January 13, 2012 (Beijing, China) – The Canadian Track Cycling Team kicked off the third of four UCI World Cup Classic race of the season, in Beijing, China, on Friday, and it was a tough and sweaty day for Canada on the 2008 Olympic velodrome.

The Men’s Team Sprint comprised of Travis Smith of Calgary, AB, Joseph Veloce of Fonthill, ON and Stéphane Cossette of Chicoutimi, QC placed ninth with a time of 45.297 seconds. The team is still trying to qualify for the Olympic Games, but as head coach Richard Wooles explains, the task becomes more difficult with few events left prior to the end of the qualifying window.

“The Men’s Team Sprint did what they could, but we are losing ground on other teams for the Olympic qualification with only 10 teams making the cut. It is very difficult to bridge the gap, so close to the Olympic Games. There are lots of things to work on going forward, and it’s great to have lots of development riders here in China.”

In the men’s Omnium, Jean-Michel Lachance of Québec, QC, kicked off the first event with a 17th position in the flying lap. He then went on to place 16th in the Points race, and finished his first of two days of competition in 18th position of the Elimination race despite falling victim to a crash in which he suffered minor cuts. Halfway to the completion of the Omnium, Lachance sits in 18th position.

In the Men’s scratch race, youngster Alex Cataford of Ottawa, ON, racing his first World Cup race of the season, fell just short of qualifying for the final race, finishing in 11th position of the second qualifying heat.

Results

Team Pursuit

Qualifications

Elite Men
1  Rusvelo  04:00.5
– Evgeny Kovalev (Rus)
– Ivan Kovalev (Rus)
– Alexey Markov (Rus)
– Alexander Serov (Rus)

2. Australia  04:02.6
– Glenn O’Shea (Aus)
– Alexander Edmondson (Aus)
– Michael Freiberg (Aus)
– Mitchell Mulhern (Aus)

3. New Zealand  04:04.2
– Wes Gough (Nzl)
– Cameron Joseph Karwowski (Nzl)
– Peter Latham (Nzl)
– Myron Simpson (Nzl)

4. Great Britain  04:08.2
– Mark Christian (Gbr)
– Samuel Harrison (Gbr)
– Joseph Kelly (Gbr)
– Simon Yates (Gbr)

5. Korea  04:09.1
– Sunjae Jang (Kor)
– Seungwoo Choi (Kor)
-Keonwoo Park (Kor)
– Seon Ho Park (Kor)

6. Ukraine  04:09.4
– Yuriy Agarkov (Ukr)
– Oleksandr Lobov (Ukr)
– Maksym Polishchuk (Ukr)
– Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr)

7. Germany  04:09.5
– Nikias Arndt (Ger)
– Henning Bommel (Ger)
– Lucas Liss (Ger)
– Stefan Schäfer (Ger)

8. Netherlands  04:09.6
– Tim Veldt (Ned)
– Wouter Haan (Ned)
– Arno Van Der Zwet (Ned)
– Michael Vingerling (Ned)

9. Lokosphinx  04:10.6
– Roman Ivlev (Rus)
– Maxim Kozyrev (Rus)
– Sergey Shilov (Rus)
– Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus)

10. Belgium  04:10.6
– Kenny De Ketele (Bel)
– Ingmar De Poortere (Bel)
– Tim Mertens (Bel)
– Steve Schets (Bel)

11. Switzerland  04:11.1
– Claudio Imhof (Swi)
– Stefan Küng (Swi)
– Kilian Moser (Swi)
– Thery Schir (Swi)

12. People’s Republic of China  04:11.7
– Yang Fan (Chn)
– Chen Lu Qin (Chn)
– Sai Fei Xue (Chn)
– Zhong Yuan (Chn)

13. United States of America  04:15.4
– Adam Leibovitz (USA)
– Mathew Lipscomb (USA)
– Ian Moir (USA)
– Zack Noonan (USA)

14. Hong Kong  04:18.9
– Ho Ting Kwok (Hkg)
– King Lok Cheung (Hkg)
– King Wai Cheung (Hkg)
– Ki Ho Choi (Hkg)

15. Italy  04:20.1
– Omar Bertazzo (Ita)
– Alex Buttazzoni (Ita)
– Manuel Cazzaro (Ita)
– Marco Frapporti (Ita)

16. Kazakhstan  04:21.0
– Alexey Lyalko (Kaz)
– Dias Omirzakov (Kaz)
– Ivan Tsissaruk (Kaz)
– Artyom Zakharov (Kaz)

17. Chinese Taipei  04:29.5
– Po Hung Wu (Tpe)
– Che Wei Hu (Tpe)
– Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe)
– Kuo Lung Liao (Tpe)

