March 26, 2009 (Pruskow, Poland) – USA phenom Taylor Phinney won the men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit title on Day 2 over Jack Bobridge from Australia taking the silver while Dominique Cornu (Belgium) won the bronze. Phinney had the fastest qualification time of 4:15.160 beating his current U.S. national record of 4:15.223 which he set in Feb. at the final Track World Cup in Copenhagen.

Canada’s Zach Bell placed 16th in the men’s Scratch race, an event which he won in Cali, Columbia at round #3 of the Track World Cup. Morgan Kneisky (France) took the title over Argentina’s Angel Dario Colla in second and Andreas Mueller of Austria in 3rd. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) of Team Columbia-Highroad fame apparently was a marked man and finished 7th.

Canada’s Travis Smith finished third in his heat at Round 1 of the men’s Keirin, just one spot shy of advancing to the next round. Germany’s Maximilian Levy won the gold over François Pervis (France) with the Netherlands top rider Teun Mulder winning the bronze.

Australia’s Kaarle Mcculloch and Anna Meares won the final in the women’s Team Sprint competition while Great Britain’s powerhouse women’s Team Pursuit squad of Elizabeth Armitstead, Wendy Houvenaghel and Joanna Rowsell brought home the gold.

Results

Men’s Scratch Race

1. Morgan Kneisky (France)
2. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina)
3. Andreas Mueller (Austria)
4. Travis Meyer (Australia)
5. Kazuhiro Mori (Japan)
6. Ivan Kovalev (Russian Federation)

1 Lap Behind

7. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
8. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
9. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus)
10. Carlos Alberto Uran Arroyabe (Colombia)
11. Alex Buttazzoni (Italy)
12. Marcel Kalz (Germany)
13. Jiri Hochmann (Czech Republic)
14. Jozef Zabka (Slovakia)
15. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong, China)
16. Zachary Bell (Canada)
17. Tim Mertens (Belgium)
18. Daniel Holloway (United States Of America)
19. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)
20. Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
21. Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)
DNF Iban Leanizbarrutia Cruz (Spain)

Men’s Individual Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Taylor Phinney (USA) 4:15.160 (56.435 km/h)
2. Jack Bobridge (Australia) 4:17.4
3. Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 4:19.2
4. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 4:19.8
5. Jesse Sergent (New Zealand) 4:21.3
6. Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 4:23.6
7. Alexei Markov (Russian Federation) 4:24.1
8. Patrick Gretsch (Germany) 4:24.6
9. Robert Bartko (Germany) 4:26.3
10. Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine) 4:26.5
11. Antonio Tauler Llull (Spain) 4:26.7
12. Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (Colombia) 4:27.8
13. Levi Heimans (Netherlands) 4:28.6
14. Ingmar De Poortere (Belgium) 4:30.1
15. David O’Loughlin (Ireland) 4:32.5
16. Arnaud Depreeuw (France) 4:32.6
17. Valery Kaikov (Russian Federation) 4:32.6
18. Alessandro De Marchi (Italy) 4:35.9
19. Jiri Bares (Czech Republic) 4:39.6
20. Alexey Lyalko (Kazakhstan) 4:43.9
DSQ* Adrian Kurek (Poland) (*for overtaking his opponent after having been overtaken)

Final

1. Taylor Phinney (USA) 4:17.631 (55.839 km/h)
2. Jack Bobridge (Australia) 4:20.091

3. Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 4:22.347 (54.889 km/h)
4. Volodymyr Diudiu (Ukraine) 4:28.297

Men’s Keirin

Round 1

Heat #1
1. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)
2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
3. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
4. Daniel Ellis (Australia)
5. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)
6. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine)
7. Kévin Sireau (France)

Heat #2
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2. Shane Perkins (Australia)
3. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
4. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
5. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
6. Leonardo Alfredo Narvaez Romero (Colombia)
7. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)

Heat #3
1. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)
2. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
3. Christopher Sellier (Trinidad and Tobago)
4. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
5. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
6. Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)
7. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)

Heat #4
1. François Pervis (France)
2. Jason Niblett (Australia)
3. Travis Smith (Canada)
4. Yondi Schmidt (Netherlands)
5. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
6. Tomokazu Sato (Japan)
7. Barry Forde (Barbados)

* The top two riders in each heat move on to Round 2 – the remaining riders compete in the Repechage.

