December 10, 2005 – Reclamation was the theme on the first day of competition at the 2006 UCI Track World Cup II in Manchester, England.

In the women’s sprint event, Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain put up an impressive fight against Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belarus in a thrilling sprint final. A month ago at the first Track World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Pendleton lost to Tsylinzkaya in the finals and had to settle for second place – something she was not going to let happen again!

Pendleton’s Great Britain teammate, Chris Hoy, also showed he was the fastest man of the day but over a one kilometer distance. He completed the 1000 meters in a blazing 1:01.92 minutes. Hoy won the Kilo event a year ago, in last season’s Manchester Track World Cup, with a time of 1:01.67 minutes – milliseconds faster than his time this year.

Canada’s Gina Grain of British Columbia competed in the women’s Points Race but unfortunately did not qualify for the final. However, her signature race – the Scratch Race – is yet to come. Earlier this year at the first World Cup, Grain finished an impressive 4th place.

Canadian male sprinter Travis Smith also hammered around the track on the first day of competition and finished 8th in men’s Keirin.

Stay tuned, there are two more exciting days of racing to come!!

Results
Women sprint – Qualifying

1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science In Sport 11.339
2 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.359
3 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.423
4 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.484
5 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.489
6 Shuang Guo (China) 11.491
7 Clara Sanchez (France) 11.566
8 Anna Meares (Australia) 11.589
9 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 11.600
10 Dana Gloss (Germany) 11.613
11 Lei Zhang (China) 11.683
12 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 11.700
13 Magdalena Sara (Poland) 11.781
14 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 11.793
15 Jennie Reed (USA) 11.808
16 Christin Muche (Germany) 11.812
17 Lizandra Guerra (Cuba) 11.844
18 Céline Nivert (France) 11.926
19 Elisabeth Williams (New Zealand) 12.049
20 Anastasia Chulkova (Russia) 12.155
21 Nancy Contreras (Mexico) 12.200
22 Paulina Cieslik (Poland) 12.386
23 Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 12.414
24 Lenka Valova (Czech Republic) 12.557
25 Viktorija Lomsargyte (Lithuania) 12.646

1/8 finals

Heat 1
1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science In Sport 12.061
2 Christin Muche (Germany)

Heat 2
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.977
2 Jennie Reed (USA)

Heat 3
1 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 12.214
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)

Heat 4
1 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 12.266
2 Magdalena Sara (Poland)

Heat 5
1 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 12.019
2 Kristine Bayley (Australia)

Heat 6
1 Shuang Guo (China) 11.933
2 Lei Zhang (China)

Heat 7
1 Clara Sanchez (France) 12.033
2 Dana Gloss (Germany)

Heat 8
1 Anna Meares (Australia) 12.222
2 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)

Quarter finals

Heat 1
1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science In Sport 12.073 12.005
2 Anna Meares (Australia) 13.030

Heat 2
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.603 12.025
2 Clara Sanchez (France)

Heat 3
1 Shuang Guo (China) 12.176 12.167
2 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 12.248

Heat 4
1 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 12.928 11.815
2 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.782

B Quarter finals

Heat 1
1 Christin Muche (Germany) 12.212
2 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia)

Heat 2
1 Dana Gloss (Germany) 11.992
2 Jennie Reed (USA)

Heat 3
1 Lei Zhang (China) 12.298
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)

Heat 4
1 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 12.395
2 Magdalena Sara (Poland)

Semi-finals

Heat 1
1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science In Sport 12.091 12.014
2 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)

Heat 2
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 12.255 12.677
2 Shuang Guo (China)

B Semi-finals

Heat 1
1 Christin Muche (Germany) 12.766
2 Kristine Bayley (Australia)

Heat 2
1 Dana Gloss (Germany) 12.672
2 Lei Zhang (China)

Final for 5-8
5 Clara Sanchez (France) 11.986
6 Elisa Frisoni (Italy)
7 Anna Meares (Australia)
8 Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

B final 1
10 Christin Muche (Germany)

B final 2
11 Kristine Bayley (Australia) 12.726
12 Lei Zhang (China)

Finals

Gold
1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science In Sport 12.194 11.886
2 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) REL

Bronze
1 Shuang Guo (China) 11.996 11.890
2 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)

Men’s kierin – First round

Heat 1
1 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
2 Kasper Jessen (Denmark)
3 Leonardo Bottasso (Argentina)
4 Cédric Stoller (Switzerland)
5 Hernan Sanchez (Colombia)
6 Mahmoud Parash (Iran)
7 Jaroslav Jerabek (Slovakia)

