January 20, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA) – Canadian track riders had little luck making finals on Saturday as Ryan Mckenzie, Gina Grain, Stephanie Roorda and Julia Bradley all failed to advance to the finals in endurance racing at the LA Track World Cup #3. Grain came the closest missing out on advancing by a single point.

In the men’s Keirin, Canada’s Cam Mackinnon and fellow Canuck Travis Smith (Momentum) had the misfortune of being placed in the same heat, with Smith coming second in the heat behind Sergey Borisov (Russia). In an ironic twist Smith had expressed to Pedal earlier this week his dislike for the new Keirin format in which only one rider, not two, advances to the second round.

Arnaud Tournant, the ageless French veteran showed he is still amongst the fastest men in the world some ten years after setting his world kilo record. Tournant beat out Christos Volikakis (Greece) who was second and Olympic Champion “Flying” Ryan Bailey took third.

Mackinnon made the most of the second chance winning his repechage, and eventually placing 12 in the 7-12 final. Unfortunately Smith failed to advance in his repechage.

Australia reaffirmed that they are the best team pursuit nation in the business with veteran Brad McGee anchoring a young squad to a stunning come-from-behind victory over Denmark. The always strong Ukraine rounded out the podium.

Jamila Machacova teamed up with Korean Min Hye Lee to lap the field in the women’s points race final. Chinese rider Yan Li gave testimony to the rise of the Asian nations on the track rounding out the podium ahead of World Champion Kate Bates. American Becky Quinn lost her lead in the World Cup overall. Quinn had a signature ride that saw her relegated for diving onto the apron in one of the sprints.

The final event of the evening was the men’s 15km Scratch race and American Bobby Lea was on a mission to put on a show for the home crowd. The lanky and likeably Lea featured in nearly every move of the night but the one that counted at the end. Lea’s bravado-ridden early breakaways left him with nothing to respond to the attack thrown down by World Champ Kam Po Wong. Wong of Hong Kong won the race ahead of breakaway companion Vasili Kiryienka of Belarus. Wim Stoetinga (Netherlands) took out the furious field sprint. Burnaby regular and multi-time masters world champion Kenny “The Cash Register” Williams came 17th.

Results

Women’s 500m Time Trial

1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 0.33.96 (53.011 km/h)
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 0.34.49
3. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 0.34.76
4. Jinjie Gong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0.34.88
5. Lulu Zheng (People’s Republic of China) 0.35.11
6. Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) 0.35.17
7. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) 0.35.21
8. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 0.35.82
9. Virginie Cueff (France) 0.35.88
10. Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico) 0.36.11
11. Lenka Valova (Czech Republic) 0.37.38
12. Angee Gonzalez (Venezuela) 0.37.47
13. Joanne Van Der Westhuizen (South Africa) 0.39.33
14. Monika Alango (Estonia) 0.41.60

Men’s Team Pursuit Final

1. Australia 4.06.17
Jack Bobridge (Australia)
Bradley McGee (Australia)
Mark Jamieson (Australia)
Peter Dawson (Australia)

2. Denmark 4.09.38
Casper Jorgensen (Denmark)
Alex Rasmussen (Denmark)
Michael Morkov (Denmark)
Jens-Erik Madsen (Denmark)

3. Ukraine 4.05.77
Lyubomyr Polatayko (Ukraine)
Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine)
Vitaliy Popkov (Ukraine)
Maksym Polischyuk (Ukraine)

4. Netherlands 4.09.91
Levi Heimans (Netherlands)
Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
Geert-Jan Jonkman (Netherlands)
Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands)

