April 13, 2006 – The 2006 Track World Championships are underway in Bordeaux, France. Here are some results from the first day of competition:

Men’s Points Race Qualifying

Heat 1
1. Vasili Kiryienka (Belarus) 25 pts
2. Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 23
3. Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia) 8
4. Chris Newton (Great Britain) 8
5. Kazuhiro Mori (Japan) 7
6. Martin Blaha (Czech Republic) 6
7. Alexander Aeschbach (Switzerland) 6
8. Mathieu Ladagnous (France) 6
9. Andreas Muller (Germany) 6
10. Charles Bradley Huff (USA) 5
11. Martin Gilbert (Canada) 4

Heat 2
1. Juan Llaneras Rossello (Spain) 14 pts
2. Peter Schep (Netherlands) 11
3. Sean Finning (Australia) 10
4. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 8
5. Sebastian Cancio (Argentina) 8
6. Angelo Ciccone (Italy) 6
7. Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 5
8. Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong) 3
9. Volodymyr Rybin (Ukraine) 1
10. Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand) 0

Women’s Individual Pursuit Qualifying

1. Sarah Hammer (USA) 3:37.194
2. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 3:37.409
3. Katie Mactier (Australia) 3:37.520
4. Karin Thurig (Switzerland) 3:39.521
5. Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) 3:39.834
6. Emma Jones (Great Britain) 3:41.102
7. Maria Calle Williams (Columbia) 3:41.442
8. Verena Jooss (Germany) 3:41.760
9. Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3:44.820
10. Larissa Kleinmann (Germany) 3:45.155