January 18, 2013 (Aguascalientes, Mexico) – The first UCI Track Cycling World Cup Champions of the season were crowned last night on the opening evening of competition in Aguascalientes, Mexico with Canada’s Women’s Team Pursuit squad scoring the win, courtesy of Gillian Carleton, Jasmin Glaesser, and Steph Roorda.
The final of three rounds of the 2012-2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup presented by Samsung got underway on Thursday in the city’s newly-constructed velodrome.
The first final of the evening was the women’s team pursuit, in which Olympic bronze medallists, Canada, took honours in front of the Ukraine. Absent from the first two rounds in Cali (COL) and Glasgow (GBR), Canada, with just one change within its team since the Olympics, finishes fourth in the overall World Cup standings. Fourth in Aguascalientes, Italy takes overall World Cup honours.
In a Facebook post, Canadian team member Laura Brown recounted that she was about to start the gold medal round with Glaesser and Carleton, when it suddenly became evident that the team had failed to register her in the final and Roorda, who was registered, had to hurry to the start at the last moment.
In the men’s team pursuit, Russia gave a convincing demonstration to beat Switzerland in the final, but finishes second behind the Swiss in the overall standings.
Oceania dominated the team sprint events in Aguascalientes, with Australia taking gold in the women’s event and New Zealand victorious in the men’s team sprint. The British women’s sprint team was absent in Mexico but nevertheless takes World Cup honours after its victories in Cali and Glasgow. Also victorious in the first two rounds, the reigning World Cup winners in the men’s team sprint, Germany, again take overall honours despite a distant 5th place in Aguascalientes.
The evening’s competition closed with the women’s points race, which saw Poland’s Katarzyna Pawlowska take honours in front of the Czech Republic’s Jamila Machacova and the Cuban Massague Dominguez.
The evening’s competition closed with the women’s points race, which saw Poland’s Katarzyna Pawlowska [who signed with Montreal-based GSD gestion/Kallisto/Specialized in 2013] take honours in front of the Czech Republic’s Jamila Machacova and the Cuban Massague Dominguez.
Racing continues on Friday with the finals of the women’s individual pursuit and individual sprint, and the men’s omnium and Keirin.
Day 1
Women’s Team Pursuit
Qualifications
1. Canada 0:03:19.468
Gillian Carleton (Can)
Jasmin Glaesser (Can)
Stephanie Roorda (Can)
2. Ukraine 0:03:23.625
Ivanna Borovychenko (Ukr)
Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukr)
Anna Nagirnaya (Ukr)
3. Team USN 0:03:24.683
Elinor Barker (Gbr)
Amy Roberts (Gbr)
Ciara Horne (Gbr)
4. Italy 0:03:25.612
Simona Frapporti (Ita)
Beatrice Bartelloni (Ita)
Giulia Donato (Ita)
5. Venezuela 0:03:30.270
Angie Gonzalez (Ven)
Danielys Garcia (Ven)
Yennifer Cesar (Ven)
6. Cuba 0:03:30.677
Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cub)
Yudelmis Dominguez Massague (Cub)
Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub)
7. Russia 0:03:34.242
Gulnaz Badykova (Rus)
Elena Lichmanova (Rus)
Galina Streltsova (Rus)
8. Mexico 0:03:34.531
Ana Teresa Casas Bonilla (Mex)
Marcela Prieto (Mex)
Mayra Del Rocio Rocha (Mex)
