January 17, 2016 (Hong Kong) – Team Canada ended the third and final UCI World Cup of the season with two medals – gold for the women’s team pursuit squad and silver for Hugo Barrette in the men’s Keirin. In addition to the two World Cup medals, Jasmin Glaesser took home the silver medal in the C1 Points Race.

Canada made history on Jan. 16 with the Women’s Team Sprint securing its best result ever – a fourth place in the event, which will improve its chances to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Kate O’Brien cracked the top 10 for the first time on the World Cup during the women’s sprint event, advancing to the 1/8 final repechage.

Sullivan ended up 13th in the Women’s Keirin after placing fourth in her First Round heat and then second in her Repechage which meant she did not advance to the Second Round.

Barrette placed 19th in the men’s Sprint Qualifications and faced off against China’s Chao Xu in the 1/16 Finals but was defeated and did not advance to the 1/8 finals.

On the final day, Canada’s Allison Beveridge battled through an injury sustained the day before during the Scratch race and completed the Omnium placing 9th ending up 6th in the overall standings. Beveridge had won this event at the previous world cup in New Zealand.

“I woke up not feeling too great in my shoulder,” said Beveridge who was involved in a crash on Saturday night during the Elimination race. “Basically the objective this weekend was to race the best I could, tactically as well as technically. I tried to make the most of it but stay safe out there. Standing starts were really bad and it was getting worse throughout the day. I’m just looking forward to getting home and recovering.”

Fellow Canuck, Remi Pelletier-Roy, moved up to 16th overall in the men’s Omnium following the three events on the final day. He was 20th in the Scratch Race, 15th in the Individual Pursuit and 21st in the Elimination Race to sit 19th at the half way mark. On the final day Pelletier-Roy was eighth in the Kilo (1,000m TT), 14th in the Flying Lap and in the final Points Race he was sixth to finish 16th overall.

The next international race for the Canadian track cycling team will be the 2016 UCI Track World Championships, the final Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying event. The event takes place in London, GBR.

Cycling Canada’s High Performance Director Jacques Landry is thrilled with the outcome of this World Cup in Hong Kong. “Another great weekend for our track program at the last world cup of the season. Thanks to our athlete pool, coaches, facility in Milton and our support staff, our performances are repeatable and in some cases improved. The weekend performances bode really well as our teams will travel back home to turn their focus on preparation for the penultimate targeted event of the year, the world championships in London GBR, in March.”

Day 2 here – Day 1 here.
With files from Cycling Canada

Results (brief)

Men’s Sprint Qualifications

1. Damian Zielinski (Pol) Poland 09.919
2. Njisane Phillip (Tto) Trinidad & Tobago 09.990
3. Pavel Kelemen (Cze) Czech Republic 10.010
4. Quentin Lafargue (Fra) France 10.034
5. Nikita Shurshin (Rus) Russian Federation 10.039
6. Chao Xu (Chn) People’s Republic of China 10.050
7. Francois Pervis (Fra) France 10.063
8. Jason Kenny (Gbr) Great Britain 10.070
9. Callum Skinner (Gbr) Great Britain 10.071
10. Kamil Kuczynski (Pol) Poland 10.097
11. Erik Balzer (Ger) Germany 10.098
12. Patrick Constable (Aus) Australia 10.100
13. Azizulhasni Awang (Mas) YSD Track Team 10.118
14. Robert Forstemann (Ger) Germany 10.128
15. Peter Lewis (Aus) Australia 10.133
16. Matthew Archibald (Nzl) New Zealand 10.134
17. Sandor Szalontay (Hun) Hungary 10.138
18. Chaebin Im (Kor) Korea 10.144
19. Hugo Barrette (Can) Canada 10.183
20. Seiichiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Japan 10.191
21. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukr) Ukraine 10.195
22. Vasilijus Lendel (Ltu) Lithuania 10.208
23. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa) Spain 10.220
24. Eric Engler (Ger) Track Team Brandenburg 10.225
25. Tomoyuki Kawabata (Jpn) Japan Pro Cycling 10.238
26. Dong Jin Kang (Kor) Korea 10.259
27. Eoin Mullen (Irl) Ireland 10.287
28. Saifei Bao (Chn) People’s Republic of China 10.296
29. Zac Williams (Nzl) New Zealand 10.318
30. Santiago Ramirez Morales (Col) Colombia 10.322
31. Adam Ptacnik (Cze) Czech Republic 10.361
32. Jair Tjon En Fa (Sur) Suriname 10.368
33. Kazuki Amagai (Jpn) Japan 10.387
34. Flavio Cipriano (Bra) Brazil 10.413
35. Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Mas) Malaysia 10.467
36. Matthew Baranoski (USA) United States Of America 10.529

