UCI Track World Cup (Beijing)
Day 2, December 8, 2007; China
Team Pursuit
Gold!
Thomas leads Clancy and Manning in the Team Pursuit at the World Championships in 2007.
In the final for Gold for this key Olympic event, the GB team went even faster than they did in qualifying, doing a 4.02 to New Zealand's 4.05. It was the second Gold medal for the British team which had three of the reigning World Championship winning team in the line up.
Qualifying
Great Britain, Gold medallists in Sydney last week, showed that with a different line up and without powerhouse Bradley Wiggins, they can still do the business as they raced to the fastest time over the 4,000 metres ahead of New Zealand and Denmark. In the team this time for Great Britain was Ed Clancy, Steve Cummings, Geraint Thomas and Paul Manning with Manning and Thomas not having ridden in Sydney in the Team Pursuit.
The British team started fastest with a 1.04 opening kilo two tenths up on the Kiwis, were two tenths slower than the New Zealanders over the second kilometre but then turned the gas up on kilometre three with the fastest third 1,000 metre split before coasting in over the final kilometre with the third fastest time but overall, the quickest time for the distance.
Picture from the event website of Thomas leading Cummings, Clancy and Manning.
Qualifying
1 Great Britain 4.04.659 (58.857 km/h)
Ed Clancy, Stephen Cummings, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning
2 New Zealand 4.05.177 (58.733 km/h)
3 Denmark 4.05.849 (58.572 km/h)
4 Netherlands 4.07.193 (58.254 km/h)
Final
1 Great Britain 4.02.517 (59.377 km/h)
2 New Zealand 4.05.222 (58.722 km/h)
3 Netherlands
DNF Denmark
Men's Keirin
Gold!
Hoy leads the field on his way to yet another glorious victory!
It was Gold number two for Chris Hoy in the Men's Keirin. Yet again, as he did in Sydney last week, Chris went through the competition unbeaten. After winning in round 1, Chris beat French legend Arnaud Tournant to win the second round and make the final. In that, Chris was yet again showing what superb form he has by winning the Keirin event for which he is the reigning World Champion.
First round
Chris Hoy, World Champion and winner in Sydney, started the Beijing competition as he means to continue by winning his opening heat in the Men's Keirin. Silver medallist in Sydney though, Ross Edgar didn't start well, finishing third in his heat and having to go into the repechages where he again was third in his heat and out of the competition.
First round
Heat 1
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
2. Toshiaki Fushimi (Japan)
3. Denis Dmitriev (Russia) Moscow
4. Morne Blignaut (South Africa)
5. Travis Smith (Canada)
6. Daniel Novikov (Estonia)
Heat 2
1. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)
2. Arnaud Tournant (France)
3. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com
4. Lae Sun Choi (Korea)
5. Shane Perkins (Australia)
6. Adam Duvendeck (United States) Momentum Cycling
Second round
Heat 1
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
2. Arnaud Tournant (France)
3. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
4. Sergey Borisov (Russia)
5. Stefan Nimke (Germany) www.Rad-Net.de
6. Angel Pulgar (Venezuela)
Final
1. Chris Hoy, Great Britain
2. Arnaud Tournant, France
3. Teun Mulder, Holland
4. Ryan Bayley, Australia
5. Carsten Bergemann, Germany
Men's Scratch Race
Qualifying
100% ME rider, Jonny Bellis from the Great Britain Cycling team's Olympic Academy, made it through his heat when he finished 7th with the top eight going through. In the final of the Men's Scratch race, Jonny Bellis finished 16th, one lap down on the winning riders.
Qualifying
Heat 1
1. Roger Kluge (Germany) Team Focus
2. Martino Marcotto (Italy)
3. Robert Slippens (Netherlands)
Heat 2
1 Alexander Aeschbach (Switzerland)
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2 Michael Friedman (United States)
3 Jerome Neuville (France)
4 Mahammad Alakbarov (Azerbaijan)
5 Brian Kenneally (Ireland)
6 Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic)
7 Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain) Team 100% Me
Final
16. Jonny Bellis
Women's Points Race
Despite only having been racing bikes for just over a year and in that time, concentrating on the Individual Pursuit, Olympic Silver medallist in Rowing, Rebecca Romero was a surprise entry in the Women's Points race. Although the Silver medallist in the Pursuit at last year's World Track Championships did not qualify for the final (12th), having got through the race will no doubt have helped in giving her the experience of riding in bunch races and present her with other event options in the future.
Qualifying
Heat 3
1. Sarah Hammer (United States) 10 pts
2. Gina Grain (Canada) 6
3. Pascale Jeuland (France) 6
12. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain)
Women's 500 metre Time Trial
A non Olympic event, Britain entered both their sprinters in this competition with Victoria Pendleton finishing 6th (34.894) and Anna Blyth 9th (35.347).
1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 33.994 (52.950 km/h)
2. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 34.447 (52.254 km/h)
3. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 34.595 (52.030 km/h)
6. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com 34.894 (51.584 km/h)
9. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 35.347 (50.923 km/h)
