February 28, 2018 (Apeldoorn, NED) – The Canadian Women’s Team Pursuit squad of Allison Beveridge, Ariane Bonhomme, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Stephanie Roorda qualified 5th and advanced to the First Round on Day 1 as the 2018 UCI Track World Championships kicked off in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The squad will face-off against Poland tomorrow.

Then the Canadian men’s team of Michael Foley, Derek Gee, Adam Jamieson  and Jay Lamoureux delivered a top-8 qualification time to also make the First Round. The Canucks went up against New Zealand but the Kiwis were faster although both squads did not make the medal rounds.

In the Women’s 40-lap (10km) Scratch Race final Canada’s Jasmin Duehring finished 7th as Kirsten Wild (Netherlands won gold over Belgium’s Jolien D’Hoore who earned the silver while Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) won bronze.

Results

Team Pursuit Qualifications

Women
1. United States 4:18.836
Jennifer Valente
Kelly Catlin
Chloe Dygert
Kimberly Geist

2. Great Britain 4:19.177
Katie Archibald
Elinor Barker
Laura Kenny
Emily Nelson

3. Italy 4:21.543
Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Simona Frapporti
Tatiana Guderzo

4. New Zealand 4:23.530
Rushlee Buchanan
Bryony Botha
Kirstie James
Racquel Sheath

5. Canada 4:24.071
Allison Beveridge
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Stephanie Roorda

6. Germany 4:26.746
Gudrun Stock
Charlotte Becker
Franziska Brausse
Lisa Brennauer

7. France 4:29.627
Laurie Berthon
Coralie Demay
Marion Borras
Marie le Net

8. Poland 4:29.799
Daria Pikulik
Katarzyna Pawlowska
Justyna Kaczkowska
Nikol Plosaj

9. Japan 4:30.955
Yumi Kajihara
Kie Furuyama
Yuya Hashimoto
Kisato Nakamura

10. China 4:32.389
Xiaofei Wang
Jiali Liu
Menglu Ma
Hong Wang

11. Russian Federation 4:32.652
Alexandra Goncharova
Gulnaz Badykova
Anastasiia Iakovenko
Olga Zabelinskaya

12. Belgium 4:33.076
Lotte Kopecky
Gilke Croket
Annelies Dom
Saartje Vandenbroucke

13. Belarus 4:34.254
Polina Pivovarova
Ina Savenka
Anastasiya Dzedzikava
Hanna Tserakh

The eight teams recording the best times in the qualifying round will be matched in the First round as follows:
The 6th fastest team against the 7th fastest team.
The 5th fastest team against the 8th fastest team.
The 2nd fastest team against the 3rd fastest team.
The fastest team against the 4th fastest team.
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

Men
1. Great Britain 3:55.714
Edward Clancy
Kian Emadi
Ethan Hayter
Charlie Tanfield

2. Italy 3:56.406
Simone Consonni
Liam Bertazzo
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon

3. Denmark 3:56.740
Niklas Larsen
Julius Johansen
Frederik Madsen
Casper Von Folsach

4. Germany 3:57.447
Maximilian Beyer
Felix Gross
Theo Reinhardt
Kersten Thiele

5. New Zealand 3:57.622
Campbell Stewart
Regan Gough
Dylan Kennett
Nicholas Kergozou

6. Russian Federation 3:59.362
Mamyr Stash
Alexander Evtushenko
Ivan Smirnov
Kirill Sveshnikov

7. Switzerland 3:59.543
Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thiery
Frank Pasche
Valere Thiebaud

8. Canada 4:00.584
Michael Foley
Derek Gee
Adam Jamieson
Jay Lamoureux

9. Japan 4:01.753
Ryo Chikatani
Shogo Ichimaru
Shunsuke Imamura
Keitaro Sawada

10. Poland 4:01.963
Szymon Sajnok
Alan Banaszek
Szymon Krawczyk
Adrian Teklinski

11. France 4:02.415
Benjamin Thomas
Adrien Garel
Florian Maitre
Louis Pijourlet

12. Belgium 4:03.367
Lindsay de Vylder
Kenny de Ketele
Moreno de Pauw
Robbe Ghys

13. United States 4:04.203
Eric Young
Gavin Hoover
Ashton Lambie
Daniel Summerhill

14. Belarus 4:06.629
Raman Tsishkou
Yauheni Akhramenka
Yauheni Karaliok
Mikhail Shemetau

15. China 4:08.266
Ya Ke Hou
Zhihui Jiang
Pingan Shen
Fengnian Wang

16. Spain 4:10.677
Eloy Teruel Rovira
Xavier Canellas Sanchez
Vicente Garcia de Mateos Rubio
Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi

The eight teams recording the best times in the qualifying round will be matched in the First round as follows:
The 6th fastest team against the 7th fastest team.
The 5th fastest team against the 8th fastest team.
The 2nd fastest team against the 3rd fastest team.
The fastest team against the 4th fastest team.
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.

Women’s Scratch Race
1. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
2. Jolien D’hoore (Belgium)
3. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)
4. Nao Suzuki (Japan)
5. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
6. Katie Archibald (Great Britain)
7. Jasmin Duehring (Canada)
8. Evgenia Augustinas (Russia)
9. Rachele Barbieri (Italy)
10. Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine)
11. Verena Eberhardt (Austria)
12. Aline Seitz (Switzerland)
13. Justyna Kaczkowska (Poland)
14. Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania)
15 Lydia Gurley (Ireland)
16. Christina Birch (United States)
17. Tatjana Paller (Germany)
18. Ane Iriarte Lasa (Spain)
19. Alzbeta Bacikova (Slovakia)
20. Valentine Fortin (France)
21. Hanna Tserakh (Belarus)
DNF Xiaojuan Diao (Hong Kong)