January 17, 2019 (Cambridge, New Zealand) – Both Canadian men’s and women’s Team Pursuit squads will race for gold at Round 5 of the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand.
The women’s team of Allison Beveridge, Ariane Bonhomme, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Georgia Simmerling qualified second and won their First Round match against Italy to advance to the gold medal final against New Zealand.
Results
Women’s Team Pursuit
Qualifications
1. New Zealand 4:18.849
Rushlee Buchanan
Racquel Sheath
Bryony Botha
Kirstie James
2. Canada 4:19.737
Allison Beveridge
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Georgia Simmerling
3. Italy 4:20.791
Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Martina Alzini
Marta Cavalli
4. Belgium 4:32.764
Annelies Dom
Lotte Kopecky
Shari Bossuyt
Gilke Croket
5. Subway New Zealand Track Trade Team 4:34.680
Ellesse Andrews
Lauren Ellis
Jessie Hodges
Emily Shearman
6. Ukraine 4:35.360
Tetyana Klimchenko
Anna Nahirna
Oksana Kliachina
Ganna Solovei
7. Japan 4:35.636
Kie Furuyama
Yuya Hashimoto
Kisato Nakamura
Nao Suzuki
8. China 4:36.755
Qiaolin Chen
Jiali Liu
Shanrong Shen
Hong Wang
The eight teams recording the best times in the qualifying round will be matched in the First round as follows:
The 6th fastest team against the 7th fastest team.
The 5th fastest team against the 8th fastest team.
The 2nd fastest team against the 3rd fastest team.
The fastest team against the 4th fastest team.
Men’s Team Pursuit
Qualifications
1. New Zealand 3:55.004
Jordan Kerby
Campbell Stewart
Nicholas Kergozou
Regan Gough
2. Canada 3:55.295
Aidan Caves
Derek Gee
Adam Jamieson
Jay Lamoureux
3. Switzerland 3:58:956
Claudio Imhof
Stefan Bissegger
Lukas Ruegg
Cyrille Thiery
4. United States 3:59.489
Daniel Summerhill
Eric Young
Ashton Lambie
Gavin Hoover
5. Italy 3:59.882
Liam Bertazzo
Francesco Lamon
Stefano Moro
Michele Scartezzini
6. Russian Federation 4:01:995
Artur Ershov
Viktor Manakov
Alexander Evtushenko
Aleksei Kurbatov
7. Australia 4:02.293
Jarrad Drizners
Godfrey Slattery
Conor Leahy
Lucas Plapp
8. Japan 4:03.064
Keitaro Sawada
Kazushige Kuboki
Ryo Chikatani
Shogo Ichimaru
The eight teams recording the best times in the qualifying round will be matched in the First round as follows:
The 6th fastest team against the 7th fastest team.
The 5th fastest team against the 8th fastest team.
The 2nd fastest team against the 3rd fastest team.
The fastest team against the 4th fastest team.