November 1, 2008 (Manchester, Great Britain) – Canada’s Tara Whitten took the silver behind Great Britain’s Wendy Houvenaghel in the women’s Individual Pursuit for a fabulous start to the season on Day One of the first round of the UCI Track World Cup in Manchester. We believe Whitten’s qualification time of 3:36.998 (49.770 km/hr) sets a new Canadian record – to be confirmed shortly.

Thanks to reader Doug Cameron for alerting us to this. I believe that Tara Whitten’s 3:36.998 is a new Canadian record, demolishing the 3:40.398 set by Clara Hughes at the same track at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Tara’s previous best was 3:41.367 at the 2008 Beijing World Cup.

Pedal correspondent Chris Reid confirmed that Tara Whitten unofficially is the new Canadian women’s Individual Pursuit record holder with her qualifying time of 3:36.998 and is likely the first woman to podium at a track World Cup since Mandy Poitras.

“Clara Hughes did indeed set the Canadian individual pursuit record of 3:40.398 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. An interesting trivia note is that at the same Games former Pedal writer Erin Carter posted her personal best time in an earlier heat before setting the Canadian record which she held for about 5 minutes before being demoted by Hughes. I believe Tara is the first Canadian woman to podium at a track World Cup since Mandy Poitras (not sure if Gina Grain ever has).”

We contacted Clara Hughes as well and she wrote us back:
“I’m sure that is a record – I think I went 3:40 or something like that at the Commonwealth Games in 2002. That’s the fastest I ever went. Good for Tara!! Clara (in Berlin).

Results

Women’s Individual Pursuit Final

1. Wendy Houvenaghel (Gbr) Great Britain 3:30.591 (51.284 km/h)
2. Tara Whitten (Can) Canada 3:39.584
3. Joanna Rowsell (Gbr) Team 100% Me 3:41.875
4. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany 3:44.446
5. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus
6. Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France
7. Jolien d’Hoore (Bel) Belgium
8. Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine
9. Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland
10. Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Cespa Euskadi

Men’s Keirin

Second Round
Heat 1
1. François Pervis (Fra) Cofidis
2. Kamil Kuczynski (Pol)
3. Christos Volikakis (Gre)
4. Matthew Crampton (GBr)
5. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukr)
6. Denis Spicka (Cze)

Heat 2
1. Jason Kenny (Team Sky)
2. Teun Mulder (Ned)
3. Denis Dmitriev (Rus)
4. Charlie Conord (Fra) Us Creteil
5. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spa) Cespa Euskadi
6. Sebastian Doehrer (Ger)

Finals 1-6

1. François Pervis (Fra) Cofidis
2. Jason Kenny (GBr) Team Sky + Hd
3. Teun Mulder (Ned) Netherlands
4. Kamil Kuczynski (Pol) Poland
5. Christos Volikakis (Gre) Greece
6. Denis Dmitriev (Rus) Russia

Finals 7-12

7. Matthew Crampton (GBr) Great Britain
8. Andriy Vynokurov (Ukr) Ukraine
9. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spa) Cespa Euskadi
10. Charlie Conord (Fra) Us Creteil
11. Denis Spicka (Cze) Czech Republic
12. Sebastian Doehrer (Ger) Germany

13. Kazunari Watanabe (Jpn) Japan
13. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa) CalapieReyno de Navarra
13. Craig Maclean (GBr) Plowman Craven Racing Team
16. Barry Forde (Bar) Barbados
16. Andrea Guardini (Ita) Italy
16. Cédric Stoller (Swi) Switzerland
19. David Askurava (Geo) Georgia
19. Qi Tang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling
19. Christopher Sellier (Tri) Trinidad &Tobago
22. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spa) Catalunya
22. Wen Hao Li (Chn) China
22. Jean Christiaan Smith (RSA) Willie Engelbrecht Track Development Team
25. Gaddy Chaid (RSA) South Africa
25. Ivan Trebaticky (Svk) Slovakia
27. José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spa) Spain

Women’s Points Race

Final
1. Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Team 100% Me 39 points
2. Lucy Martin (GBr) Great Britain 25
3. Katie Colclough (GBr) Team 100% Me 25
4. Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa) Spain 23
5. Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic 23
6. Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany 22
7. Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong 22
8. Shelley Olds (USA) Proman Racing Team 7
9. Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italy 6
10. Rebecca Quinn (USA) South Bay Wheelmen 6
11. Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland 5
12. Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Spa) Spain 5
13. Svetlana Paulikaite (Ltu) Lithuania 5
14. Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) HpTeschner 4
15. Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands 3
16. Jolien D’hoore (Bel) Belgium 2
17. Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy 2
18. Kelly Druyts (Bel) Belgium 1
19. Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russia 1
20. Aksana Papko (Blr) Belarus 1
21. Malindi Maclean (NZl) New Zealand 1
22. Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong
23. Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany

Men’s Scratch

Qualifications Heat 2
1. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) France
2. Luke Rowe (GBr) Team 100% Me
3. Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy
4. Christian Ranneries (Den) Denmark
5. Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique (Spa) Spain
6. Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven Racing Team
7. Piotr Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Poland
8. Jozef Zabka (Svk) Slovakia
9. Yury Yurchanka (Blr) Belarus
10. Martin Blaha (Cze) Asc Dukla Praha
11. Inaki Anzizar (Spa) CalapieReyno de Navarra
12. Jason Peter Pentz (RSA) Willie Engelbrecht Track Development Team
13. Alexander Petrovskiy (Rus) Russia
14. Carlos Uran (Col) Colombia
15. Vitaliy Popkov (Ukr) Ukraine
16. Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling

Final
1. Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Netherlands
2. Tim Mertens (Bel) Belgium
3. Martin Blaha (Cze) Asc Dukla Praha
4. Luke Rowe (GBr) Team 100% Me
5. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) France
6. Erik Mohs (Ger) Germany
7. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Great Britain
8. Martin Hacecky (Cze) Czech Republic
9. Stanislav Volkov (Rus) Lokomotiv
10. Maxime Bally (Swi) Switzerland
11. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukr) Comanche Professional Team
12. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
13. Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy
14. Leigh Howard (Aus) Team Toshiba
15. Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique (Spa) Spain
16. Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven Racing Team
17. Christian Ranneries (Den) Denmark
18. Sebastian Donadio (Arg) Argentina
19. Yury Yurchanka (Blr) Belarus
20. Inaki Anzizar (Spa) CalapieReyno de Navarra
21. Jozef Zabka (Svk) Slovakia
22. King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong
DNF Jason Peter Pentz (RSA) Willie Engelbrecht Track Development Team
DNF Piotr Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Poland

Women’s Sprint

Finals

Heat 1
1. Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + Hd 11.697 11.931
2. Lulu Zheng (Chn) China

Heat 2
3. Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine 11.922 12.533
4. Anna Blyth (GBr) Great Britain

5. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Rus) Russia
6. Jinjie Gong (Chn) China
7. Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany
8. Virginie Cueff (Fra) France
9. Christin Muche (Ger) Germany
10. Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia
11. Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada
12. Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong
13. Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russia
14. Jessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain
15. Natasha Hansen (NZl) New Zealand
16. Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Spain
17. Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland
18. Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei
19. Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia
20. Marta Janowiak (Pol) Poland
21. Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong
22. Joanne Van Der Westhuizen (RSA) South Africa

Men’s Individual Pursuit

Finals
1. Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 4:20.041 (55.375km/h)
2. Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr) Ukraine 4:24.859
3. Valery Kaykov (Rus) Lokomotiv 4:25.847
4. Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Spain 4:31.581
5. Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Belgium
6. Adrian Kuriek (Pol) Poland
7. Mark Christian (GBr) Team 100% Me
8. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Italy
9. Arno Van Der Zwet (Ned) Netherlands
10. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
11. Jaime Suaza Lopez (Col) Colombia
12. Matti Pajari (Fin) Finland
13. Carlos Herrero (Spa) Catalunya
14. Sergei Sakavets (Blr) Belarus

Men’s 1km Time Trial

Final
1. David Daniell (GBr) Great Britain 1:01.996 (58.068km/h)
2. Yevhen Bolibrukh (Ukr) Ukraine 1:03.039
3. Kamil Kuczynski (Pol) Poland 1:03.176
4. Wen Hao Li (Chn) China 1:03.468
5. Thierry Jollet (Fra) Us Creteil 1:03.993
6. Tomas Babek (Cze) Czech Republic 1:04.729
7. Didier Henriette (Fra) Cofidis 1:04.961
8. David Alonso Castillo (Spa) Spain 1:05.349
9. Luca Ceci (Ita) Italy 1:05.536
10. Qi Tang (Chn) Max Success Pro Cycling 1:05.721
11. Arno Van Der Zwet (Ned) Netherlands 1:06.231
12. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa) CalapieReyno de Navarra 1:06.572
13. David Askurava (Geo) Georgia 1:06.687
14. Cédric Stoller (Swi) Switzerland 1:07.096
15. Christian Ranneries (Den) Denmark 1:07.736
16. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) Belarus 1:08.884
DNS Vasileios Galanis (Gre) Greece
DNS Gaddy Chaid (RSA) South Africa
DNS Jean Christiaan Smith (RSA) Willie Engelbrecht Track Development Team