August 08, 2014 (Gwangmyeong, South Korea) – The Canadian team of Connor Byway, Bayley Simpson, Evan Burtinik, Adam Jamieson and Alec Cowan were 9th in the Men’s Team Pursuit last night on the Gwangmyeong Speedom at the 2014 UCI Track Junior World Championships – their time of 4:19.2 is a Canadian Junior record (to be confirmed) according to Rob Good who is leading the team.
“We had a strong ride with an aggressive target of 4:16 to make it to the finals. We came up a little short of our goal, however, looking at the performance the boys put in, we were two seconds out of 5th in Qualifying. The Junior program is gaining momentum,” added Good.
The 2014 UCI Track Junior World Championships are taking place in Seoul, South Korea, from August 8-12… read more on the team here. UCI Report below…
UCI Report
Four world titles were awarded on the opening day of competition at the 2014 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
The Gwangmyeong Speedom is known for hosting keirin meetings, but over the next five days it is providing the stage for the world’s best junior track cycling specialists from all over the world.
The first final of the competition was the women’s scratch race, which saw Denmark’s Amalie Dideriksen, third in Glasgow last year, crowned Junior World Champion in front of Soline Lamboley (France) and Josie Talbot (Australia).
The host nation did not have to wait long to celebrate a medal, with the women’s sprint team of Yeonhee Jang and Seulgi Choi taking bronze. Germany’s Doreen Heinze and Emma Hinze are the new Junior World Champions after beating Russia in the final.
South Korea’s men’s sprint team was also in the medals. Hopes were high as the host nation went through to the final along with an impressive Russian team. However the locals had to be content with silver, as the Russians proved to be the strongest and raced through to claim the world title. Poland beat France in the race for the bronze medal.
In the last final of the day, the men’s team pursuit, two teams from Down Under made appearances on the podium. The Australian juniors are World Champions in front of Colombia and New Zealand.
Racing continues on Saturday with the medal races for the men’s scratch, keirin and individual pursuit, and the women’s time trial and team pursuit.
Results
Men’s Team Pursuit
Qualifications
1. Australia 4:10.087
2. New Zealand 0.786
3. Colombia 2.817
4. Russia 5.397
5. Denmark 6.154
6. Korea 7.465
7. Italy 7.603
8. Germany 7.643
9. Canada (Evan Burtinik, Connor Byway, Adam Jamieson, Alec Cowan) 9.210
10. Switzerland 9.375
11. Belgium 11.444
12. Malaysia 15.233
13. South Africa 17.046
14. Morocco 34.069
Final
1. Australia
2. Colombia
3. New Zealand
4. Italy
5. Germany
6. Denmark
7. Russia
August 9th, 2014 at 2:43 am
Canada has a substantial disadvantage as we don’t have a 250 meter track to train on (yet). It would be equivalent of a hockey team learning on a smaller ice surface than in international competition.
I would really like to see a video of all the teams and see if we can spot where and how we can improve.
I’ve noticed in past international competition that we have strong riders but our downfall is that the racers that beat us are visibly more technically skilled on the track.