Day 3: 2012 London Track Cycling World Cup

Latest reports, results and photos from the third day of competition in the 2012 London World Cup at the Olympic Velodrome. The day’s racing features Women’s Individual Pursuit, Women’s Omnium, Men’s Omnium (final day), Women’s Sprint, and Men’s Keirin.

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EVENING SESSION PHOTO ALBUM

Relive the highs of a Gold medal for Joanna Rowsell and Sir Chris Hoy and lots more

Chris Hoy (Keirin)
Talk us through the race Chris? “Well, first of all its great to win and hear that roar as you cross the line, I had a couple of plans, and that was plan ‘B’. I knew Bougain was going to be a threat so I let him chase the riders from New Zealand and Germany, then I had to choose the moment to go, and when you go, you have to go and you can’t ask more than that”.

Did you ever feel you could lose that race? “You can always lose, you never go into a Keirin expecting to win it’s so unpredictable, all you can do is race to your strengths. I didn’t want to race from the front; although I can still do that, but I’m trying different tactics and it’s nice to be able to win from all positions. The track is great, very similar to a lot of tracks around the world, you get so much energy from the crowd it’s amazing, as long as you don’t get overawed by it all”.

It was a different way of approaching the Kierin for you, not racing from the front. “If you noticed, they have a new rule now if your man one, you have to stay behind the derny bike, so basically if you draw one you have a disadvantage to the other five riders, they can lay off a bit and get a run at you which I think is a bit unfair”

You had to do a bit of ducking and diving in that final tonight,“Yeah Ross Edgar was impressed because that’s his sort of race. He came up to me and said nice move to get through on the inside it’s not something I normally do but every race you have to try something different, it gives you a new experience.”

“And you can learn from that, whether it works or it doesn’t. This event has been a fantastic experience in terms of racing it lays beneath the World Champs and the Olympics, but it’s been one of the most memorable events I have ever been in. The atmosphere and the noise is superb and you can see we are responding to it, and this gets the momentum building leading up to the Games”.

You could soon become the country’s most decorated Olympian. Has that crossed your mind? “You’re aware of it but you don’t think of it when you’re on the track, you are literary only thinking of your game plan. You train as hard as you can every day and take every day as it comes. In the big event all you think about is your strategy and how best you can execute it and always have a plan ‘B’ and ‘C’ today all that came together”.

How are you in terms of your preparation? “It’s difficult to say but today I hit 78.1 KPH, which is the fastest I have ever done in a Keirin, so that’s a sign I’ve got good form. But there’s more to come, I’ve not really backed off or tapered for this event”.

Jo Rowsell (Women’s Individual Pursuit)
How highs your confidence after this weekend? You have had two great wins and you’re riding very well. “My confidence is so high from last night getting the win, and that World Record as well, I was really up for today. I haven’t done any training for today at all, not even a single pursuit effort ‘seriously’. I’m not exaggerating so I just went out there to enjoy it knowing I had good form, and the teams on a winning streak so I wanted to carry that on and do a good ride, so I’m really, really happy”.

This time could you just enjoy the crowd and let them cheer you round? “Yeah, there was no need to try and hold back and work as a team, I could just go out go as hard as I wanted, and hold on to it, and hope for the best at the back end, and it paid off”.

Are you tempted to do this event in Melbourne now? “Maybe, it’s on the last day of the programme so there’s plenty of time after the team pursuit, I wouldn’t do it if it was before the team pursuit because that’s a priority but there is a couple of days of rest so maybe yeah , maybe we will see nearer the time”

Jess Varnish mentioned that you never tapered off for this event so as a pursuit team do you think you can go to the Worlds and go one better?
“Oh defiantly we have not really eased off for this we had a few easy days this week but that’s it, we were training very hard on the track in Manchester last week and put in a lot of long and hard efforts, we are working towards the Olympics not today or yesterday so defiantly there’s a lot more to come. We’re off to Majorca next week for another big training block, then another big training cycle coming up then rest for the Worlds and hopefully move up a notch”.

