October 25, 2018 (Milton, ON) – Both Canadian Team Pursuit squads advanced and a new record was set by the men as Round 2 of the TISSOT Track World Cup 2018/19 got underway at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton.

Michael Foley, Derek Gee, Adam Jamieson and Jay Lamoureax hit the boards setting a new Canadian Men’s Team Pursuit record of 3:56.931 en route to fourth overall in the qualifications and advanced to the First Round. The same foursome beat their previous record by 1.428 seconds set at last year’s Milton World Cup.

Canada’s Pedal 2 the Medal development team composed of Evan Burtnik, Vincent De Haitre, Chris Ernst and Tristan Guillemette finished 13th. Huub Waatbike Test Team set the fastest qualifying time and will face off against Canada in the First Round.

Earlier the Canadian Women’s Team Pursuit squad consisting of Ariane Bonhomme Annie Foreman-Mackey Kinley Gibson Stephanie Roorda, the defending Milton champs, qualified fifth fastest and will race the First Round against Japan. Canada’s Pedal 2 the Medal development NextGen team including Miriam Brouwer, Devaney Collier, Laurie Jussaume and Katherine Maine finished 12th.

On Friday, Oct. 26, six medal events will take place, including the Team Pursuit finals, Team Sprint finals for both women and men, plus the women’s and men’s Scratch Races.

Results below.

Results

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Great Britain 4:18.962
Laura Kenny
Katie Archibald
Elinor Barker
Eleanor Dickinson

2. Italy 4:20.570
Elisa Balsamo
Marta Cavalli
Simona Frapporti
Silvia Valsecchi

3. New Zealand 4:23.110
Rushlee Buchanan
Ellesse Andrews
Bryony Botha
Kirstie James

4. Germany 4:23.290
Franziska Brausse
Charlotte Becker
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein

5. Canada 4:23.337
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Kinley Gibson
Stephanie Roorda

6. France 4:27.257
Laurie Berthon
Marion Borras
Coralie Demay
Pascale Jeuland

7. USA 4:28.681
Jennifer Valente
Christina Birch
Kimberly Geist
Emma White

8. Japan 4:29.584
Yumi Kajihara
Kie Furuyama
Yuya Hashimoto
Miho Yoshikawa

9. Russian Federation 4:31.987
Alexandra Goncharova
Gulnaz Badykova
Daria Malkova
Natalia Studenikina

10. Poland 4:33.263
Justyna Kaczkowska
Monika Graczewska
Lucja Pietrzak
Nikol Plosaj

11. China 4:35.678
Xiaofei Wang
Qiaolin Chen
Jiali Liu
Menglu Ma

12.P2M 4:37.278
Miriam Brouwer
Devaney Collier
Laurie Jussaume
Katherine Maine

Men’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Huub Waatbike Test Team 3:56.628
John Archibald
Daniel Bigham
Harry Tanfield
Jonathan Wale

2. Great Britain 3:56.672
Mark Stewart
Edward Clancy
Kian Emadi
Oliver Wood

3. Denmark 3:56.885
Casper von Folsach
Lasse Norman Hansen
Julius Johansen
Rasmus Pedersen

4. Canada 3:56.931
Michael Foley
Derek Gee
Adam Jamieson
Jay Lamoureux

5. New Zealand 3:56.986
Regan Gough
Jordan Kerby
Nicholas Kergozou
Campbell Stewart

6. France 3:58.285
Benjamin Thomas
Bryan Coquard
Adrien Garel
Florian Maitre

7. Belgium 3:58.939
Lindsay de Vylder
Kenny de Ketele
Robbe Ghys
Fabio van den Bossche

8. Germany 3:58.942
Jasper Frahm
Felix Gross
Leon Rohde
Domenic Weinstein

9. Italy 3:59.461
Francesco Lamon
Liam Bertazzo
Carloalberto Giordani
Michele Scartezzini

10. Switzerland  3:59.582
Claudio Imhof
Nico Selenati
Lukas Ruegg
Valere Thiebaud

11. Russian Federation  4:00.132
Ivan Smirnov
Dmitrii Sokolov
Kirill Sveshnikov
Gleb Syritsa

12. United States 4:02.796
Gavin Hoover
Ashton Lambie
Colby Lange
Eric Young

13. P2M 4:04.197
Evan Burtnik
Vincent de Haitre
Chris Ernst
Tristan Guillemette

14. Poland  4:04.353
Dawid Czubak
Adrian Kaiser
Szymon Krawczyk
Adrian Teklinski

15. Japan  4:04.660
Shunsuke Imamura
Ryo Chikatani
Shogo Ichimaru
Keitaro Sawada