January 25, 2019 (Hong Kong) – Canada’s Laurie Jussaume, Devaney Collier, Miriam Brouwer and Sarah Van Dam finished 8th in the Women’s Team Pursuit after losing to France in the First Round. Italy won gold over Germany who settled for silver with New Zealand defeating France for the bronze.

In the Women’s Team Sprint Canada’s Amelia Walsh and Kelsey Mitchell qualified 12th and did not advance to the First Round heats on Day 2 of the TISSOT UCI Track Cycling World Cup 6 in Hong Kong..

Results

Women’s Team Pursuit

First Round

Heat 1
1. Republic of Korea 4:26.411
Hyunji Kim
Youri Kim
Jumi Lee
Ahreum Na

2. Belgium 4:29.078
Annelies Dom
Lotte Kopecky
Shari Bossuyt
Gilke Croket

Heat 2
1. France 4:23.567 QB
Clara Copponi
Marion Borras
Coralie Demay
Marie le Net

2. Canada 4:29.714
Laurie Jussaume
Devaney Collier
Miriam Brouwer
Sarah Van Dam

Heat 3
1. Germany 4:21.397 QG
Franziska Brausse
Gudrun Stock
Charlotte Becker
Lisa Klein

2. New Zealand 4:21.735 QB
Ellesse Andrews
Michaela Drummond
Jesse Hodges
Emily Shearman

Heat 4
1. Italy 4:17.438 QG
Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Martina Alzini
Marta Cavalli

2. Australia 4:24.250
Alexandra Manly
Maeve Plouffe
Sophie Edwards
Alex Martin-Wallace

The winners of heats 3 and 4 in the First round ride the final for the gold and silver medals.
The remaining six teams will be ranked by their times in the First round and will be paired as follows:
The two fastest teams ride the final for the bronze medal.

Final for Gold

1. Italy 4:17.833
Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Martina Alzini
Marta Cavalli

2. Germany 4:23.289
Franziska Brausse
Gudrun Stock
Charlotte Becker
Lisa Klein

Final for Bronze

3. New Zealand 4:21.331
Lauren Ellis
Ellesse Andrews
Michaela Drummond
Emily Shearman

4. France 4:26.857
Clara Copponi
Marion Borras
Coralie Demay
Laurie Berthon

5. Australia
6. Republic of Korea
7. Belgium
8. Canada

Women’s Team Sprint

Qualifications

1. China 33.377
Yufang Guo
Tianshi Zhong

2. Germany 33.575
Lea Sophie Friedrich
Emma Hinze

3. Ukraine 33.600
Olena Starikova
Liubov Basova

4. Lithuania 33.732
Migle Marozaite
Simona Krupeckaite

5. Look Cycle China Proteam 33.855
Feifei Chen
Chaoyue Shen

6. Poland 33.909
Marlena Karwacka
Urszula Los

7. Spain 34.062
Tania Calvo Barbero
Helena Casas Roige

8. Republic of Korea 34.096
Taenam Kim
Hyejin Lee

9. Holy Brother Cycling Team 34.107
Chaorui Song
Shanju Bao

10. Giant-Max Success Sports Pro Cycling 34.202
Wei Zhuang
Linyin Zhang

11. Hong Kong, China 34.228
Yin Yin Li
Wai Sze Lee

12. Canada 34.341
Amelia Walsh
Kelsey Mitchell

13. New Zealand 34.397
Olivia Podmore
Tahlay Christie

14. Great Britain 34.531
Katy Marchant
Victoria Williamson

15. United States 34.925
Mandy Marquardt
Madalyn Godby

16. Australia 35.060
Caitlin Ward
Holly Takos

17. Italy 35.089
Martina Fidanza
Miriam Vece

18. Indonesia 35.232
Wiji Lestari
Crismonita Dwi Putri

Fastest 8 teams qualify to the first round.