PHOTO SLIDESHOW

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT

Qualifying
1 ROWSELL Joanna GBR 3:33.496
2 SHANKS Alison NZL 3:33.578
3 SEREIKAITE Vilija LTU 3:35.739
4 CURE Amy AUS 3:35.783
5 GLAESSER Jasmin CAN 3:36.593
6 VAN DIJK Ellen NED 3:38.989
7 ABSALYAMOVA Verena RVL 3:40.353
8 SCHNIDER Pascale SUI 3:41.414
9 BOCHKAREVA Elizaveta UKR 3:42.076
10 RYAN Caroline IRL 3:42.106
11 SANDIG Madeleine GER 3:42.272
12 REED Jennie USA 3:43.348
13 BUJAK Eugenia POL 3:43.766
14 BELMANS Els BEL 3:44.023
15 CHULKOVA Anastasia RUS 3:45.486
16 DYLKO Alena BLR 3:45.604
17 RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ Gloria ESP 3:47.446
18 GONZALEZ VALDIVIESO Yumari CUB 3:51.268
19 PENSAARI Pia FIN 3:54.779
20 FERRAN ZUBILLAGA Olatz FGN 3:59.024
21 BASSO Laura CTF 4:01.633

MEN’S KEIRIN

ROUND 1
Heat 1
1 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
2 CRAMPTON Matthew SKY
3 CECI Francesco ITA
4 ALIAGA CHIVITE Sergio NAV
5 AUDI Raja LIB

Heat 2
1 VAN VELTHOOVEN Simon NZL
2 BORISOV Sergi MTT
3 NITTA Yudai CCT
4 ESTEBAN HERRAIZ Itmar CAT
5 ARAUJO Yhonny VEN
ZHANG Miao CHN DNS

Heat 3
1 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
2 KHOZOV Vladimir RUS
3 NJISANE Phillip TRI
4 SPICKA Denis CZE
5 MASSIE Giddeon USA
6 PUERTA ZAPATA Fabian Hernando COL

Heat 4
1 HOY Chris GBR
2 ENDERS Rene GER
3 PERALTA GASCON Juan ESP
4 OKUNEV Ilya PHL
5 MULLEN Eoin IRL
6 CIPRIANO Flavio BRA

Heat 5
1 MULDER Teun NED
2 AWANG Azizulhasni YSD
3 BARRETTE Hugo CAN
4 ZAITSAU Artsiom BLR
5 EILERS Joachim ERD REL
KUCZYNSKI Kamil POL DSQ

Heat 6
1 BOURGAIN Mickael FRA
2 GLAETZER Matthew AUS
3 NG Josiah MAS
4 MAZQUIARAN URIA Hodei EUS
5 ESTERHUIZEN Bernard RSA
6 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR

ROUND 1 REPS
Heat 1
1 CRAMPTON Matthew SKY
2 ZAITSAU Artsiom BLR
3 PUERTA ZAPATA Fabian Hernando COL REL
4 NG Josiah MAS DNF
5 MULLEN Eoin IRL DNF

Heat 2
1 OKUNEV Ilya PHL
2 BORISOV Sergi MTT
3 MASSIE Giddeon USA
4 BARRETTE Hugo CAN

Heat 3
1 NJISANE Phillip TRI
2 PERALTA GASCON Juan ESP
3 SPICKA Denis CZE
4 ARAUJO Yhonny VEN

Heat 4
1 ENDERS Rene GER
2 KHOZOV Vladimir RUS
3 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR
4 ESTEBAN HERRAIZ Itmar CAT
5 AUDI Raja LIB

Heat 5
1 AWANG Azizulhasni YSD
2 NITTA Yudai CCT
3 ALIAGA CHIVITE Sergio NAV
4 ESTERHUIZEN Bernard RSA

Heat 6
1 EILERS Joachim ERD
2 GLAETZER Matthew AUS
3 CIPRIANO Flavio BRA
4 CECI Francesco ITA DNF
5 MAZQUIARAN URIA Hodei EUS DNF

Second Round
Heat 1
1 HOY Chris GBR
2 MULDER Teun NED
3 ENDERS Rene GER
4 AWANG Azizulhasni YSD
5 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
CRAMPTON Matthew SKY DNF

Heat 2
1 BOURGAIN Mickael FRA
2 VAN VELTHOOVEN Simon NZL
3 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
4 EILERS Joachim ERD

