February 24, 2007 (Manchester, UK) — The 2006/07 Track World Cup makes its final stop for the season this weekend, Feb. 23-25 in Manchester England, home to one of the fastest tracks in the world.

For some riders it is a chance for a last honing of the race form before the Track World Championships, while for others it is a last chance to qualify. For riders from Great Britain, it has been a chance to showcase the fact that they remain one of the premier track cycling nations in the world.

Julia Bradley, riding for Team R.A.C.E. was the only Canadian in attendance, and rode in today’s individual pursuit, qualifying in 18th and set a new personal best time of 3:5. This is a big improvement over her first World Cup race last month in LA where she started out too fast and rode negative splits at each kilometer.

The women’s pursuit was dominated by the British, as Wendy Houvenaghel, with the British trade team SIS, clocked a 3:33 and compatriot Rebecca Romero a 3:36 to finish 1-2 ensuring a pair of British medals in the final.
Many had anticipated the highlight of Friday’s racing to be a repeat of the Athen’s Olympics “battle of the Brads” between Aussie Brad McGee and British rider Brad Wiggins.

And Wiggins did not disappoint, blasting out a 55.7km/h average speed in qualifying to ride a 4:18.27 pursuit – the fastest time ridden in competition this year.

McGee on the other hand was not on his form of old, and clocked a 4:24, to finish behind World Cup leader Russian Alexander Serov’s time of 4:21. Both Wiggins and McGee easily dispatched of their opponents in the medal rounds however, finishing first and third with Dutchman Jens Mouris finishing just off the podium.

Britain’s Victoria Pendleton raced to victory in the women’s match sprint in front of a large partisan crowd beating Shang Guo of China in the finals. The bronze medal ride was an all Anna affair with Aussie Anna Meares beating out Anna Blyth of Great Britain. Pendleton would make it two for two on Saturday winning the 500m time trial.

Young Aussie Shane Perkins won the men’s keirin final ahead of Qi Tang of the rapidly emerging Chinese team.

Notes:
– Kelly Murdin, who has been a regular at the Burnaby Track this winter, was in attendance for the United States. Murdin raced in yesterday’s points race, but failed to qualify for the final.

Day 1 Results

Women’s sprint qualifying

1. Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science in Sport 11.068 (65.052 km/h)
2. Anna Meares (Australia) 11.161 (64.51 km/h)
3. Shuang Guo (China) 11.298 (63.728 km/h)
4. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.377 (63.285 km/h)
5. Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 11.43 (62.992 km/h)
6. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.476 (62.739 km/h)
7. Virginie Cueff (France) 11.492 (62.652 km/h)
8. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) 11.52 (62.5 km/h)
9. Daniela Larreal (Venezuela) 11.55 (62.337 km/h)
10. Jinjie Gong (China) 11.599 (62.074 km/h)
11. Tian Fang (China) 11.609 (62.02 km/h)
12. Oksana Grishina (Russia) 11.644 (61.834 km/h)
13. Fiona Carswell (New Zealand) 11.651 (61.797 km/h)
14. Magdalena Sara (Poland) 11.7 (61.538 km/h)
15. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 11.701 (61.533 km/h)
16. Liz Carlson (USA) 11.804 (60.996 km/h)
17. Sandie Clair (France) 11.859 (60.713 km/h)
18. Renata Dabrowska (Poland) 11.945 (60.276 km/h)
19. Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mexico) 12.146 (59.278 km/h)
20. Jocelyn Rastrick (New Zealand) 12.177 (59.127 km/h)
21. Lenka Valova (Czech Republic) 12.211 (58.963 km/h)
22. Helena Casas Roige (Spain) 12.375 (58.181 km/h)

Women’s sprint final

For gold & silver

1. Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Science in Sport 11.914 11.698
2. Shuang Guo (China)

For bronze

3. Anna Meares (Australia) 12.091 11.994
4. Anna Blyth (Great Britain)

Men’s keirin first round

Heat 1

1. Craig MacLean (Great Britain)
2. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
3. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
4. Joel Leonard (Australia)
5. Haseem Mclean (Trinidad)

Heat 2

1. Kévin Sireau (France)
2. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
3. Ivan Vrba (Czech Republic)
4. Cédric Stoller (Switzerland)
5. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spain)

Heat 3

1. Jamie Staff (GBr) Science in Sport
2. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
3. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia)
4. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
DNF Qi Tang (China)

