Day 4
National Senior and Disability Track Championships
2-6 October 2007, Manchester Velodrome
Day 4
Friday Evening Session
A sixth title for Pendleton, a fifth for honeymooner Manning and a record breaking ride for Jodie Cundy in the flying 200m. A night where experience shone through.
Women's Sprint Finals
Anna Blyth, Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish
Bronze Medal Rideoff
First onto the track was Halesowen's Jess Varnish squaring up with Daisy Sherwood of City of Edinburgh. Sherwood led out slowly from the whistle, with Varnish stalking her prey. Varnish swung up and started the sprint early. Sherwood kept the lead until halfway through the last lap, where Varnish came over the top and comfortably took the first match.
Jessica was too fast for her Scottish rival who showed good tactical sense on the track to push Jess all the way.
The second match, and crunch time for Sherwood. This time, Varnish led out, eyeing Sherwood. Varnish was pushed up to the rail by Sherwood as the tempo dropped to a crawl on the second lap, with Sherwood now in front. Varnish weaved unsettling Sherwood. Sherwood accelerated at the bell trying to win it from the front, but Varnish was simply too fast for the City of Edinburgh rider, scored a 2-0 victory and took the Bronze by a clear margin.
3. Jessica Varnish
4. Daisy Sherwood
Gold Medal Rideoff
Victoria Pendleton wins another Sprint title.
Anna Blyth and Victoria Pendleton locked horns for their first match with Pendleton resplendent in her rainbow stripes and an awesome proposition. Pendleton took up the lead position from the whistle and didn't take her eye off Blyth for a second. Blyth went high and was covered by Pendleton. At the bell Blyth unloaded and provoked an immediate reaction from the World Champion, who more than matched Anna for speed and comfortably took the first match.
Match B saw Blyth on the inside lane with Pendleton on her outside. Blyth dropped in in front, neck craned, her eye on the World Champion. Blyth led up high on the banking in the straight before dropping into the well of the track, then Pendleton went high and prepared to drop in, giving herself a few yards to drop into at the bell. Pendleton unloaded and took her sixth consecutive National Sprint Title with consummate ease.
- Victoria Pendleton
- Anna Blyth
Team Sprint
Team Sprint Podium
Semi Final 1
Next up was the semi final of the Team Sprint. First up was the North West Development Squad versus Yasumitsu Schlaap A. Despite the North West Development Squad fragmenting a little after the first lap, they comfortably beat the Schlapp team and progressed to the finals.
1. North West Region 47.022
2. Yatsumitsu Schlapp 'A' 49.104
Semi Final 2
An awesome Scotland team of Marco Librizzi, Ross Edgar and Chris Hoy squared up to the Cardiff CC outfit. Cardiff's man-one nearly lost his team mates on the first lap and the power of the Scottish Team was evident from the outset with a big lead opening from the first lap, which Edgar and Hoy building on their early advantage in the subsequent laps.
1. Scotland 45.595
2. Cardiff CC 51.108
Finals
The first final saw Yatsumitsu Schlapp 'B' riding alone on the track and setting an early marker of 51.587. VC St Raphael were up next, with recently crowned 200m National Champ and World Champion Jodie Cundy, this time with an opposing team in the shape of NJS Racing. Cundy dropped in as man one, giving St Raphael a second's advantage which the team continued to press home, eventually winning them the 5th place.
5. VC St Raphael 49.115
6. NJS Racing 50.928
7. Yatsumitsu Schlapp B 51.587
Bronze Medal Rideoff
Yatsumitsu Schlapp 'A' rode off against CC Cardiff for bronze. John Norfolk's killer opening lap gave the black and white stripped team the advantage they needed to clinch the Bronze.
3 Yatsumitsu Schlapp 'A' 48.416
4 Cardiff CC 48.878
Gold Medal Rideoff
Scotland
The Scottish team of Librizzi, Edgar and Hoy faced off against the NW Region squad for the rideoff for Gold. Following a blistering opening lap of just over 18 secs by Jason Kenny, Scotland had it all to do. Edgar held his nerve for Scotland in lap two, giving Hoy the perfect springboard for a storming final lap, eventually opening a 1.5 second gap and taking the National Championship gold.