Elite Women
1. Belarus  03:24.9
– Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr)
– Aksana Papko (Blr)
– Alena Dylko (Blr)

2. Ukraine  03:25.7
– Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr)
– Eilezaveta Bochkareva (Ukr)
– Lyubov Shulika (Ukr)

3. People’s Republic of China  03:26.2
– Fan Jiang (Chn)
– Wenwen Jiang (Chn)
– Jing Liang (Chn)

4. New Zealand  03:27.4
– Kaytee Boyd (Nzl)
– Rushlee Buchanan (Nzl)
– Gemma Dudley (Nzl)

5. Lithuania  03:28.2
– Ausrine Trebaite (Ltu)
– Vaida Pikauskaite (Ltu)
– Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu)

6. Rusvelo  03:29.4
– Evgenia Romanyuta (Rus)
– Verena Absalyamova (Rus)
– Victoria Kondel (Rus)

7. Giant Pro Cycling  03:29.5
– Li Huang (Chn)
– Dong Yan Huang (Chn)
– Cui Wang (Chn)

8. Poland  03:31.0
– Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol)
– Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol)
– Edyta Jasinska (Pol)

9. Belgium  03:31.2
– Jolien D’Hoore (Bel)
– Kelly Druyts (Bel)
– Belmans Els (Bel)

10. Germany  03:33.0
– Lisa Brennauer (Ger)
– Janine Bubner (Ger)
– Judith Arndt (Ger)

11. Netherlands  03:34.7
– Laura Van Der Kamp (Ned)
– Winanda Spoor (Ned)
– Claudia Koster (Ned)

12. Hong Kong  03:37.0
– Zhao Juan Meng (Hkg)
– Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (Hkg)
– Xiao Juan Diao (Hkg)

13. Japan  03:37.5
– Kanako Kase (Jpn)
– Maki Tabata (Jpn)
– Minami Uwano (Jpn)

14. Chinese Taipei  03:43.2
– Mei Yu Hsiao (Tpe)
– Ho Hsun Huang (Tpe)
– Hsiao Chia Tseng (Tpe)

Elite Men

Final For Gold
1. Rusvelo 3:57.699
– Evgeny Kovalev (Rus)
– Ivan Kovalev (Rus)
– Alexey Markov (Rus)
– Alexander Serov (Rus)

2. Australia 4:01.802
– Glenn O’Shea (Aus)
– Alexander Edmondson (Aus)
– Michael Freiberg (Aus)
– Mitchell Mulhern (Aus)

Final For Bronze
3. New Zealand  4:03.758
– Wes Gough (Nzl)
– Cameron Joseph Karwowski (Nzl)
– Peter Latham (Nzl)
– Myron Simpson (Nzl)

4. Great Britain  4:06.853
– Mark Christian (Gbr)
– Samuel Harrison (Gbr)
– Joseph Kelly (Gbr)
– Simon Yates (Gbr)

Elite Women

Final for Gold
1. Ukraine
– Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr)
– Eilezaveta Bochkareva (Ukr)
– Lyubov Shulika (Ukr)

2. Belarus – caught
– Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr)
– Aksana Papko (Blr)
– Alena Dylko (Blr)

Final for Bronze
3. People’s Republic of China 3:22.588
– Fan Jiang (Chn)
– Wenwen Jiang (Chn)
– Jing Liang (Chn)

4. New Zealand 3:28.603
– Kaytee Boyd (Nzl)
– Rushlee Buchanan (Nzl)
– Gemma Dudley (Nzl)

Men’s Team Sprint

Qualifications

1. Moscow Track Team 44.391
– Sergei Kucherov
– Denis Dmitriev
– Sergei Borisov

2. People’s Republic of China 44.543
– Changsong Cheng
– Lei Zhang
– Miao Zhang

3. New Zealand 44.748
– Matthew Archibald
– Edward Dawkins
– Simon Van Velthooven

4. Venezuela 44.768
– Cesar Marcano
– Hersony Canelon
– Angel Pulgar

5. Japan 45.038
– Kazuki Amagai
– Yudai Nitta
– Seiichiro Nakagawa

6. Poland 45.063
– Maciej Bielecki
– Damian Zielinski
– Kamil Kuczynski

7. Netherlands 45.111
– Teun Mulder
– Matthijs Büchli
– Hugo Haak

8. Max Success Pro Cycling 45.239
– Ke Hu
– Saifei Bao
– Qi Tang

9. Canada 45.297
– Stephane Cossette
– Joseph Veloce
– Travis Smith

10. United States 45.342
– Dean Tracy
– Jimmy Watkins
– Kevin Mansker

11. Great Britain 45.351
– Philip Hindes
– Peter Mitchell
– Callum Skinner

12. Giant Pro Cycling 45.496
– Ming Li
– Gang Liu
– Song Gao

13. Russia 45.73
– Denis Shurshin
– Ilya Okunev
– Andrei Kubeev

14. Hong Kong Pro Cycling 46.098
– Qiang Zhang
– Qiming Wang
– Shunwei Yu

15. Holy Brother Cycling Team 46.106
– Jiren Wei
– Yong Feng
– Shengwei Wang

16. Hong Kong
– Ka Ming Shiu
– Joy Lai Cheung
– Lok Chun Wu)  48.106

Final for Gold
1. Moscow Track Team 44.196
– Sergei Kucherov
– Denis Dmitriev
– Sergei Borisov

2. People’s Republic of China 44.43
– Changsong Cheng
– Lei Zhang
– Miao Zhang

Final for Bronze
3. New Zealand 44.827
– Matthew Archibald
– Edward Dawkins
– Simon Van Velthooven

4. Venezuela 44.914
– Cesar Marcano
– Hersony Canelon
– Angel Pulgar

Men’s Scratch Race

Heat 1
1. King Lok Cheung (Hkg)
2. Zhong Yuan (Chn)
3. Owain Doull (Gbr)
4. Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus)
5. Maksym Polishchuk (Ukr)
6. Alex Buttazzoni (Itl)
7. Vivien Brisse (Fra)
8. Roman Dronin (Uzb) -1 Lap
9. Seungwoo Choi (Kor) -1 Lap
10. Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) -1 Lap
11. Mateusz Nowak (Pol) -1 Lap
12. Iban Leanizbarrutia Cruz (Esp) -1 Lap
13. Ian Moir (USA) -1 Lap
14. Edison Bravo (Chi) -1 Lap

Heat 2
1. Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) 48.106
2. Nolan Hoffman (Rsa)
3. Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus)
4. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr)
5. Vojtech Hacecky (Cze)
6. Angelo Ciccone (Ita)
7. Tristan Marguet (Sui) -1 Lap
8. Michael Vingerling (Ned) -1 Lap
9. Moreno De Pauw (Bel) -1 Lap
10. Marcos Crespo (Arg) -1 Lap
11. Alexander Cataford (Can) -1 Lap
12. Lucas Liss (Ger) -1 Lap
13. Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mal) -1 Lap
14. Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) -1 Lap
DNF Pazylbek Zhaksylyk (Kaz)

Final
1. Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus)
2. Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) -1 Lap
3. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) -1 Lap
4. Tristan Marguet (Sui) -1 Lap
5. Moreno De Pauw (Bel) -1 Lap
6. Michael Vingerling (Ned) -1 Lap
7. Vivien Brisse (Fra) -1 Lap
8. Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) -1 Lap
9. Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) -1 Lap
10. Nolan Hoffman (Rsa) -1 Lap
11. Marcos Crespo (Arg) -1 Lap
12. Owain Doull (Gbr) -1 Lap
13. Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) -1 Lap
14. Angelo Ciccone (Ita) -1 Lap
15. King Lok Cheung (Hkg) -1 Lap
16. Roman Dronin (Uzb) -1 Lap
17. Seungwoo Choi (Kor) -1 Lap
18. Zhong Yuan (Chn) -1 Lap
DNF Alex Buttazzoni (Itl)
DNF Maksym Polishchuk (Ukr)

Men’s Omnium

Qualifications

Heat 1
1. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzb) 43 pts
2. Glenn O’Shea (Aus) 29
3. Bryan Coquard (Fra) 28
4. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Esp) 28
5. Bobby Lea (USA) 25
6. Po Hung Wu (Tpe) 23
7. Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) 11
8. Kenny de Ketele (Bel) 7
9. Hossein Nateghi (Ira) 6
10. Sunjae Jang (Kor) 3
11. Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) 2
12. Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) 1
13. George Atkins (Gbr) 0
DNF Carlos Linares (Ven)
DNF Edison Bravo (Chi)

