's Juan Emilio Gutierrez was a distant bronze medallist, 5 seconds back on Waddon.

1 KENNY Darren CP3 GBR 1:11.472
2 WADDON Rik CP3 GBR 1:11.513
3 GUTIÉRREZ Juan Emilio CP3 ESP 1:16.530
4 KVASNICKA Tomas CP3 CZE 1:18.128
5 OCHOA Javier CP3 ESP 1:18.746
6 NEL Jaco CP3 RSA 1:23.038

Rik Waddon was in scintillating form as he blasted past on his way to lead the Men's CP3 1km Time Trial until Darren Kenny denied him the gold by four hundredths of a second.

Male CP4 1km Time Trial

Czech Republic's Jiri Bouska claimed gold by a three second margin from USA's Aaron Trent in the CP4 Kilo. It was a tight fight for bronze, just snatched by Italy's Michele Pittacolo.

1 BOUSKA Jiri CP4 CZE 1:10.520
2 TRENT Aaron CP4 USA 1:13.377
3 PITTACOLO Michele CP4 ITA 1:14.013
4 VOGTSBERGER Craig CP4 USA 1:14.641
5 PLEKKER Janos CP4 RSA 1:15.085
6 SMYTH Enda CP4 IRL 1:15.157

Male LC1 4km Pursuit

After topping the qualification table earlier, Australia's Michael Gallagher (above)  took Gold, achieving the catch on Germany's Wolfgang Sacher. In the bronze medal ride, Wolfgang Eibeck of Austria beat Ireland's Cathal Miller to the medal.

1 GALLAGHER Michael LC1 AUS 4:41.568
2 SACHER Wolfgang LC1 GER OVL
3 EIBECK Wolfgang LC1 AUT 4:50.966
4 MILLER Cathal LC1 IRL 4:55.359

Male LC2 4km Pursuit

Czech rider Jiri Jezek claimed gold after taking the world record earlier in qualifying, beating Romania's Carol Novek by over 3 seconds. In the bronze medal rideoff, Spain's Roberto Alcaide overlapped Duenas Gomez of Colombia within three kms to take the final step on the podium.

1 JEZEK Jiri LC2 CZE 4:41.883
2 NOVAK Carol Eduard LC2 ROU 4:45.117
3 ALCAIDE Roberto LC2 ESP
4 DUEÑAS GOMEZ Diego German LC2 COL 1:17.758 2:32.274 OVL

Male LC3 3km Pursuit

Masaki Fujita of Japan who won a Silver medal in the LC3 4,000 metre pursuit.

Tobias Graf of Germany claimed gold in a commanding performance over Masaki Fujita, overlapping the Japanese rider within 2km. It was a similar story of dominance in the bronze medal rideoff, with Czech Republic's Michal Stark achieving the catch on Italy's Fabrizio Macchi.

1 GRAF Tobias LC3 GER 3:50.646
2 67 FUJITA Masaki LC3 JPN 1:21.286 OVL
3 23 STARK Michal LC3 CZE 1:24.014
4 62 MACCHI Fabrizio LC3 ITA 1:24.490 OVL

Male LC4 3km Pursuit

Michael Teuber of Germany caught Juan Jose Mendez of Spain to claim Gold in the LC4 pursuit. The bronze medal was taken by Vigano of Italy, who put 6 seconds into river Erich Winkler of Germany.

1 53 TEUBER Michael LC4 GER
2 32 MÉNDEZ Juan Jose LC4 ESP OVL
3 65 VIGANO Paolo LC4 ITA 4:21.394
4 54 WINKLER Erich LC4 GER 4:27.367

Getting the toe straps tight around the shoe is a key part of the process of locking a rider into the start gate. Only one rider during the day pulled his foot on starting although there were several broken chains!

The evening's proceedings started with a nation flag ceremony with athletes from each joining a select group of children in a lap of the track.

 

MORNING SESSION: Male LC 1 4km Pursuit Qualification | Male LC 2 4km Pursuit Qualification | Male LC 3 3km Pursuit Qualification | Male LC 4 3km Pursuit Qualification

The Paracycling World Championships kicked off with a morning of pursuit qualification rounds for male competitors.

Male LC1 4km Pursuit

World record holder Michael Gallagher of Australia put in the fastest qualifying time and will face Germany's Wolfgang Sacher in the Gold Medal final.

Fellow Wolfgang, Austrian rider Wolfgang Eibeck qualified third fastest and will face Cathal Miller of Ireland in the Bronze Medal rideoff. GB's Russell White qualified sixth fastest, posting a time of 4.59.034.

1 GALLAGHER Michael LC1 AUS 4:38.888
2 SACHER Wolfgang LC1 GER 4:45.088
3 EIBECK Wolfgang LC1 AUT 4:52.171
4 MILLER Cathal LC1 IRL 4:52.733
5 ADDESI Pierpaolo LC1 ITA 4:58.777
6 WHITE Russell LC1 GBR 4:59.034

Male LC2 4km Pursuit

Jiri Jezek of the Czech Republic broke Roberto Alcaide's world record, posting a 4.40.899 to qualify fastest and will face Carol Eduard Novak of Romania in the Gold Medal Final.

Previous world record holder Alcaide posted the third fastest time and will face Colombian rider Diego German Duenas Gomez in the Bronze final.

GB's Simon Richardson qualified sixth fastest in a time of 5.07.175.

1 JEZEK Jiri LC2 CZE 4:40.899 *WR*
2 NOVAK Carol Eduard LC2 ROU 4:43.812
3 ALCAIDE Roberto LC2 ESP 4:44.964
4 DUEÑAS GOMEZ Diego German LC2 COL 4:57.962
5 KAVANAGH Samuel LC2 USA 5:06.405
6 RICHARDSON Simon LC2 GBR 5:07.175

Male LC3 3km Pursuit

Tobias Graf of Germany qualified fastest by almost 9 seconds, ahead of Masaki Fujita of Japan. The rideoff for bronze will be between Michal Stark of the Czech Republic and Fabrizio Macchi of Italy.

1 GRAF Tobias LC3 GER 3:50.198
2 FUJITA Masaki LC3 JPN 3:59.759
3 STARK Michal LC3 CZE 4:00.157
4 MACCHI Fabrizio LC3 ITA 4:04.020
5 PARENT Mathieu LC3 CAN 4:09.476
6 GARCIA Antonio LC3 ESP 4:10.009

Male LC4 3km Pursuit

Michael Teuber of Germany qualified fastest and will ride against Juan Jose Mendez of Spain in the Gold Medal final. Current world record holder Paulo Vigano of Italy will ride from bronze against Erich Winkler of Germany.

1 TEUBER Michael LC4 GER 4:01.310
2 MÉNDEZ Juan Jose LC4 ESP 4:08.900
3 VIGANO Paolo LC4 ITA 4:20.278
4 WINKLER Erich LC4 GER 4:21.754
5 SENSKA Pierre LC4 GER 4:28.626

 

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