Hayles & Cavendish End Championships with Gold!

 

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The Best Ever Great Britain Team: Official -- The final day at the Los Angeles World Track Championships was again a very successful one for Great Britain thanks to the experienced Rob Hayles and the talented young Mark Cavendish who stunned not only those of us in the GB team but many others when they were the only team to take a lap in the Madison, running out Gold medal winners. It meant that Rob Hayles picked up his second rainbow jersey of the Championships and for Cavendish, his first World Championship jersey at only 18.

In the space of around 12 laps, the two of them destroyed the field that included the Olympic Champion from Athens and last years World Championships. Words cannot describe just how awesome their performance was especially as this was Mark's first World Championships. The elation the whole team, riders and staff, felt was indescribable as the two hung on when under intense pressure after taking their lap.

Afterwards, Mark, like Victoria Pendleton yesterday, and Jamie Staff last year, was speechless and in tears as it started to dawn on him what he had done. Afterwards, I had a quick word with Rob Hayles who used a couple of four letter words to sum that win up. Here was a rider who had a mixed championships, winning two gold and not performing as he had hope he would in the event he has trained for -- the Individual Pursuit.

He said of the win, "It was like the Olympics where in the Madison we didn't know we would get a medal and so to get a Bronze was mad. And it's the same here because most of the teams had a chance at winning including us and to come and do it is like a split second thing. All of a sudden you're a winner, you don't have any time to think about it."

"The plan was wait and rest and not go for points this time. I geared up and unfortunately the race wasn't that fast (it look really fast from the edge of the track though --Larry) so the gear felt really really big and I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't quicker so it would have softened everyone else up even more. And then the time to go was when the Americans went. At the time, I was a bit peeved that they weren't able to come with us but seeing we had no points it was a good thing".

On the subject of riding time together, Rob said "we have had about five minutes behind the derny when I was doing a coaching day with the lads. I was helping them with their Madison changes before they rode the sixes this winter so I rode with each of them for about five or six minutes and the next time Cav and me were back together was in the race."

Asked how hard it was to gain that lap so quickly, Rob explained that "The hardest bit to be honest was the 40 laps after just trying to stay in the bunch and the bunch was splitting and I knew we had to get to the front but I just didn't have the legs."

 

I then spoke to Mark Cavendish, a rider fresh out of the Junior ranks who I get the feeling has gone out of his way to prove himself to people who have doubted his ability and winning a World Title at 18 is a pretty good way of doing that. His first words to me as we walked to the podium where he would be presented with his first World Championship jersey was "I can't believe it".

"I have wanted this for so long, its all I have ever wanted and thanks to Rob, I have got it. The lap was hard but it was harder hanging on at the end that did it. We hadn't scored all race and we had to get the lap, it was what we had planned for. I wanted it so much I was prepared to die for it. And for all those people who didn't believe in me, I feel I have showed them."

Mark's final word was for his coach at the Under 23 Academy. "I want to thank Rod (Ellingworth) for everything. He has worked so hard for me. He has been strict with us all winter and its been for a reason and its paid off. I can't wait to see him. My mum is going to be so proud and my girlfriend Mellisa, I said I would win it for her."

Three riders out of the Under 23 Academy. Ed Clancy rode in a World title winning squad, Mark Cavendish is the World Madison Champion and Geraint Thomas is the World Junior Scratch race champion.

Result

1. Mark Cavendish/Robert Hayles (Great Britain)

One lap behind
2. Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Netherlands) 22 pts
3. Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 20
4. Mikhail Ignatiev/Nikolai Troussov (Russia) 19
5. Andy Flickinger/Neuville J?me (France) 14
6. Martin Blaha/Petr Lazar (Czech Republic) 11
7. Gregory Henderson/Peter Latham (New Zealand) 7
8. M? Michael/Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 6
9.Robert Bartko/Guido Fulst (Germany) 4
10. Martin Wayne Nothstein/Colby Pearce (USA) 1
11. Sean Finning/Christopher Sutton (Australia)
12. Volodymyr Rybin/Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukraine)
13. Juan Esteban Curuchet/Walter Perez (Argentina)
14. Ilya Chernyshov/Yuriy Yuda (Kazakhstan)

Two laps behind
15. Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Slovakia) 4
16. Siarhei Daubniuk/Yauheni Sobal (Belarus)
DNF. Alexander Aeschbach/Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)
DNF. Gianpaolo Biolo/Martino Marcotto (Italy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Womens Scratch Race
Nikki Harris had her first taste of a World Championship, finishing 7th in her event, the Womens Scratch. Surviving a crash that happened just in front of her, Nikki rode a good race and had it not been for the crash, may well have made up more ground in the sprint. She's sure to be future star in Womens Endurance events.