Finals

Final 1-6
1 HOY Chris GBR
2 ENDERS Rene GER
3 BOURGAIN Mickael FRA
4 MULDER Teun NED
5 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
6 VAN VELTHOOVEN Simon NZL

Final 7-12
7 EILERS Joachim ERD
8 AWANG Azizulhasni YSD
9 VOLIKAKIS Christos GRE
10 NJISANE Phillip TRI
11 CRAMPTON Matthew SKY
12 OKUNEV Ilya PHL

WOMEN’S SPRINT

Qualifying
1 MEARES Anna AUS 5.405 (1) 10.939 65.819
2 LEE Wai Sze HKG 5.422 (2) 11.003 65.436
3 GUO Shuang CHN 5.474 (4) 11.079 64.987
4 PENDLETON Victoria GBR 5.466 (3) 11.111 64.800
5 VARNISH Jess GBR 5.495 (5) 11.147 64.591
6 VOGEL Kristina GER 5.503 (6) 11.169 64.464
7 HANSEN Natasha NZL 5.586 (11) 11.282 63.818
8 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB 5.533 (7) 11.302 63.705
9 ZHONG Tianshi GPC 5.589 (13) 11.309 63.666
10 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS 5.583 (10) 11.318 63.615
11 WELTE Miriam GER 5.571 (9) 11.322 63.593
12 JUNHONG Lin GPC 5.569 (8) 11.328 63.559
13 BARANOVA Viktoria RUS 5.587 (12) 11.367 63.341
14 SULLIVAN Monique CAN 5.623 (17) 11.380 63.268
15 SANCHEZ Clara FRA 5.618 (15) 11.405 63.130
16 CLAIR Sandie FRA 5.618 (15) 11.427 63.008
17 MAEDA Kayono JPN 5.689 (22) 11.469 62.777
18 GONG Jinjie CHN 5.601 (14) 11.477 62.734
19 CALVO BARBERO Tania ESP 5.671 (21) 11.490 62.663
20 KANIS Willy NED 5.637 (18) 11.498 62.619
21 LEE Hyejin KOR 5.655 (20) 11.499 62.614
22 HIJGENAAR Yvonne NED 5.650 (19) 11.503 62.592
23 LARREAL Daniela VEN 5.717 (24) 11.542 62.380
24 MUSTAPA Fatehah YSD 5.716 (23) 11.571 62.224
25 GAIVENYTE Gintare LTU 5.724 (25) 11.615 61.988
26 SCHOFIELD Katie NZL 5.745 (26) 11.645 61.829
27 STRELTSOVA Olga MTT 5.776 (29) 11.751 61.271
28 CASAS ROIGE Helena ESP 5.750 (27) 11.767 61.188
29 BREZHNIVA Elena PHL 5.757 (28) 11.781 61.115
30 VOYNOVA Anastasiya RUS 5.812 (30) 11.835 60.836
31 LEE Eunji KOR 5.855 (33) 11.879 60.611
32 GAVIRIA RENDON Juliana COL 5.835 (31) 11.942 60.291
33 HUANG Ting Ying TPE 5.841 (32) 11.957 60.215
34 GODBY Madalyn USA 5.923 (35) 11.973 60.135
35 VILERA Mariesthela VEN 5.892 (34) 12.072 59.642
36 LOHVINAVA Maryia BLR 5.969 (38) 12.118 59.415
37 RIBEIRO Sumaia BRA 5.929 (36) 12.123 59.391
38 JANKUTE Gabriele LTU 5.937 (37) 12.126 59.376
39 ISHII Hiroko JPN 5.987 (39) 12.145 59.283
40 PAPEZHUK Iryna UKR 5.996 (40) 12.247 58.789
41 WALKER Cristin USA 6.064 (41) 12.283 58.617
42 PAPKO Aksana BLR 6.201 (42) 12.552 57.361
43 FERRAN ZUBILLAGA Olatz FGN 6.288 (43) 12.703 56.679
44 I Fang Ju TPE 6.297 (44) 12.720 56.603
45 TAGLIAFERRO Marta ITA 6.378 (46) 12.976 55.487
46 EL BUSTO ARTEAGA Ainara NAV 6.377 (45) 13.066 55.104
47 ALANGO Monika EST 7.120 (47) 14.765 48.763