Final
1. Canada
Gillian Carleton (Can)
Jasmin Glaesser (Can)
Stephanie Roorda (Can)
2. Ukraine – Caught
Ivanna Borovychenko (Ukr)
Valerlya Kononenko (Ukr)
Anna Nagirnaya (Ukr)
3. Team USN 0:03:24.419
Elinor Barker (Gbr)
Amy Roberts (Gbr)
Ciara Horne (Gbr)
4. Italy 0:03:32.237
Simona Frapporti (Ita)
Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita)
Giulia Donato (Ita)
Men’s Team Pursuit
Qualifications
1. Russia 0:04:00.494
Evgeny Kovalev (Rus)
Ivan Savitckiy (Rus)
Alexander Serov (Rus)
Nikolay Zhurkin (Rus)
2. Switzerland 0:04:02.504
Loic Perizzolo (Sui)
Tom Bohli (Sui)
Silvan Dillier (Sui)
Stefan Kueng (Sui)
3. Italy 0:04:04.516
Liam Bertazzo (Ita)
Marco Coledan (Ita)
Francesco Lamon (Ita)
Michele Scartezzini (Ita)
4. Australia 0:04:04.524
Trent Derecourt (Aus)
Jack Cummings (Aus)
Peter Loft (Aus)
Tirian McManus (Aus)
5. Ukraine 0:04:05.072
Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr)
Oleksandr Lobov (Ukr)
Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukr)
Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr)
6. Max Success Pro Cycling 0:04:07.957
Jiang Kun (Chn)
Shi Tao (Chn)
Wu Wenguo (Chn)
Zhao Kang (Chn)
7. France 0:04:09.986
Vivien Brisse (Fra)
Thomas Boudat (Fra)
Romain Le Roux (Fra)
Kévin Lesellier (Fra)
8. Hong Kong, China 0:04:10.895
Kwok Ho Ting (Hkg)
Cheung King Lok (Hkg)
Cheung King Wai (Hkg)
Leung Chun Wing (Hkg)
9. Venezuela 0:04:13.280
Randall Figueroa (Ven)
Manuel Briceño (Ven)
Jose Antonio Ramos Querales (Ven)
Isaac Yaguaro (Ven)
10. Mexico 0:04:13.583
Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mex)
Jose Alfredo Aguirre Infante (Mex)
José Ramon Aguirre Infante (Mex)
Diego Johnatha Yepez Arellano (Mex)
11. Kazakhstan 0:04:18.292
Alexey Lyalko (Kaz)
Dmitriy Lukyanov (Kaz)
Dias Omirzakov (Kaz)
Artyom Zakharov (Kaz)
12. Germany 0:04:20.908
Pascal Ackermann (Ger)
Daniel Rackwitz (Ger)
Moritz Schaffner (Ger)
Domenic Weinstein (Ger)
Men’s Team Sprint
Qualifications
1. France 0:00:43.066
Francois Pervis (Fra)
Kevin Sireau (Fra)
Michaël D’Almeida (Fra)
2. New Zealand 0:00:43.414
Ethan Mitchell (Nzl)
Matthew Archibald (Nzl)
Edward Dawkins (Nzl)
3. Australia 0:00:43.417
Alex Bird (Aus)
Mitchell Bullen (Aus)
Peter Lewis (Aus)
4. RusVelo 0:00:43.473
Denis Dmitriev (Rus)
Nikita Shurshin (Rus)
Andrey Kubeev (Rus)
5. Germany 0:00:43.539
Richard Assmus (Ger)
Max Niederlag (Ger)
Marc Schroeder (Ger)
6. Greece 0:00:44.047
Zafeiris Volikakis (Gre)
Christos Volikakis (Gre)
Sotirios Bretas (Gre)
7. Canada 0:00:44.116
Stephane Cossette (Can)
Joseph Veloce (Can)
Hugo Barrette (Can)
8. Max Success Pro Cycling 0:00:44.165
Hu Ke (Chn)
Tang Qi (Chn)
Xu Chao (Chn)
9. Netherlands 0:00:44.264
Jeffrey Hoogland (Ned)
Matthijs Buchli (Ned)
Teun Mulder (Ned)
10. Czech Republic 0:00:44.295
Pavel Kelemen (Cze)
Robin Wagner (Cze)
Tomas Babek (Cze)
11. Reyno De Navarra-Telco-M-Conor 0:00:44.368
Jose Moreno Sanchez (Spa)
Sergio Aliaga Chivite (Spa)
Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa)
12. Cyclo Channel Tokyo 0:00:44.466
Tomoyuki Kawabata (Jpn)
Kazunari Watanabe (Jpn)
Takashi Sakamoto (Jpn)
13. Petroholding Leningrad 0:00:44.570
Aleksey Tkachyov (Rus)
Ilya Okunev (Rus)
Valentin Savitskiy (Rus)
14. Argentina 0:00:44.895
Pablo Javier Perruchoud (Arg)
Jonathan Matias Gatto (Arg)
Leandro Hernan Botasso (Arg)
15. Ukraine 0:00:45.010
