December 16, 2010 (Cali, Colombia) – The second event of the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Tour got underway today in Cali, Colombia, and the Canadian track cycling team were looking for more international success. In the women’s team pursuit race, Canada’s team could not have been unluckier. In a tightly contested race, the team of Tara Whitten of Edmonton, Alta, Laura Brown of Vancouver, BC and Stephanie Roorda also Vancouver, missed their qualification to the final four and a shot at the podium by a mere one thousands of a second.

One thousand of a second (0.001) is the smallest recordable margin in track cycling. Canada’s trio stopped the clock at 3 minutes 25.674 seconds, while the German team posted a time of 3 minutes 25.673 seconds.

In the men’s omnium race, Zach Bell of North Vancouver, BC, is currently ranked in second place after two of six races. Bell finished fifth of the flying lap race and third of the points race. The remaining races of the men’s ominium will be held tomorrow.

Bell won the silver medal in the omnium event of the opening UCI World Cup race in Melbourne, Australia earlier this December.

In the men’s team sprint, Canada’s team comprised of Stephane Cossette of Chicoutimi, Quebec, Joseph Veloce of Fonthill, Ontario and Travis Smith of Calgary, Alberta finished in fifth place, just one spot of qualifying for the finals. The team stopped the clock with a time of 45.016 seconds.

The world cup event in Cali, Colombia, continues through Saturday December 18. For full results, please visit the UCI timing website here.

Results

Men’s Omnium

Qualifications

Heat 1
1. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 8 pts
2. Artur Ershov (Lokomotiv) 7
3. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 5
4. Juan Arango Carvajal (Colombia) 3
5. Jan Dostal (Czech Republic) 3
6. Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina) 2
7. Andreas Mueller (Austria) 1
8. Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) 1
9. Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 0
10. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 0
11. Edward Clancy (Great Britain) lapped
12. Scott Law (Australia) lapped
13. Yuta Wakimoto (Japan) lapped
14. Carlos Linares (Venezuela) lapped
15. Carlos Carrasco (Mexico) lapped
16. José Alberto Sochon Gudiel (Guatemala) lapped

Heat 2
1. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 26 pts
2. Zach Bell (Canada) 25
3. Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spain) 25
4. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 24
5. Bobby Lea (USA) 24
6. Polychronis Tzortzakis (Greece) 22
7. Luis Mansilla (Chile) 20
8. Julien Duval (France) 9 lapped
9. Erik Mohs (Germany) 8 lapped
10. Tim Mertens (Belgium) 7 lapped
11. Niki Byrgesen (Denmark) 5 lapped
12. Jose Ragonessi (Ecuador) 5 lapped
13. Filippo Fortin (Italy) 5 lapped
14. Darren Matthews (Barbados) 1 lapped
15. Geert Jan Jonkman (Netherlands) 0 lapped

Flying Lap

1. Juan Arango Carvajal (Colombia) 13.263
2. Edward Clancy (Great Britain) 13.354
3. Jan Dostal (Czech Republic) 13.427
4. Erik Mohs (Germany) 13.436
5. Zach Bell (Canada) 13.437
6. Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 13.496
7. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 13.566
8. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 13.617
9. Scott Law (Australia) 13.649
10. Julien Duval (France) 13.67
11. Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spain) 13.678
12. Polychronis Tzortzakis (Greece) 13.74
13. Tim Mertens (Belgium) 13.849
14. Artur Ershov (Lokomotiv) 13.852
15. Niki Byrgesen (Denmark) 13.868
16. Bobby Lea (USA) 13.903
17. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 13.95
18. Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina) 14.048
19. Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) 14.115
20. Luis Mansilla (Chile) 14.151
21. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 14.246
22. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 14.272
23. Andreas Mueller (Austria) 14.408
24. Jose Ragonessi (Ecuador) 14.998

Points Race – 120 laps

1. Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spain) 71 pts
2. Juan Arango Carvajal (Colombia) 60
3. Zach Bell (Canada) 57
4. Artur Ershov (Lokomotiv) 52
5. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 43
6. Erik Mohs (Germany) 43
7. Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina) 31
8. Andreas Mueller (Austria) 28
9. Luis Mansilla (Chile) 28
10. Edward Clancy (Great Britain) 27
11. Niki Byrgesen (Denmark) 26
12. Tim Mertens (Belgium) 25
13. Jan Dostal (Czech Republic) 22
14. Scott Law (Australia) 20
15. Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 8
16. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 5
17. Julien Duval (France) 3
18. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 2
19. Bobby Lea (USA) 1
20. Polychronis Tzortzakis (Greece) 0
21. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 0
22. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 0
23. Jose Ragonessi (Ecuador) -20
DNF Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. New Zealand (Rushlee Buchanan, Lauren Ellis, Alison Shanks) 3:23.1
2. Ouch Pro Cycling (Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch, Lauren Tamayo) 3:23.9
3. Great Britain (Laura Trott, Katie Colclough, Wendy Houvenaghel) 3:24.3
4. Germany (Charlotte Becker, Lisa Brennauer, Madeleine Sandig) 3:25.7
5. Canada (Tara Whitten, Laura Brown, Stephanie Roorda) 3:25.7
6. Australia (Amy Cure, Belinda Goss, Isabella King) 3:27.0
7. Belgium (Jolien D’hoore, Jessie Daams, Kelly Druyts) 3:27.5
8. Lithuania (Vilija Sereikaite, Vaida Pikauskaite, Ausrine Trebaite) 3:28.0
9. United States (Kimberly Geist, Cari Higgins, Jennie Reed) 3:30.5
10. Ireland (Jennifer O’reilly, Ciara Horne, Caroline Ryan) 3:31.7
11. France (Pascale Jeuland, Aude Biannic, Sophie Creux) 3:33.3
12. Ukraine (Yelizaveta Bochkarova, Anna Nahirna, Valeriya Velychko) 3:34.6
13. Poland (Malgorzata Wojtyra, Edyta Jasinska, Katarzyna Pawlowska) 3:34.7
14. Cuba (Marlies Mejias Garcia, Yudelmis Dominguez Masague, Yoanka Gonzalez Perez) 3:35.4
15. Russia (Anastasia Chulkova, Elena Lichmanova, Lidia Malakhova) 3:35.8
16. Italy (Marta Bastianelli, Alessandra Borchi, Marta Tagliaferro) 3:36.7
17. Belarus (Tatsiana Sharakova, Alena Dylko, Aksana Papko) 3:37.7
18. Treads.com, DFT Cycling Team (Megan Hottman, Emy Huntsman, Jennifer Triplett) 3:38.4
19. Mexico (Jessica Fernanda Jurado, Giuseppina Grassi Herrera, Mayra Del Rocio Rocha Guerrero) 3:40.3
20. Colombia (Lorena Colmenares, Serika Guluma, Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez) 3:43.5
21. Reyno de Navarratelcocono (Joana Eslava Fernandez, Olatz Ferran Zubillaga, Azucena Sanchez Benito) 3:45.7