April 04, 2012 (Melbourne, Australia) – The UCI World Track Cycling Championships are underway in Melbourne, Australia and Day 1 of the event featured the Men’s Team Sprint where the Canadian squad of Hugo Barrette, Travis Smith, and Joseph Veloce finished 11th in qualification and did not advance to the final.

France placed first in qualification, beating the Australian home team, however, it was the Aussie trio of Matthew Glaetzer, Shane Perkins, and Scott Sunderland that took home the rainbow stripes in the final, with the French team forced to settle for silver.

With the USA team relegated, Venuzuala in 8th, and Canada in 11th the jury is still out on whether the Canucks will miss out on Olympic selection.

In the Women’s Team Sprint, Germany’s Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel edged out Australia’s Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch for gold in the final, while track cycling powerhouses Britain and Australia went head-to-head in the Men’s Team Pursuit. Britain was unstoppable, winning the qualification as well as the final and setting a new world record in the process. Adding another gold to the British team’s take so far was Ben Swift, who won the Men’s Scratch Race.

Men’s Team Sprint

Qualification

1. France 43.247
Gregory Bauge
Michael D’almeida
Kevin Sireau

2. Australia 43.512
Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland

3. New Zealand 43.742
Edward Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster

4. Japan 44.039
Kazuki Amagai
Seiichiro Nakagawa
Kazunari Watanabe

5. China 44.049
Changsong Cheng
Lei Zhang
Miao Zhang

6. Russia 44.215
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Borisov
Sergei Kucherov

7. Netherlands 44.282
Hugo Haak
Teun Mulder
Roy Van Den Berg

8. Venezuela 44.399
Hersony Canelon
Cesar Mervin Marcano Sanchez
Angel Ramiro Pulgar Araujo

9. Poland 44.819
Maciej Bielecki
Kamil Kuczynski
Damian Zielinski

10. Czech Republic 45.179
Filip Ditzel
Adam Ptacnik
Denis Spicka

11. Canada 45.192
Hugo Barrette
Travis Smith
Joseph Veloce

12. Malaysia 45.529
Muhd Arfy Qhairant Amran
Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos
Mohd Fattah Amri Zaid

13. India 51.042
Amarjeet Singh
Amrit Singh
O. Bikram Singh

REL Germany
Rene Enders
Maximilian Levy
Stefan Nimke

REL Greece
Christos Tserentzoulias
Christos Volikakis
Zafeirios Volikakis

REL United States
Michael Blatchford
Kevin Mansker
Jimmy Watkins

REL Great Britain
Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny

Top 4 teams advance to Final

Final

For Gold
1. Australia 43.266
Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland

2. France 43.267
Gregory Bauge
Michael D’almeida
Kevin Sireau

For Bronze 43.812
3. New Zealand
Edward Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster

4. Japan 43.896
Kazuki Amagai
Seiichiro Nakagawa
Kazunari Watanabe

Women’s Team Sprint

Qualification

1. Germany  00:32.6
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel

2. Australia  00:32.8
Anna Meares
Kaarle McCulloch

3. China  00:32.9
Jinjie Gong
Shuang Guo

4. Great  Britain  00:32.9
Jessica Varnish
Victoria Pendleton

5. France  00:33.4
Sandie Clair
Clara Sanchez

6. Russia  00:33.4
Anastasya Voynova
Viktoria Baranova

7. Netherlands  00:33.6
Willy Kanis
Yvonne Hijgenaar

8. Ukraine  00:33.6
Olena Tsos
Lyubov Shulika

9. Spain  00:34.3
Tania Calvo Barbero
Helena Casas Roige

10. New  Zealand  00:34.3
Katie Schofield
Natasha Hansen

11. Venezuela  00:34.3
Mariesthela Carolina Vilera
Daniela Grelui Larreal Chirinos

12. Colombia  00:35.0
Juliana Gaviria
Diana Maria Garcia Orrego

13. Korea  00:35.1
Eunji Lee
Hyejin Lee

14. Japan  00:35.3
Kayono Maeda
Hiroko Ishii

15. Hong  Kong  00:36.6
Xiao Juan Diao
Wai Sze Lee

REL  Lithuania
Gintare Gaivenyte
Simona Krupeckaite

Top 4 teams advance to Final

Final

For Gold
1. Germany  00:32.5
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel

