2013 UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships – Day 7

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Team Pursuiting, Points races for the eldest competitors and then a brutal and fitting climax to the week with the Brian Cossavella Trophy scratch race won by John McClelland 

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The final day of racing in the 2013 UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships at Manchester saw more Rainbow jerseys presented to the winners whilst the week long event finished in style with a brutal and exciting Brian Cossavella Memorial Trophy race.

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The day began with qualifying for the Team Pursuiting before a break of a few hours followed by a lot of tired legs returning for the final races of the championships.

Men’s Team Pursuit

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The last session at the Manchester track saw two Men’s Team Pursuit finals with the first one for the bronze medal, a real corker of a battle between a team from Canada and Bush Healthcare (Britain). The Canadians went down to three men early on in the race but that didn’t prevent them fighting tooth and nail with the British foursome.

The final few laps were scrappy from both teams as the pace of the race saw gaps opening up between riders and the team that coped best was Canada who finished less than a second ahead of the British foursome. In the final for the Gold, four riders from Argentina were in storming form recording a time of 3.20 for the 3,000 metres, over two seconds faster than the determined, but slower squad from the USA, Metal heads…

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1. Capella Competition Argentina ARG 3:20.561
2. Metal Head USA 3:22.988

3. Canada ACVQ CAN 3:24.631
4. Bush Healthcare GBR 3:25.529

QUALIFYING
1 Capella Competition Argentina 3:24.439
LOPEZ German Ariel, DEL BARCO Daniel Ricardo, VEGETTI Luis Mario, ZORIC Vicente Florio Jorge

2 Metal Head – USA 3:24.765
BRINTON David, CASPER Daniel, MULROONEY Timothy, TAINTER James

3 Canada ACVQ – CAN 3:26.263
CHARRUAU Mathieu, LACOULINE Michel, LE BEAU Stephane, TOTH Peter

4 Bush Healthcare 3:27.778
BOWDITCH Gerry, POSTLE Matt, ROWE Courtney, MCCLELLAND John

5 GB Masters – GBR 3:28.776
CAMPBELL Neil, ELLIOTT Ben, LAWSON Timothy, DAVIES Steve

6 Argentina 2 3:32.486
LOMBARDO Salvador Francisco, GOMEZ Gerardo, GULLINO Matias Francisco, ROZIE Diego

7 LastMinute.com – GBR 3:33.477
STREATHER Jason, STUART Andy, CLAYTON Stephen, MINTING Mark

8 Sandy Wallace Cycles 3:34.702
TAYLOR Alastair, ETTLES Peter, MCCAW Stephen, HUMPHREYS Ian

9 Poole Wheelers – GBR 3:43.327
BUDDLE Andy, D’ARCY-WYKES Adam, DIGHTON Gary, ICKE Terry

Men’s 65-69 Points Race
Eventual winner Graham Truelove of Great Britain was seemingly the strongest rider in this race, spending a lot of time on or off the front but the points score sheet tells a different tale with only one point between Truelove and the silver medallist Michael Allen.

Truelove got off to a great start winning the first sprint and finishing third in the next two but Allen’s challenge started with the third sprint where he scored maximum points and a win in the final one was all he needed to steal the title off Truelove but Mark Rodamaker of the USA put a spanner in the works by winning that final rush to the line ahead of Allen in second.

The sprint win by Rodamaker though was not enough to get him on to the podium and instead it was the battle scarred Steffan Munch Hansen of Denmark who finished third after two second places in sprints.

1. TRUELOVE Graham GBR 9
2. ALLEN Michael GBR 8
3. HANSEN Steffen Munch DEN 6
4. RODAMAKER Mark USA 5 5
5. CLAXTON Colin NZL 5
6. CHRISTIANSEN Bent DEN 3
7. WALLACE Sandy GBR 2
8. RUTHERFORD David GBR 2
9. MOSS John RSA
10. MCGOVERN Kevin GBR
11. JENN Peter GBR
12. BRIAT Michel FRA
13. GRANT George GBR
14. CONROY Douglas GBR

Men’s 60-64 Points Race
Two very aggressive Aussies in David Gomer and Malcolm Clasohm gave the Aussies a 1-2 finish in this race which saw no riders managing to gain laps. Instead, small groups were going off the front and giving the riders in the breaks the opportunity to pick up valuable points in a race where the top seven riders all got on the score sheet.

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Gomer was the rider with the most left in his legs after a long championship week by finishing in the points in every sprint but he so nearly came unstuck. Leading with one sprint to go, his compatriot also had eyes on the rainbow stripes after winning the third sprint giving him five points to Gomer’s eight.

It was the final sprint that was going to count and Clasohm went on the move. He got clear and stayed away all the way to the final crossing of the finish line taking the five points to give him 10. Behind, Gomer had to dig very deep indeed after a hard race to claw his way past riders one by one on that final lap to finish second and get the points needed to stay on top. Third was Britain’s Andrew Donaldson.

