March 30, 2008 (Manchester, UK) – Here are some initial results from Day 5, the final day of competition at the 2008 UCI Track World Championships with the women’s Keirin, women’s Scratch race, men’s Kilo, and men’s Omnium (200m TT, 5km Scratch race, 3km Individual Pursuit, 15km Points race, 1000m time trial) being held.

Canada’s Travis Smith placed second in the men’s Omnium 200m TT, 12th in the 5km Scratch race, and 17th in 3km Individual Pursuit so far and sits in 12th overall, with two events remaining.

Canada’s Gina Grain is competing in the women’s Scratch race and won silver in this event in 2006.

Results

Men’s Omnium

200m TT

1. Ghislain Boiron (France) 10.481 (68.695km/h)
2. Travis Smith (Canada) 10.489
3. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand) 10.569
4. Vasileios Galanis (Greece) 10.664
5. Bobby Lea (United States Of America) 10.688
6. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 10.701
7. Steven Burke (Great Britain) 10.854
8. Leigh Howard (Australia) 10.857
9. Gianpaolo Biolo (Italy) 10.926
10. Robert Bartko (Germany) 10.937
11. Tim Mertens (Belgium) 10.944
12. Robert Slippens (Netherlands) 11.132
13. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 11.171
14. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 11.213
15. Reona Sumi (Japan) 11.354
16. Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina) 11.376
17. Evgeny Kovalev (Russian Federation) 11.413
18. Roman Kononenko (Ukraine) 11.441

Scratch Race

1. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
2. Leigh Howard (Australia)
3. Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina)
4. Robert Bartko (Germany)
5. Tim Mertens (Belgium)
6. Gianpaolo Biolo (Italy)
7. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus)
8. Bobby Lea (United States Of America)
9. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic)
10. Ghislain Boiron (France)
11. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain)
12. Travis Smith (Canada)
13. Vasileios Galanis (Greece)
14. Steven Burke (Great Britain)
15. Robert Slippens (Netherlands)
16. Roman Kononenko (Ukraine)
17. Evgeny Kovalev (Russian Federation)
18. Reona Sumi (Japan)

Individual Pursuit

1. Robert Bartko (Germany) 03:17.1
2. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 03:17.5
3. Leigh Howard (Australia) 03:18.1
4. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand) 03:18.2
5. Robert Slippens (Netherlands) 03:19.4
6. Bobby Lea (United States Of America) 03:20.1
7. Tim Mertens (Belgium) 03:21.4
8. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 03:22.2
9. Roman Kononenko (Ukraine) 03:23.3
10. Steven Burke (Great Britain) 03:23.4
11. Gianpaolo Biolo (Italy) 03:24.0
12. Walter Fernando Perez (Argentina) 03:25.4
13. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 03:25.7
14. Evgeny Kovalev (Russian Federation) 03:26.9
15. Reona Sumi (Japan) 03:29.6
16. Ghislain Boiron (France) 03:30.1
17. Travis Smith (Canada) 03:34.3
18. Vasileios Galanis (Greece) 03:41.0

Women’s Keirin

First Round

Heat 1
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
3. Clara Sanchez (France)
4. Christin Muche (Germany)
5. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
6. Sakie Tsukuda (Japan)

Heat 2
1. Dana Glöss (Germany)
2. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation)
3. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
4. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
5. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
6. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)

Heat 3
1. Jennie Reed (United States Of America)
2. Jinjie Gong (People’s Republic of China)
3. Sandie Clair (France)
4. Valentina Alessio (Italy)
5. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
6. Jess Varnish (Great Britain)

First Round Repecharge

Heat 1
1. Clara Sanchez (France)
2. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
3. Jess Varnish (Great Britain)
4. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
2. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)
3. Valentina Alessio (Italy)
4. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)

Heat 3
1. Christin Muche (Germany)
2. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
3. Oksana Grishina (Russian Federation)
4. Sandie Clair (France)
5. Sakie Tsukuda (Japan)