Heat 4

1. Kazuya Narita (Japan)
2. Shane Perkins (Aus) SouthAustralia.com/AIS
3. Pawel Kosciecha (Poland)
4. Kasper Lindholm Jessen (Denmark)
5. Robert Forstemann (Germany)
6. Yury Karzheneuski (Belarus)

Men’s keirin second round

Heat 1

1. Joel Leonard (Australia)
2. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
3. Qi Tang (China)
4. Craig MacLean (Great Britain)
5. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
6. Kazuya Narita (Japan)

Heat 2

1. Kévin Sireau (France)
2. Jamie Staff (GBr) Science in Sport
3. Shane Perkins (Aus) SouthAustralia.com/AIS
4. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
5. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
6. Kasper Lindholm Jessen (Denmark)

Men’s keirin final

Final 6-Jan

1. Shane Perkins (Aus) SouthAustralia.com/AIS
2. Qi Tang (China)
3. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
4. Jamie Staff (GBr) Science in Sport
5. Joel Leonard (Australia)
6. Kévin Sireau (France)

Final 12-Jul

7. Craig MacLean (Great Britain)
8. Kazuya Narita (Japan)
9. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
10. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukraine)
11. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
12. Kasper Lindholm Jessen (Denmark)

Men’s individual pursuit qualifying

1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 04:18.3 (55.754 km/h)
2. Alexander Serov (Russia) 04:21.1 (55.155 km/h)
3. Bradley McGee (Australia) 04:24.2 (54.496 km/h)
4. Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 04:24.7 (54.402 km/h)
5. Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 04:25.4 (54.259 km/h)
6. Daniel Becke (Germany) 04:26.7 (53.99 km/h)
7. Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 04:28.5 (53.639 km/h)
8. David O’loughlin (Ireland) 04:30.1 (53.309 km/h)
9. Fabien Sanchez (France) 04:30.9 (53.153 km/h)
10. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 04:33.5 (52.644 km/h)
11. Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark) 04:33.6 (52.634 km/h)
12. Jason Allen (GBr) Plowman Craven 04:35.4 (52.294 km/h)
13. Giairo Ermeti (Italy) 04:35.7 (52.233 km/h)
14. Vytautas Kaupas (Lithuania) 04:38.2 (51.764 km/h)
15. Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Arda Natura Pinarello 04:38.6 (51.678 km/h)
16. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 04:40.4 (51.362 km/h)
17. Marcos Novelo (Brazil) 04:44.3 (50.647 km/h)
18. Fredrik Johansson (Sweden) 04:45.4 (50.457 km/h)
DNS Marc Ryan (New Zealand)
DNS Ho Ting Kwok (Hong-Kong)

Men’s individual pursuit final

For gold & silver

1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 04:17.9 (55.843 km/h)
2. Alexander Serov (Russia) 04:23.4 (54.678 km/h)

For bronze

3. Bradley McGee (Australia) 04:22.9 (54.781 km/h)
4. Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 04:29.0 (53.535 km/h)

Men’s 1km time trial final

1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 01:01.5 (58.536 km/h)
2. François Pervis (France) 01:01.5 (58.503 km/h)
3. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 01:02.6 (57.492 km/h)
4. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 01:03.0 (57.137 km/h)
5. Yevgen Bolibrukh (Ukraine) 01:03.9 (56.318 km/h)
6. Alvaro Alonso Rubio (Spain) 01:04.0 (56.237 km/h)
7. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece) 01:04.1 (56.192 km/h)
8. Tomas Babek (Czech Republic) 01:05.0 (55.345 km/h)
9. Azizulhasni Da Md (Malaysia) 01:05.2 (55.195 km/h)
10. Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 01:05.3 (55.106 km/h)
11. Tomasz Schmidt (Poland) 01:05.8 (54.699 km/h)
12. Sergejus Apionkinas (Lithuania) 01:06.6 (54.031 km/h)
13. Angel Sixto Garcia (Spain) 01:07.2 (53.594 km/h)
14. Azikiwe Kellar (Trinidad) 01:07.9 (53.007 km/h)
15. Dzmitry Smirnou (Belarus) 01:08.5 (52.583 km/h)