1/18TH Final
Heat 1
1 MEARES Anna AUS 11.690 61.591
2 CLAIR Sandie FRA

Heat 2
1 LEE Wai Sze HKG 11.319 63.609
2 SANCHEZ Clara FRA REL

Heat 3
1 GUO Shuang CHN 11.683 61.628
2 SULLIVAN Monique CAN

Heat 4
1 PENDLETON Victoria GBR 11.603 62.052
2 BARANOVA Viktoria RUS

Heat 5
1 VARNISH Jess GBR 11.661 61.744
2 JUNHONG Lin GPC

Heat 6
1 VOGEL Kristina GER 12.125 59.381
2 WELTE Miriam GER

Heat 7
1 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS 12.062 59.691
2 HANSEN Natasha NZL

Heat 8
1 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB 11.825 60.887
2 ZHONG Tianshi GPC

Quarter Finals
Heat 1
1 MEARES Anna AUS 11.462 11.559
2 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB

Heat 2
1 LEE Wai Sze HKG 11.648 11.614
2 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS 11.633

Heat 3
1 GUO Shuang CHN 11.328 11.737
2 VOGEL Kristina GER

Heat 4
1 PENDLETON Victoria GBR 11.438 11.515
2 VARNISH Jess GBR

5-8 Final
5 VARNISH Jess GBR 11.892 60.544
6 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB
7 VOGEL Kristina GER
8 MCCULLOCH Kaarle AUS

MEN’S OMNIUM

FINAL STANDINGS
1 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 21
2. CHO Ho Sung KOR 32
3. BELL Zach CAN 33
4. VIVIANI Elia ITA 39
5. COQUARD Bryan FRA 42
6. SWIFT Benjamin GBR 43
7. RATAJCZYK Rafal POL 44
8. KLUGE Roger GER 50
9. IRVINE Martyn IRL 50
10. TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 65
11. VAN HOECKE Gijs BEL 70
12. MANSILLA Luis CHI70
13. LIU Hao MSP 71
14. ARCHBOLD Shane NZL74
15. KOVALEV Ivan RVL 78
16. LEA Bobby USA 92
17. FOLSACH Casper DEN 94
18. MORI Kazuhiro JPN 103
19. STROETINGA Wim NED 105
20. SUTER Gael SUI 105
21. DIAZ Enrique Luis VEN 145
22. TUYCHIEV Vladimir UZB 146
KILOMETRE TIME TRIAL (Round 6)
1 BELL Zach CAN 1:03.667
2 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 1:03.830
3 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL 1:03.993
4 CHO Ho Sung KOR 1:04.082
5 VIVIANI Elia ITA 1:04.160
6 COQUARD Bryan FRA 1:04.250
7 KLUGE Roger GER 1:04.541
8 VAN HOECKE Gijs BEL 1:04.730
9 IRVINE Martyn IRL 1:04.785
10 LIU Hao MSP 1:04.954
11 SWIFT Benjamin GBR 1:05.348
12 KOVALEV Ivan RVL 1:05.608
13 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 1:05.853
14 LEA Bobby USA 1:06.088
15 MANSILLA Luis CHI 1:06.533
16 STROETINGA Wim NED 1:06.559
17 FOLSACH Casper DEN 1:06.679
18 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL 1:06.770
19 SUTER Gael SUI 1:06.958
20 MORI Kazuhiro JPN 1:07.660
21 TUYCHIEV Vladimir UZB 1:10.602

SCRATCH RACE (Round 5)
1 SWIFT Benjamin GBR
2 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL
3 KLUGE Roger GER
4 BELL Zach CAN
5 CHO Ho Sung KOR
6 IRVINE Martyn IRL
7 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP
8 LIU Hao MSP 1
9 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 1
10 VIVIANI Elia ITA 1
11 COQUARD Bryan FRA 1
12 KOVALEV Ivan RVL 1
13 MANSILLA Luis CHI 1
14 VAN HOECKE Gijs BEL 1
15 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL 1
16 MORI Kazuhiro JPN 1
17 TUYCHIEV Vladimir UZB 1
18 FOLSACH Casper DEN 1
19 SUTER Gael SUI 1
20 STROETINGA Wim NED 1
21 LEA Bobby USA 1
22 DIAZ Enrique Luis VEN DNF

