April 2, 2007 (Palma, Mallorca, Spain) — Gina Grain, finished 9th at in the points race on Day 4, the final day of the Track World Championships, one spot outside of the automatic selection for Pan-Am Games.

The result is disappointing for Grain, who according the CCA manager Kris Westwood, had been hoping to “demonstrate that she has Olympic medal potential, so she’s gunning for a medal or at least a top-5 here” while still ackonowledging that “the points race is unpredictabe, but she knows who to watch and will develop her strategy accordingly. Obviously, it will be crucial to not miss taking a lap, but a lot will depend on the other riders. The worlds is a little different because there is only one rider per nation, unlike the world cups.”

Australian all-rounder Kate Bates won the race from a hard charging four-woman breakaway that also included Mie Bekker Lacota (Denmark), scratch race animator Catherine Cheatley (New Zealand) and Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mexico). It’s Bates first world title and now gives her family bragging rights, topping her elder sister Natalie’s win in the road race at last Summer’s Commonwealth Games.

Men’s Sprint
Theo Bos may have lost his keirin title this year, but he won the premier sprint event at this year’s World Championships, winning ahead of Frenchman Gregory Bauge. Mickaël Bourgain made it two medals for France, shutting out Great Britain’s Craig Maclean in the bronze medal finals.

Men’s Madison
Swiss riders Franco Marvulli and aging veteran Bruno Risi, in the twighlight of his career won the Madison ahead of Danny Stam of the Netherlands (who was teamed with Peter Schep instead of his injured usual 6-Day partner Slippens) clinching the title in the final sprint. Alois Kankovsky and Petr Lazar of the Czech Republic rounded out the podium.

Women’s Keirin
Victoria Pendleton became the most successful rider of this year’s World Championships winning the kerin ahead of Beijing medal hopeful Shuang Guo of China and Australias’ Anna Meares. Pendleton’s victory makes this the most successful World Championships ever for the powerful British team. In an interesting set of results, the women’s keirin podium was identical to the match sprint podium decided earlier in the day.

Men’s 1000m Time Trial

Chris Hoy (Great Britain) rode one of the fastest kilo’s ever ridden in competition, clocking a time of 1.00.999 and winning his fourth Kilo title in the process. Franchman François Pervis finished nearly a second back at 1.01.838, while Jamie Staff (1.02.074) showcased the depth in Great Britain’s sprint program by finishing third. The kilo may not longer be an Olympic event but it is clear that it still holds a place in the heart of the British riders. Hoy plans on attempting to break Frenchman Arnaud Tournaut’s sub-minute world record set at altitude in May this year.

Race Notes

Regarding Travis Smith’s prognosis Team Manager Kris Westwoodsaid that; “the Aussie doctor looked at Travis’ hip and said it was sprained, so he’ll get an MRI when he gets home to see what kind of damage there is. We won’t know until then if it will have any bearing on Pan Ams.”

Earlier this week, we noted that Zach Bell was riding a new bike, and Grain followed suit in the points race. After several weeks of testing a new national team Look 496 bike Grain decided the bike was a better fit than the previous frame and opted to ride the new bike, while bringing the old one as a spare.

Results

Women’s Points Race

1. Katherine Bates (Australia) 35 pts
2. Mie Bekker Lacota (Denmark) 29
3. Catherine Cheatley (New Zealand) 27
4. Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mexico) 23
5. Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cuba) 12
6. Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 11
7. Vera Carrara (Italy) 10
8. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 9
9. Gina Grain (Canada) 8
10. Yan Li (People’s Republic of China) 7
11. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 6
12. Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia) 5
13. Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation) 2
14. Sarah Hammer (United States Of America) 2
15. Pascale Schnider (Switzerland) 1
16. Eleftheria Maria Ellinikaki (Greece)
17. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic)
18. Cathy Moncassin Prime (France)

Men’s Sprint

Semi Finals

Heat 1

1. Gregory Bauge (France) 10.555 10.608
2. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.535

Heat 2

1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.966 10.476
2. Craig Maclean (Great Britain)

Finals

Gold & Silver Medal Match

1. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.4 10.606
2. Gregory Bauge (France)

