Points Race Qualifying, Women's Sprint Semis & Team Sprint Qualifying
Records Go as Team Sprint Gets Underway
National Senior and Disability Track Championships
3-7 October 2006, Manchester Velodrome
Day 4 - Report & Images: Richard Robotham
Morning Session
Lucy Ayres (left) and Anna Blyth show their track-stand skills
The session began with the Women's Sprint Semi Finals and Victoria Pendleton scienceinsport.com made it into the ride off for Gold by beating Siobhan Mullan Raleigh ERV in straight matches. Pendleton will meet Anna Blyth VC St. Raphael in the final after Blyth beat Lucy Ayres Sportcity Velo, also in straight matches. Mullan and Ayres will meet in the ride off for Bronze. The match between Pendleton and Blyth promises to be exciting as both look in prime form and appear to be head ans shoulders above the rest.
The SiS Team Sprinters (l to r), Crampton, Edgar and Staff
Meanwhile, the records began to tumble as the team sprinters took to the track. In the qualifying round the Championship record was broken by "Composite A" team which consisted of Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean & Jason Queally, pretty much the GB number one line-up for the last eight years. However, the show was stolen by "Composite B" Team which broke the Paralympic World Record. The Team consisting of Jody Cundy, Darren Kenny and Rick Waddon looked very slick on the way to a time of 51.910s.
In the semi-finals the "Composite A" team put on an especially classy ride when they again broke the Championship record with a 44.326s which is rather close to the National Record of 44.075s which is held by Hoy, Queally and Staff.
Action from Points Race Heat 1......
......and Heat 2
The heats of the Men's Points were run over 20km with 8 sprints every 10 laps. The main contenders for the finals did what was necessary to qualify for the final. It was only in the second heat that 4 riders took a lap to gain an additional 20 points to be certain to make the final, these were Kieran Page, Rhys Lloyd, Peter Kennaugh & Geraint Thomas. 24 Riders will take to the track in the evening session to cover 40km in what should be a thrilling Final.
Women's Sprint Semi-Finals
Semi Final A
Victoria PENDLETON scienceinsport.com beat Siobhan MULLAN Raleigh ERV 2-0 (13.522 & 12.652)
Semi Final B
Anna BLYTH VC St Raphael beat Lucy AYRES Sportscity Velo 2-0 (12.522 & 12.760)
Team Sprint
Qualification Round
1. Composite A (Chris HOY, Craig MacLEAN, Jason QUEALLY) 45.044
2. Sceinceinsport.com (Matthew CRAMPTON, Ross EDGAR, Jamie STAFF) 45.117
3. Composite D (David DANIELL, Jason KENNY, Christian LYTE) 46.676
4. Composite C (Steven HILL, Tom BUCK, Peter MITCHELL) 48.357
5. City of Edinburgh RC (Shane CHARLTON, Bruce CROALL, Marco LIBRIZZI) 47.536
6. Yasumitsu Schlappe A (Gwyn CARLESS, Anthony GILL, Jon NORFOLK) 47.870
7. Composite E (Ben ELLIOTT, Neil POTTER, Simon CHURTON) 48.750
8. Yasumitsu Schlappe B (Stefan CWIKLINSKI, Joby INGRAM DODD, Dan WOOLFENDEN) 50.613
9. MJS Racing (Jack HIBBERD, Martin OSMAN, Nick WALFORD) 51.147
10. Composite B (Jody CUNDY, Darren KENNY, Rick WADDON) 51.910
11. Sportscity Velo (Josh HARGREAVES, Jason DONNELLY, Joe MORTON) 51.452
Semi-Finals
Semi Final A
Composite A 44.326 beat Yasumitsu Schlappe B 50.971
Semi Final B
Scienceinsport.com 44.978 beat Composite E 48.871
Semi Final C
City of Edinburgh RC 47.437 beat Composite C 48.309
Semi Final D
City of Edinburgh RC 47.437 beat Yasumitsu Schlappe A 47.912
Men's Points Race Heats
Heat 1
1. Adam BLYTHE Pinerello RT 12 pts
2. Tom SMITH Plowman Craven RT 10 pts
3. Evan OLIPHANT Recycling.co.uk 9 pts
4. Jonathan BELLIS Glendene CC 8 pts
5. Malcolm ELLIOTT Plowman Craven RT 8 pts
6. Rob HAYLES scienceinsport.com 8 pts
7. Ian STANNARD Recycling.co.uk 8 pts
8. Andrew FENN Le Coq Sportif-Dolan-SIS 4 pts
9. Alistair RUTHERFORD Wills Wheels 4 pts
10. Andrew GRIFFITHS Glendene CC 3 pts
11. Mike WEBB Cardiff Ajax CC 1 pt
12. Peter BISSELL Team Albert Bigot 79 0 pts
13. John McCLELLAND www.agiskoviner.com -34 pts
14. Karl FREEMAN Team Milton Keynes -40 pts
Heat 21. Kieran PAGE AVC Aix-En-Provence 31 pts
2. Rhys LLOYD Merlin Development Squad 25 pts
3. Peter KENNAUGH Glendene CC 23 pts
4. Geraint THOMAS Recycling.co.uk 22 pts
5. Ross SANDER Recycling.co.uk 11 pts
6. Ben SWIFT Recycling.co.uk 10 pts
7. Tony GIBB Plowman Craven RT 9 pts
8. Steven BURKE Le Coq Sportif-Dolan-SIS 7 pts
9. Russell HAMPTON Glendene CC 7 pts
10. Mark McNally Le Coq Sportif-Dolan-SIS 7 pts
11. James TAYLOR Plowman Craven RT 7 pts
12. James McCALLUM The Bicycleworks.com 6 pts
13. Anthony STIRRAT City of Edinburgh RC 4 pts
14. Ross CROOK Edinburgh RC -20 pts