2005 Junior World Championships Day 4 (Track)

 

August 10, 2005; Austria;

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Above: Who's a happy girl then! Lizzy Armitstead with her silver medal for the Womens Scratch race.

The final night of the 2005 Junior World Track Championships saw Great Britain come away with two medals after great rides by Lizzy Armitstead who won Silver in the Womens Scratch Race and a Bronze for Anna Blyth in the Womens Keirin. Great Britain arrived at the track for the final day with two riders and both won medals which sums up just how great this team was - the best ever Junior GB Team performance ever.

The first medal came in the Womens Scratch Race where Lizzy Armitstead had been briefed to conserve energy, and with three laps to go, get on the front and prepare to launch herself for the sprint to protect her front position on a track that favoured the person leading out more often than not. Lizzy, following instructions to the letter did just that, although she appeared a little nervous says her coach when a German rider went within 50 metres of lapping the field before they stepped on the gas.

As instructed, Lizzy got to the front with three laps to go and then as the pace rose steadily, she continued to watch for a move on the outside until with just over a lap to go, her coach Darren Tudor gave her the shout to go for the win which Lizzy did and went so close to achieving it, losing by a few inches.

As she suddenly realised what she had done, the smile on her face said it all as the first year junior who had come to the championships to learn was now a silver medal winner in a World championships. It was a fantastic experience to see riders like this, new to the program come to a major event like this, follow the instructions from their coaches and watch their faces light up when they see themselves achieving success they never dreamed of prior to the championships.



Above: Lizzy in full flight and only one other girl was able to come round her ....

"I'm shocked" was Lizzy first reaction to winning her first World Championship medal. "I was expecting to come here for the experience and to win medal is like wow!" Asked what she had to say about the coaches who gave her the brief on how to win the race, she replied "absolutely brilliant."

Asked about the race and whether she was getting edgy when the German went, Lizzy replied "Not really. I trusted that the bunch would not let her take a lap and it was just brilliant." Adding it was the best thing that had ever happened to her in cycling, Lizzy explained it was a similar tactic to the Europeans when she did the same but in that instance, she was leading team-mate Anna Blyth out.

"I got on the front and kept looking behind me because I was expecting them to come round me because I wasn't rolling round THAT fast and they just didn't come so I thought bloomin heck. I saw Darren on the corner and he said just go so I went." Anna then continued to lead most of the way round that final lap, and it was only in the last few meters that the Aussie got to her and just edged past in a photo finish.



Anna Blyth (right) with her second medal of the championships ... bronze in the Womens Keirin

Great Britain's other medal came in the Womens Keirin when Anna Blyth finished fourth in the sprint for the line but the Russian girl was disqualified for riding on the blue. Anna started the competition with a win in the first round and then in the next round, finished 3rd to make the final. Anna did her best to get to the front in the closing stages as the derny came off the track but was unable to hold her pace and faded to finished fourth which was upgraded to a bronze and the Russian girl was disqualified.

"I wanted to lead it out and I was trying and trying and thought I was going to get her but it was so hard In the back straight my legs were like lead and I couldn't move." Overall she said she was very pleased with how the championships had gone "I couldn't have imagined any of it so its been really good".

Talking to Iain Dyer about the championships, he explained that "I am really happy with the medal count but it would have been great to have scored a Mens Keirin Gold which was a shame. In terms of performance, the physical side of performance was good, technically it was good and to come away with medals is icing on the cake especially when you have got young junior ones involved."

"I think it's a massive tribute to the hard work that everybody on the program has put into it and backed all the way from the very top down. Everyone is completely sold on the need for development of riders at this stage of a riders career and we have seen this week some success as a result of that approach."



The final sprint for the Womens Keirin where Anna Blythe faded in the last 50 metres but still took a bronze medal away from the final day of the championships.

Results

Men's Sprint Qualifying
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.193 (70.637km/h)
2 KÙÐn Sireau (France) 10.265 (70.141km/h)
3 Scott Sunderland (Australia) 10.452 (68.886km/h)
4 Alexandre Volant (France) 10.501 (68.565km/h)
5 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 10.556 (68.208km/h)
6 Micka¹¨D'almeida (France) 10.568 (68.130km/h)
7 Dong Jin Kang (Korea) 10.598 (67.937km/h)
8 Jae Yeol Ryu (Korea) 10.658 (67.555km/h)
9 Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 10.678 (67.428km/h)
10 Pavel Noskov (Russia) 10.716 (67.189km/h)
11 Rene Enders (Germany) 10.729 (67.108km/h)
12 Krzysztof Szymanek (Poland) 10.779 (66.797km/h)
13 Andrey Chernopyatov (Russia) 10.811 (66.599km/h)
14 Jeremy Hogg (Australia) 10.819 (66.550km/h)
15 Daniel Ellis (Australia) 10.839 (66.427km/h)
16 Angel Sixto Garcia (Spain) 10.850 (66.359km/h)
17 Benjamin Barczewski (USA) 10.876 (66.201km/h)
18 Hodei Mazcuiaran Uria (Spain) 10.933 (65.856km/h)
19 Vasileios Reppas (Greece) 10.941 (65.808km/h)
20 Adam Stewart (New Zealand) 10.995 (65.484km/h)
21 Darius Gerulskis (Lithuania) 11.030 (65.277km/h)
22 Patrick Bos (Netherlands) 11.038 (65.229km/h)
23 Josúílfredo Flores (Guatemala) 11.060 (65.099km/h)
24 Christos Volikakis (Greece) 11.074 (65.017km/h)
25 Mike Schnabel (USA) 11.075 (65.011km/h)
26 Tomas Babek (Czech Republic) 11.079 (64.988km/h)
27 Yoshinori Sasaki (Japan) 11.110 (64.806km/h)
28 Artem Frolov (Ukraine) 11.183 (64.383km/h)
29 Pavel Korzh (Russia) 11.247 (64.017km/h)
30 Pavel Sarnecki (Poland) 11.259 (63.949km/h)
31 Denis Spicka (Czech Republic) 11.289 (63.779km/h)
32 Masamichi Kohara (Japan) 11.375 (63.297km/h)
33 Lawrence Leroux (Canada) 11.487 (62.680km/h)
34 Konstantinos Iordanidis (Greece) 11.552 (62.327km/h)
35 Spencer Hartfeld (USA) 11.663 (61.734km/h)
36 Jonathon Lewis (New Zealand) 11.741 (61.324km/h)
37 Darius Fabijonavicius (Lithuania) 12.300 (58.537km/h)
38 Conrad Sammer (Austria) 12.319 (58.446km/h)