Result

1. Olga Slyusareva (Russia)
2. Katherine Bates (Australia)
3. Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine)
4. Adrie Visser (Netherlands)
5. Eleonora Soldo (Italy)
6. Catherine Sell (New Zealand)
7. Nikki Harris (Great Britain)
8. Katarzyna Jagusiak (Poland)
9. Charlotte Becker (Germany)
10. Pascale Schnider (Switzerland)
11. Li Meifang (China)
12. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)

DNF Mandy Poitras (Canada) (Crash)
DNF Virginie Moinard (France) (Crash)
DNF Rebecca Quinn (USA) (Crash)
DNF Norazian Alias (Malaysia)

Womens Keirin

First round
Heat 1
1. Clara Sanchez (France)
2. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
3. Susann Panzer (Germany)
4. Oxana Grishina (Russia)
5. Kerrie Meares (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
2. Tamilia Abassova (Russia)
3. Shuang Guo (China)
4. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
5. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
6. Magdalena Sara (Poland)

Heat 3
1. Jennie Reed (USA)
2. Anna Meares (Australia)
3. Nivert C?ne (France)
4. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
5. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Repechages
Heat 1
1. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
2. Nivert C?ne (France)
3. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
4. Susann Panzer (Germany)
5. Kerrie Meares (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Shuang Guo (China)
2. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
3. Oxana Grishina (Russia)
4. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
5. Magdalena Sara (Poland)

Second round
Heat 1
1. Clara Sanchez (France)
2. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
3. Shuang Guo (China)
4. Anna Meares (Australia)
5. Tamilia Abassova (Russia)
6. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Heat 2
1. Nivert C?ne (France)
2. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
3. Jennie Reed (USA)
4. Oxana Grishina (Russia)
5. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
DNF Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)


Final 1-6
1. Clara Sanchez (France)
2. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
3. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
4. Nivert C?ne (France)
5. Shuang Guo (China)
6. Jennie Reed (USA)

Final 7-12
7. Anna Meares (Australia)
8. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
9. Tamilia Abassova (Russia)
10. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
11. Oxana Grishina (Russia)

 

 

Mens Sprint

200m qualifying
1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.192 (70.643km/h)
2. Micka?Bourgain (France) 10.257 (70.195km/h)
3. Gr?ry Bauge (France) 10.279 (70.045km/h)
4. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.329 (69.706km/h)
5. Ren?olff (Germany) 10.404 (69.204km/h)
6. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.404 (69.204km/h)
7. Jos?. Villanueva Trinidad (Spain) 10.445 (68.932km/h)
8. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 10.450 (68.899km/h)
9. Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.509 (68.512km/h)
10. Craig Mclean (Great Britain) 10.517 (68.460km/h)
11. Damian Zielinski (Poland) 10.527 (68.395km/h)
12. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) 10.547 (68.265km/h)
13. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 10.565 (68.149km/h)
14. Jamie Staff (Great Britain) 10.646 (67.631km/h)
15. Michael Seidenbecher (Germany) 10.664 (67.516km/h)
16. Kazuya Narita (Japan) 10.714 (67.201km/h)
17. Rafal Furman (Poland) 10.764 (66.889km/h)
18. Sergey Ruban (Russia) 10.813 (66.586km/h)
19. Barry Forde (Barbados) 10.843 (66.402km/h)
20. Kin Chung Wong (Hong-Kong) 10.911 (65.988km/h)
21. Giddeon Massie (USA) 10.919 (65.940km/h)
22. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) 10.953 (65.735km/h)
23. Christos Tserentzoulias (Greece) 11.301 (63.711km/h)

1/8 finals
Heat 1
1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 11.266 (63.909km/h)
2. Kazuya Narita (Japan)

Heat 2
1. Micka?Bourgain (France) 10.730 (67.101km/h)
2. Michael Seidenbecher (Germany)

Heat 3
1. Gr?ry Bauge (France) 11.142 (64.620km/h)
2. Jamie Staff (Great Britain)

Heat 4
1. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 10.991 (65.508km/h)
2. Stefan Nimke (Germany)

Heat 5
1. Ren?olff (Germany) 10.875 (66.206km/h)
2. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Heat 6
1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 11.191 (64.337km/h)
2. Damian Zielinski (Poland)

Heat 7
1. Craig Mclean (Great Britain) 11.569 (62.235km/h)
2. Jos?. Villanueva Trinidad (Spain)

Heat 8
1. Jobie Dajka (Australia) 10.837 (66.439km/h)
2. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)

1/4 finals
Heat 1
1. Jobie Dajka (Australia) 11.101 (64.859km/h)
2. Theo Bos (Netherlands)

Heat 2
1. Micka?Bourgain (France) 10.859 (66.304km/h)
2. Craig Mclean (Great Britain)

Heat 3
1. Gr?ry Bauge (France) 11.407 (63.119km/h)
2. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)

Heat 4
1. Ren?olff (Germany) 10.685 (67.384km/h)
2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)


Semi-finals
Heat 1
1. Ren?olff (Germany) 10.524 10.739
2. Jobie Dajka (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Micka?Bourgain (France) 10.893 10.880
2. Gr?ry Bauge (France) 11.018

FINALS
Gold
1. Ren?olff (Germany) 10.798 10.765
2. Micka?Bourgain (France)

Bronze
1. Jobie Dajka (Australia) 11.395 11.089
2. Gr?ry Bauge (France)


5-8 final
5. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.895 (66.085km/h)
6. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
7. Theo Bos (Netherlands)
8. Craig Mclean (Great Britain)