February 23, 2013 (Minsk, Belarus) – Thanks to Simon Yates’ and Jason Kenny’s wins in the third evening of the UCI Track World Championships, Great Britain has taken first place in the medals ranking in Minsk (Belarus). With three wins, the British now lead in front of Australia and Germany. No Canadians raced on Day 3 – ed.

Pawlowska, one year on
The only women’s event scheduled for this meeting, the Scratch, was won by Katarzyna Pawlowska who beat Mexico’s Sofia Arreola Navarro and Russia’s Evgeniya Romanyuta. At 24 years of age, the Pole has obtained her second consecutive win in this speciality in the World Championships, a year after the Melbourne edition.

Yates, the man to watch out for in the future?
If, to this day, the best British performances in this edition of the UCI Track World Championships had been achieved by the women, nobody could possibly question the ability of the world’s strongest team to shine.

The first of two victories of the day “made in UK” went to Simon Yates, who came back from behind to win the points race in the last sprint. For his first experience at this level, Yates – who has just celebrated his 20th birthday– took part in the event’s decisive move with four other attackers: after having gained a lap on all his rivals he finally came one point ahead of Spain’s Eloy Teruel Rovira and five points ahead of Russia’s Kirill Sveshnikov.

Kenny, grabs the Keirin
Olympic Champion in the team sprint at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Individual Sprint World Champion at Apeldoorn in 2011 and double Olympic Champion in these disciplines last August in London, Jason Kenny had yet to be crowned in the Keirin.

On the Minsk track, one month before his 25th birthday, the world sprint number one succeeded in completing his amazing prize-winning record by defeating Germany’s Maximilian Levy, the winner of the 2009 World Championships in Pruszkow and Olympic runner-up. Jason Kenny, the designated successor to Sir Chris Hoy in sprint track cycling, has now inaugurated his own era, which is likely to last a long time.

But 20-year old Matthijs Büchli from the Netherlands, who arrived third in the event, stands out among the rivals that the Brit will meet more than once in the competitions.

Saturday’s race schedule
On Saturday, the fourth and last-but-one day of the World Championships will enable the awarding of medals in the women’s points race and sprint and in the men’s Omnium.

The races will be broadcast live from 17:00 (CET) on the UCI YouTube channel or on the UCI homepage. During the course of the day, many highlights will remain available as video footage.

Results

Men’s Keirin

First Round

Heat 1
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2. Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
3. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)
4. Quentin Lafargue (France)
5. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
6. Edgar Ismael Verdugo (Mexico)
7. Francesco Ceci (Italy)

HEat 2
1. Tobias Wachter (Germany)
2. Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)
3. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
4. Yudai Nitta (Japan)
5. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
6. Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)
7. Christos Volikakis (Greece)

Heat 3
1. Francois Pervis (France)
2. Stefan Botticher (Germany)
3. Andrew Taylor (Australia)
4. Pavel Kelemen (Czech Republic)
5. Valentin Savitskiy (Russia)
6. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)
7. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)

Heat 4
1. Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)
2. Scott Sunderland (Australia)
3. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)
4. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)
5. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spain)
6. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
7. Hugo Haak (Netherlands)
Top 2 riders in each heat advance to Second Round – rest to Repechage

Repechage

Heat 1
1. Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)
2. Valentin Savitskiy (Russia)
3. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand)
4. Francesco Ceci (Italy)
5. Adam Ptacnik (Czech Republic)

Heat 2
1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
2. Hugo Haak (Netherlands)
3. Matthew Crampton (Great Britain)
4. Edgar Ismael Verdugo (Mexico)
5. Pavel Kelemen (Czech Republic)

Heat 3
1. Andrew Taylor (Australia)
2. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spain)
3. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
4. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
5. Yudai Nitta (Japan)

Heat 4
1. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
2. Quentin Lafargue (France)
3. Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (Colombia)
4. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spain)
5. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)