Heat 2
1 Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2 Craig Maclean (Great Britain)
3 Arnaud Tournant (France)
4 Konstandinos Pendarakis (Greece)
5 Mario Contreras (Mexico)
6 Matt Crampton (GBr) Science In Sport
7 Sergiy Ruban (Russia)

Heat 3
1 Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
2 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
3 Travis Smith (Canada)
4 Yusho Oikawa (Japan)
5 Jason Forde (Barbados)
6 Yahui Gao (China)

Heat 4
1 Ryan Bayley (Australia)
2 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
3 Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
4 Tim Bottu (Belgium)
5 Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)
6 Christian Stahl (USA)

Repechage
Heat 1
1 Matt Crampton (GBr) Science In Sport
2 Jaroslav Jerabek (Slovakia)
3 Leonardo Bottasso (Argentina)
4 Jason Forde (Barbados)
5 Tim Bottu (Belgium)

Heat 2
1 Arnaud Tournant (France)
2 Yusho Oikawa (Japan)
3 Mahmoud Parash (Iran)
4 Mario Contreras (Mexico)

Heat 3
1 Travis Smith (Canada)
2 Christian Stahl (USA)
3 Konstandinos Pendarakis (Greece)
4 Hernan Sanchez (Colombia)

Heat 4

1 Sergiy Ruban (Russia)
2 Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)
3 Yahui Gao (China)
4 Cédric Stoller (Switzerland)
5 Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)

Second round

Heat 1
1 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
2 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
3 Sergiy Ruban (Russia)
4 Matt Crampton (GBr) Science In Sport
5 Ryan Bayley (Australia)
6 Craig Maclean (Great Britain)

Heat 2
1 Arnaud Tournant (France)
2 Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
3 Maximilian Levy (Germany)
4 Travis Smith (Canada)
5 Kasper Jessen (Denmark)
6 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Finals ˆ Men’s Keirin

1 Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spain)
3 Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Malaysia)
4 Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
5 Arnaud Tournant (France)
6 Sergiy Ruban (Russia)
7 Craig Maclean (Great Britain)
8 Travis Smith (Canada)
9 Ryan Bayley (Australia)
10 Matt Crampton (GBr) Science In Sport
11 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
DNF Kasper Jessen (Denmark)


Men individual pursuit – Qualifying

1 Paul Manning (GBr) RCU 4.26.950 (53.942km/h)
2 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 4.27.013 (53.929km/h)
3 Alexander Serov (Russia) 4.28.986 (53.534km/h)
4 Levi Heimans (Netherlands) 4.30.554 (53.224km/h)
5 Damien Monier (France) 4.31.365 (53.065km/h)
6 Marc Ryan (New Zealand) 4.32.644 (52.816km/h)
7 Sebastian David Muntaner Juaneda (Spain) 4.34.249 (52.507km/h)
8 Richard England (Australia) 4.34.382 (52.481km/h)
9 Christian Bach (Germany) 4.35.282 (52.309km/h)
10 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) ODT 4.35.738 (52.223km/h)
11 Magnus Bäckstedt (Sweden) 4.35.993 (52.175km/h)
12 Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 4.39.242 (51.568km/h)
13 Guillermo Brunetta (Argentina) 4.45.354 (50.463km/h)
14 Alireza Haghi (Iran) 4.45.993 (50.350km/h)
15 Mario Lexmüller (Austria) 4.49.218 (49.789km/h)
16 Radoslaw Wasilewski (Poland) 4.50.928 (49.496km/h)
DSQ Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark)

Final

Gold
1 Paul Manning (GBr) RCU 4.27.311 (53.869km/h)
2 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 4.28.146 (53.702km/h)

Bronze

1 Levi Heimans (Netherlands) 4.29.970 (53.339km/h)
2 Alexander Serov (Russia) 4.32.496 (52.844km/h)

Men scratch race

Heat 1
1 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) ODT
2 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine)
3 Alex Rasmussen (Denmark)
4 Richard England (Australia)
5 Alain Lauener (Switzerland)
6 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mexico)
7 Ben Swift (Great Britain)
8 Jorge Soto (Uruguay)
9 Marco Villa (Italy)
10 Ivan Rovny (Russia)
11 Tuanua Zahn (France)
12 S.R.Khormizi S.Mostafa (Iran)
13 Jason Perryman (Barbados)
14 Andrew Bradley (Austria)

Heat 2

1 Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
2 Kyle Swain (South Africa)
3 Rafat Ratajczyk (Poland)
4 Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
5 Magnus Bäckstedt (Sweden)
6 Chris Newton RCU
7 Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
8 Karl-Christian König (Germany)
9 Matthew Gilmore (Belgium)
10 Petr Lazar (Czech Republic)
11 Dzmitry Smirnou (Belarus)
12 Miguel Alzamora Riera (Spain)
13 Bastias Gonzalo (Chile)
14 Guillermo Brunetta (Argentina)

