December 07, 2014 (London, GBR) – Canadian Track Sprint Coach Erin Hartwell is happy with the outcome of the 2014 UCI Track World Cup in London and only sees positives as the program continues to grow to new heights.

Hartwell joined the team of coaches at Cycling Canada this spring, with the objective to revitalize the sprint program. His arrival had an immediate impact, with the new team posting strong performances throughout the first two World Cup events of the season.

“We saw a little bit of a mixed bag here in London. We were coming off a high at Guadalajara with a couple of stellar performances in the individual events with Hugo [Barrette] and Monique [Sullivan], so I was looking for a little bit more here,” admitted Hartwell.

“I am however very happy with the team sprints here. The women, with Monique and Kate [O’Brien], are now ranked 13th in the World, looking to jump in that top 12 position towards the World Championships. On the men’s side, we had a development rider with Evan [Carey] as a starter. With Hugo being sick coming into the race, I’ve shuffled Joe [Veloce] into the third position, and he came through very well.”

Monique Sullivan (Calgary, AB) raced for Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and soon after announced that she would shift her focus to complete her studies at the University of Calgary. This year, Guadalajara marked her first international competition in two years, and she went on to finish tenth in the keirin.

Coach Hartwell only had good words for the Olympian. “Monique’s return to competition couldn’t have been better. I think she’s a bit hard on herself because she doesn’t win right away, but I saw nothing but constant improvements since her return at the Pan-American Championships last fall. She’s well positioned in terms of points for the World Championships, and she will continue to improve.”

 

Racing as the sole female sprinter for Canada leading up to the 2012 Olympics, Sullivan can now enjoy the presence of a teammate in Kate O’Brien (Calgary, AB). O’Brien is hailing from the sport of bobsleigh, and she also happens to study at the University of Calgary. The two women gelled instantly and are now becoming a very strong duo on the verge of sitting in qualifying position for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

“Kate is a one of those real diamonds in the rough. It’s very cool to have found her at this stage in the game while we were at a talent ID camp in Calgary this past spring. She comes to us from bobsleigh, and the progress she’s made in such a short amount of time is truly phenomenal. We are seeing weekly improvements and she catching up very quickly with the rest of the world. Once we get to the next World Cup and at World Championships, we’ll be in the top 12 rankings, and hopefully in the Top 2 of the Americas rankings.”

Hugo Barrette (Cap-aux-Meules, QC) entered this world cup carrying a sickness from a training block in France and didn’t fully realized his potential this weekend. With Hugo off the line-up, the spotlight turned to Joe Veloce (Fonthill, ON), who is also making a return to the track suffering from a major crash in the fall. Veloce narrowly missed qualifying for the first round this morning, by only two-thousands (0.002s) of a second.

“It’s unfortunate for Hugo to come in here sick as he came off such a performance [in Guadalajara]. The sickness took a toll on him, and he wasn’t able to perform yesterday. I had to pull him off the individual sprint today,” said Hartwell, who added “Joe took the opportunity to represent his country, and he posted a really good time. He was only two-tenths off the leaders, and that’s the closest he’s been since his massive crash last year at Colorado Springs.”

The men’s team sprint welcomed two young rookies to its squad this year, with Joel Archambault (Ste-Christine, QC) and Evan Carey (Victoria, BC). Hartwell is pleased to see such progress from two rookies at international competition. “Joel [Archambault] and Evan [Carey] are green as grass. I am very impressed with their level of maturity, coming from regional development models. Evan in particular has stepped up and has impressed me more than anything. He can stay calm and composed, and get the job done. We are looking for reliability and consistency within our program, and Evan has shown that when he’s called upon, he can deliver and doesn’t make mistakes.

Hartwell also tipped his hat off to youngster Joel Archambault, who was scheduled to race in the team sprint at this event. “Unfortunately, Joel made a small mistake going down at full speed in training on Thursday, and he crashed pretty hard. He didn’t get to compete here, but I have full confidence that he will be back and ready to perform.”

Next up for the Canadian sprint program will be the World Cup in Columbia, the World Championships, followed by an intensive training block prior to the Toronto 2015 Pan-American Games.

Results

Women’s Keirin

First Round

Heat 1
1. Shuang Guo (Max Success Pro Cycling)
2. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
3. Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez Luz (Mexico)
4. Kanako Kase (Japan)

Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2. Tianshi Zhong (China)
3. Kayono Maeda (Japan Professional Cyclist Assn.)
4. Katarzyna Kirschenstein (Poland)
5. Maila Andreotti (Italy)

Heat 3
1. Anna Meares (Team Jayco-AIS)
2. Nicky Degrendele (Belgium)
3. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
4. Shannon Mccurley (Ireland)
5. Melissa Erickson (United States)

Heat 4
1. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
2. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
3. Stephanie Mckenzie (New Zealand)
4. Hyejin Lee (Korea)
5. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)

Heat 5
1. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
2. Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
3. Yesna Rijkhoff (Netherlands)
4. Fatehah Mustapa (YSD Track Team)
5. Olena Tsyos (Ukraine)

Heat 6
1. Olivia Montauban (France)
2. Elena Brezhniva (RusVelo)
3. Olga Ismayilova (Azerbaijan)
4. Monique Sullivan (Canada)
5. Lin Junhong (China 361° Cycling Team)

First 1 rider in each heat qualify to the second round, remainder to first round repechages.

First Round Repechage

Heat 1
1. Olga Ismayilova (Azerbaijan)
2. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
3. Katarzyna Kirschenstein (Poland)

Heat 2
1. Tianshi Zhong (China)
2. Yesna Rijkhoff (Netherlands)
3. Kanako Kase (Japan)
4. Melissa Erickson (United States)

Heat 3
1. Lin Junhong (China 361° Cycling Team)
2. Fatehah Mustapa (YSD Track Team)
3. Nicky Degrendele (Belgium)
4. Stephanie Mckenzie (New Zealand)

Heat 4
1. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
3. Monique Sullivan (Canada)
4. Maila Andreotti (Italy)

Heat 5
1. Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
2. Shannon Mccurley (Ireland)
3. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
4. Kayono Maeda (Japan Professional Cyclist Assn.)

Heat 6
1. Hyejin Lee (Korea)
2. Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez Luz (Mexico)
3. Elena Brezhniva (RusVelo)
4. Olena Tsyos (Ukraine)

First 1 rider in each heat qualify to second round.

Second Round

Heat 1
1. Shuang Guo (Max Success Pro Cycling)
2. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
3. Hyejin Lee (Korea)
4. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
5. Lin Junhong (China 361° Cycling Team)
6. Olga Ismayilova (Azerbaijan)

Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2. Tianshi Zhong (China)
3. Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
4. Anna Meares (Team Jayco-AIS)
5. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
6. Olivia Montauban (France)

First 3 riders in each heat qualify to final 1-6 and the others to final 7-12.

Final 1-6
1. Shuang Guo (Max Success Pro Cycling)
2. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
3. Hyejin Lee (Korea)
4. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
5. Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
6. Tianshi Zhong (China)

FInal 7-12
7. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
8. Anna Meares (Team Jayco-AIS)
9. Olivia Montauban (France)
10. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
11. Olga Ismayilova (Azerbaijan)
12. Lin Junhong (China 361° Cycling Team)

Men’s Sprint

Qualifications
1. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)    9.975
2. Robert Forstemann (Germany)    10.008
3. Matthew Glaetzer (Team Jayco-AIS)    10.015
4. Peter Lewis (Australia)    10.015
5. Stefan Botticher (Germany)    10.025
6. Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan)    10.032
7. Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)    10.037
8. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)    10.047
9. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)    10.052
10. Michael D’Almeida (France)    10.070
11. Sam Webster (New Zealand)    10.086
12. Pavel Kelemen (Czech Republic)    10.105
13. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)    10.107
14. Kevin Sireau (France)    10.113
15. Nikita Shurshin (Russia)    10.133
16. Philip Hindes (Great Britain)    10.146
17. Erik Balzer (Team Erdgas.2012)    10.161
18. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spain)    10.174
19. Damian Zielinski (Poland)    10.183
20. Chao Xu (China)    10.196
21. Denis Dmitriev (RusVelo)    10.230
22. Eoin Mullen (Ireland)    10.241
23. Njisane Nicholas Phillip (Trinidad& Tobago)    10.260
24. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)    10.263
25. Joseph Veloce (Canada)    10.265
26. Mitchell Bullen (Australia)    10.268
27. Santiago Ramirez (Colombia)    10.276
28. Azizulhasni Awang (YSD Track Team)    10.322
29. Tomoyuki Kawabata (Japan Professional Cyclist Assn.)    10.324
30. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)    10.328
31. Mateusz Lipa (Poland)    10.331
32. Nils Van ‘t Hoenderdaal (Netherlands)    10.352
33. Pavel Yakushevskiy (Russia)    10.363
34. Christos Volikakis (Greece)    10.377
35. Jose Moreno Sanchez (Spain)    10.416
36. Vasilijus Lendel (Lithuania)    10.488
37. Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Malaysia)    10.499
38. Flavio Cipriano (Brazil)    10.576
39. Vadim Berbenyuk (Lokosphinx)    10.671
40. Matthew Baranoski (United States)    10.804
41. Svajunas Jonauskas (Lithuania)    10.835
DNS Hugo Barrette (Canada)

Top 24 riders qualify for 1/16 finals.

1/16 finals

Heat 1
1. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)    10.933
2. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)

Heat 2
1. Robert Forstemann (Germany)    10.639
2. Njisane Nicholas Phillip (Trinidad & Tobago)

Heat 3
1. Matthew Glaetzer (Team Jayco-AIS)    10.550
2. Eoin Mullen (Ireland)

Heat 4
1. Denis Dmitriev (RusVelo)    10.837
2. Peter Lewis (Australia)

Heat 5
1. Stefan Botticher (Germany)    10.622
2. Chao Xu (China)

Heat 6
1. Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan)    10.532
2. Damian Zielinski (Poland)

Heat 7
1. Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)    10.346
2. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spain)

Heat 8
1. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)    10.885
2. Erik Balzer (Team Erdgas.2012)

Heat 9
1. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)    10.628
2. Philip Hindes (Great Britain)

Heat 10
1. Nikita Shurshin (Russia)    10.775
2. Michael D’Almeida (France)

Heat 11
1. Sam Webster (New Zealand)    10.663
2. Kevin Sireau (France)

Heat 12
1. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)    10.282
2. Pavel Kelemen (Czech Republic)

Winner of each heat qualifies to 1/8 finals.

1/8 Finals

Heat 1
1. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)    10.527
2. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)

Heat 2
1. Robert Forstemann (Germany)    10.593
2. Sam Webster (New Zealand)

Heat 3
1. Nikita Shurshin (Russia)    10.461
2. Matthew Glaetzer (Team Jayco-AIS)

Heat 4
1. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)    10.575
2. Denis Dmitriev (RusVelo)

Heat 5
1. Stefan Botticher (Germany)    10.570
2. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)

Heat 6
1. Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)    10.462
2. Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan)

Winner of each heat qualifies to quarterfinals.

1/8 Finals Repechages

Heat 1
1. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)    10.499
2. Denis Dmitriev (RusVelo)
3. Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan)

Heat 2
1. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)    11.135
2. Matthew Glaetzer (Team Jayco-AIS)
3. Sam Webster (New Zealand)

Winner of each heat qualifies to quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

Heat 1
1. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)    10.681, 11.208
2. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)

Heat 2
1. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)    10.889, 10.354
2. Robert Forstemann (Germany)         10.432

Heat 3
1. Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)    10.475, 10.628
2. Nikita Shurshin (Russia)

Heat 4
1. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)    10.708, 10.418
2. Stefan Botticher (Germany)         10.541

Winner of each heat qualifies to semifinals.  Losers go to race for 5th-8th place.

Final 5th-8th
5. Stefan Botticher (Germany)    10.687
6. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)
7. Nikita Shurshin (Russia)
8. Robert Forstemann (Germany)

Semifinal

Heat 1
1. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)    10.416, 10.517
2. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)

Heat 2
1. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)    10.388, 10.460
2. Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)         10.388

Winners race for gold.  Losers race for bronze.

Final

Final for Gold
1. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)         10.361, 10.478
2. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)    10.426

Final for Bronze
3. Hersony Canelon (Venezuela)         10.647, 10.656
4. Matthew Archibald (HPSNZ Track Trade Team)    12.061

Men’s Omnium

1km Time Trial

1. Scott Law (Australia)    1:03.513
2. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)    1:03.583
3. Bobby Lea (United States)    1:04.084
4. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)    1:04.203
5. Olivier Beer (Switzerland)    1:04.305
6. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain)    1:04.580
7. Casper Pedersen (Denmark)    1:04.603
8. Hao Liu (China)    1:04.975
9. Roger Kluge (Germany)    1:05.238
10. Ioannis Spanopoulos (Greece)    1:05.317
11. Jasper de Buyst (Belgium)    1:05.418
12. Thomas Boudat (Ecuador)    1:05.602
13. Gideoni Monteiro (Brazil)    1:06.058
14. Simone Consonni (Italy)    1:06.470
15. King Lok Cheung (Hong Kong)    1:06.721
16. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan)    1:06.919
17. Aaron Gate (New Zealand)    1:06.953
18. Viktor Manakov (Russia)    1:07.054
19. Roman Furst (Czech Republic)    1:07.627
20. Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mexico)    1:07.894
21. Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spain)    1:08.142
22. Timur Gumerov (Uzbekistan)    1:08.250
23. Aleh Ahiyevich (Belarus)    1:08.910