Men’s scratch race qualifying

Heat 1

1. Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)
2. Armando Camargo Filho (Brazil)
3. Roger Kluge (Germany)
4. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)
5. Michael Creed (USA)
6. Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)
7. Jiri Hochmann (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha
8. Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
9. Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
10. Saveriano Sangion (Italy)
11. Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
12. Leigh Howard (Australia)
13. Aitor Alonso Granados (Spa) Cespa Eustrak.Com
14. Siarhei Daubniuk (Belarus)
15. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukr) Arda Natura Pinarello
16. Ciaran Power (Ireland)
17. Nikolai Kazakbaev (Uzbekistan)
DNF Elisha Greene (Trinidad)
DNS Mahammad Alakbarov (Azerbaijan)

Heat 2

1. Russel Hampton (GBr) Team 100% Me
2. Hayden Roulston (New Zealand)
3. Aitor Aznar Torres (Spain)
4. Oleksandr Klymenko (Ukraine)
5. Walter Perez (Argentina)
6. Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
7. Charles Bradley Huff (USA)
8. Ivan Kovalev (Russia)
9. Fredrik Johansson (Sweden)
10. Makoto Iijima (Japan)
11. James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven
12. Alain Lauener (Switzerland)
13. Jesper Morkov (Denmark)
14. Attila Arvai (Hun) Team Cornix Pecs
14. Stijn Steels (Belgium)
14. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic)
14. Saïd Haddou (France)
14. Samuels Oneil (Jamaica)
DNS Ho Ting Kwok (Hong-Kong)

Men’s scratch race final

1. Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)
2. Roger Kluge (Germany)
3. Charles Bradley Huff (USA)
4. Leigh Howard (Australia)
5. Makoto Iijima (Japan)
6. Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)
7. Walter Perez (Argentina)
8. Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
9. Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
10. Russel Hampton (GBr) Team 100% Me
11. Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk
12. Michael Creed (USA)
13. Alain Lauener (Switzerland)
14. Jiri Hochmann (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha
15. Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)
16. Oleksandr Klymenko (Ukraine)
17. Armando Camargo Filho (Brazil)
18. Fredrik Johansson (Sweden)
19. Hayden Roulston (New Zealand)
20. Ivan Kovalev (Russia)
21. Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
22. Saveriano Sangion (Italy)
23. Aitor Aznar Torres (Spain)
24. James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven

Women’s points race qualifying

Heat 1

1. Jianling Wang (China) 20 pts
2. Catherine Sell (New Zealand) 20
3. Dorronsoro Olaberria (Spa) Cespa Eustrak.Com 7
4. JarmilaMachacova (Czech Republic) 5
5. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 5
6. Belinda Goss (Australia) 5
7. Madeleine Sandig (Germany) 5
8. Yumari Gonzalez Valdiuieso (Cuba) 5
9. Mie Bekker Lacota (Denmark) 4
10. Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy) 3
11. Eleftheria Maria Ellinikaki (Greece) 3
12. Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 1
13. Kelly Druyts (Belgium) 1
14. Jessica Jurado (Mexico) 0
15. Kele Murdin (USA) 0
16. Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia) 0
17. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 0

Heat 2

1. Anastasia Tchulkova (Russia) 5 pts
2. Christy King (USA) 5
3. Yoanka Gonzalez Perez (Cuba) 5
4. Kate Cullen (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5
5. Vera Carrara (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 5
6. Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mexico) 4
7. Marllijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) 4
8. Wei Li (China) 3
9. Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland) 3
10. Pascale Jeuland (France) 3
11. Martina Ruzickova (Czech Republic) 2
12. Iona Wynter (Jamaica) 0
13. Debora Galvez Lopez (Spain) 0
14. Aksana Papko (Belarus) 0
15. Fabienne Sandig (Germany) 0
16. Silvia Castoldi (Italy) 0

Women’s points race final

1. Yoanka Gonzalez Perez (Cuba) 13 pts
2. Belinda Goss (Australia) 9
3. Mie Bekker Lacota (Denmark) 7
4. Vera Carrara (Ita) Safi Pasta Zara Manhattan 7
5. Belem Guerrero Mendez (Mexico) 6
6. Madeleine Sandig (Germany) 6
7. Marllijn Binnendijk (Netherlands) 6
8. Anastasia Tchulkova (Russia) 5
9. Jianling Wang (China) 5
10. Catherine Sell (New Zealand) 5
11. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spain) 4
12. Martina Ruzickova (Czech Republic) 4
13. Pascale Jeuland (France) 3
14. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 3
15. Kate Cullen (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1
16. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa) Cespa Eustrak.Com 0
17. Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 0
18. Iona Wynter (Jamaica) 0
19. Eleftheria Maria Ellinikaki (Greece) 0
20. Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland) 0
21. Christy King (USA) 0
22. Yumari Gonzalez Valdiuieso (Cuba) 0
23. Wei Li (China) 0
DNF Annalisa Cucinotta (Italy)


