August 20th, 2003 (Moscow, Russia) – Yesterday was the first day of competition for our Canadian contingent at the Junior World Track Championships. The eight junior riders appointed to the team left on Saturday evening for Moscow. The team consists of Cynthia Beaulieu (QC), Audrey Lemieux (QC), Phil Abott (AB), Spencer Atkinson (AB), Marsh Cooper (BC), Kevin Lacombe (QC), Mark McDonald (QB), and Raphael Tremblay (QC).

Day 1 – August 20th

Men's Team Pursuit – Qualification
1 Russia 4:12.752
2 Australia 4:14.598
3 Germany 4:16.884
4 Lithuania 4:18.738
5 France 4:19.416
6 Ukraine 4:21.142
7 Czech Republic 4:21.991
8 Netherlands 4:22.303
9 Great Britain 4:23.081
10 Belarus 4:23.836
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17 Canada 4:36.694
(Philippe Abbott, Spencer Atkinson, Marsh Cooper, Kevin Lacombe)

Men's 1000M Time Trial
1. Filip Ditzel (Czech Republic) 1:04.094
2. Didier Henriette (France) 1:04.974
3. Dominik Harzheim (Germany) 1:05.381
4. Sebastian Doehrer (Germany) 1:05.609
5. Michal Tokarz (Poland) 1:05.634
6. Anton Rudoy (Russia) 1:05.832
7. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) 1:05.985
8. Stoian Vasev (Russia) 1:06.291
9. Yuday Nitta (Japan) 1:06.363
10. Yuichi Matsuda (Japan) 1:06.655
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25. Spencer Atkinson (Canada) 1:10.951
28. Mark McDonald (Canada) 1:12.466


Women's 20 Km Points Race
1. Larssyn Staley (USA) 35 points
2. Agne Bagdonaviciute (Lithuania) 33
3. Laura Telle (Latvia) 27
4. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 19
5. Ekaterina Merzlikina (Russia) 14
6. Debora Galvez Lopez (Spain) 10
7. Myriam Morreau (France) 8
8. Rene Braithwaite (Australia) 7
9. Marllijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) 6
10. Nina Koehn (Germany) 4
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15. Audrey Lemieux (Canada) 0

Men's 10 km Scratch Race
1 Sebastien Desplanques (France)
2 Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
3 Daniel Thorsen (Australia)
4 Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
5 Vanja Piljojcic (Slovenia)
6 Marcel Barth (Germany)
7 Jiri Hochmann (Czech Republic)
8 Filiberto Herrera Garcia (Mexico)
9 Jose Anton Banos Ballester (Spain)
10 Tim Roels (Belgium)
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22 Raphael Tremblay (Canada)