- Scotland 45.264
- NW Region 46.798
CWAD 200m FTT FINAL
Jody Cundy
Final of the disability category Flying 200m challenge an event where the championship is decided on the basis of comparing each rider's recorded time against the current World Best within each disability category. Points are awarded according to the percentage of the time against the World Best, the winner being the rider who has the highest points
total.
First up was Simon Richardson of Lifeforce Creation who scored a 14.150 (91.986 points). Next up was young James Brookman of Newport Youth Cycling Club, setting a time of 16.213 (77.284 points). Keith Moore (LC2 Category) was up next and recorded a time of 13.987 (83.478 points) going into second. Richard Davies scorched around in 13.975 (88.021 points) putting him into second overall. Then VC Raphael's powerhouse Jodie Cundy was up next and set the track on fire with a 11.458, a new world record for his category, giving him a whopping 101.903 points.
Next up was Nathan Tyrel piloted by Andrew Davis in the visually impaired category, who notched up a 13.009 and 80.032 points. Maxine Ingram followed, piloted by Kirsty Harries looking to try to beat 11.625 seconds for the 200m the pairing scored 14.541 (80.290). The final pairing of Anthony Kappes and Simon Churton were last up, both sporting their champion's jerseys with a time to beat the previous world best of 10.41 secs set by Kappes, partnered by Barney Storey. The pairing dived in with an awesome display of power and recorded a 10.758 (96.765) giving them the Silver Medal, with Cundy the clear winner of the contest.
- Jodie Cundy 101.903 points
- Anthony Kappes 96.765 points
- Simon Richardson 91.986 points
Men's Pursuit
Finals 5th-8th
First up in the evening's pursuit face-offs, riding for the 5th to 8th positions were Russell Hampton of 100% Me versus the Isle of Man's Peter Kennaugh.
Hampton took the early advantage of around half a second at the 1km split. However, Hampton's opening laps proved too hot, as at the halfway mark the riders were split by mere hundredths of a second with Kennaugh at the slight advantage. Kennaugh continued to build in the latter half the race, increasing his lead lap on lap. With 2 laps to go, Kennaugh had built a second's lead and took the match by almost 2 seconds over a fading Hampton.
Next up were Rob Hayles versus 2005 Junior World Pursuit champion Andy Tennant. Hayles went out hot and at the 1km split Hayles had built an advantage of around 0.75 seconds. Tennant hung on valiantly and dug deep in the latter stages of the race but in the end Hayles won through.
5. Rob Hayles 4:31.536
6. Peter Kennaugh 4:36.764
7. Andy Tennant 4:37.156
8. Russell Hampton 4:38.731
Final Bronze Rideoff
Jonathan Bellis was first up against his 100% Me teammate Steven Burke. Bellis was hot out of the traps build half a second's lead in two laps. Bellis continued to build adding two tenths or so each lap. At 1km Bellis' lead built to 1.7 seconds. Bellis continued to open the gap until the last, eyeing his prey on the straight in the final few laps. At the bell Bellis had Burke firmly in his sights taking Bronze by a comfortable margin.
Jonny Bellis and Steven Burke...
3. Jonathan Bellis 4:30.665
4. Steven Burke 4:38.384
Final Gold Rideoff
Paul Manning and Ed Clancy...
Paul Manning and his Team Pursuit and pro team compadre Ed Clancy faced off next. Clancy opened an early lead but Manning quickly pulled him back then really opened up putting a second into him at the halfway mark. Manning's silky smooth style continued to pay dividends, Manning with Clancy in his sights at the bell lap and comfortably taking another National Individual Pursuit title to add to the other four a great wedding present for the recently married Olympian.
- Paul Manning
- Ed Clancy
Ed Clancy, Paul Manning and Jonny Bellis.