Quarter Finals
Heat 1 Race #1
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.835 (66.451km/h)
2 Benjamin Barczewski (USA)

Heat 1 Race #2
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 11.074 (65.017km/h)
2 Benjamin Barczewski (USA)

Heat 2 Race #1
1 KÙÐn Sireau (France) 10.805 (66.636km/h)
2 Dong Jin Kang (Korea)

Heat 2 Race #2
1 KÙÐn Sireau (France) 10.980 (65.574km/h)
2 Dong Jin Kang (Korea)

Heat 3 Race #1
1 Micka¹¨D'almeida (France) 11.111 (64.801km/h)
2 Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Heat 3 Race #2
1 Scott Sunderland (Australia) 11.077 (65.000km/h)
2 Micka¹¨D'almeida (France)

Heat 3 Race #3
1 Scott Sunderland (Australia) 11.038 (65.229km/h)
2 Micka¹¨D'almeida (France)

Heat 4 Race #1
1 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 11.198 (64.297km/h)
2 Alexandre Volant (France)

Heat 4 Race #2
1 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 11.082 (64.970km/h)
2 Alexandre Volant (France)

Final for 5th-8th
1 Dong Jin Kang (Korea) 11.127 (64.707km/h)
2 Benjamin Barczewski (USA)
3 Alexandre Volant (France)
4 Micka¹¨D'almeida (France)

Semi Finals
Heat 1 Race #1
1 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 11.043 (65.200km/h)
2 Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Heat 1 Race #2
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.867 (66.256km/h)
2 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany)

Heat 1 Race #3
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 11.877 (60.621km/h)
2 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany)

Heat 2 Race #1
1 KÙÐn Sireau (France) 11.111 (64.801km/h)
2 Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Heat 2 Race #2
1 KÙÐn Sireau (France) 10.964 (65.669km/h)
2 Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Final for 3rd and 4th
Race #1
1 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 11.008 (64.935km/h)
2 Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Race #2
1 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 10.924 (65.910km/h)
2 Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Final for 1st and 2nd

Race #1
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.593 (67.969km/h)
2 KÙÐn Sireau (France)

Race #2
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.869 (66.243km/h)
2 KÙÐn Sireau (France)


Women's 7.5km Scratch Final
1 Skye Lee Armstrong (Australia) 9.25.323 (47.760km/h)
2 Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
3 Evgenia Romanyuta (Russia)
4 Virginie Cueff (France)
5 Maxime Groenewegen (Netherlands)
6 Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine)
7 Silvia Daniele (Italy)
8 Berenice Castro Plaza (Mexico)
9 Naomi Cooper (Canada)
10 Maria Tzoumanika (Greece)
11 Catherine Langer (Austria)
12 Stephanie Pohl (Germany)
13 Kimberly Geist (USA)
14 Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand)
15 Paulina Cieslik (Poland)
16 Maria Bornak (Denmark)
17 Inkyung Jung (Korea)
18 Rodriguez Dalila (Cuba)

1 lap down
19 Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
DNF Andrea Botero (Colombia)
DNF Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
DNF Katarina Uhlarikova (Slovakia)



Women's Keirin Round 1

Heat 1
1 Guerra Lizandra (Cuba) 11.837 (60.826km/h)
2 Elodie Henriette (France)
3 Yulia Kosheleva (Russia)
4 Natalie Klemko (USA)
5 Inkyung Jung (Korea)
6 Chiara Galeotti (Italy)

Heat 2
1 Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 12.768 (56.391km/h)
2 Hayley Wright (Australia)
3 Paulina Cieslik (Poland)
4 Bridgette Broad (New Zealand)
5 Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
6 Anastasia Rozhkova (Russia)

Heat 3
1 Chloe Macpherson (Australia) 12.878 (55.909km/h)
2 Eunmi Park (Korea)
3 Cynthia Lakatosh (USA)
4 Nozomi Oka (Japan)
5 Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine)
6 Johanna Preisler (Germany)

Heat 4
1 Sandie Clair (France) 12.878 (55.909km/h)
2 Chiara Ramuscello (Italy)
3 Malindi Maclean (New Zealand)
4 Janowiak Marta (Poland)
5 Zuzana Galandova (Slovakia)
6 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania)
7 Anja Drotleff (Germany)

Final for 7th - 12th
1 Guerra Lizandra (Cuba) 12.097 (59.519km/h)
2 Hayley Wright (Australia)
3 Bridgette Broad (New Zealand)
4 Malindi Maclean (New Zealand)
5 Chiara Ramuscello (Italy)
6 Helena Casas Roige (Spain)

Final for 1st - 6th
1 Chloe Macpherson (Australia) 12.758 (56.435km/h)
2 Eunmi Park (Korea)
3 Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
4 Sandie Clair (France)
5 Elodie Henriette (France)
DSQ Anastasia Rozhkova (Russia)