Day 2 Results

Men Sprint Qualifying

1. Theo Bos (Ned) 10.058 (71.584 km/h)
2. Mickaël Bourgain (Fra) 10.062
3. Chris Hoy (GBr) 10.211
4. Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 10.231
5. Mark French (Aus) 10.259
6. Tim Veldt (Ned) 10.303
7. Scott Sunderland (Aus) AIS 10.314
8. Jason Kenny (GBr) SIS 10.317
9. Kiyofumi Nagai (Jpn) 10.365
10. Matthew Crampton (GBr) SIS 10.385
11. Daniel Ellis (Aus) 10.407
12. Kazunari Watanabe (Jpn) 10.44
13. Ryan Bayley (Aus) AIS 10.46
14. Denis Dmitriev (Rus) 10.481
15. Adam Ptacnik (Cze) 10.519
16. Michael Seidenbecher (Ger) 10.538
17. Matthias John (Ger) 10.553
18. Vasileios Reppas (Gre) 10.573
19. Josiah Ng (Mas) 10.586
20. Mohd Rizal Tisin (Mas) 10.625
21. Yuriy Tsyupyk (Ukr) 10.65
22. Christopher Sellier (Tri) 10.651
23. Qi Tang (Chn) 10.662
24. Salvador Melia Mangrinan (Spa) 10.67
25. Kostantinos Troulinos (Gre) 10.704
26. Kasper Lindholm Jessen (Den) 10.753
27. Cédric Stoller (Swi) 10.76
28. Alvaro Alonso Rubio (Spa) 10.763
29. Maciej Bielecki (Pol) 10.815
30. Denis Spicka (Cze) 10.819
31. Tomasz Schmidt (Pol) 10.862
32. Itmar Esteban Herraiz 10.908
33. Yury Karzheneuski (Blr) 10.91
34. Angel Sixto Garcia 10.946
35. Patrik Merk (Swi) 11.258
36. Azikiwe Kellar (Tri) 11.35

Women’s 500m Final

1. Victoria Pendleton (GBr) SIS 34.07 (52.832 km/h)
2. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) 34.676
3. Anna Blyth (GBr) 34.866
4. Nancy Contreras Reyes (Mex) 35.286
5. Virginie Cueff (Fra) 35.457
6. Liz Carlson (USA) 35.572
7. Tian Fang (Chn) 35.847
8. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) 36.092
9. Magdalena Sara (Pol) 36.499
10. Helena Casas Roige (Spa) 37.249
11. Lenka Valova (Czech Republic) 37.377
12. Mie Bekker Lacota (Denmark) 37.913

Men’s Points Race

Heat 1

1. Jack Bobridge (Aus) 15 pts (50.201 km/h)
2. David O’loughlin (Irl) 12
3. Serguei Klimov (Rus) 7
4. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzb) 6
5. Russel Hampton HPM 6
6. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) 5
7. Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) 4
8. Peter Schep (Ned) 4
9. Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) 3
10. Milan Kadlec (Cze)
11. Sergiy Lagkuti
One Lap Down
12. James Taylor (USA)
13. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spa)
14. Marcos Novelo (Bra)
15. Bobby Lea (USA)
DNF Samuels Oneil (Jam)
DNF René Schibli (Swi)
DNF Elisha Greene (Tri)
DNS Mahammad Alakbarov (Aze)

Heat 2

1. Daniel Oss (Ita) 25 pts (50.176 km/h)
2. Dominique Cornu (Bel) 9
3. Hayden Roulston (NZl) 8
4. Chris Newton (Aus) 8
5. Rafal Ratajczyk (Pol) 6
6. Andy Flickinger (Fra) 6
7. Michael Creed (USA) 5
8. Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) 5
9. Roger Kluge (Ger) 5
10. Juan Esteban Curuchet (Arg) 3
11. Kampo Wong (HKg) 2
12. Petr Lazar (Cze) 1
13. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) 1
14. Martin Frost Lollesgaard (Den) 1
15. Attila Arvai (Hun)
16. Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr)
One lap down
17. Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique (Spa)
DNF Fredrik Johansson (Swe)