Ind. Pursuit (Round 4)
1 ARANGO Juan Esteban COL 4:24.087
2 BELL Zach CAN 4:25.057
3 CHO Ho Sung KOR 4:26.340
4 SWIFT Benjamin GBR 4:28.272
5 KLUGE Roger GER 4:29.172
6 FOLSACH Casper DEN 4:29.682
7 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 4:30.444
8 IRVINE Martyn IRL 4:31.422
9 COQUARD Bryan FRA 4:31.808
10 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL 4:31.981
11 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL 4:32.769
12 VIVIANI Elia ITA 4:32.792
13 VAN HOECKE Gijs BEL 4:33.802
14 LEA Bobby USA 4:35.000
15 KOVALEV Ivan RVL 4:35.071
16 MANSILLA Luis CHI 4:35.107
17 LIU Hao MSP 4:35.458
18 STROETINGA Wim NED 4:38.896
19 TUYCHIEV Vladimir UZB 4:40.943
20 MORI Kazuhiro JPN 4:43.175
21 SUTER Gael SUI 4:52.999
22 DIAZ Enrique Luis VEN 5:02.061

WOMEN’S OMNIUM

Flying Lap (Round 1)
1 HUANG Li CHN 2.794 (1) 14.339 62.765
2 TROTT Laura GBR 2.827 (3) 14.473 62.184
3 HAMMER Sarah USA 2.818 (2) 14.479 62.158
4 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 2.857 (5) 14.484 62.137
5 WHITTEN Tara CAN 2.848 (4) 14.548 61.864
6 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 2.886 (8) 14.563 61.800
7 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 2.880 (7) 14.608 61.610
8 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO Leire ESP 2.938 (14) 14.673 61.337
9 D’HOORE Jolien BEL 2.948 (15) 14.678 61.316
10 WILD Kirsten NED 2.909 (10) 14.706 61.199
11 LEE Min Hye KOR 2.923 (12) 14.785 60.872
12 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 2.924 (13) 14.834 60.671
13 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RVL 2.879 (6) 14.888 60.451
14 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 2.993 (16) 14.907 60.374
15 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 2.894 (9) 14.932 60.273
16 JEULAND Pascale FRA 2.917 (11) 14.951 60.196
17 BECKER Charlotte GER 3.011 (18) 15.191 59.245
18 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 3.017 (19) 15.256 58.993
19 ARREOLA Sofia MEX 3.008 (17) 15.337 58.681
20 SCANDOLARA Valentina ITA 3.033 (22) 15.381 58.513
21 WOLFER Andrea SUI 3.028 (20) 15.488 58.109
22 I Fang Ju TPE 3.081 (23) 15.499 58.068

POINTS
1 ARREOLA Sofia MEX 5 5 3 14 20 20 33
2 GALYUK Svitlana UKR 5 2 5 18 20 20 32
3 SCANDOLARA Valentina ITA 2 2 21 20 20 24
4 TREBAITE Ausrine LTU 3 16 20 20 23
5 BECKER Charlotte GER 1 1 22 20 20 22
6 WOJTYRA Malgorzata POL 20 20 20 20
7 WILD Kirsten NED 3 5 3 11 11
8 EDMONDSON Annette AUS 1 2 5 1 8
9 HAMMER Sarah USA 5 3 2 8
10 WHITTEN Tara CAN 5 1 5 6
11 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 2 3 17 5
12 ROMANYUTA Evgenia RVL 3 1 4 4
13 JEULAND Pascale FRA 2 2 23 4
14 MACHACOVA Jarmila CZE 3 13 3
15 D’HOORE Jolien BEL 2 3 2
16 OLABERRIA DORRONSORO ESP 1 8 1
17 TROTT Laura GBR 1 9 1
18 HUANG Li CHN 1 12 1
19 KIESANOWSKI Joanne NZL 6 0
20 LEE Min Hye KOR 7 0
21 MEJIAS GARCIA Marlies CUB 10 0
22 PAVLENDOVA Alzbeta SVK 15 0
23 WOLFER Andrea SUI 19 0
24 I Fang Ju TPE 40 40

JEULAND Pascale (FRA)
Relegation for riding on the blue band during the last sprint

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