Flying Lap

1. Scott Law (Australia)    13.186
2. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)    13.288
3. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)    13.325
4. Olivier Beer (Switzerland)    13.382
5. Casper Pedersen (Denmark)    13.383
6. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain)    13.437
7. Bobby Lea (United States)    13.473
8. Thomas Boudat (Ecuador)    13.539
9. Ioannis Spanopoulos (Greece)    13.557
10. Viktor Manakov (Russia)    13.564
11. Hao Liu (China)    13.652
12. Simone Consonni (Italy)    13.737
13. Jasper de Buyst (Belgium)    13.759
14. Roger Kluge (Germany)    13.771
15. Aaron Gate (New Zealand)    13.780
16. Gideoni Monteiro (Brazil)    13.953
17. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan)    13.954
18. Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mexico)    13.978
19. King Lok Cheung (Hong Kong)    14.029
20. Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spain)    14.199
21. Aleh Ahiyevich (Belarus)    14.327
22. Roman Furst (Czech Republic)    14.343
23. Timur Gumerov (Uzbekistan)    14.392

Points Race
Results unavailable

Final Standings
1. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)    197 pts
2. Scott Law (Australia)    171
3. Bobby Lea (United States)    164
4. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)    156
5. Thomas Boudat (Ecuador)    152
6. Aaron Gate (New Zealand)    141
7. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain)    138
8. Jasper de Buyst (Belgium)    129
9. Casper Pedersen (Denmark)    121
10. King Lok Cheung (Hong Kong)    119
11. Olivier Beer (Switzerland)    114
12. Gideoni Monteiro (Brazil)    111
13. Hao Liu (China)    98
14. Roger Kluge (Germany)    92
15. Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spain)    83
16. Simone Consonni (Italy)    66
17. Ioannis Spanopoulos (Greece)    55
18. Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mexico)    51
19. Viktor Manakov (Russia)    50
20. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan)    48
21. Aleh Ahiyevich (Belarus)    46
22. Roman Furst (Czech Republic)    -22
23. Timur Gumerov (Uzbekistan)    -33
DNF Martyn Irvine (Ireland)

Women’s Omnium

500m Time Trial
1. Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium)    35.595
2. Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cuba)    35.747
3. Laura Trott (Great Britain)    35.918
4. Jennifer Valente (United States)    36.065
5. Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)    36.228
6. Anna Knauer (Germany)    36.541
7. Isabella King (Australia)    36.566
8. Yuanyuan Tian (China)    36.583
9. Laurie Berthon (France)    36.710
10. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)    36.714
11. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)    37.000
12. Ausrine Trebaite (Lithuania)    37.103
13. Sakura Tsukagoshi (Japan)    37.126
14. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong)    37.143
15. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)    37.244
16. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)    37.396
17. Racquel Sheath (New Zealand)    37.455
18. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic)    37.484
19. Jupha Somnet (Malaysia)    37.591
20. Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russia)    37.599
21. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)    37.752
22. Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)    38.217
23. Caroline Ryan (Ireland)    38.405

Flying Lap
1. Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium)    14.364
2. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)    14.377
3. Jennifer Valente (United States)    14.423
4. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)    14.537
5. Laura Trott (Great Britain)    14.541
6. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong)    14.559
7. Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cuba)    14.572
8. Anna Knauer (Germany)    14.639
9. Laurie Berthon (France)    14.675
10. Isabella King (Australia)    14.734
11. Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)    14.755
12. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)    14.868
13. Racquel Sheath (New Zealand)    14.978
14. Jupha Somnet (Malaysia)    15.021
15. Sakura Tsukagoshi (Japan)    15.094
16. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)    15.138
17. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)    15.158
18. Yuanyuan Tian (China)    15.191
19. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic)    15.237
20. Ausrine Trebaite (Lithuania)    15.292
21. Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russia)    15.305
22. Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)    15.391
23. Caroline Ryan (Ireland)    15.436

Points Race
Results unavailable

Final Standings
1. Laura Trott (Great Britain)    193 pts
2. Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium)    181
3. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)    167
4. Isabella King (Australia)    155
5. Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cuba)    140
6. Jennifer Valente (United States)    136
7. Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)    120
8. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)    109
9. Laurie Berthon (France)    104
10. Anna Knauer (Germany)    104
11. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)    102
12. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)    100
13. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)    91
14. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic)    74
15. Jupha Somnet (Malaysia)    69
16. Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russia)    68
17. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong)    66
18. Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)    60
19. Racquel Sheath (New Zealand)    60
20. Sakura Tsukagoshi (Japan)    58
21. Caroline Ryan (Ireland)    47
22. Yuanyuan Tian (China)    46
23. Ausrine Trebaite (Lithuania)    35