Heat 2
1. Ki Ho Choi (Hkg) 25 pts
2. Martyn Irvine (Ire) 25
3. Hao Liu (Max Success Pro Cycling) 23
4. Martin Blaha (Cze) 23
5. Walter Perez (Arg) 22
6. Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) 7
7. Recep Ünalan (Tur) 7
8. Nikias Arndt (Ger) 6
9. Artur Ershov (Rus) 6
10. Manuel Rodas (Gua) 5
11. Gael Suter (Sui) 5
12. Omar Bertazzo (Itl) 5
13. Tim Veldt (Ned) 3
14. Jason Allen (Nzl) 3
15. Mateusz Nowak (Pol)

Flying Lap
1. Bryan Coquard (Fra) 13.271
2. Bobby Lea (USA) 13.436
3. Gael Suter (Sui) 13.466
4. Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) 13.479
5. Nikias Arndt (Ger) 13.51
6. Hao Liu (Max Success Pro Cycling) 13.518
7. Glenn O’Shea (Aus) 13.535
8. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Esp) 13.564
9. Po Hung Wu (Tpe) 13.573
10. Recep Ünalan (Tur) 13.616
11. Martyn Irvine (Ire) 13.631
12. Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) 13.725
13. Kenny de Ketele (Bel) 13.768
14. Ki Ho Choi (Hkg) 13.815
15. Sunjae Jang (Kor) 13.868
16. Artur Ershov (Rus) 13.881
17. Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) 14.06
18. Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) 14.068
19. Walter Perez (Arg) 14.118
20. Martin Blaha (Cze) 14.18
21. Hossein Nateghi (Ira) 14.194
22. Omar Bertazzo (Itl) 14.438
23. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzb) 14.774
24. Manuel Rodas (Gua) 15.31

Points Race
1. Glenn O’Shea (Aus) 36 pts
2. Kenny de Ketele (Bel) 29
3. Martyn Irvine (Ire) 28
4. Ki Ho Choi (Hkg) 23
5. Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) 14 lapped
6. Bryan Coquard (Fra) 11 lapped
7. Artur Ershov (Rus) 9 lapped
8. Nikias Arndt (Ger) 7 lapped
9. Hao Liu (Max Success Pro Cycling) 7 lapped
10. Bobby Lea (USA) 7 lapped
11. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzb) 6 lapped
12. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Esp) 6 lapped
13. Martin Blaha (Cze) 5 lapped
14. Recep Ünalan (Tur) 1 lapped
15. Po Hung Wu (Tpe) 0 lapped
16. Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) 0 lapped
17. Sunjae Jang (Kor) 0 lapped
18. Walter Perez (Arg) 0 lapped
19. Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) lapped
20. Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) lapped
21. Omar Bertazzo (Itl) lapped
22. Manuel Rodas (Gua) lapped
23. Hossein Nateghi (Ira) lapped
24. Gael Suter (Sui) lapped

Elimination
1. Bryan Coquard (Fra)
2. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Esp)
3. Glenn O’Shea (Aus)
4. Martin Blaha (Cze)
5. Nikias Arndt (Ger)
6. Kenny de Ketele (Bel)
7. Ki Ho Choi (Hkg)
8. Walter Perez (Arg)
9. Recep Ünalan (Tur)
10. Taiji Nishitani (Jpn)
11. Hao Liu (Max Success Pro Cycling)
12. Hossein Nateghi (Ira)
13. Alexey Lyalko (Kaz)
14. Martyn Irvine (Ire)
15. Bobby Lea (USA)
16. Omar Bertazzo (Itl)
17. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzb)
18. Jean-Michel Lachance (Can)
19. Po Hung Wu (Tpe)
20. Sunjae Jang (Kor)
21. Gael Suter (Sui)
22. Lasse Norman Hansen (Den)
23. Manuel Rodas (Gua)
DSQ Artur Ershov (Rus)