2. Australia  00:32.6
Anna Meares
Kaarle McCulloch

For  Bronze
3. China  00:32.9
Jinjie Gong
Shuang Guo

4. Great  Britain  00:33.2
Jessica Varnish
Victoria Pendleton

Men Team Pursuit

Qualification

1. Great Britain 03:54.5
Edward Clancy
Peter Kennaugh
Andrew Tennant
Geraint Thomas

2. Australia 03:54.7
Glenn O’Shea
Jack Bobridge
Rohan Dennis
Michael Hepburn

3. New Zealand 03:59.2
Aaron Gate
Sam Bewley
Westley Gough
Marc Ryan

4. Russia 03:59.3
Artur Ershov
Evgeny Kovalev
Alexey Markov
Alexander Serov

5. Spain 04:01.7
Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique
Asier Maeztu Billelabeitia
Sebastian Mora Vedri
Albert Torres Barcelo

6. Belgium 04:02.3
Gijs Van Hoecke
Kenny De Ketele
Dominique Cornu
Jonathan Dufrasne

7. Denmark 04:03.2
Lasse Norman Hansen
Casper Folsach
Rasmus Christian Quaade
Christian Ranneries

8. Netherlands 04:04.5
Peter Schep
Levi Heimans
Arno Van Der Zwet
Tim Veldt

9. Germany 04:05.1
Nikias Arndt
Henning Bommel
Jakob Steigmiller
Stefan Schaefer

10. Korea 04:07.0
Sunjae Jang
Keonwoo Park
Seon Park
Sungbaek Park

11. Switzerland 04:09.2
Silvan Dillier
Claudio Imhof
Loic Perizzolo
Cyrille Thiery

12. Chile 04:10.2
Luis Sepulveda
Antonio Cabrera
Gonzalo Miranda
Pablo Seisdedos

13. Ukraine 04:10.9
Oleksandr Lobov
Maksym Polischuk
Vitaliy Popkov
Vitaliy Shchedov

14. Hong Kong 04:11.9
Ki Ho Choi
Ho Ting Kwok
King Lok Cheung
King Wai Cheung

15. Kazakhstan 04:13.1
Alexey Lyalko
Dias Omirzakov
Ivan Tsissaruk
Artyom Zakharov

Top 4 teams advance to Final  

Final

For Gold
1. Great Britain 03:53.3
Edward Clancy
Peter Kennaugh
Andrew Tennant
Geraint Thomas

2. Australia 03:53.4
Glenn O’Shea
Jack Bobridge
Rohan Dennis
Michael Hepburn

For Bronze 03:57.6
3. New Zealand
Aaron Gate
Sam Bewley
Westley Gough
Marc Ryan

4. Russia 03:59.2
Artur Ershov
Evgeny Kovalev
Alexey Markov
Alexander Serov

Men’s Scratch Race: 15km
1. Ben Swift (Great Britain)
2. Nolan Hoffman (South Africa)
3. Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
4. Alex Frame (New Zealand)
5. Martin Blaha (Czech Republic)
6. Lucas Lib (Germany)
7. Sunjae Jang (Korea)
8. Angel Dario Colla (Argentina)
9. Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique (Spain)
10. Vivien Brisse (France)
11. Edison Bravo (Chile)
12. Franco Marvulli (Switzerland)
13. Pavel Gatskiy (Kazakhstan)
14. Andreas Mueller (Austria)
15. Ivan Savitsky (Russian Federation)
16. Alexander Edmondson (Australia)
17. Hariff Salleh (Malaysia)
18. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus)
19. Moreno De Pauw (Belgium)
20. Bobby Lea (USA)
21. Elia Viviani (Italy)