Women’s Keirin

Final 1-6

1. Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania
2. Stephanie Morton (Aus) Team Jayco-AIS
3. Wai Sze Lee (Hkg) Hong Kong
4. Hyejin Lee (Kor) Korea
5. Liubov Basova (Ukr) Ukraine
6. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Rus) Russian Federation

Final 7-12

7. Natasha Hansen (Nzl) New Zealand
8. Shuang Guo (Chn) People’s Republic of China
9. Helena Casas Roige (Esp) Spain
10. Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) RusVelo
11. Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) YSD Track Team
12. Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Col) Colombia

13. Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada   

Women’s Omnium Final Standings

1. Laura Trott (Gbr) Great Britain 188  pts
2. Sarah Hammer (USA) United States Of America 170
3. Laurie Berthon (Fra) France 166
4. Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland 144
5. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus 118
6. Xiao Juan Diao (Hkg) Hong Kong 117
7. Angie Sabrina Gonzalez (Ven) Venezuela 115
8. Kirsten Wild (Ned) Netherlands 113
9. Allison Beveridge (Can) Canada 107
10. Mei Yu Hsiao (Tpe) Chinese Taipei 105
11. Sakura Tsukagoshi (Jpn) Japan 105
12. Jolien D’hoore (Bel) Belgium 98
13. Olaberria Dorronsoro L. (Esp) Spain 94
14. Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Denmark 88
15. Jannie Milena Salcedo Zambrano (Col) Colombia 83
16. Elissa Wundersitz (Aus) Australia 82
17. Xiao Ling Luo (Chn) People’s Republic of China 66
18. Holly Edmondston (Nzl) New Zealand 64
19. Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cub) Cuba 62
20. Simona Frapporti (Ita) Italy 59
21. Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russian Federation 55
22. Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu) Lithuania 46
23. Anna Knauer (Ger) Germany 39
24. Jupha Somnet (Mas) Malaysia 26

Men’s Omnium Final Standings
1. Thomas Boudat (Fra) France 181  pts
2. Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark 175
3. Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 172
4. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Great Britain 147
5. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Belgium 141
6. Scott Law (Aus) Australia 134
7. Gael Suter (Sui) Suitzerland 129
8. Viktor Manakov (Rus) Russian Federation 121
9. Aaron Gate (Nzl) New Zealand 119
10. Simone Consonni (Ita) Italy 118
11. Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Germany 113
12. Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan 92
13. Ignacio Prado (Mex) Mexico 88
14. Tim Veldt (Ned) Netherlands 86
15. Chun Wing Leung (Hkg) Hong Kong 81
16. Remi Pelletier-Roy (Can) Canada 79
17. Gideoni Monteiro (Bra) Brazil 72
18. Hao Liu (Chn) People’s Republic of China 52
19. Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus 36
20. Jacob Duehring (USA) United States Of America 21
21. Timur Gumerov (Uzb) Uzbekistan -11
DNF Adrian Teklinski (Pol) Poland
DNF Sang-Hoon Park (Kor) Korea