Bronze Medal Match

3. Mickaël Bourgain (France) 10.765 10.493
4. Craig Maclean (Great Britain)

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5. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
6. Stefan Nimke (Germany)
7. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
8. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
9. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
10. Mark French (Australia)
11. Ryan Bayley (Australia)
12. Arnaud Tournant (France)
13. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)
14. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
15. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
16. Damian Zielinski (Poland)
17. Shane Perkins (Australia)
18. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
19. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
20. Scott Sunderland (Australia)
21. Matthias John (Germany)
22. Michael Seidenbecher (Germany)
23. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan)
24. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
25. Denis Dmitriev (Russian Federation)
26. Lei Zhang (People’s Republic of China)
27. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)
28. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)
29. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)
30. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan)
31. Qi Tang (People’s Republic of China)
32. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
33. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia)
34. Maciej Bielecki (Poland)
35. Denis Spicka (Czech Republic)
36. Mikhail Shikhalev (Russian Federation)
37. Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)
38. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spain)

Women’s Keirin

First round

Heat 1
1. Dana Glöss (Germany)
2. Shuang Guo (People’s Republic of China)
3. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
4. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
5 Sandie Clair (France)

Heat 2
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
2. Christin Muche (Germany)
3. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
4. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
5. Kristine Bayley (Australia)

Heat 3
1. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
2. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
3. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
4. Oksana Grishina (Russian Federation)
5. Daniela Grelui Larreal (Venezuela)
6. Jane Gerisch (Germany)

Heat 4
1. Anna Meares (Australia)
2. Jennie Reed (United States Of America)
3. Miriam Welte (Germany)
4. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation)
5. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)
DNS Clara Sanchez (France)

First Round Repecharge

Heat 2
1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
2. Oksana Grishina (Russian Federation)
3. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
4. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)
5. Miriam Welte (Germany)
6. Kristine Bayley (Australia)
REL Jane Gerisch (Germany)

Heat 2
1. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
2. Sandie Clair (France)
3. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation)
4. Daniela Grelui Larreal (Venezuela)
5. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
6. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)

Men’s 1000m Time Trial

1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 1.00.999
2. François Pervis (France) 1.01.838
3. Jamie Staff (Great Britain) 1.02.074
4. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 1.02.480
5. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 1.02.567
6. Didier Henriette (France) 1.02.772
7. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 1.03.368
8. Scott Sunderland (Australia) 1.03.517
9. Michael Seidenbecher (Germany) 1.03.781
10. Alvaro Alonso Rubio (Spain) 1.03.914
11. Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan) 1.03.937
12. Yong Feng (People’s Republic of China) 1.04.196
13. Joel Leonard (Australia) 1.04.265
14. Yevgen Bolibrukh (Ukraine) 1.04.396
15. Vasileios Reppas (Greece) 1.04.534
16. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) 1.04.694
17. Marco Brossa (Italy) 1.05.191
18. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain) 1.05.375
19. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 1.05.773
20. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia) 1.05.836

Men’s Madison

1. Franco Marvulli/Bruno Risi (Switzerland) 14 pts
2. Peter Schep/Danny Stam (Netherlands) 13
3. Alois Kankovsky/Petr Lazar (Czech Republic) 11
4. Joan Llaneras Rosello/Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spain) 8
5. Lyubomyr Polatayko/Volodymyry Rybin (Ukraine) 7
6. Juan Esteban Curuchet/Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina) 4

One lap down
7. Kenny De Ketele/Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 14 pts
8. Michael Morkov/Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 8
9. Andy Flickinger/Matthieu Ladagnous (France) 7
10. Guido Fulst/Leif Lampater (Germany) 5

Two laps down
11. Roland Garber/Andreas Graf (Austria) 10 pts
12. Marco Villa/Matteo Montaguti (Italy) 3
13. Robert Hayles/Bradley Wiggins (Great Britian) 3
14. Mikhail Ignatiev/Nikolay Trussov (Russia) 2
15. Matthew Harley Goss/Cameron Meyer (Australia) 1

Three laps down
DNF Marc Ryan/Peter Latham (New Zealand)