Second Round

Heat 1
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2. Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)
3. Stefan Botticher (Germany)
4. Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)
5. Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)
6. Christos Volikakis (Greece)

Heat 2
1. Andrew Taylor (Australia)
2. Scott Sunderland (Australia)
3. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
4. Tobias Wachter (Germany)
5. Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
6. Francois Pervis (France)
Top 3 in each heat advance to 6-Jan final, rest to 12-Jul final

Final 6-Jan
1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
3. Matthijs Buchli (Netherlands)
4. Andrew Taylor (Australia)
5. Scott Sunderland (Australia)
6. Stefan Botticher (Germany)

Final 12-Jul
7. Francois Pervis (France)
8. Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)
9. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
10. Tobias Wachter (Germany)
11. Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
12. Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)

Men’s Omnium

Flying Lap
1. Aaron Gate (New Zealand) 13.109
2. Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) 13.121
3. Glenn O’Shea (Australia) 13.173
4. Lucas Liss (Germany) 13.183
5. Artur Ershov (Russia) 13.323
6. Hao Liu (China) 13.349
7. Loic Perizzolo (Switzerland) 13.426
8. Ondrej Rybin (Czech Republic) 13.444
9. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 13.459
10. Jasper De Buyst (Belgium) 13.555
11. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain) 13.587
12. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 13.633
13. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia) 13.643
14. Vivien Brisse (France) 13.643
15. Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan) 13.718
16. Raman Tsishkou (Belarus) 13.765
17. Paolo Simion (Italy) 14.045
18. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 14.094
19. Volodymyr Kogut (Ukraine) 14.687

Points Race
1. Glenn O’Shea (Australia) 18
2. Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) 14
3. Vivien Brisse (France) 13
4. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 12
5. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 10
6. Jasper De Buyst (Belgium) 9
7. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 8
8. Aaron Gate (New Zealand) 8
9. Artur Ershov (Russia) 8
10. Lucas Liss (Germany) 6
11. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain) 5
12. Hao Liu (China) 5
13. Volodymyr Kogut (Ukraine) 5
14. Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan) 2
15. Raman Tsishkou (Belarus) 2
16. Loic Perizzolo (Switzerland) 2
17. Paolo Simion (Italy) lapped
18. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia) DNF
19. Ondrej Rybin (Czech Republic) DNF

Elimination
1. Tim Veldt (Netherlands)
2. Aaron Gate (New Zealand)
3. Glenn O’Shea (Australia)
4. Lucas Liss (Germany)
5. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong)
6. Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)
7. Raman Tsishkou (Belarus)
8. Ondrej Rybin (Czech Republic)
9. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain)
10. Artur Ershov (Russia)
11. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain)
12. Vivien Brisse (France)
13. Loic Perizzolo (Switzerland)
14. Jasper De Buyst (Belgium)
15. Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan)
16. Volodymyr Kogut (Ukraine)
17. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia)
18. Paolo Simion (Italy)
DSQ Hao Liu (China)

Standings after 3 of 6 events
1. Glenn O’Shea (Australia) 7 pts
2. Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) 10
3. Aaron Gate (New Zealand) 11
4. Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 17
5. Lucas Liss (Germany) 18
6. Artur Ershov (Russia) 24
7. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 27
8. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 28
9. Vivien Brisse (France) 29
10. Jasper De Buyst (Belgium) 30
11. Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain) 31
12. Loic Perizzolo (Switzerland) 36
13. Raman Tsishkou (Belarus) 38
14. Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan) 44
15. Volodymyr Kogut (Ukraine) 48
16. Paolo Simion (Italy) 52
17. Ondrej Rybin (Czech Republic) 54
18. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia) 67
DSQ Hao Liu (China)