Women’s Points Race Final

1. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 27 pts
2. Min Hye Lee (Hong Kong, China) 23
3. Li Yan (People’s Republic of China) 12
4. Katherine Bates (Aus) Team High Road 9
5. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa) Cespa-Euskadi 8
6. Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank 8
7. Rebecca Quinn (USA) South Bay Wheelmen 7
8. Belinda Goss (Australia) 6
9. Svetlana Pauliukaite (Lithuania) 5
10. Vera Carrara (Italy) 5
11. Charlotte Becker (Germany) 5
12. Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands) 2
13. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 2
14. Lauren Franges (United States of America) 1
15. Eugeniya Romanyuta (Russian Federation)
16. Jianling Wang (People’s Republic of China)
17. Pascale Jeuland (France)
18. Debora Galvez Lopez (Spain)
19. Martina Rusickova (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha
20. Eleonora Soldo (Ita) Safi Pasta
21. Cathy Moncassin Prime (France)
22. Song Hee Han (Korea) -20
DNF Yoanka Gonzalez Perez (Cuba)
DNF Shelley Olds (USA) Proman Cycling Team

Men’s Keirin

Round 2

Heat #1
1. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
2. Arnaud Tournant (Fra) Cofidis
3. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
4. Ben Kersten (Australia)
5. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
6. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)

Heat #2
1. Ryan Bayley Team Toshiba
2. François Pervis (France)
3. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
4. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)
5. Cam Mackinnon (Canada)
6. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)

Final 1-6
1. Arnaud Tournant (Fra) Cofidis
2. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
3. Ryan Bayley Team Toshiba
4. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
5. François Pervis (France)
6. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)

Final 17-2
7. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
8. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
9. Sergey Borisov (Russian Federation)
10. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
11. Ben Kersten (Australia)
12. Cam Mackinnon (Canada)

Men’s Kilometre Time Trial

1. Scott Sunderland Team Toshiba 1.02.70
2. Yevgen Bolibrukh (Ukraine) 1.03.11
3. Wen Hao Li (People’s Republic of China) 1.04.01
4. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) 1.04.74
5. Tomas Babek (Czech Republic) 1.05.13
6. Myeong Hyeon Lee (Korea) 1.05.46
7. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) 1.05.78
8. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain) 1.06.41
9. Alex Cull (New Zealand) 1.06.83
10. Tobias Wachter (Germany) 1.06.88
11. David Alonso Castillo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.06.95
12. Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark) 1.07.13
13. Azikiwe Kellar (Trinidad and Tobago) 1.07.13
14. Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 1.07.74
15. Pablo Seisdedos (Chile) 1.07.83
16. Roman Kononenko (Ukr) Arda Natura Pinarello Ukraina 1.08.26
17. Morgan Fox (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.08.52
18. Jiren Wei (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 1.08.59
19. Stephen Pelaez (Philippines) 1.09.03
20. Martin Yankov (Bulgaria) 1.11.22
DNS Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands)
DNS Sergey Polynskiy (Russian Federation)

Women’s Team Sprint Final

1. Netherlands 0.34.03
Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
2. France 0.34.77
Sandie Clair (France)
Virginie Cueff (France)
3. Australia 0.34.79
Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
Kerrie Meares (Australia)
4. Germany 0.35.12
Jane Gerisch (Germany)
Dana Glöss (Germany)

Men’s Scratch Race Final

1. Kam-Po Wong (Hong Kong, China)
2. Vasili Kiryienka (Belarus)
3. Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
4. Robert Hayles (Great Britain)
5. Roger Kluge (Germany)
6. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia)
7. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina)
8. Glenn O’Shea (Australia)
9. Gianpaolo Biolo (Italy)
10. Oleksandr Martynenko (Ukr) ISD-Sport Donetsk
11. David Muntaner Juaneda (Spain)
12. Blazej Janiaczyk (Poland)
13. Georg Tazreiter (Austria)
14. Colby Pearce (USA) Team Slipstream
15. Roman Kononenko (Ukr) Arda Natura Pinarello Ukraina
16. Tim Mertens (Belgium)
17. Bobby Lea (United States Of America)
18. Kenneth Williams (USA) Cody Racing team
19. Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears
20. Jérôme Neuville (France)
21. Jonathan Bellis (Gbr) Team 100% Me
22. David O’loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing
DNF Jose Aravena (Chile)
DNF King Wai Cheung (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling