January 21, 2011 (Beijing, China) – The Canadian track cycling didn’t wait long before showing they were ready for the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing, CHN, as the Canadian women’s team pursuit squad comprised Tara Whitten of Edmonton, AB, Laura Brown of Vancouver, BC and Stephanie Roorda of Vancouver, BC won the silver medal on the opening day.

The Canadian team qualified with the second fastest time of 3:27.606 to advance to the gold medal to race against the powerful New Zealand team, which won the qualifiers with a time of 3:26.477.

In the gold medal showcase, Canada were forced to concede the victory to the strong New Zealand team, posting a time of 3:27.238, a 2.176 seconds deficit against their opponents.

“This silver medal is a great accomplishment for us. The competition at the World Cup events is fierce this season with everyone trying to make Olympic qualifications, said Stephanie Roorda. “Our preparation at our LA base after the holidays was one of the most important parts in our success today. This is a great place to go from into our lead up to World Championships in March.”

Laura Brown added: “Our performance today felt really put together. Now that both Steph [Roorda] and I have moved to LA (where Tara was already located) our team has really dialled in the technical aspects of the team pursuit. As well as getting stronger and faster. The National Team being stationed in LA has been huge to my improvements and success thus far. I have access to a world class training facility, I train with my teammates every day, I am surrounded by other athletes who share a performance driven lifestyle, and I get access to our support team when they come down to LA.”



With the silver medal, Canada jumps to the third rank in the overall World Cup standing with 23 points, only two points shy of Australia at 25 points. New Zealand, which won two of the three World Cup race, sits alone atop the standings with 32 points.

“We are in the Olympic qualification period and everything is going as planned. This is the first medal of the 2010-2011 season — and it is surely a cherry on top of a good season so far, and I am so excited to use this momentum for our upcoming training and preparation for the World Championships at the end of March,” continued Brown, who won her career third World Cup medal.

The performance is Canada’s best ever in the discipline. Prior to this race, the team led by Head Coach Richard Wooles finished fourth and fifth in the opening two World Cup events of the 2011 season.

In the men’s omnium, a multi-race event, Zach Bell of North Vancouver, BC, currently sitting in second place of the overall UCI World Cup standings, won the opening Flying Lap race. Bell went on to finish fourth in the points race with 15 points and sixth in the elimination to lead the standings after the first day of competition.

The Canadian men’s team sprint, formed by Joseph Veloce of Fonthill, ON, Stéphane Cossette of Bromont, QC and Travis Smith of Calgary, AB, took the 11th position with a time 45.679 seconds in the last lap.

In their race, The Canadian men’s team pursuit, comprised of Cameron MacKinnon of Dieppe, NB, Jean-Michel Lachance of Québec, QC, Jacob Schwingboth of Surrey, BC and Rémi Pelletier-Roy of Longueuil, QC, finished in 13th position, stopping the clock at 4:18.464.

The 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing continues Saturday and ends Sunday.

Results (brief)

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. New Zealand 3:26
Kaytee Boyd
Rushlee Buchanan
Jaime Nielsen

2. Canada 3:28
Tara Whitten
Laura Brown
Stephanie Roorda

3. Australia 3:28
Melissa Hoskins
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Sarah Kent

4. Netherlands 3:29
Kirsten Wild
Vera Koerdooder
Laura Vn Der Kamp

5. China 3:29
Fan JIang
Wenwen Jiang
Jing Liang

6. Belarus 3:30
Tatsiana Sharakova
Alena Dylko
Aksana Papko

7. Korea 3:31
Ah Reum Na
You Ri Kim
Min Hye Lee

8. Russia 3:32
Verena Absalyamova
Victoria Kondel
Maria Mishina

Final

1. New Zealand 3:25.1
Kaytee Boyd
Rushlee Buchanan
Jaime Nielsen

2. Canada 3:27.2
Tara Whitten
Laura Brown
Stephanie Roorda

3. Australia 3:26.5
Melissa Hoskins
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Sarah Kent

Men’s Omnium

Qualifications

Heat 1
1. Thomas Scully (New Zealand) 45 pts
2. Zachary Bell (Canada) 32
3. Cristopher Mansilla (China) 30
4. Angelo Ciccone (Italy) 23
5. Werner Riebenbauer (Austria) 22
6. Arno Van Der Zwet (Netherlands) 22
7. Samuel Harrison (Great Britain) 21
8. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan) 20
9. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 10
10. Bryan Coquard (France) 10
11. Recep Unalan (Turkey) 6
12. Viktor Shmalko (Russia) 5
13. Cesar Vaquera Resendis (Mexico) 0
14. In Hyeok Hwang (Korea) 0
DNS Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)

Heat 2       
1. Michael Freiberg (Australia) 30 pts    
2. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 25    
3. Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) 25     
4. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 21    
5. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 8     
6. Chun Kai Feng (Action Cycling Team) 6   
7. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 5     
8. Siarhei Sakavets (Belarus) 5     
9. Roger Kluge (Germany) 5     
10. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukraine) 4     
11. Bobby Lea (United States) 4    
12. Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (Iran) 3    
13. Dawid Glowacki (Poland) 2     
14. Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 2     
15. David Askurava (Georgia) 1     
16. Damien Corthesy (Switzerland) 0     

Flying Lap       
1. Zach Bell (Canada) 13.233   
2. Cristopher Mansilla (China) 13.507     
3. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 13.508    
4. Bryan Coquard (Francer) 13.545     
5. Samuel Harrison (Great Britain) 13.659    
6. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 13.663     
7. Roger Kluge (Germany) 13.676     
8. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 13.739    
9. Thomas Scully (New Zealand) 13.765    
10. Recep Unalan (Turkey) 13.825     
11. Michael Freiberg (Australia) 13.981     
12. Chun Kai Feng (Action Cycling Team) 13.984   
13. Angelo Ciccone (Italy) 13.994     
14. Bobby Lea (United States) 14.041    
15. Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) 14.08     
16. Viktor Shmalko (Russia) 14.133     
17. Siarhei Sakavets (Belarus) 14.144     
18. Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (Iran) 14.251    
19. Arno Van Der Zwet (Netherlands) 14.276    
20. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan) 14.298     
21. Werner Riebenbauer (Austria) 14.479     
22. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 14.502    
23. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 14.688     
24. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukraine) 14.735     

Points Race       
1. Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (Iran) 31 pts    
2. Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) 30     
3. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 25    
4. Zach Bell (Canada) 15
5. Roger Kluge (Germany) 13     
6. Samuel Harrison (Great Britain) 12    
7. Arno Van Der Zwet (Netherlands) 12    
8. Angelo Ciccone (Italy) 11     
9. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 8    
10. Michael Freiberg (Australia) 8     
11. Siarhei Sakavets (Belarus) 5     
12. Bobby Lea (United States) 4    
13. Thomas Scully (New Zealand) 3    
14. Werner Riebenbauer (Austria) 3     
15. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan) 3     
16. Bryan Coquard (Francer) 2     
17. Cristopher Mansilla (China) 1     
18. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukraine) 1     
19. Chun Kai Feng (Action Cycling Team) 0   
20. Recep Unalan (Turkey) 0     
21. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 0     
22. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) -15     
23. Viktor Shmalko (Russia) -20     
24. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) -20    

Elimination       
1. Thomas Scully (New Zealand)     
2. Roger Kluge (Germany)      
3. Samuel Harrison (Great Britain)     
4. Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium)      
5. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain)     
6. Zach Bell (Canada)
7. Werner Riebenbauer (Austria)      
8. Michael Freiberg (Australia)      
9. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic)     
10. Bobby Lea (United States)     
11. Bryan Coquard (Francer)      
12. Cristopher Mansilla (China)      
13. Recep Unalan (Turkey)      
14. Angelo Ciccone (Italy)      
15. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukraine)      
16. Martyn Irvine (Ireland)      
17. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan)      
18. Siarhei Sakavets (Belarus)      
19. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan)      
20. Arno Van Der Zwet (Netherlands)     
21. Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (Iran)     
22. Chun Kai Feng (Action Cycling Team)    
23. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong)     
24. Viktor Shmalko (Russia)      

Standings after 3 Events      
1. Zach Bell (Canada) 11 pts  
2. Samuel Harrison (Great Britain) 14    
3. Roger Kluge (Germany) 14     
4. Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) 21     
5. Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spain) 22    
6. Thomas Scully (New Zealand) 23
7. Michael Freiberg (Australia) 29     
8. Cristopher Mansilla (China) 31     
9. Bryan Coquard (Francer) 31     
10. Angelo Ciccone (Italy) 35     
11. Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 36    
12. Bobby Lea (United States) 36    
13. Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (Iran) 40    
14. Werner Riebenbauer (Austria) 42     
15. Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 43     
16. Recep Unalan (Turkey) 43     
17. Siarhei Sakavets (Belarus) 46     
18. Arno Van Der Zwet (Netherlands) 46    
19. Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 48    
20. Kazushige Kuboki (Japan) 52     
21. Chun Kai Feng (Action Cycling Team) 53   
22. Mykhaylo Radionov (Ukraine) 57     
23. Viktor Shmalko (Russia) 63     
24. Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 64 

Men’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Russia 4:02
Alexander Khatuntsev
Evgeny Kovalev
Alexei Markov
Alexander Serov

2. Spain 4:09
Sergi Escobar
Asier Maeztu
Antonio Miguel
Albert Torres

3. Great Britain 4:09
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell
Simon Yates

4. Netherlands 4:10
Arno Van Der Zwet
Levi Heimans
Nick Stopler
Sipke Zijlstra

5. Lokomotiv 4:10
Sergey Chernetski (Rus)
Artur Ershov (Rus)
Valery Kaikov (Rus)
Alexander Rybakov (Rus)

6. Australia 4:11
Edward Bissaker
Jordan Kerby
Mitchell Lovelockfay
Mitchell Mulhern

7. Belgium 4:12
Jonathan Breyne
Ingmar De Poortere
Jonathan Dufrasne
Justin Van Hoecke

8. Switzerland 4:12
Silvan Dillier
Gregory Hugentobler
Claudio Imof
Joël Peter

9. France 04:12.9
Vivien Brisse
Benoit Daeninck
Julien Duval
Jonathan Mouchel

10. Korea 04:13.2
In Hyeok Hwang
Hyeong Min Choe
Sun Jae Jang
Keon Woo Park

11. Ukraine 04:13.3
Dmytro Grabovskyy
Sergiy Lagkuti
Maksym Polischuk
Vitaliy Shchedov)

12. Germany 04:14.6
Marcel Kalz
Christopher Muche
Stefan Schäfer
Kersten Thiele

13. Canada 04:18.5
Jean-Michel Lachance
Cameron Mackinnon
Rémi Pelletier-Roy
Jacob Schwingboth

14. Italy 04:18.9   
Angelo Ciccone
Omar Bertazzo
Alex Buttazzoni
Piergiacomo Marcolina

15. Hong Kong 04:20.4 
Ho Ting Kwok
King Lok Cheung
Ki Ho Choi
Ying Hon Yeung

16. Iran 04:23.2
Hamed Jannat
Arvin Moazemi Godarzi
Mohammad Rajablou
Ali Torabi Goodarzi

Final for Gold

1. Russia 3:05.876
Alexander Khatuntsev
Evgeny Kovalev
Alexei Markov
Alexander Serov

2. Spain – caught
Sergi Escobar
Asier Maeztu
Antonio Miguel
Albert Torres

Final for Bronze      

3. Great Britain 4:05.010
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell
Simon Yates

4. Netherlands – caught
Arno Van Der Zwet
Levi Heimans
Nick Stopler
Sipke Zijlstra

Men’s Team Sprint      

Qualifications       

1. France 44.347    
Michaël D’Almeida
François Pervis
Kévin Sireau

2. Russia 44.738    
Denis Dmitriev
Pavel Yakushevskiy
Sergey Kucherov

3. China 44.809    
Miao Zhang
Lei Zhang
Changsong Cheng

4. Japan 45.003    
Kazuki Amagai
Kazunari Watanabe
Yudai Nitta

5. Australia 45.133    
Scott Sunderland
Alex Bird
Matthew Glaetzer

6. Great Britain 45.245   
David Daniell
Peter Mitchell
Philip Hindes

7. Poland 45.461    
Adrian Teklinski
Kamil Kuczynski
Maciej Bielecki

8. Czech Republic 45.491   
Tomas Babek
Denis Spicka
Martin Feiferlik

9. YSD Track Team 45.678
Mohd Rizal Tisin
Azizulhasni Awang
Josiah Ng Onn Lam

10. Max Success Pro Cycling 45.761
Qiming Wang
Saifei Bao
Yong Feng

11. Canada 45.769  
Stéphane Cossette
Travis Smith
Joseph Veloce

12. Moscow Track Team 45.819   
Andrey Kubeev
Sergey Borisov
Kirill Filatov

13. Germany 45.969    
Philipp Thiele
Sebastian Doehrer
Eric Engler

14. Netherlands 46.127  
Hugo Haak
Hylke Van Grieken
Roy Van Den Berg

15. Venezuela 46.145 
Hersony Gadiel Canelon Vera
Cesar Mervin Marcano Sanchez
Angel Lamilo Pulgar Aranjo

16. Iran 46.188    
Mahmoud Parash
Ahmad Asgharpourdarabi
Mohammad Parash

17. Colombia 46.236 
Leonardo Alfredo Narvaez Romero
Puerta Zapata Fabian Hernando
Jonathan Marin Cermeno

18. Ukraine 46.254    
Andriy Vynokurov
Yevhen Bolibrukh
Danylo Dutkevych

19. Greece 46.429    
Zafeirios Volikakis
Ilias Kourtelis
Christos Volikakis

20. Malaysia 46.602
Mohd Hafiz Mohd Sufian
Muhamad Edrus Md Yunos
Mohd Fattah Amri Zaid

Final for Gold
1. France 44.15
Michaël D’Almeida
François Pervis
Kévin Sireau

2. Russia 44.664    
Denis Dmitriev
Pavel Yakushevskiy
Sergey Kucherov

Final for Bronze      
3. China 44.716    
Miao Zhang
Lei Zhang
Changsong Cheng

4. Japan 45.042    
Kazuki Amagai
Kazunari Watanabe
Yudai Nitta

Women’s Team Sprint      

Qualifications       
1. China 33.492    
Lin Junhong
Jinjie Gong

2. Netherlands 34.116    
Willy Kanis
Yvonne Hijgenaar

3. Ukraine 34.434    
Lyubov Shulika
Iryna Papezhuk

4. Lithuania 34.687    
Simona Krupeckaite
Gintare Gaivenyte

5. Max Success Pro Cycling 34.978   
Yulei Xu
Lulu Zheng

6. Spain 35.102   
Helena Casas Roige
Tania Calvo Barbero

7. Colombia 35.351   
Juliana Gaviria Rendon
Diana Maria Garcia Orrego

8. Russia 35.354    
Ekaterina Gnidenko
Olga Streltsova

9. Korea 35.667   
Eun Ji Lee
Won Gyeong Kim

10. Hong Kong 35.946   
Wai Sze Lee
Zhao Juan Meng

11. United States 35.954   
Cristin Walker
Elizabeth Carlson Reap

12. Venezuela 36.13   
Angee Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia
Daniela Larreal Chirinos)

13. New Zealand 36.293    
Joanne Kiesanowski
Natasha Hansen

14. Mexico 36.622  
Frany Maria Fong Echevarria
Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez Luz
     
Final For Gold
1. China 33.295    
Lin Junhong
Jinjie Gong

2. Netherlands 33.996    
Willy Kanis
Yvonne Hijgenaar

Final for Bronze      
3. Lithuania 34.296    
Simona Krupeckaite
Gintare Gaivenyte

4. Ukraine 34.512    
Lyubov Shulika
Iryna Papezhuk