Men’s Points Race
1. Simon Yates (Great Britain) 35 pts
2. Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spain) 34
3. Kirill Sveshnikov (Russia) 30
4. Milan Kadlec (Czech Republic) 30
5. Stefan Kueng (Switzerland) 27
6. Andreas Graf (Austria) 23
7. Henning Bommel (Germany) 20
8. Angelo Ciccone (Italy) 19
9. Thomas Boudat (France) 18
10. Kenny De Ketele (Belgium) 13
11. Alexander Edmondson (Australia) 10
12. Jesper Morkov (Denmark) 7
13. Wojciech Pszczolarski (Poland) 5
14. Pavel Gatskiy (Kazakhstan) lapped
15. Raman Ramanau (Belarus) lapped
DNF Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
DNF Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan)
DNF Amrit Singh (India)
DNF Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukraine)

Women’s Scratch Race
1. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland)
2. Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)
3. Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russia)
4. Laurie Berthon (France)
5. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
6. Dani King (Great Britain)
7. Caroline Ryan (Ireland)
8. Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovakia)
9. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain)
10. Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine)
11. Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
12. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong)
13. Sarah Inghelbrecht (Belgium)
14. Katsiaryna Barazna (Belarus)
15. Melissa Hoskins (Australia)
16. Stephanie Pohl (Germany)
17. Sarah Hammer (United States)
18. Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)

Women Sprint

Qualification
1. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain) 10.957
2. Kristina Vogel (Germany) 11.057
3. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong) 11.07
4. Jinjie Gong (China) 11.135
5. Shuang Guo (China) 11.142
6. Stephanie Morton (Australia) 11.172
7. Miriam Welte (Germany) 11.189
8. Olivia Montauban (France) 11.208
9. Virginie Cueff (France) 11.222
10. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) 11.238
11. Juliana Gaviria (Colombia) 11.345
12. Victoria Williamson (Great Britain) 11.36
13. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 11.394
14. Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain) 11.398
15. Olga Streltsova (Russia) 11.426
16. Anastasiia Voinova (Russia) 11.453
17. Elena Brejniva (Russia) 11.472
18. Helena Casas Roige (Spain) 11.541
19. Kayono Maeda (Japan) 11.605
20. Hiroko Ishii (Japan) 11.674
21. Olena Tsos (Ukraine) 11.71

39828. Final

Heat 1
1. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain)

Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)

Heat 3
1. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)

Heat 4
1. Jinjie Gong (China)
2. Olena Tsos (Ukraine)

Heat 5
1. Shuang Guo (China)
2. Hiroko Ishii (Japan)

Heat 6
1. Stephanie Morton (Australia)
2. Kayono Maeda (Japan)

Heat 7
1. Miriam Welte (Germany)
2. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)

Heat 8
1. Olivia Montauban (France)
2. Elena Brejniva (Russia)

Heat 9
1. Virginie Cueff (France)
2. Anastasiia Voinova (Russia)

Heat 10
1. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
2. Olga Streltsova (Russia)

Heat 11
1. Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)
2. Juliana Gaviria (Colombia)

Heat 12
1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
2. Victoria Williamson (Great Britain)

39820. Final

Heat 1
1. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain)
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)

Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2. Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)

Heat 3
1. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
2. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)

Heat 4
1. Virginie Cueff (France)
2. Jinjie Gong (China)

Heat 5
1. Shuang Guo (China)
2. Olivia Montauban (France)

Heat 6
1. Stephanie Morton (Australia)
2. Miriam Welte (Germany)

Winners to quarterfinal – losers to 8-Jan Repechage

39820. Repechage

Heat 1
1. Jinjie Gong (China)
2. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
3. Miriam Welte (Germany)

Heat 2
1. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
2. Olivia Montauban (France)
3. Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)

Quarterfinal

Heat 1
1. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain)
2. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)

Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2. Jinjie Gong (China)

Heat 3
1. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
2. Stephanie Morton (Australia)

Heat 4
1. Shuang Guo (China)
2. Virginie Cueff (France)

5-8th
5. Jinjie Gong (China)
6. Stephanie Morton (Australia)
7. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
8. Virginie Cueff (France)