Botticher: a student of Michael Hubner
With his remarkable individual skills, and an exceptional mentor such as former World Champion Michael Hubner, Stefan Botticher had everything he needed to succeed. Already winner of the team event, at 21 years of age he managed to add a prestigious double achievement to his career by defeating Russia’s Denis Dmitriev in two rounds in the individual final. The bronze medal in this discipline was won by the Frenchman François Pervis, who grabbed his first world title in the kilometre race.
Hammer always at the top
Only one athlete entered the competition, but two gold medals were obtained: the American team’s good results mirror those of Sarah Hammer, who – at 30 years of age – succeeded in taking two new world titles in Minsk. She was victorious in the individual sprint during the opening day and in the Omnium, beating Laura Trott, who had defeated her at the London Olympics, and Annette Edmondson.
“La Madison, s’il vous plaît!”
The European teams took a firm hold on the podium of the Madison: over the 50 kilometres of the race which elicited the enthusiasm of an audience as large as ever in the velodrome of the capital city of Belarus, France’s Vivien Brisse and Morgan Kneisky (2009 Scratch World Champion) came in front of Spain’s David Muntaner Juaneda and Albert Torres Barcelo and Germany’s Henning Bommel and Theo Reinhardt.
The last one destined for James
The last image of the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships will have been that of Rebecca James, smiling on the highest step of the podium after the Keirin, surrounded by China’s Jinjie Gong and Cuba’s Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez. For the young woman from Wales, this being her third personal medal after gold in the individual sprint and bronze in the team event, these World Championships will probably only be the first stage of a long and fruitful career in the discipline of sprint.
In Minsk, track cycling may have found its new leading lady for the years to come.
Women’s Omnium
Individual Pursuit
1. Sarah Hammer (United States) 3:31.550
2. Gillian Carleton (Canada) 01.936
3. Laura Trott (Great Britain) 03.166
4. Annette Edmondson (Australia) 08.710
5. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland) 09.711
6. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 10.280
7. Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 11.074
8. Tamara Balabolina (Russia) 13.964
9. Li Huang (China) 14.192
10. Simona Frapporti (Italy) 14.638
11. Ivanna Borovychenko (Ukraine) 14.984
12. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic) 16.470
13. Els Belmans (Belgium) 20.087
14. Volha Masiukovich (Belarus) 21.548
15. Laurie Berthon (France) 22.739
16. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong) 23.224
17. Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovkia) 27.455
Scratch Race
1. Els Belmans (Belgium)
2. Laurie Berthon (France) -1 lap
3. Laura Trott (Great Britain) -1 lap
4. Sarah Hammer (United States) -1 lap
5. Annette Edmondson (Australia) -1 lap
6. Gillian Carleton (Canada) -1 lap
7. Lisa Brennauer (Germany) -1 lap
8. Li Huang (China) -1 lap
9. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland) -1 lap
10. Tamara Balabolina (Russia) -1 lap
11. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) -1 lap
12. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong) -1 lap
13. Ivanna Borovychenko (Ukraine) -1 lap
14. Simona Frapporti (Italy) -1 lap
15. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic) -1 lap
16. Volha Masiukovich (Belarus) -1 lap
DNS Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovkia)
Time Trial
1. Gillian Carleton (Canada) 35.51
2. Annette Edmondson (Australia) 0.023
3. Tamara Balabolina (Russia) 0.118
4. Laura Trott (Great Britain) 0.165
5. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 0.356
6. Sarah Hammer (United States) 0.543
7. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland) 0.864
8. Laurie Berthon (France) 1.187
9. Li Huang (China) 1.41
10. Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 1.684
11. Els Belmans (Belgium) 1.992
12. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic) 2.012
13. Simona Frapporti (Italy) 2.09
14. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong) 2.626
15. Volha Masiukovich (Belarus) 3.04
16. Ivanna Borovychenko (Ukraine) 3.056
Final Standings
1. Sarah Hammer (United States) 20 pts
2. Laura Trott (Great Britain) 24
3. Annette Edmondson (Australia) 26
4. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Poland) 32
5. Gillian Carleton (Canada) 39
6. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 41
7. Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 41
8. Li Huang (China) 46
9. Tamara Balabolina (Russia) 54
10. Els Belmans (Belgium) 60
11. Laurie Berthon (France) 61
12. Simona Frapporti (Italy) 67
13. Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong) 70
14. Ivanna Borovychenko (Ukraine) 76
15. Lucie Zaleska (Czech Republic) 76
16. Volha Masiukovich (Belarus) 89
DNF Alzbeta Pavlendova (Slovkia)
Women’s Keirin
Round One
Heat 1
1. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain)
2. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
3. Juliana Gaviria (Colombia)
4. Jinjie Gong (China)
5. Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez Luz (Mexico)
Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
3. Victoria Williamson (Great Britain)
4. Sandie Clair (France)
5. Elena Brejniva (Russia)
6. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
Heat 3
1. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
2. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
3. Olivia Montauban (France)
4. Stephanie Morton (Austalia)
DNF Miriam Welte (Germany)
DSQ Shuang Guo (China)
Repechage
Heat 1
1. Sandie Clair (France)
2. Juliana Gaviria (Colombia)
3. Stephanie Morton (Austalia)
4. Elena Brejniva (Russia)
Heat 2
1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
2. Jinjie Gong (China)
3. Olivia Montauban (France)
4. Victoria Williamson (Great Britain)
5. Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez Luz (Mexico)
Second Round
Heat 1
1. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
2. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain)
3. Juliana Gaviria (Colombia)
4. Olivia Montauban (France)
5. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
6. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
Heat 2
1. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
2. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
3. Jinjie Gong (China)
4. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
5. Sandie Clair (France)
DNS Stephanie Morton (Austalia)
Final 1-6
1. Rebecca Angharad James (Great Britain)
2. Jinjie Gong (China)
3. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
4. Wai Sze Lee (Hong Kong)
5. Juliana Gaviria (Colombia)
6. Kristina Vogel (Germany)
Final 7-11
7. Sandie Clair (France)
8. Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
9. Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
10. Olivia Montauban (France)
11. Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia)
Men’s Madison
1. France (Vivien Brisse/Morgan Kneisky) 18 pts
2. Spain (David Muntaner Juaneda/Albert Torres Barcelo) 15
3. Germany (Henning Bommel/Theo Reinhardt) 13
4. Italy (Angelo Ciccone/Liam Bertazzo) 12 (-1 lap)
5. Ukraine (Roman Lutsyshyn/Mykhaylo Radionov) 10 (-1 lap)
6. Czech Republic (Vojtech Hacecky/Jiri Hochmann) 9 (-1 lap)
7. Switzerland (Silvan Dillier/Tristan Marguet) 9 (-1 lap)
8. Belgium (Kenny De Ketele/Gijs Van Hoecke) 7 (-1 lap)
9. Austria (Andreas Graf/Andreas Mueller) 3 (-1 lap)
10. Denmark (Jesper Morkov/Mathias Moller) 2 (-1 lap)
11. Great Britain (Owain Doull/Simon Yates) 2 (-1 lap)
12. Netherlands (Wim Stroetinga/Peter Schep) 2 (-1 lap)
13. Hong Kong (Ho Ting Kwok/King Lok Cheung) 0 (-1 lap)
14. Russia (Evgeny Kovalev/Ivan Kovalev) 0 (-1 lap)
15. Australia (Glenn O’Shea/Alexander Edmondson) 0 (-1 lap)
DNF Kazakhstan (Artyom Zakharov/Dias Omirzakov)
DNF Mexico (José Ramon Infante Aguirre/Diego Yepez Arellano)
Men’s Sprint
Semi Final
Heat 1
1. Denis Dmitriev (Russia) X, 0.010, X
2. Francois Pervis (France) 0.033, X, 0.021
Heat 2
1. Stefan Botticher (Germany) 0.023, X, X
2. Sam Webster (New Zealand) X
Final for Gold
1. Stefan Botticher (Germany) X, X
2. Denis Dmitriev (Russia) 0.021, 0.008
Final for Bronze
3. Francois Pervis (France) X, X
4. Sam Webster (New Zealand) 0.041, 0.350