Wins for Sir Chris Hoy, Lizzie Armitstead, Jon Mould, Becky James and the tandem duo of Helen Scott and Elieen McGlynn on day 3 of the British Track Championships at the Manchester Velodrome.
Day 3 Reports, Results and Pictures
Rider of the day: Of course Sir Chris Hoy, in masterful mode winning his first round of the Men’s Keirin and going all the way to winning the title.
Evening Session – Peter Maxwell of British Cycling writes…
British National Track Championships roundup – Day 3
Sir Chris Hoy kick started his long road to the Olympics with a win as he reclaimed the National Keirin title on a pulsating day of track action on Day 3 of the National Track Championships in Manchester. Hoy looked out of the running with half a lap of the final to go, but went round the outside to blast clear in the closing 30 metres to claim a brilliant win by half a wheel ahead of Dave Daniell and in the process bring the Manchester crowd to their feet.
Day 3 – The Photo Album
Speaking afterwards, Hoy said: “They made me work hard for it, with a lap to go I was fourth or fifth and I went the long way on the outside. It is world class competition here, to beat these guys and to start the season the way I hope to continue, it’s a great feeling. I’ve really kept my head down and put the work in, I just want to feel coming into the Olympics there is nothing I would change. Tomorrow I’ve got the sprint and then the team sprint on Sunday so that’s the immediate future. “
David Daniell, delighted with the Silver, Sir Chris Hoy, equally happy with his performance and a top effort from academy rider Phillip Hindes.
GB’s young sprint duo Becky James and Jess Varnish battled it out in the final of the Women’s Sprint event, but James produced a performance that signalled the rapid strength in her development over the last year as she prevailed to win 2-0 overall and with it become the National Sprint Champion. The welsh rider put in two very rapid final laps to hold off Varnish – the first after diving under her opponent, the second leading out from the front.
There was a high calibre field in the Women’s Points race with World Champions a plenty all in action, including recently crowned Junior Road World Champion Lucy Garner, but it was Lizzie Armitstead who finally prevailed, taking the gold medal ahead of Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell. Armitstead and Trott looked like the early favourites and so it prevailed as Armitstead attacked at regular intervals, proving too strong for her opponents.
Aileen McGlynn and Helen Scott took gold in a very closely contested Paracycling Pursuit. As is the way of Paracycling racing these days, this pairing had to go close to world record pace to secure the win, with Shaun McKeown confrming his promise with silver and Lora Turnham and Fiona Duncan completing a good night for the tandems with the bronze.
The final action of the evening session saw 100% ME rider Jon Mould become the National Team Pursuit Champion in the 20km Scratch Race, with Adam Duggleby and Adam Yates taking bronze and silver respectively.
After 7th in the World Race Title, Lizzie Armitstead found her track leagues and won the Women’s Points race.
Morning Session:
The morning session for day 3 of the track championships saw Sir Chris Hoy and the top stars in the Men’s GB squad take centre stage for the Men’s Keirin. Round 1 and the repechages were held and all the top favourites went through, including Sir Chris Hoy and Ross Edgar via the reps.
In the Women’s Sprint, there was no Victoria Pendleton so Becky James and Jess Varnish became the favourites and after the early rounds they are on course to meet in the final. In the Men’s Scratch Race, only one real star name in Peter Kennaugh who won the Points race on day 2, was doing the Scratch and he looked very easy as he won through to the final .
There was no Victoria Pendelton for the Women’s Sprint. A statement from Team GB says “Victoria Pendleton is focussed on strength training this week as part of her preparation for the forthcoming Elite European Track Championships and as such will miss the Sprint and Keirin events at the National Track Championships. Victoria is making an exception for the Team Sprint to gain further experience with Jess Varnish. In the Men’ Keirin, Sir Chris Hoy and all the top riders from the Men’s GB Squad are here and racing.
Jason Kenny in winning form in his heat of the Men’s Keirin. The second round and finals are going to be something else!
Live Photos!
