December 16, 2006 (Moscow, Russia) — Gina Grain finished 12th in the Women’s Points race yesterday afternoon at Track World Cup #2 in Moscow. The race was won by Italian road sprinter Giorgia Bronzini. Grain finished with 2 points just ahead of the Sydney round scratch race winner Vera Koedooder of the Netherlands.

Natallia Tsylinskaya (Blr) beat out top qualifier Cuban Lizandra Guerra in the women’s match sprint finals, while Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania won bronze.

Ukranian Andrei Vynokurov beat out Teun Mulder of the Netherlands and Frenchman Mickaël Bourgain to win the men’s keirin final.

In the men’s pursuit final, Sydney Olympic champion Robert Bartko (Ger) defeated Robert Hayles of Great Britain in the final, 4.25.862 to 4.26.472. Hayles’ countryman Paul Manning added to the Brit pursuit medal haul by winning his bronze medal ride against Alexander Serov of Russia.

Racing continues today, with Zach Bell representing Canada in the men’s points race.

Women’s Points Race

1. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) 20 pts
2. Yoanka Gonzalez Perez (Cub) 13
3. Yulia Arustamova (Rus) 13
4. Yumari Gonzalez Valdinieso (Cub) 10
5. Yan Li (Chn) 10
6. Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (Ukr) 9
7. Jianling Wang (Chn) 5
8. Elke Gebhardt (Ger) 4
9. Belem Guerrero Mdez (Mex) 4
10. Marllijn Binnendijk (Ned) 3
11. Lada Kozlikova (Cze) 3
12. Gina Grain (Can) 2
13. Vera Koedooder (Ned) 2
14. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) 2
15. Vera Carrara (Ita) 2
16. Cathy Moncassin (Fra) 2
17. Alisa Krasnova (Rus) 1
18. Jarmila Machacova (Cze) 1
19. Martina Ruzickova (Cze) 1
20. Sima Trapp (USA)
21. Pascale Schnider (Swi)
22. Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA)
23. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr)
24. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa)
25. Oxana Kostenko (Rus)
26. Alena Prudnikova (Rus) -17
27. Katarina Uhlarikova (Svk) -20
DNS Min Yang (HKg)

Women’s Sprint Finals

Gold Final

1. Natallia Tsylinskaya (Blr) 0.11.72 0.12.11
2. Lizandra Guerra (Cub)

Bronze Final

3. Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) 0.11.52 0.11.85
4. Dana Gloss (Ger)

Men’s Keirin

Round 2

Heat 1

1. Maximilian Levy (Ger)
2. Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)
3. Teun Mulder (Ned)
4. Peter Bazalik (Svk)
5. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Pol)
REL Ricardo Lynch (Jam)

Heat 2

1. Mark French (Aus)
2. Toshiaki Fushimi (Jpn)
3. Andrei Vynokurov (Ukr)
4. Matthew Crampton (GBr)
5. Christos Volikakis (Gre)
6. Yury Karzhenevski (Blr)

Finals

Heat 1

1. Andrei Vynokurov (Ukr)
2. Teun Mulder (Ned)
3. Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)
4. Maximilian Levy (Ger)
5. Mark French (Aus)
6. Toshiaki Fushimi (Jpn)

Heat 2

7. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Pol)
8. Ricardo Lynch (Jam)
9. Christos Volikakis (Gre)
10. Peter Bazalik (Svk)
11. Matthew Crampton (GBr)
12. Yury Karzhenevski (Blr)

Men’s Individual Pursuit

Final

Gold Match

1. Robert Bartko (Ger) 4.25.862 (54.163 km/h)
2. Robert Hayles (GBr) 4.26.472

Bronze Match

3. Paul Manning (GBr) 4.28.040
4. Alexander Serov (Rus) 4.31.911

Men’s Scratch Race

1. Ivan Kovalev (Rus)
2. Mitchell Docker (Aus)
3. Martin Blaha (Cze)
4. Henning Bommel (Ger)
5. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)

One lap down

6. Angel Colla (Arg)
7. Fabio Masotti (Ita)
8. Mark Cavendish (GBr)
9. Franco Marvulli (Swi)
10. Aitor Alonso Granados (Spa)
11. Michel Fernandez (Cub)
12. Martin Liska (Svk)
13. Morgan Kneisky (Fra)
14. Mart Ojavee (Est)
15. Alois Kankovsky (Cze)
16. Cody O’rielly (USA)
17. Steve Schets (Bel)
18. Juhamatti Alaluusua (Fin)
19. Asier Maeztu (Spa)
20. Mario Lexmüller (Aut)
21. Hin Leung Szeto (HKg)
22. Roman Maximov (Rus)
23. Yevgeniy Maximov (Kaz)
24. Darren Peter Shea (NZl)
25. Yuriy Agarkov (Ukr)
26. Mahammad Alakbarov (Aze)
27. Oleksandr Klymko (Ukr)
28. Norbert Abrok (Hun)
29. Martin Lollesgaard (Den)
30. Danny Stam (Ned)
31. David O’loughlin (Irl)
32. Mateusz Czapla (Pol)
32. Paul Che Altamirano (Per)
32. Ed Clancy (GBr)
DNF Attila Arvai (Hun)
DNS Alex Rasmussen (Den)