March 30, 2007 (Palma, Mallorca, Spain) — The men’s Keirin lived up to its roller-derby reputation today for Canadian Travis Smith, as he came tumbling down in his repechage heat. Chinese rider Qi Tang touched wheels with the rider ahead of him, Tim Veldt (Nehterlands) and came crashing down. Smith was left with nowhere to go and flew over the top of the Asian rider.

All reports indicate that Smith was relatively unscathed, despite being fitted with a neck brace as a precaution and taken to the hospital. Smith still plans to race in the match sprint event later in the competition.

It had been speculated yesterday that Australian Ben Kersten’s withdrawal from the Omnium event might have been the result of a lingering back injury, but the Australian team is now saying the rider had been suffering from gastroenteritis for the two days before the event. Many armchair tacticians had speculated that the event was tailor made for the Commonwealth keirin champion’s diverse skill set. Kersten has victories in events as diverse at team pursuit and stages in the Tour of Murray River (a multi-day road race in Australia).

Results

Men’s Keirin

Round 1

Heat 1
1. Kévin Sireau (France)
2. Ryan Bayley (Australia)
3. Theo Bos (Netherlands)
4. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
5. Leandro Hernan Botasso (Argentina)
REL Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
DNF Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)

Heat 2
1. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
2. Shane Perkins (Australia)
3. Kazuya Narita (Japan)
4. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
5. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
6. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
7. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)

Heat 3
1. Mickaël Bourgain (France)
2. Mark French (Australia)
3. René Wolff (Germany)
4. Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation)
5. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)
6. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
7. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)

Heat 4
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
3. Travis Smith (Canada)
4. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
5. Qi Tang (People’s Republic of China)
6. Mikhail Shikhalev (Russian Federation)
7. Toshiaki Fushimi (Japan)
8. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia)

First Round Repechage

Heat 1
1. Theo Bos (Netherlands)
2. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
3. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)
4. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia)
5. Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Heat 2
1. Toshiaki Fushimi (Japan)
2. Kazuya Narita (Japan)
3. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
4. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
5. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)

Heat 3
1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
2. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
3. Leandro Hernan Botasso (Argentina)
4. René Wolff (Germany)
5. Mikhail Shikhalev (Russia)

Heat 4
1. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)
2. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
3. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
DNF Travis Smith (Canada)
DNF Qi Tang (China)


Men’s Team Pursuit Qualification

1. Great Britain 3.59.579 (60.105 km/h)
Edward Clancy
Thomas Geraint
Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins

2. Ukraine 4.05.039
Roman Kononenko
Lyubomyr Polatayko
Maksym Polischyuk
Vitaliy Shchedov

3. Denmark 4.05.307
Casper Jorgensen
Jenserik Madsen
Michael Morkov
Alex Rasmussen

4. New Zealand 4.06.611
Sam Bewley
Westley Gough
Peter Latham
Marc Ryan

5. Germany 4.07.221
Robert Bartko
Robert Bengsch
Guido Fulst
Leif Lampater

6. Australia 4.07.447
Peter Dawson
Zakkari Dempster
Matthew Harley Goss
Mark Jamieson

7. Netherlands 4.07.775
Jenning Huizenga
Ismaël Kip
Jens Mouris
Peter Schep

8. Russian Federation 4.08.308
Ivan Kovalev
Ivan Rovny
Alexander Serov
Nikolay Trussov

9. Spain 4.10.098
Sergi Escobar Roure
Asier Maeztu Billelabeitia
David Muntaner Juaneda
Carlos Torrent Tarres

10. Belgium 4.11.357
Dominique Cornu
Kenny De Ketele
Ingmar De Poortere
Tim Mertens

11. France 4.13.021
Kevin Lalouette
Alexandre Lemair
Nicolas Rousseau
Fabien Sanchez

12. Italy 4.19.480
Gianpaolo Biolo
Marco Coledan
Giairo Ermeti
Daniel Oss

Women’s Sprint

Qualification

1. Shuang Guo (People’s Republic of China) 11.149 (64.579 km/h)
2. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.191
3. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.194
4. Clara Sanchez (France) 11.27
5. Anna Meares (Australia) 11.278
6. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.346
7. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 11.365
8. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.408
9. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation) 11.444
10. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 11.497
11. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.503
12. Daniela Grelui Larreal (Venezuela) 11.541
13. Jinjie Gong (People’s Republic of China) 11.563
14. Christin Muche (Germany) 11.61
15. Jennie Reed (United States Of America) 11.617
16. Lulu Zheng (People’s Republic of China) 11.656
17. Dana Glöss (Germany) 11.667
18. Jane Gerisch (Germany) 11.679
19. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 11.682
20. Miriam Welte (Germany) 11.743
21. Oksana Grishina (Russian Federation) 11.809
22. Kristine Bayley (Australia) 11.957
23. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 11.972
24. Helena Casas Roige (Spain) 12.596
25. Tamilla Abassova (Russian Federation) 14.561