Round 1 Repechage

Heat #1
1. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
3. Yondi Schmidt (Netherlands)
4. Leonardo Alfredo Narvaez Romero (Colombia)
5. Kévin Sireau (France)

Heat #2
1. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
2. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
3. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
4. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine)
5. Barry Forde (Barbados)

Heat #3
1. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
2. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)
3. Christopher Sellier (Trinidad and Tobago)
4. Tomokazu Sato (Japan)
5. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)

Heat #4
1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
2. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
3. Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)
4. Daniel Ellis (Australia)
5. Travis Smith (Canada)

(the first place rider in each heat advances to Round 2)

Round 2

Heat #1
1. François Pervis (France)
2. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
3. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
4. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
5. Shane Perkins (Australia)
6. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)

Heat #2
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)
3. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
4. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
5. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
6. Jason Niblett (Australia)

Final

1. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2. François Pervis (France)
3. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
4. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
5. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
6. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)

7th-12th Final

7. Shane Perkins (Australia)
8. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)
9. Ch9ristos Volikakis (Greece)
10. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
11. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
12. Jason Niblett (Australia)

Women’s Team Sprint

Qualifications

1. Australia 33.452 (53.808 km/h)
Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
Anna Meares (Australia)

2. Great Britain 33.598
Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
Shanaze Reade (Great Britain)

3. France 33.609
Sandie Clair (France)
Clara Sanchez (France)

4. Lithuania 33.617
Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania)
Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)

5. Netherlands 33.791
Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

6. Germany 33.922
Kristina Vogel (Germany)
Miriam Welte (Germany)

7. People’s Republic of China 34.475
Jinjie Gong (People’s Republic of China)
Lulu Zheng (People’s Republic of China)

8. Russian Federation 34.733
Swetlana Grankovskaya (Russian Federation)
Olga Streltsova (Russian Federation)

9. Poland 35.095
Renata Dabrowska (Poland)
Aleksandra Drejgier (Poland)

10. Hong Kong, China 36.418
Wai See Lee (Hong Kong, China)
Zhao Juan Meng (Hong Kong, China)

Final

1. Australia 33.149 (54.300 km/h)
Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
Anna Meares (Australia)

2. Great Britain 33.380
Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
Shanaze Reade (Great Britain)

3. Lithuania 33.495 (53.739 km/h)
Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania)
Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)

4. France 33.638
Sandie Clair (France)
Clara Sanchez (France)

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Great Britain 3:25.147 (52.645 km/h)
Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain)
Joanna Rowsell (Great Britain)

2. New Zealand 3:26.023
Lauren Ellis (New Zealand)
Jaime Nielsen (New Zealand)
Alison Shanks (New Zealand)

3. Australia 3:27.719
Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia)
Sarah Kent (Australia)
Josephine Tomic (Australia)

4. Netherlands 3:30.893
Vera Koedooder (Netherlands)
Amy Pieters (Netherlands)
Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands)

5. Lithuania 3:30.966
Svetlana Pauliukaite (Lithuania)
Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania)
Ausrine Trebaite (Lithuania)

6. China 3:31.753
Yue Chen (People’s Republic of China)
Feiyan Sun (People’s Republic of China)
Cui Wang (People’s Republic of China)

7. Germany 3:31.770
Charlotte Becker (Germany)
Christina Becker (Germany)
Verena Joos (Germany)

8. Russia 3:32.272
Elena Tchalykh (Russian Federation)
Victoria Kondel (Russian Federation)
Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation)

9. Belgium 3:33.010
Jessie Daams (Belgium)
Jolien d’Hoore (Belgium)
Kelly Druyts (Belgium)

Women’s Team Pursuit

Final

1. Great Britain 3:22.720 (53.275 km/h)
Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain)
Joanna Rowsell (Great Britain)

2. New Zealand 3:23.993
Lauren Ellis (New Zealand)
Jaime Nielsen (New Zealand)
Alison Shanks (New Zealand)

3. Australia 3:24.972
Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia)
Sarah Kent (Australia)
Josephine Tomic (Australia)

4. Netherlands 3:29.379
Vera Koedooder (Netherlands)
Amy Pieters (Netherlands)
Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands)