January 19, 2019 (Cambridge, New Zealand) – Allison Beveridge, from Calgary, AB, added another silver medal to Team Canada’s medal haul as she finished second in the Women’s Omnium at Round 5 of the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand.

Beveridge was 4th in the Scratch Race, 2nd in the Tempo Race, 4th in the Elimination race and won the final Points Race in a tie with overall winner Annette Edmonson (Aus). Yumi Kajiahara from Japan finished third.

“It’s been a positive campaign for the WTE [Women’s Track Endurance] squad,” said Beveridge. “We are showing good progression in the Team Pursuit. For me on a personal level, to now have two podiums in the Omnium this World Cup season is great. I feel I’m starting to get my legs back after a difficult period with a few setbacks and challenges and I’m really looking forward to the lead up to Worlds!”

In other competition, Hugo Barrette finished sixth in the men’s Keirin, while Nick Wammes – racing for the P2M development squad – was knocked out in the Repechage. Lauriane Genest qualified sixth in the women’s Sprint but did not advance past the eighth-final round, and Amelia Walsh was knocked out in the 16th-final.

Results (brief)

Women’s Omnium

Scratch Race
1. Annette Edmonson (Australia)
2. Elisa Balsamo (Italy)
3. Yumi Kajihara (Japan)
4. Allison Beveridge (Canada)
5. Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway)
6. Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spain)
7. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
8. Daria Pikulik (Poland)
9. Alexandra Goncharova (Russia)
10. Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania)
11. Xiaofei Wang (China)
12. Maria Martins (Portugal)
13. Yao Pang (Hong Kong)
14. Lisa Kullmer (Germany)
15. Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand)
16. Amber Joseph (Barbados)
17. Hanna Tserakh (Belarus)
18. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
19. Ting Ying Huang (Taiwan)
20. Verena Eberhardt (Austria)
21. Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine)
22. Yiwei Luo (Singapore)

Tempo Race
1. Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand) 26 pts
2. Allison Beveridge (Canada) 9
3. Alexandra Goncharova (Russia) 4
4. Annette Edmonson (Australia) 2
5. Daria Pikulik (Poland) 2
6. Elisa Balsamo (Italy) 1
7. Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania) 1
8. Verena Eberhardt (Austria) 1
9. Yumi Kajihara (Japan) 0
10. Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spain) 0
11. Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine) 0
12. Hanna Tserakh (Belarus) 0
13. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) 0
14. Xiaofei Wang (China) 0
15. Maria Martins (Portugal) 0
16. Lisa Kullmer (Germany) 0
17. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 0
18. Yao Pang (Hong Kong) 0
19. Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) 0
20. Ting Ying Huang (Taiwan) 0
21. Yiwei Luo (Singapore) 0
22. Amber Joseph (Barbados) -40

Elimination Race
1. Annette Edmonson (Australia)
2. Yumi Kajihara (Japan)
3. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
4. Allison Beveridge (Canada)
5. Daria Pikulik (Poland)
6. Lisa Kullmer (Germany)
7. Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway)
8. Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand)
9. Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spain)
10. Maria Martins (Portugal)
11. Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania)
12. Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine)
13. Alexandra Goncharova (Russia)
14. Hanna Tserakh (Belarus)
15. Ting Ying Huang (Taiwan)
16. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
17. Yao Pang (Hong Kong)
18. Yiwei Luo (Singapore)
19. Verena Eberhardt (Austria)
19. Elisa Balsamo (Italy)
21. Xiaofei Wang (China)

Final Standings (after Points Race)
1. Annette Edmonson (Australia) 131 pts
2. Allison Beveridge (Canada) 123
3. Yumi Kajihara (Japan) 113
4. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) 92
5. Daria Pikulik (Poland)
6. Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand) 88
7. Alexandra Goncharova (Russia) 76
8. Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (Spain)
9. Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania) 74
10. Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) 65
11. Lisa Kullmer (Germany) 54
12. Maria Martins (Portugal) 52
13. Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine) 42
14. Xiaofei Wang (China) 40
15. Hanna Tserakh (Belarus)
16. Verena Eberhardt (Austria) 37
17. Yao Pang (Hong Kong) 35
18. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 24
19. Ting Ying Huang (Taiwan) 21
20. Yiwei Luo (Singapore) 8
DNF Elisa Balsamo (Italy)
DNF Amber Joseph (Barbados)