December 22, 2018 (Grenchen, Switzerland) – Joel Archambault led the Canadian charge claiming silver in Men’s Keirin at the Track Cycling Challenge at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland for his first international podium. Je’Land Sydney finished 9th while Nick Wammes did not advance past the First Round Repechage.
Results (brief)
Men’s Keirin
Final 1-6
1. Mateusz Rudyk (Poland)
2. Joel Archambault (Canada)
3. Alexey Nosov (Marathon-Tula Cycling Team)
4. Aleksandr Dubchenko (Marathon-Tula Cycling Team)
5. Francesco Ceci (Italy)
6. Jirí Janosek (Dukla Brno)
Final 7-12
7. Yu Zhou (China)
8. Quentin Caleyron (France)
9. Je’Land Sydney (Canada)
10. Juan Peralta Gascon (Mailope T.T.)
11. Joseph Truman (Great Britain)
12. Patryk Rajkowski (Poland)
Women’s Keirin
Final 1-6
1. Tianshi Zhong (China)
2. Miriam Welte (FC Kaiserslautern)
3. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Tula)
4. Elena Bissolati (G.S. Cicli Fiorin Cycling Team ASD)
5. Millicent Tanner (Great Britain)
6. Blaine Ridge-Davis (Great Britain)
Final 7-12
7. Junhong Lin (China)
8. Kelsey Mitchell (Canada)
9. Robyn Stewart (Ireland)
10. Natalia Antonova (St Petersburg)
11. Amelia Walsh (Canada)
12. Victoria Barnes (Great Britain)
Women’s Sprint
Final for Gold
1. Junhong Lin (China) 17.307, 12.119
2. Tianshi Zhong (China)
Final for Bronze
3. Miriam Welte (FC Kaiserslautern) 11.853, Winner
4. Kelsey Mitchell (Canada)
Women’s Omnium
Final Classification
1. Emily Kay (Great Britain) 137 pts
2. Emily Nelson (Great Britain) 118
3. Andrea Waldis (Switzerland) 108
4. Jessica Roberts (Team Breeze) 106
5. Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania) 105
6. Elena Cecchini (Italy) 94
7. Anita Stenberg (Norway) 87
8. Aline Seitz (Switzerland) 78
9. Maggie Coles-Lyster (Canada) 78
10. Amber Joseph (Barbados) 62
11. Alexandra Goncharova (Tula) 59
12. Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 52
13. Rebecca Raybould (Team Breeze) 49
14. Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzbekistan) 48
15. Lydia Boylan (Ireland) 37
16. Léna Mettraux (Switzerland) 26
17. Michelle Andres (Switzerland) 21
18. Lydia Gurley (Ireland) 21
DNF Ekaterina Knebeleva (Uzbekistan)
DNF Kristina Kazlauskaite (Lithuania)
DNF Galina Streltsova (Moscow)
DNF Martina Alzini (Italy)
DNF Sophie Lankford (Cardiff Ajax)
DNF Zhaojuan Meng (Hong Kong)