2007 UCI World Track Championships

 

29th of March to 1st April

Palma de Mallorca

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Men's Keirin

 

Report

 

Team effort: Chris Hoy, Iain Dyer, Scott Gardner, Jan van Eijden and Ross Edgar.

 

Finals: Chris Hoy proved that he's more than just an against the clock specialist by winning the World Keirin title in commanding fashion. Using his muscular style to grab the wheel of the pacing derny, he simply proved too quick for the opposition in his second round heat. Ross Edgar followed him into the final, also winning his heat, though in contrasting style - coming from stone last and passing the whole field in the last lap.

 

In the final Hoy again grabbed the front, almost lost it to Perkins of Australia as the derny swung off, regained it and then lost it again as Bourgain of France came over him. However, Chris didn't panic but slipped in behind Bourgain and then came again on the last lap, grabbing the front and holding off defending champion Theo Bos to claim the title. Ross Edgar appeared out of it, but again turned in a fine last lap and he slipped under the rest of the field to claim bronze behind Bos, who took the silver.

 

Hoy has very quickly adapted to the demands of this dangerous and unpredictable discipline, using his size and kilo speed to great effect. Edgar too looks to be finally fulfilling his potential and his second Worlds medal in 24 hours was great news for the talented young rider.

 

After Chris Hoy got the back wheel of the derny, the Brits were able to play musical places to get Chris and Ross 1-2 behind the Derny ... 

 

Mickeal Bourgain threw a spanner in the wheels of the Brits though by gaining the front but his speed opened up gaps and Hoy, far from getting boxed in, slotted in on the wheel of the Frenchman ....

 

And then Chris  made his move on the final bend and how Ross got out of that box I'll never know!

 

Ross Edgar: “I’m delighted with this bronze medal. Really happy. I have been performing well throughout the competition but it was a bumpy ride to the finish though. I am glad the team gave me the opportunity to do it.” 

 

Chris Hoy: “This is a new event to me and I have done well at it this year but I didn’t really expect to win today. A medal was an outside chance and this is way beyond my expectations. Its incredible.” 

 

Team tactics? “We didn’t want to ride in a team style because you can’t split a medal and it wasn’t fare for one person to sacrifice himself for another so we rode for ourselves but obviously it was to both our advantages to be together. The Dutch had two riders and it was always going to be a battle. The way Ross was going in training and the competition so far, it could have gone his way too. You could rerun that Keirin and get a different result but I am just glad it went my way.”

 

“This week as shown that Theo is not invincible and its great to get a chink in his armour on the way to Beijing but we know he’s not finished because he is an amazing competitor. It was nice to beat him to the title though.”

 

New event for Chris after the axing of the Kilo? “The main focus will be the Team Sprint because it is a more controllable event and there is not so many variables but you never say never and this is an event that if you make the final, anything can happen as I just showed there.”

 

Second Round

 

Heat 1

1 HOY Chris GBR
2 BOS Theo NED
3 PERKINS Shane AUS
4 VELDT Tim NED
5 SIREAU K鶩n FRA
DSQ 9 FRENCH Mark AUS

 

Heat 2

1 EDGAR Ross GBR
2 MULDER Teun NED
3 BOURGAIN Micka묠FRA
4 BAYLEY Ryan AUS
5 ESCUREDO RAIMONDEZ Jos頁ntonio ESP
6 FUSHIMI Toshiaki JPN

 

Finals

 

Final
1 HOY Chris GBR
2 BOS Theo NED
3 EDGAR Ross GBR
4 BOURGAIN Micka묠FRA
5 MULDER Teun NED
6 PERKINS Shane AUS

Final 7 - 12
7 VELDT Tim NED
8 SIREAU K鶩n FRA
9 BAYLEY Ryan AUS
10 FUSHIMI Toshiaki JPN
11 ESCUREDO RAIMONDEZ Jos頁ntonio ESP

Qualifying: Chris Hoy and Ross Edgar both made it through to second round of the Keirin. Hoy won the fourth heat when he lead from the front and only Tuen Mulder of Holland got close to his. Ross Edgar meanwhile, had to come through the Repechage, where he won his heat with ease.

 

Ross Edgar leads out from two laps but was swamped in the rush to the line (below).

 

 

Chris Hoy goes from the outside straight to the back of the derny.

 

Hoy wins round 1 heat from Mulder.

 

Plenty of family support for Hoy in the stands.

 

Theo Bos has to also come back though the repecharges.

 

Ross Edgar wins his repecharge with ease.

Results

First Round

Top two in each heat through to second round

 

Heat 1

1 SIREAU KúFn FRA
2 BAYLEY Ryan AUS
3 BOS Theo NED
4 KWIATKOWSKI Lukasz POL
5 BOTASSO Leandro Hernan ARG
REL 177 CHIAPPA Roberto ITA
DNF 212 NG ONN LAM Josiah MAS

 

Heat 2

1  ESCUREDO RAIMONDEZ Josí“ntonio ESP
2 PERKINS Shane AUS
3 NARITA Kazuya JPN
4 EDGAR Ross GBR
5 VYNOKUROV Andriy UKR
6 LEVY Maximilian GER
7 VELDT Tim NED

 

Heat 3

1 BOURGAIN Mickael FRA
2 FRENCH Mark AUS
3 WOLFF Rení™ER
4 DMITRIEV Denis RUS
5 PTACNIK Adam CZE
6 LYNCH Ricardo JAM
7 MAZQUIARAN URIA Hodei ESP

 

Heat 4

1 HOY Chris GBR
2 MULDER Teun NED
3 SMITH Travis CAN
4 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
5 TANG Qi CHN
6 SHIKHALEV Mikhail RUS
7 FUSHIMI Toshiaki JPN
8 TISIN Mohd Rizal MAS

 

First Round Repechage

Winners through to next round

 

Heat 1

1 BOS Theo NED
2 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
3 PTACNIK Adam CZE
4 TISIN Mohd Rizal MAS
5 LEVY Maximilian GER

Heat 2 

1 FUSHIMI Toshiaki JPN
2 NARITA Kazuya JPN
3 CHIAPPA Roberto ITA
4 DMITRIEV Denis RUS
5 VYNOKUROV Andriy UKR

Heat 3 

1 EDGAR Ross GBR
2 MAZQUIARAN URIA Hodei ESP
3 BOTASSO Leandro Hernan ARG
4 WOLFF Rení™ER
5 SHIKHALEV Mikhail RUS

Heat 4

1 VELDT Tim NED
2 LYNCH Ricardo JAM
3 KWIATKOWSKI Lukasz POL
DNF 43 SMITH Travis CAN
DNF 47 TANG Qi CHN