RESULT
Womens Points
1.   ARMISTEAD Elizabeth   Garmin Cervélo   58   pts
2.   TROTT Laura   100% ME   50   pts
3.   ROWSELL Joanna   Horizon Fitness   36   pts
4.   KING Dani   Horizon Fitness   31   pts
5.   HALL Corrine   Team Corridori   28   pts
6.   GARNER Lucy   Motorpoint Cycling   7   pts
7.   DIXON Eve   Maxgear RT   6   pts
8.   OWEN Harriet   Motorpoint Cycling   6   pts
9.   ROBERTS Amy   For Viored Brookvex   4   pts
10.   RICH Hannah   Horizon Fitness   3   pts
11.   HOPKINS Ella   VC St Raphael   1   pts
12.   BARNES Hannah   Motorpoint Cycling   0   pts
13.   BRITTEN Marianne   VC St Raphael   0   pts
14.   DALY Lisa   Sport City Velo   0   pts
15.   MANLEY Hannah   For Viored Brookvex   0   pts
Time 41mins 17secs
Men’s Keirin
1st Round
Heat 1
1.   CRAMPTON Matt   Sky Track Cycling
2.   EMADI Kian   Tunstall Whls CC
3.   OLIVA Lewis   Bristol Cycling Dev Sqd
4.   ROTHERHAM Matthew   scienceinsport.com
5.   BAKER Thomas   Team Terminator
6.   EDGAR Ross   Sky Track Cycling
7.   ELLIOTT Rowan   VC St Raphael
10.644
Heat 2
1.   KENNY Jason   Sky Track Cycling
2.   MITCHELL Peter   Unattached
3.   HINDES Philip   Unattached
4.   STOVOLD Miles   scienceinsport.com
5.   STEWART Kevin   scienceinsport.com
6.   AYRE Kenneth   City of Edinburgh RC
7.   HENDERSON Ian   Unattached
10.842
Heat 3
1.   HOY Sir Chris   Sky Track Cycling
2.   DANIELL David   Motorpoint Pro Cycling
3.   HEALD David   VC St Raphael
4.   SWINNERTON Barnaby   scienceinsport.com
5.   WEBB Jack   CC Cardiff
6.   PULFORD Stephen   Bush Healthcare CRT
7.   EMADI Sassan   Tunstall Whls CC
10.834
Repechage
Rep 1
1.   OLIVA Lewis   Bristol Cycling Dev Sqd
2.   HINDES Philip   Unattached
3.   SWINNERTON Barnaby   scienceinsport.com
4.   WEBB Jack   CC Cardiff
11.042
Rep 2
1.   ROTHERHAM Matthew   scienceinsport.com
2.   STEWART Kevin   scienceinsport.com
3.   HEALD David   VC St Raphael
4.   PULFORD Stephen   Bush Healthcare CRT
5.   ELLIOTT Rowan   VC St Raphael
10.866
Rep 3
1.   EDGAR Ross   Sky Track Cycling
2.   BAKER Thomas   Team Terminator
3.   STOVOLD Miles   scienceinsport.com
4.   EMADI Sassan   Tunstall Whls CC
5.   AYRE Kenneth   City of Edinburgh RC
11.124
Round 2
Heat 1
1. Chris Hoy, Sky
2. Philip Hindes,
3. Matt Crampton, Sky
4. Peter Mitchell,
5. Matt Rotherham, Science In Sport
6. Tom Baker Team, Terminator
Heat 2
1. Jason Kenny, Sky
2. David Daniell, Motorpoint
3. Ross Edgar, Sky
4. Lewis Oliva, Bristol Cycling Development Squad
5. Kian Emadi, Tunstall Whls
6. Kevin Stewart, Science in Sport
Finals
1st – 6th Place
1. HOY Sir Chris   Sky Track Cycling
2. DANIELL David   Motorpoint Pro Cycling
3. HINDES Philip   Unattached
4. KENNY Jason   Sky Track Cycling
5. CRAMPTON Matt   Sky Track Cycling
6. EDGAR Ross   Sky Track Cycling
10.400
7th – 12th Place
1. MITCHELL Peter   Unattached
2. OLIVA Lewis   Bristol Cycling Dev Sqd
3. EMADI Kian   Tunstall Whls CC
