2007 UCI World Track Championships

 

29th of March to 1st April
Palma de Mallorca

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Women's Scratch Race Report

 

A big crowd came in to watch the night's racing.

 

Podium: Maria Luisa Calle WIlliams (2nd),  Yumari Gonzalex Valdivieso (1st) and Adrie Visser (3rd)

The Women's Scratch race was closely contested throughout with an unusually high pace for what is often a highly tactical race. It all came down to the last couple of laps and in a finish similar to the Men's race, Yumari Valdivieso of Cuba broke clear with a burst of pace and held off the field to win by several lengths from Columbia's Williams. Rebecca Quinn of the USA was originally credited with third, but was relegated to last for a technical infringement in the final sprint.

 

 

GB's 18 year old Welsh rider Katie Curtis rode a very assured race on her World Championships debut and looked very comfortable in the later stages, getting herself into excellent positions and clearly having a game plan. In the end it didn't quite come off for her, but eighth place was an excellent performance.

 

Katie in the middle of a fast moving bunch.

Results
1 GONZALEZ VALDIVIESO Yumari CUB
2 CALLE WILLIAMS Maria Luisa COL
3 VISSER Adrie NED
4 KOZLIKOVA Lada CZE
5 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP
6 CUCINOTTA Annalisa ITA
7 SLYUSAREVA Olga RUS
8 CURTIS Katie GBR
9 KALITOVSKA Lesya UKR
10 SCHNIDER Pascale SUI
11 WYNTER Iona JAM
12 GOSS Belinda AUS
13 WANG Jianling CHN
14 ELLINIKAKI Eleftheria Maria GRE
15 CHEATLEY Catherine NZL
16 SANDIG Madeleine GER
17 GUERRERO MENDEZ Belem MEX
18 MONCASSIN PRIME Cathy FRA
19 SARA Magdalena POL
REL 295 QUINN Rebecca USA