Final

1 Rafat Ratajczyk (Poland)
2 Matthew Gilmore (Belgium)
3 Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
4 Karl-Christian König (Germany)
5 Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
6 Alex Rasmussen (Denmark)
7 Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
8 Ivan Kovalev ODT
9 Jorge Soto (Uruguay)
10 Marco Villa (Italy)
11 Ivan Rovny (Russia)
12 Ben Swift (Great Britain)
13 Richard England (Australia)
14 Kyle Swain (South Africa)
15 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mexico)
16 Alain Lauener (Switzerland)
17 Magnus Bäckstedt (Sweden)
18 Petr Lazar (Czech Republic)
19 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine)
20 Chris Newton RCU

Women points race

Qualifying heat 1
1 Elizaveta Bochkaryova (Ukraine) 25 pts
2 Charlotte Becker (Germany) 20
3 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cuba) 9
4 Sarah Hammer (USA) 7
5 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 6
5 Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) 6
7 Katherine Bates (Australia) 5
8 Priska Doppmann (Switzerland) 4
9 Annamaria Scafetta (Italy) 1
10 Karen Verbeek (Belgium) 1
11 Maria Luisa Calle Williams (Colombia)
12 Wei Li (China)
13 Alena Sitsko (Belarus)
14 Diana Elmentaite (Lithuania)
15 Marie-Laure Cloarec (France)
15 Gina Grain (Canada)
15 Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)

Qualifying heat 2
1 Belem Guerrero (Mexico) 25 pts
2 Carolina Lüthi (Switzerland) 25
3 Elke Gebhardt (Germany) 23
4 Olaberria Dorronsoro LeireESP 21
5 Anastasia Chulkova (Russia) 20
6 Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 7
7 Yan Li (China) 6
8 Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 5
9 Yumari Gonzalez (Cuba) 5
10 Rebecca Quinn (USA) 3
11 Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukraine) 3
12 Catherine Sell (New Zealand) 1
13 Eleonora Soldo (Italy)
14 Ine Wannijn (Belgium)
15 Katarzyna Jagusiak (Poland)
16 Kate Cullen (Great Britain)
17 Maria Tzoumanika (Greece)
18 Svetlana Pauliukaite (Lithuania)

Final
1 Sarah Hammer (USA) 30 pts
2 Yan Li (China) 28
3 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 15
4 Katherine Bates (Australia) 10
5 Yoanka Gonzalez (Cuba) 10
6 Rebecca Quinn (USA) 9
7 Belem Guerrero (Mexico) 8
8 Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 5
9 Adrie Visser (Netherlands) 5
10 Elizaveta Bochkaryova (Ukraine) 2
11 Yumari Gonzalez (Cuba) 2
12 Anastasia Chulkova (Russia)
13 Carolina Lüthi (Switzerland)
14 Karen Verbeek (Belgium)
15 Olaberria Dorronsoro LeireESP
16 Elke Gebhardt (Germany)
17 Priska Doppmann (Switzerland)
18 Charlotte Becker (Germany)
DSQ Annamaria Scafetta (Italy)
DNS Nicole Cooke (Great Britain)

Men 1000m TT
1 Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 1.01.922 (58.137km/h)
2 Jason Queally (GBr) Science In Sport 1.02.158 (57.916km/h)
3 Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 1.02.918 (57.217km/h)
4 Yong Feng (China) 1.03.409 (56.774km/h)
5 Mathieu Mandard (France) 1.04.379 (55.918km/h)
6 Benjamin Wittmann (Germany) 1.04.450 (55.857km/h)
7 Tomasz Schmidt (Poland) 1.04.722 (55.622km/h)
8 Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) 1.04.849 (55.513km/h)
9 Casper Jørgensen (Denmark) 1.05.561 (54.910km/h)
10 Sergio Guatto (Argentina) 1.06.108 (54.456km/h)
11 Wilson Meneses Gutierrez (Colombia) 1.06.425 (54.196km/h)
12 Tatsuya Fujita (Japan) 1.06.869 (53.836km/h)
13 Michael Rodriguez Malaret (Puerto Rico) 1.07.233 (53.545km/h)
14 Hassanali Varposhti (Iran) 1.07.379 (53.429km/h)
15 Azikiwe Kellar (Trinidad) 1.07.619 (53.239km/h)
16 Mario Contreras (Mexico) 1.10.408 (51.130km/h)