4. STEWART Kevin   scienceinsport.com
5. BAKER Thomas   Team Terminator
6. ROTHERHAM Matthew   scienceinsport.com
11.011
Para-Cycling Pursuit Title
1. FB   MCGLYNN Aileen   Royal Albert CC   3k   03:37.974   (99.260 points)
Pilot   SCOTT Helen   Para-T ParaCycling Tm
2. MC3   MCKEOWN Shaun   GS Avanti   3k   03:39.326   (98.882)
3. FB   TURNHAM Lora   Unattached   3k   03:40.657   (98.054)
Pilot   DUNCAN Fiona   Ythan CC
4. MC5   BUTTERWORTH Jon A   Para-T ParaCycling Tm   4k   04:47.227   (96.519)
5. MC4   CUNDY Jody   Para-T ParaCycling Tm   4k   04:53.085   (95.839)
6. MB   SHARPE Ian   Ellan Vannin CC   4k   04:41.952   (91.427)
Pilot   CHARLTON Barry   Lyme RC
7. MC3   WADDON Rik   Dave Mellor Cycles   3k   03:58.540   (90.918)
8. MC5   YEATMAN Rob   Team Jewson   4k   05:07.515   (90.152)
9. MC4   BYRNE Terry   Para-T ParaCycling Tm   4k    05:21.666   (87.323)
10. FB   THORNHILL Sophie   Sport City Velo   3k   04:09.036   (86.880)
Pilot   ANDERSON Jessica   Maxgear RT
11. FC5   LANE Crystal   Abergavenny RC   3k   04:12.922   (84.716)
12. MC2   OSSMISAEED Mazyar   Unattached   3k   04:41.887   (80.936)
Men’s Scratch Race
Just like Sir Chris Hoy, in the endurance races, Peter Kennaugh is looking strong for another win in the Men’s Scratch race.
Heat 1
1.   KENNAUGH Peter   Sky Racing Team
2.   LOWSLEY-WILLIAMS James   Team UK Youth
3.   MOSES Thomas   100% ME
4.   YATES Simon   100% ME
5.   LATHAM Christopher   Planet X
6.   DUGGLEBY Adam   scienceinsport.com
7.   MOULD Jonathan   100% ME
8.   DIBBEN Jonathan   Hargroves Cycles
9.   NICHOLSON Chris   Lotto-Predictor
10.   BRADBURY Stephen   AW Cycles
11.   PRINCE Richard   Planet X
12.   ROWE Courtney   Cardiff JIF
13.   COOPER Ian   Planet X
14.   RUTHERFORD James   scienceinsport.com
15.   NASH Anthony   Scunthorpe Poly CC
16.   COOK Iain   VC Londres
17.   BURKE Trevor   Finchley RT
18.   WARD Chris   Vulco Vaulx-en-Velin
19.   LEWIS Symon   Edwardes
Time 11mins 54 secs
Heat 2
1.   ROWSELL Erick   100% ME
2.   MURRAY Tom   Sigma Sport Specialized
3.   DOULL Owain   Hargroves Cycles
4.   KELLY Joseph   100% ME
5.   YATES Adam   scienceinsport.com
6.   PAPWORTH Joshua   Cult Racing
7.   HAASE Matthew   Cardiff JIF
8.   NOTLEY James   Planet X
9.   CHRISTIAN Mark   100% ME
10.   RUTHERFORD Alistair   scienceinsport.com
11.   SHERRIFFS Chris   Team Bglobal
12.   MARTIN David   TheBicycleWorks.com
13.   DAVIES Oliver   Planet X
14.   TAYLOR Alastair   Musselburgh RCC
Time 12mins 18secs
Final Result
1. MOULD Jonathan   100% ME
2. DUGGLEBY Adam   scienceinsport.com
3. YATES Adam   scienceinsport.com
4. CHRISTIAN Mark   100% ME
5. YATES Simon   100% ME   @ 1 lap
6. RUTHERFORD Alistair   scienceinsport.com
7. DIBBEN Jonathan   Hargroves Cycles   @ 2 Laps
8. DOULL Owain   Hargroves Cycles
9. NICHOLSON Chris   Lotto-Predictor
10. ROWSELL Erick   100% ME
11. PAPWORTH Joshua   Cult Racing