1/16 Final

Heat 1
1. Shuang Guo (China) 0.12.36
2. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)

Heat 2
1. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 0.12.22
2. Renata Dabrowska (Poland)

Heat 3
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 0.12.55
2. Kristine Bayley (Australia)

Heat 4
1. Clara Sanchez (France) 0.12.13
2. Oksana Grishina (Russia)

Heat 5
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 0.12.02
2. Miriam Welte (Germany)

Heat 6
1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 0.11.90
2. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)

Heat 7
1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 0.11.81
2. Jane Gerisch (Germany)

Heat 8
1. Dana Glöss (Germany) 0.11.89
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Heat 9
1. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) 0.12.27
2. Lulu Zheng (China)

Heat 10
1. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 0.12.22
2. Jennie Reed (USA)

Heat 11
1. Christin Muche (Germany) 0.11.98
REL Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)

Heat 12
1. Daniela Grelui Larreal VEN 0.12.26
2. Jinjie Gong (China)

1/8 Final

Heat 1
1. Shuang Guo (China) 0.11.76
2. Daniela Grelui Larreal VEN

Heat 2
1. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 0.11.77
2. Christin Muche (Germany)

Heat 3
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 0.11.77
2. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)

Heat 4
1. Clara Sanchez (France) 0.12.00
2. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia)

Heat 5
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 0.11.91
2. Dana Glöss (Germany)

Heat 6
1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 0.12.00
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)

1/8 Final Repechages

Heat 1
1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 0.12.18
2. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia)
3. Daniela Grelui Larreal VEN

Heat 2
1. Christin Muche (Germany) 0.12.03
2. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
3. Dana Glöss (Germany)

Women’s Individual Pursuit Qualifying

1. Sarah Hammer (United States Of America) 3.31.359 (51.097 km/h)
2. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3.31.894
3. Katie Mactier (Australia) 3.35.033
4. Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) 3.35.289
5. Karin Thürig (Switzerland) 3.36.126
6. Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia) 3.36.971
7. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 3.37.334
8. Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3.37.710
9. Verena Joos (Germany) 3.38.821
10. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 3.39.295
11. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 3.40.412
12. Larissa Kleinmann (Germany) 3.40.727
13. Katherine Bates (Australia) 3.40.771
14. Cathy Moncassin Prime (France) 3.40.984
15. Trine Schmidt (Denmark) 3.41.280
16. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 3.41.972
17. Marlijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) 3.43.343
18. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 3.43.759
19. Elizaveta Bochkarova (Ukraine) 3.44.680
20. Meifang Li (People’s Republic of China) 3.45.651
21. Martina Ruzickova (Czech Republic) 3.46.193
22. Anita Valen (Norway) 3.49.392
23. Li Wang (People’s Republic of China) 3.49.943
24. Neva Day (United States Of America) 3.50.997

Men’s Scratch Race Qualifying

Heat 1
1. Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
2. Kazuhiro Mori (Japan)
3. Martin Blaha (Czech Republic)
4. Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain)
5. Danilo Napolitano (Italy)
6. Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
7. Henning Bommel (Germany)
8. Jérôme Neuville (France)
9. Andris José Hernandez (Venezuela)
10. Ivan Kovalev (Russia)
11. Mitchell Docker (Australia)
12. Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
13. Mahammad Alakbarov (Azerbaijan)
14. Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark)

Heat 2
1. Kampo Wong (Hong-Kong)
2. Charles Bradley Huff (USA)
3. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan)
4. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)
5. Greg Henderson (New Zealand)
6. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain)
7. Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
8. Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)
9. Steve Schets (Belgium)
10. Roland Garber (Austria)
11. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina)
12. Volodymyry Rybin (Ukraine)
13. Juha Matti Alaluusua (Finland)