March 31, 2007 (Palma, Mallorca, Spain) — Zach Bell, 24, from Watson Lake YK, finished 12th in his qualifying heat for the men’s points race at the track cycling world championships today.

Though Bell was able to score points in three of the six intermediate sprints, he was unable to join one of several groups that lapped the field.

“I came into the race with a lot of speed and I rode a sprinters’ race, but eight strong guys rode a lappers’ race,” said Bell “I should have been more aware, I guess. It’s too bad, but Pan Ams is when things really start to count, so we’ll just focus on that. “

The Pan American Championship in Venezuela in late May marks the beginning of the qualification process for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Results

Men’s Points Race

Heat 1

1. Milan Kadlec (Czech Republic) 21 pts (50.013km/h)
2. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 20
3. Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 20
4. Kampo Wong (Hong Kong, China) 20
5. Juan Esteban Curuchet (Argentina) 10
6. Alexander Aeschbach (Switzerland) 10
7. Cameron Meyer (Australia) 9
8. Peter Schep (Netherlands) 9
9. Joan Llaneras Rosello (Spain) 8
10. Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 8
11. Makoto Iijima (Japan) 5
12. Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania) 3
13. Robert Bengsch (Germany) 2
14. Michael Creed (United States Of America) 1

Heat 2

1. Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 43 pts (48.711km/h)
2. Carlos Alzate Escobar (Colombia) 27
3. Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukraine) 25
4. Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 22
5. Daniel Oss (Italy) 21
6. David O’loughlin (Ireland) 21
7. Andreas Graf (Austria) 20
8. Mikhail Ignatiev (Russian Federation) 20
9. Matthieu Ladagnous (France) 14
10. Jenserik Madsen (Denmark) 13
11. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 9
12. Zachary Bell (Canada) 7
13. Chris Newton (Great Britain) 4
DNS Andris José Hernandez (Venezuela)

Women’s Sprint

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

1. Shuang Guo (People’s Republic of China) 11.981 11.855
2. Anna Meares (Australia) 12.142

Heat 2

1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.989 11.876
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)

Men’s Sprint

Qualifying

1. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 9.968 (72.231 km/h)
2. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.045
3. Craig Maclean (Great Britain) 10.11
4. Gregory Bauge (France) 10.134
5. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.163
6. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.191
7. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain) 10.254
8. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.264
9. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 10.271
10. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) 10.286
11. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 10.303
12. Mark French (Australia) 10.324
13. Damian Zielinski (Poland) 10.344
14. Ryan Bayley (Australia) 10.352
15. Arnaud Tournant (France) 10.353
16. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) 10.383
17. Shane Perkins (Australia) 10.414
17. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine) 10.414
19. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain) 10.431
20. Scott Sunderland (Australia) 10.433
21. Matthias John (Germany) 10.474
22. Michael Seidenbecher (Germany) 10.48
23. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan) 10.482
24. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica) 10.492
25. Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation) 10.506
26. Lei Zhang (People’s Republic of China) 10.507
27. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic) 10.535
28. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan) 10.541
29. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation) 10.573
30. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) 10.634
31. Qi Tang (People’s Republic of China) 10.684
32. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 10.732
33. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia) 10.751
34. Maciej Bielecki (Poland) 10.788
35. Denis Spicka (Czech Republic) 10.794
36. Mikhail Shikhalev (Russian Federation) 10.841
37. Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic) 10.869
38. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spain) 10.878
DNS Travis Smith (Can)

1/16 Finals

Heat 1
1. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 11.255
2. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)

Heat 2
1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.814
2. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan)

Heat 3
1. Craig Maclean (Great Britain) 10.86
2. Michael Seidenbecher (Germany)

Heat 4
1. Gregory Bauge (France) 10.851
2. Matthias John (Germany)

Heat 5
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.627
2. Scott Sunderland (Australia)

Heat 6
1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.846
2. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)

Heat 7
1. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain) 10.942
2. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)

Heat 8
1. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.747
2. Shane Perkins (Australia)

Heat 9
1. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) 18.444
2. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)

Heat 10
1. Arnaud Tournant (France) 10.956
2. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Heat 11
1. Ryan Bayley (Australia) 10.739
2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)

Heat 12
1. Mark French (Australia) 11.039
2. Damian Zielinski (Poland)

1/8 Finals

Heat 1
1. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.484
2. Mark French (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.432
2. Ryan Bayley (Australia)

Heat 3
1. Craig Maclean (Great Britain) 10.726
2. Arnaud Tournant (France)

Heat 4
1. Gregory Bauge (France) 10.988
2. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)

Heat 5
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.724
2. Stefan Nimke (Germany)

Heat 6
1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.871
2. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)

Repecharge

Heat 1

1. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) 10.885 (66.146 km/h)
2. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
3. Mark French (Australia)

Heat 2

1. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.783 (66.771 km/h)
2. Arnaud Tournant (France)
3. Ryan Bayley (Australia)

Women’s 500m Time Trial

1. Anna Meares (Australia) 33.588 (53.590 km/h)
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 34.015
3. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 34.43
4. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 34.487
5. Shanaze Reade (Great Britain) 34.633
6. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 34.7
7. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 34.776
8. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 34.87
9. Sandie Clair (France) 34.892
10. Virginie Cueff (France) 35.159
11. Kristine Bayley (Australia) 35.264
12. Jane Gerisch (Germany) 35.402
13. Fang Tian (People’s Republic of China) 35.471
14. Jinjie Gong (People’s Republic of China) 35.473
15. Miriam Welte (Germany) 35.619
16. Tamilla Abassova (Russian Federation) 35.625
17. Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico) 35.754
18. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 36.063
19. Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) 36.272
20. Magdalena Sara (Poland) 36.919
21. Helena Casas Roige (Spain) 37.01