UCI Track World Cup (Beijing)

 

Day 3, December 9, 2007; China

 

Men's Sprint
With four riders in the competition  including the  World Championship Silver medallist from 2006, Craig MacLean, Britain went into this competition with a  strong line up. In qualifying, there were four Brits in the first 15 out of the 62 starters and of those, four were in the top 10 lead by Chris Hoy (5th).

 

Onto the 1/8th final and all the Brits went through except for Matt Crampton who was beaten by up and coming French sprinter, Kevin Sireau. Hoy beat Dutch rider Tim Veldt, Craig MacLean the European champion Gregory Bauge and Ross Edgar the Olympic Champion Ryan Bayley.

 

The quarter finals however saw the Brits come undone at the seams with all of the them being beaten. Ross Edgar was beaten two rides to one by German Stefan Nimke after Edgar was relegated in the first ride. Hoy went out to Mickael Bourgain of France two nil and Craig MacLean two nil to Kevin Sireau. The end result was out of the four riders in the minor final, three were Brits and it was no surprise they finished 5, 6 and 7th providing the team with many valuable points in the sprint competition for Olympic qualification.

 

Three Brits against a single German in the minor final. Photo: www.cyclingtrack2007.org.cn

 

Qualifying (62 starters)
1. Stefan Nimke (Germany) www.Rad-Net.de  10.101
2. Kevin Sireau (France) Cofidis   10.126
3. Theo Bos (Netherlands)   10.131
4. Mickael Bourgain (France) Cofidis 10.141
5. Chris Hoy (Great Britain)  10.166
8. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com  10.259
10 Craig Maclean (Great Britain)  10.333
15 Matthew Crampton (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com  10.429

 

B Quarter Finals

1. Gregory Bauge (France)
2. Matt Crampton (Gbr)

 

1/8 Finals
1. Kevin Sireau (France)
2. Matthew Crampton (Gbr)

 

1. Chris Hoy (Gbr)
2. Tim Veldt (Holland)

 

1. Craig MacLean (Gbr)
2. Gregory Bauge (France)

 

1. Ross Edgar (SiS, Gbr)
2. Ryan Bayley (Australia)

 

1/4 Finals
1. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 2:1
2. Ross Edgar, SiS

 

1. Kevin Sireau
2. Craig MacLean 2:0

 

1. Theo Bos (Holland)
2. Carsten Bergemann (Germany) 2:0

 

1. Michael Bourgain (France) 2:0
2. Chris Hoy

 

Finals
1. Theo Bos (Holland)
2. Mickael Bourgain (France)

 

3. Stefan Nimke (Germany)
4. Kevin Sireau (France)

 

5-8th final
5. Chris Hoy (Gbr)
6. Ross Edgar (SiS, Gbr)
7. Craig MacLean (GBr)
8. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)

15. Matt Crampton

 

Men's Madison

 

Silver Medal!

Photo: www.cyclingtrack2007.org.cn

After a shaky start in Sydney with Mark Cavendish still getting over illness and a break after a long road season, the British pairing showed they mean business in Beijing with a great ride to finish second behind the French pair.

 

Three teams gained a lap, the French, Ukraine and British pairing of Wiggins and Cavendish and only a point gained in the first sprint by the French team, clinched the Gold for France whilst neither the British or the Ukraine team scored any points from the mid race sprints and it was the only the higher finish by the Brits – eighth -- that gave them the silver medal ahead of the Ukraines who crossed the line in 12th after a mad scramble for the line.

 

Qualifying  
Heat 1         
1. Colby Pearce / Michael Friedman (United States)                 0 pts
 
One lap behind
2. Alexey Markov / Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia)                       7
3. Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Denmark)                       6
4. Mark Cavendish / Bradley Wiggins (T-Mobile Track Team)          5

 

Heat 2
1. Carlos Torrent Tarres / Joan Llaneras Rossello (Spain)       0 pts
 
One lap behind
2. Roger Kluge / Olaf Pollack (Team Focus)                      8
3. Jonathan Bellis / Ben Swift (Team 100% Me)                   8
4. Robert Hayles / Thomas Geraint (Great Britain)                7
 
FINAL
1. France
2. Bradley Wiggins/Mark Cavendish (Gbr)
3. Ukraine
15. Jonny Bellis/Ben Swift
26. Rob Hayles/Geraint Thomas

Women's Keirin
It was a cruel way to end the competition for Victoria Pendleton who was all ready to win the Gold when a crash took out all but one rider and left Victoria on the deck with what is expected to be nothing more than bruises and splinters from the board track.  In the minor final, up and coming Anna Blyth won the race for the line to end the competition in 7th place.

 

First round
Heat 1
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com
2. Christin Muche (Germany)
3. Elizabeth Carlson Reap (United States) Verducci Breakaway Racing
4. Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico)
5. Virginie Cueff (France)
6. Mei Yu Hsiao (Chinese Taipei)
7. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)

 

Heat 2
1. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
2. Clara Sanchez (France)
3. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
4. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)

REL Valentina Alessio (Italy)
DNS Fang Tian (Japan) Giant Pro Cycling
DNS Jennie Reed (United States)

 

Second round
Heat 1
1 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
2 Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
3 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com
4 Oksana Grishina (Russia)
5 Clara Sanchez (France)
6 Miriam Welte (Germany)

 

Heat 2
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
2 Christin Muche (Germany)
3 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia)
4 Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
5 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
6 Dana Gloss (Germany) www.Rad-Net.de

 

Final 1-6
1 Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
2 Christin Muche (Germany)
3 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
4 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia)
DNF Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
DNF Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) Scienceinsport.com

 

Final 7-12
7. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
8. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
9. Oksana Grishina (Russia)
10. Clara Sanchez (France)
11. Miriam Welte (Germany)
12 .Dana Gloss (Germany) www.Rad-Net.de