12. LOWSLEY-WILLIAMS James   Team UK Youth
13. MOSES Thomas   100% ME
Race time 23mins 59 secs
Women’s Sprint
Flying 200 Metre Qualifying
1. Becky James, Abergavenny RC 11.221
2. Jess Varnish, Halesowen 11.231
3. Vicky Williamson, Welwyn Whlrs 11.552
4. Jenny Davis, City of Edinburgh 12.015
5. Jessica Crampton, Sportcity Velo 12.126
6. Emma Baird, City of Edinburgh 12.517
7. Rosie Blount, Derby Mercury 12.567
8. Donna Williams Team Terminator 12.795
9. Cassie Gledhill, XRT Elmy Cycles 12.806
10. Lauren Quenby, Newcastle RC 13.060
11. Eleanor Richardson, Swinnerton Cycles 13.275
12. Lauren Brown, Border City Wheelers 13.441
13. Julie Dominguez, West Lothian Clarion 13.648
1st Round
Heat 1
1st      JAMES Rebecca   Abergavenny RC
2nd      BROWN Lauren   Border City Whlrs CC
13.955Â Â Â time
Heat 2
1st      VARNISH Jessica   Halesowen A & CC
2nd      RICHARDSON Eleanor   Swinnerton Cycles
13.091Â Â Â time
Heat 3
1st      WILLIAMSON Victoria   Welwyn Whls CC
2nd      QUENBY Lauren   Newcastle RC 2001
12.482Â Â Â time
Heat 4
1st      DAVIS Jenny   City of Edinburgh RC
2nd      GLEDHILL Cassie   XRT Elmy Cycles
12.509Â Â Â time
Heat 5
1st      CRAMPTON Jessica   Sport City Velo
2nd      WILLIAMS Donna   Team Terminator
12.459Â Â Â time
Heat 6
1st      BLOUNT Rosie   Derby Mercury RC
2nd      BAIRD Emma   City of Edinburgh RC
12.661Â Â Â time
1st Round Repechage
Heat 1
1st      BAIRD Emma   City of Edinburgh RC
2nd      GLEDHILL Cassie   XRT Elmy Cycles
3rd      BROWN Lauren   Border City Whlrs CC
12.7,4Â Â Â time
Heat 2
1st      WILLIAMS Donna   Team Terminator
2nd      RICHARDSON Eleanor   Swinnerton Cycles
3rd      QUENBY Lauren   Newcastle RC 2001
12.789Â Â Â time
Quarter Finals Result
Q/F AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Match AÂ Â Â Match B
1st      JAMES Rebecca   Abergavenny RC   12.237   12.416
2nd      WILLIAMS Donna   Team Terminator
Q/F BÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Match AÂ Â Â Match B
1st      VARNISH Jessica   Halesowen A & CC   12.028   12.252
2nd      BAIRD Emma   City of Edinburgh RC
Q/F CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Match AÂ Â Â Match B
1st      WILLIAMSON Victoria   Welwyn Whls CC   11.811   12.099
2nd      BLOUNT Rosie   Derby Mercury RC
Q/F DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Match AÂ Â Â Match B
1st      CRAMPTON Jessica   Sport City Velo   12.652   12.752
2nd      DAVIS Jenny   City of Edinburgh RC
Semi-Finals
Jess Varnish beat Vicky Williamson 2-1
Becky James beat Jessica Crampton 2-0
FINALS
1st & 2nd          Match A   Match B
1st JAMES Rebecca   Abergavenny RC   11.834   11.871
2nd VARNISH Jessica   Halesowen A & CC
3rd & 4th          Match A   Match B
3rd WILLIAMSON Victoria   Welwyn Whls CC   12.167   12.016
4th CRAMPTON Jessica   Sport City Velo
Minor Final
5. Rosie Blount
6. Emma Baird
7. Donna Williams
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