Andriy Sach (Ukr)
Andriy Kutsenko (Ukr)
Andrii Vynokurov (Ukr)
16. Giant Pro Cycling 0:00:45.384
Wei Jiren (Chn)
Feng Yong (Chn)
Wang Shengwei (Chn)
17. Venezuela 0:00:45.822
Cesar Marcano (Ven)
Yhonny Araujo (Ven)
Angel Pulgar (Ven)
REL Mexico
Jose Arturo Rodriguez (Mex)
Edgar Ismael Verdugo Osuna (Mex)
Carlos Carrasco (Mex)
REL
Sergey Kucherov (Rus)
Denis Shurshin (Rus)
Andrey Russkikh (Rus)
Men’s Omnium
Flying Lap
1. Liu Hao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 0:00:12.849
2. Artur Ershov (Rus) RusVelo 0:00:12.950
3. Ondrej Rybin (Cze) Czech Republic 0:00:12.981
4. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Germany
5. Rino Gasparrini (Ita) Italy 0:00:12.995
6. Vivien Brisse (Fra) France 0:00:13.059
7. David Muntaner Juaneda (Spa) Performance United-Felt 0:00:13.165
8. Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0:00:13.181
9. Loic Perizzolo (Sui) Switzerland 0:00:13.202
10. Tim Veldt (Ned) Netherlands 0:00:13.223
11. Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus 0:00:13.331
12. Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) Belgium 0:00:13.336
13. Kwok Ho Ting (Hkg) Hong Kong, China 0:00:13.432
14. Randall Figueroa (Ven) Venezuela 0:00:13.451
15. Jonathan Mould (Gbr) Team USN 0:00:13.461
16. Trent Derecourt (Aus) 0:00:13.614
17. Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mex) Mexico 0:00:13.616
18. Yans Carlos Arias Perez (Cub) Cuba 0:00:13.650
19. Eiya Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan 0:00:13.875
20. Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Ukraine 0:00:13.979
21. Remi PelletierRoy (Can) Canada 0:00:14.008
22. Eduardo E. Colon Ortiz (Pur) Puerto Rico 0:00:14.475
DNS Pablo Seisdedos Duque (Chi) Chile
Points Race
1. David Muntaner Juaneda (Spa) Performance United-Felt 88 points
2. Liu Hao (Chn) Giant Pro Cycling 81
3. Trent Derecourt (Aus) 74
4. Artur Ershov (Rus) RusVelo 73
5. Vivien Brisse (Fra) France 71
6. Jonathan Mould (Gbr) Team USN 70
7. Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan 69
8. Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Ukraine 61
9. Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) Belgium 49
10. Remi PelletierRoy (Can) Canada 48
11. Kwok Ho Ting (Hkg) Hong Kong, China 46
12. Edibaldo Maldonado Rayas (Mex) Mexico 29
13. Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus 26
14. Ondrej Rybin (Cze) Czech Republic 25
15. Eiya Hashimoto (Jpn) Japan 25
16. Tim Veldt (Ned) Netherlands 25
17. Yans Carlos Arias Perez (Cub) Cuba 23
18. Loic Perizzolo (Sui) Switzerland 20
19. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Germany 6
20. Rino Gasparrini (Ita) Italy 3
21. Randall Figueroa (Ven) Venezuela
DNF Eduardo E. Colon Ortiz (Pur) Puerto Rico
Women’s Team Sprint
Qualifications
1. Australia 0:00:32.983
Kaarle McCulloch (Aus)
Stephanie Morton (Aus)
2. China 0:00:33.177
Xu Yulei (Chn)
Zhong Tianshi (Chn)
3. Russia 0:00:33.444
Daria Shmeleva (Rus)
Anastasiia Voynova (Rus)
4. Petroholding Leningrad 0:00:33.624
Elena Brezhniva (Rus)
Ekaterina Gnidenko (Rus)
5. France 0:00:33.697
Virginie Cueff (Fra)
Olivia Montauban (Fra)
6. Japan 0:00:34.805
Kayono Maeda (Jpn)
Kanako Kase (Jpn)
7. Venezuela 0:00:34.907
M. Prada Rodriguez (Ven)
Gleydimar Tapia (Ven)
8. Mexico 0:00:36.356
Frany Maria Fong Echevarria (Mex)
Erika Alanis (Mex)