Women’s Points Race Final

1.     Aksana Papko (Blr)      15    pts
2.    Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol)      12
3.    Victoria Kondel (Rus)      10
4.    Marta Tagliaferro (Ita)         8
5.    Elena Cecchini (Ita)      6
6.    Anna Nagirnaya (Ukr)      6
7.    Andrea Wolfer (Swi)      6
8.    Maki Tabata (Jpn)      5
9.    Chao Mei Wu (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling     5
10.    Kelly Druyts (Bel)      4
11.    Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (Hkg)       3
12.    Ho Hsun Huang (Tpe)       3
13.    Daniela Guajardo (Chi)      3
14.    Aleksandra Sosenko (Ltu)      1
15.    Irina Molicheva (Rus)       1
16.    Winanda Spoor (Ned)
17.    Natalya Stefanskaya (Kaz)
18.    Laura Basso (Ita) Cycling Team Friuli
19.    Serika Guluma (Col)
20.    Janine Bubner (Ger)

Women’s Team Sprint

Qualifications

1. People’s Republic of China     00:33.0
Shuang Guo (Chn) People’s Republic of China
Jinjie Gong (Chn) People’s Republic of China
2.    Lithuania     00:33.7
Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania
Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania
3.    Giant Pro Cycling     00:34.0
Junhong Lin (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
Tianshi Zhong (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling
4.    Max Success Pro Cycling     00:34.0
Yulei Xu (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling
Jingjing Shi (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling
5.    Netherlands     00:34.1
Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands
Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands
6.    Ukraine     00:34.1
Olena Tsos (Ukr) Ukraine
Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine
7.    Russian Federation     00:34.1
Ekaterina Gnidenko (Rus) Russian Federation
Anastasiya Voynova (Rus) Russian Federation
8.    New Zealand     00:34.2
Katie Schofield (Nzl) New Zealand
Natasha Hansen (Nzl) New Zealand
9.    Moscow Track Team     00:34.3
Daria Shmeleva (Rus) Moscow Track Team
Olga Streltsova (Rus) Moscow Track Team
10.    Great Britain     00:34.7
Rebecca James (Gbr) Great Britain
Victoria Williamson (Gbr) Great Britain
11.    Korea     00:34.8
Hyejin Lee (Kor) Korea
Eunji Lee (Kor) Korea
12.    Spain     00:35.0
Tania Calvo Barbero (Spa) Spain
Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Spain
13.    Venezuela     00:35.0
Daniela Larreal (Ven) Venezuela
Mariesthela Vilera (Ven) Venezuela
14.    United States of America     00:35.6
Tela Crane (USA) United States of America
Elizabeth Carlson Reap (USA) United States of America
15.    Japan     00:35.8
Hiroko Ishii (Jpn) Japan
Kayono Maeda (Jpn) Japan
16.    Hong Kong     00:36.1
Wai Sze Lee (Hkg) Hong Kong
Xiao Juan Diao (Hkg) Hong Kong
17.    Chinese Taipei     00:36.8
Ting Ying Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei
I Fang Ju (Tpe) Chinese Taipei

For Gold
1.     People’s Republic of China     00:33.1
Jinjie Gong (Chn)
Shuang Guo (Chn)
2.    Lithuania     00:33.7
Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu)
Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu)

For Bronze
3.     Max Success Pro Cycling     00:33.8
Yulei Xu (Chn)
Jingjing Shi (Chn)
4.    Giant Pro Cycling     00:33.9
Junhong Lin (Chn)
Tianshi Zhong (Chn)

Women’s 500m Time Trial Final
1 .    Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cub)      00:34.7
2.    Anastasiya Voynova (Rus)       00:34.9
3.    Jingjing Shi (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling     00:35.0
4.    Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu)      00:35.2
5.    Natasha Hansen (Nzl)       00:35.3
6.    Mei Yu Hsiao (Tpe)       00:35.5
7.    Kayono Maeda (Jpn)      00:35.8
8.    Juliana Gaviria (Col)      00:35.9
9.    Maryia Lohvinava (Blr)      00:36.0
10.    Olena Tsos (Ukr)      00:36.0
11.    Eunji Lee (Kor)      00:36.3
12.    Elizabeth Carlson Reap (USA)        00:36.4
13.    Belmans Els (Bel)      00:37.2
14.    Xiao Juan Diao (Hkg)       00:37.4
15.    Sumaia Ribeiro (Bra)      00:37.7
16.    Daniela Gaxiola (Mex)      00:37.8
17.    Pascale Jeuland (Fra)      00:38.0