March 29, 2009 (Pruszkow, Poland) – Canada’s Zach Bell has won the men’s Omnium silver on the final day of competition at the 2009 Track Worlds. Bell placed fourth in the Points Race and fourth again in the final Omnium event the 1000 TT to capture second place overall and the silver medal. Australia’s Leigh Howard won the gold with Tim Veldt (Netherlands) taking home the bronze.

In the women’s Points race, 100-laps (25km) with 10 sprints, Canada’s Tara Whitten finished 11th with Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini taking the gold, Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cuba) the silver and Great Britain’s Elizabeth Armistead the bronze.

Grégory Bauge (France) prevailed to take the men’s Sprint title over Malaysia’s Azizulhasni Awang winning the silver with Kévin Sireau (France) taking the bronze over Shane Perkins (Australia).

In the women’s Keirin Shuang Guo (People’s Republic of China) won the gold with France’s Clara Sanchez taking home the silver and Willy Kanis (Netherlands) the bronze.

Results

Men’s Omnium

Points Race

1. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 8 points
2. Leigh Howard (Australia) 8
3. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 7
4. Zach Bell (Canada) 7
5. Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain) 6
6. Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 6
7. Robert Bartko (Germany) 5
8. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong, China) 5
9. Taylor Phinney (USA) 4
10. Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain) 3
11. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 3
12. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 2
13. Jan Dostal (Czech Republic) 1
14. Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (Colombia) 1
15. Artur Ershov (Russian Federation)
16. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
17. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina) -20
DNS Stijn Steels (Belgium)

1000m TT

1. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 1:03.089 (57.062 km/hr)
2. Taylor Phinney (USA) 1:03.458
3. Leigh Howard (Australia) 1:03.533
4. Zach Bell (Canada) 1:04.296
5. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand) 1:04.736
6. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 1:04.972
7. Robert Bartko (Germany) 1:05.351
8. Jan Dostal (Czech Republic) 1:05.585
9. Artur Ershov (Russian Federation) 1:05.940
10. Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain) 1:06.255
11. Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain) 1:06.421
12. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 1:07.073
13. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina) 1:07.792
14. Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 1:07.870
15. Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (Colombia) 1:08.427
16. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong, China) 1:09.012
17. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 1:09.395
DNS Stijn Steels (Belgium)

Final Omnium Standings

1. Leigh Howard (Australia) 19 points
2. Zach Bell (Canada) 21
3. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 24
4. Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 26
5. Robert Bartko (Germany) 26
6. Taylor Phinney (USA) 32
7. Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand) 40
8. Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain) 46
9. Artur Ershov (Russian Federation) 47
10. Jan Dostal (Czech Republic) 54
11. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 55
12. Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 56
13. Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain) 58
14. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina) 60
15. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong, China) 63
16. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 71
17. Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (Colombia) 76
DNF Stijn Steels (Belgium)

Women’s Points Race

1. Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) 18 points
2. Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cuba) 15
3. Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 13
4. Cui Wang (People’s Republic of China) 12
5. Belinda Goss (Australia) 10
6. Svetlana Pauliukaite (Lithuania) 9
7. Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 8
8. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 7
9. Wan Yiu Wong (Hong Kong, China) 6
10. Elke Gebhardt (Germany) 3
11. Tara Whitten (Canada) 3
12. Lauren Ellis (New Zealand) 3
13. Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)
14. Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia)
15. Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands)
16. Shelley Olds (United States Of America)
17. Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium)
18. Nontasin Chanpeng (Thailand)
DNF Olga Slyusareva (Russian Federation)
DNF Pascale Jeuland (France)
DNF Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland)
DNF Aksana Papko (Belarus)

Men’s Sprint

Semifinals
 
Heat #1
1. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 10.480 10.680
2. Shane Perkins (Australia)
 
Heat #2
1. Grégory Bauge (France) 10.348 10.635
2. Kévin Sireau (France)
 
Finals

For Gold
 
1. Grégory Bauge (France) 10.406 10.281
2. Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) 10.499
 
For Bronze

3. Kévin Sireau (France) 10.443 10.316
4. Shane Perkins (Australia)

Women’s Keirin

Round 2
 
Heat #1
1. Shuang Guo (People’s Republic of China)
2. Anna Meares (Australia)
3. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
4. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
5. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
6. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
 
Heat #2
1. Clara Sanchez (France)
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
3. Sandie Clair (France)
4. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
5. Miriam Welte (Germany)
6. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
 
Final

1. Shuang Guo (People’s Republic of China)
2. Clara Sanchez (France)
3. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
4. Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
5. Anna Meares (Australia)
6. Sandie Clair (France)
 
Final 7-12

7. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
8. Miriam Welte (Germany)
9. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
10. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
11. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
DNS Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
 
Places 13-20

13. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
13. Olga Streltsova (Russian Federation)
13. Monique Sullivan (Canada)
16. Lulu Zheng (People’s Republic of China)
16. Jessica Varnish (Great Britain)
16. Renata Dabrowska (Poland)
19. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)
19. Jutatip Maneephan (Thailand)