Aussies Cameron Meyer and Callum Scotson having moved back into the lead of the men’s competition with a crucial Madison win on the penultimate day.
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London Six: Day 5
Aussies Cameron Meyer and Callum Scotson have moved back into the lead of the men’s competition with a crucial Madison win on the penultimate day.
Things did not start well for the Australians as they suffered an early failure in the elimination race – won controversially by France’s Benjamin Thomas and Morgan Kneisky, with the former riding between Belgium’s Moreno de Pauw and Kenny de Ketele as they went for a final changeover in the back straight.
But Meyer and Scotson hit back in an all-action 45-minute Madison chase that saw 14 teams take a lap – but the Aussies bested everyone else again with a solo lap to take the race ahead of Mark Cavendish and Pete Kennaugh. That win put the Australians back into the lead, with Chris Latham and Steven Burke then setting the time to beat in the 250m Madison TT at the halfway stage in the competition.
And the crowd had another British success to cheer in the 60-lap derny A final as Kennaugh set up Cavendish for a sprint finish behind de Ketele for a vital win that saw Meyer and Scotson fail to finish and drop crucial points. The final Madison began with three teams taking a lap, and in all there were four that came into the final sprint with a shot at a win, with Casper von Folsach and Niklas Larsen getting it on the line.
Meyer and Scotson finished back down in 12th, but the former was happy with their night’s work – despite his puncture in the derny.
“We’re in a great position. We really fought well in that first Madison to take the victory and gain that extra lap,” said the current team pursuit and points race world champion.
“We’re down a tiny bit in points, which we might not tick over for the extra bonus so we know we have to really go out there fighting.
“It’s not fun trying to hold a puncture up at 60km/h – so I’ve got all my skin left and it was an OK result.”
Scotson, meanwhile, was keen to look forward to Sunday’s closing hour-long Madison chase. He said: “All week we’ve been super excited for the 45-minute Madison and when it gets to the halfway point and it starts to blow, we know we’re coming into our own – so Sunday should suit us.
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Women’s Racing
Katie Archibald goes into the final day of the London Six holding a 53-point lead over Neah Evans in the overall standings. It was once again Archibald’s night on day 5, and with the women’s Madison to come on Sunday, she cannot hide her excitement at the thought.
“I’m a little embarrassed about how excited I am for Sunday, even though I don’t really have any type of portfolio in the Madison,” said the 23-year-old. “I’ve got a chance to ride with Elinor Barker and an opportunity to cement myself in the Madison scene as it were, so I really want to make the most of it.”
“I feel pretty ill right now though after the UCI omnium win if I’m honest, but I’m overjoyed. The whole time in the final points race I was paranoid fearing they would get that lap, I was on the wrong side of a split and had to give everything to get across and thankfully it happened.”
A second place in the opening scratch race, behind compatriot Barker, was followed up by a win in the tempo as she joined seven other riders in taking a lap on the field – Emily Nelson finishing in second and Eleanor Dickinson in third for an all-British podium.
And the British dominance continued in the elimination race as the Netherlands’ Kirsten Wild was outnumbered three to one in the final four. Dickinson went first, before Wild and Barker to leave a shootout between housemates Archibald and Neah Evans – a battle the omnium world champion went on to win comfortably.
And despite closest rival Evans trying to gain a crucial lap in the closing points race, Archibald was able to bridge the gap and secure the win.
Sprinters
The sprinters’ event continued to prove a battle of the Kiwis as first Eddie Dawkins again got the better of his compatriot in the 200m flying lap time trial – setting a time of 10.144s.
But he could not make his advantage stick in the sprint finals as Ethan Mitchell extended his lead in the overall standings. But the biggest sprinter cheer of the night came for Britain’s Matthew Rotherham, who held off late attacks from Dawkins and European keirin champion Maximilian Levy to record his second win of the week.
“I had two world champions right in front of me and I wasn’t really counting my luck there but I managed to find a gap in the middle and managed to get through,” said the man from Bolton.
“It’s really great. It was sold out and the noise in here, any time a British person goes into the lead, it amplifies amazingly – that was the best part of that win.”
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RESULTS
Overall
1 MEYER / SCOTSON 0 336
2 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH -2 391
3 DE KETELE / DE PAUW -2 375
4 HAVIK / PIETERS -2 332
5 TORRES / MORA VEDRI -3 328
6 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH -4 384
7 ENGLISH / DOWNEY -4 301
8 KNEISKY / THOMAS -4 288
9 PEDERSEN / HESTER -5 281
10 REINHARDT / THIELE -5 213
11 WOOD / STEWART -6 282
12 BURKE / LATHAM -7 223
13 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL -12 94
14 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI -15 100
15 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER -15 84
16 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY -15 80
Madison Chase
1 MEYER / SCOTSON 0
2 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH -1 11
3 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH -1 9
4 DE KETELE / DE PAUW -1 6
5 ENGLISH / DOWNEY -1 5
6 WOOD / STEWART -1 4 6
7 TORRES / MORA VEDRI -1 3
8 REINHARDT / THIELE -1 1
9 HAVIK / PIETERS -1 – 10
10 PEDERSEN / HESTER -1 –
11 BURKE / LATHAM -2 3
12 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER -2
13 KNEISKY / THOMAS -2 –
14 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL -3 –
15 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY -3 –
16 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI -4 –
Madison Chase
1 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH 0 10 30
2 BURKE / LATHAM 0 6 25
3 KNEISKY / THOMAS 0 – 22
4 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH 0 – 20
5 ENGLISH / DOWNEY -1 5 18
6 PEDERSEN / HESTER -1 4 16
7 TORRES / MORA VEDRI -1 4 14
8 HAVIK / PIETERS -1 3 12
9 REINHARDT / THIELE -1 1 10
10 WOOD / STEWART -1 – 8
11 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER -1 – 7
12 MEYER / SCOTSON -1 – 6
13 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI -1 – 5
14 DE KETELE / DE PAUW -1 – 4
15 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL -1 – 3
16 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY -1 – 2
Team Elimination
1 KNEISKY / THOMAS 30
2 DE KETELE / DE PAUW 25
3 HAVIK / PIETERS 22
4 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH 20
5 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL 18
6 ENGLISH / DOWNEY 16
7 TORRES / MORA VEDRI 14
8 WOOD / STEWART 12
9 BURKE / LATHAM 10
10 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH 8
11 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER 7
12 MEYER / SCOTSON 6
13 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY 5
14 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI 4
15 PEDERSEN / HESTER 3
16 REINHARDT / THIELE 2
250m Madison TT
1 BURKE / LATHAM GBR 12.819 70.208 km.h
2 PEDERSEN / HESTER DEN 12.926 69.627 km.h
3 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER GER 13.516 66.587 km.h
4 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI POL 13.527 66.533 km.h
5 TORRES / MORA VEDRI ESP 13.540 66.469 km.h
6 REINHARDT / THIELE GER 13.567 66.337 km.h
7 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY CZE 13.706 65.664 km.h
8 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL NED 14.191 63.420 km.h
60 Lap Derny
1 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH 30
2 DE KETELE / DE PAUW 25
3 HAVIK / PIETERS 22
4 KNEISKY / THOMAS 20
5 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH 18
6 WOOD / STEWART 16
7 ENGLISH / DOWNEY 14
8 MEYER / SCOTSON 12
WOMEN OVERALL
1 Katie ARCHIBALD 230
2 Neah EVANS 177
3 Eleanor DICKINSON 156
4 Allison BEVERIDGE 144
5 Kirsten WILD 140
6 Emily NELSON 138
7 Elinor BARKER 130
8 Lydia BOYLAN 129
9 Jasmin DUEHRING 106
10 Maria Giulia CONFALONIERI 105
11 Rachele BARBIERI 86
12 Laurie BERTHON 80
13 Julie LETH 76
14 Nina KESSLER 57
15 Saartje VANDENBROUCKE 55
16 Lydia GURLEY 47
17 Ana USABIAGA 41
18 Marion BORRAS 32
19 Amalie WINTHER OLSEN 27
20 Irene USABIAGA 25
21 Rebecca RAYBOULD 24
22 Michaela EBERT 22
23 Laura SUESSEMILCH 17
24 Gilke CROKET 17
Women’s Scratch Race
1 Elinor BARKER 40
2 Katie ARCHIBALD 38
3 Kirsten WILD 36
4 Eleanor DICKINSON 34
5 Neah EVANS 32
6 Emily NELSON 30
7 Laurie BERTHON 28
8 Saartje VANDENBROUCKE 26
9 Allison BEVERIDGE 24
10 Lydia BOYLAN 22
11 Ana USABIAGA 20
12 Nina KESSLER 18
13 Rachele BARBIERI 16
14 Marion BORRAS 14
15 Maria Giulia CONFALONIERI 12
16 Julie LETH 10
17 Michaela EBERT 8
18 Jasmin DUEHRING 6
19 Rebecca RAYBOULD 4
20 Amalie WINTHER OLSEN 2
21 Irene USABIAGA 1
22 Gilke CROKET 1
23 Laura SUESSEMILCH 1
24 Lydia GURLEY 1
Tempo Race
1 Katie ARCHIBALD 1 24
2 Emily NELSON 1 23
3 Eleanor DICKINSON 1 22
4 Neah EVANS 1 21
5 Lydia BOYLAN 1 21
6 Jasmin DUEHRING 1 20
7 Kirsten WILD 1 20
8 Laurie BERTHON 1 20
9 Elinor BARKER – 8
10 Lydia GURLEY – 5
11 Allison BEVERIDGE – 2
12 Maria Giulia CONFALONIERI – –
13 Ana USABIAGA – –
14 Irene USABIAGA –
15 Rachele BARBIERI
16 Marion BORRAS –
17 Amalie WINTHER OLSEN –
18 Julie LETH –
19 Saartje VANDENBROUCKE
20 Nina KESSLER –
21 Rebecca RAYBOULD
22 Laura SUESSEMILCH
23 Michaela EBERT –
24 Gilke CROKET
Elimination Race
1 Katie ARCHIBALD 40
2 Neah EVANS 38
3 Elinor BARKER 36
4 Kirsten WILD 34
5 Eleanor DICKINSON 32
6 Julie LETH 30
7 Allison BEVERIDGE 28
8 Maria Giulia CONFALONIERI 26
9 Nina KESSLER 24
10 Ana USABIAGA 22
11 Rachele BARBIERI 20
12 Emily NELSON 18
13 Laurie BERTHON 16
14 Amalie WINTHER OLSEN 14
15 Irene USABIAGA 12
16 Lydia BOYLAN 10
17 Saartje VANDENBROUCKE 8
18 Michaela EBERT 6
19 Jasmin DUEHRING 4
20 Laura SUESSEMILCH 2
21 Gilke CROKET 1
22 Marion BORRAS 1
23 Rebecca RAYBOULD 1
Points Race
1 Katie ARCHIBALD 0 128 90
2 Neah EVANS 0 117 82
3 Eleanor DICKINSON 0 110 74
4 Elinor BARKER 0 105 66
5 Kirsten WILD 0 100 60
6 Emily NELSON 0 93 54
7 Lydia BOYLAN 0 90 49
8 Allison BEVERIDGE 0 76 44
9 Jasmin DUEHRING 0 73 40
10 Laurie BERTHON 0 72 36
11 Maria Giulia CONFALONIERI 0 62 32
12 Ana USABIAGA 0 58 29
13 Julie LETH 0 50 26
14 Rachele BARBIERI 0 48 23
15 Nina KESSLER 0 44 20
16 Marion BORRAS 0 38 17
17 Saartje VANDENBROUCKE 0 38 14
18 Lydia GURLEY 0 23 11
19 Rebecca RAYBOULD 0 7 9
20 Irene USABIAGA 0 7 7
21 Gilke CROKET 0 3 5
22 Laura SUESSEMILCH 0 -11 4
23 Amalie WINTHER OLSEN 0 -16 3
24 Michaela EBERT 0 -25 2
SPRINTERS OVERALL
1 Edward DAWKINS 218
2 Ethan MITCHELL 215
3 Max LEVY 193
4 Juan PERALTA 175
5 Matthew ROTHERHAM 148
6 Nate KOCH 116
Sprinters 200m Flying TT
1 Edward DAWKINS NZL 10.144 70.977 km.h 20
2 Ethan MITCHELL NZL 10.155 70.901 km.h 15
3 Max LEVY GER 10.369 69.437 km.h 12
4 Juan PERALTA ESP 10.382 69.350 km.h 10
5 Matthew ROTHERHAM GBR 10.631 67.726 km.h 8
6 Nate KOCH USA 11.326 63.570 km.h 6
Sprint Final
1 Ethan MITCHELL 20
2 Edward DAWKINS 15
3 Max LEVY 12
4 Juan PERALTA 10
5 Nate KOCH 8
6 Matthew ROTHERHAM 6
Keirin Final
1 Matthew ROTHERHAM 20
2 Max LEVY 15
3 Edward DAWKINS 12
4 Nate KOCH 10
5 Juan PERALTA 8
6 Ethan MITCHELL 6
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