1. GOMER David AUS 11
2. CLASOHM Malcolm AUS 10
3. DONALDSON Andrew GBR 8
4. GRIGNON Rene FRA 6
5. GELLINEAU Patrick USA 6
6. DAVIES Steve GBR 2
7. MUSELET Christian FRA 1
8. BUSH Martin GBR
9. FREEMAN Malcolm GBR
10. LAWSON Mike AUS
11. HOLMES Terry GBR
12. MULICA David USA
13. KLUENDER Bernhard GER
14. BARBER Bob GBR
15. DAVIES Paul GBR
16. ROBERTSON Jim GBR

Men’s 70+ Points Race

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A rider whose reports of his races appear regularly on the LVRC website in Britain, Derrick Woodings, got his just reward for a very attacking race by winning the 70+ event. Going clear after the first sprint, Woodings time trialled his way to a points tally that no-one could match, getting maximum points in the final three sprints. Second overall was the ever fast Victor Copeland of the USA with Alan Whitworth (Gbr) third.

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1 WOODINGS Derrick GBR 15
2 COPELAND Victor USA 10
3 WHITWORTH Alan GBR 5
4 DACEY Brian* GBR 4
5 WOLSTENHOLME Mike GBR 3
6 LANGLOIS Roger FRA 2
7 WYNNE John GBR 1
8 ROBERTSON Peter GBR
9 POSSEE Victor GBR
10 SANTIVECCHI Antonio ARG
11 RISSBROOK Laurence* GBR
12 ORRELL Neil* GBR
13 WILLIAMS Michael USA
14 CRAYFORD Roland* GBR

Medals
70-74
Gold WOODINGS Derrick GBR
Silver COPELAND Victor USA
Bronze WHITWORTH Alan GBR
75+
Gold DACEY Brian* GBR
Silver RISSBROOK Laurence* GBR
Bronze ORRELL Neil*

Brian Cossavella Memorial 10 Mile Scratch Race

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Not content with a rainbow jersey already during the week as well as a medal in the sprint competition, John McClelland was the fastest in the dash to the line to win the Brian Cossavella Memorial 10 Mile Scratch Race.

Saying afterwards there were several times he seriously considered pulling the pin on the race with the brutal pace causing splits all over the place, persevere in the race he did. Just like he did days before in his title race, McClelland timed his run to perfection.

Not as dominant as he was in his title race over the closing few laps, the British rider came from five or six back in the last few laps before going to the front the long way round on the home straight with the bell ringing and then winning the sprint by a clear half a bike length. Hope he likes Duvel as the bottles presented to the top three were of a generous size…

1 MCCLELLAND John GBR
2 GOMEZ Gerardo ARG
3 MUSELET Julien FRA
4 ROZIE Diego ARG
5 LALIBERTE Scott CAN
6 MEIDHOF Jason USA
7 AHUMADA Rolando Horacio ARG
8 LOMBARDO Salvador Francisco ARG
9 STREATHER Jason GBR
10 MAINS Thomas USA
11 CASPER Daniel USA
12 STUART Andy GBR
13 PARKINSON Colin GBR -1
14 APPERLEY Keir GBR -1
15 ELLIS Christian GBR -1
16 COHON Julio Daniel ARG DNF
17 READE Aidan IRL DNF
18 WHELAN Brendan IRL DNF
19 ARENDSE Andrew Peter RSA DNF
20 MULROONEY Timothy USA DNF
21 ORRELL Tony GBR DNF
22 SOMMERS Mark USA DNF
23 DAVIES Steve GBR DNF

Women’s Team Pursuit
Two teams lined up for this competition and there were two races to see who got what colour medals. After the qualifying races, it was easy to see the Brits were better equipped for the 2000 metre test.

Up against a team of three Aussies with the aptly titled team, Not Pursuiters, the GB three some stormed round the track to win the gold in the final, catching the Aussies in the process. All it needs is a lot more teams to take up the challenge to take this event on and a chance to add some rainbow stripes to your kit for ever after.

Final
1 Rainbow Warriors – GBR caught
2 Not Pursuiters – AUS

Qualifying
1 Rainbow Warriors – GBR 2:34.308
SAINSBURY-MUNN Emma, MULLAN Siobhan, BIRKMYRE Janet

2 Not Pursuiters – AUS 2:52.450
COVINGTON Renee, HOOTON Catherine, JOHNS Lee

FINAL MEDAL TABLE
1. GREAT BRITAIN 29 Gold
2. UNITED STATES 17
3. AUSTRALIA 11
4. 4 ARG – ARGENTINA 3
5. 5 NZL – NEW ZEALAND 2
6. 6 CAN – CANADA 2
7. 7 FIN – FINLAND 2
8. 8 LAT – LATVIA 2
9. 9 FRA – FRANCE 1
10. ITALY 1
11. DENMARK 1
12. GERMANY 1
16 countries won medals during the seven day competition.

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