January 23, 2010 (Beijing, China) – On day 2, the Canadian track team continued to excel at the UCI Track World Cup in Beijing with Zach Bell (Can) winning his second gold medal of the event in the men’s Scratch race. Travis Smith (Can) finished 21st in the men’s Keirin, Allan Leparskas (Can) was 22nd in the men’s Kilo, Monique Sullivan (Can) took 14th in the women’s 500m TT, and Tara Whitten (Can) and Steph Roorda (Can) placed eighth and 18th, respectively in the Women’s Points race.

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Zach Bell stood on top of the podium for the second time in two days to sing the Canadian national anthem. Bell, of Watson Lake, Yukon, was ranked 9th in the world in the scratch race last year, rode an aggressive race. Having only raced in one international scratch race this year, he was sitting 135th in the world ranking and knew he would have to place in the top 4 in order to qualify for the World Championships at the end of March, but he wouldn’t be happy unless he finished on the podium. He rode a tactfully strong race and powered to the front when needed to rev it up and cross the finish line first, gaining a gold medal and most likely a berth at Worlds.

There are over 300 competitors at the Beijing World Cup and the event with perhaps the stiffest competition was the men’s Keirin. Coach Richard Wooles claimed that all the heats were strong and “could be World or Olympic final groupings.” Travis Smith, of Calgary, Alberta, was one of the strongest competitors at the last round of the World Cup was looking to make better tactical decisions and sharpen his racing senses. After breaking his hip in this event almost three years ago, this is the first season that has shown a return and improvement to his pre-crash speed and power as well as mental confidence. Smith finished 4th in round one and was relegated in the repechage, to finish in 21st place. His focus will now be on the Commonwealth Games in October and looking forward to the 2012 Olympics.

Allan Leparskas, from London, Ontario, represented Canada at the Junior World Championships last August made his World Cup debut in the kilo and finished in 22nd place with a very respectable time of 1:06.981. Monique Sullivan competed in the 500 meters with a time of 36.111 for 18th place. The Calgarian will be looking for a top-8 finish in the Keirin on the last day of racing.

Tara Whitten, from Edmonton, Alberta, won a bronze medal on day 1 in the individual pursuit won her qualifying heat in the points race to advance to the final. She racked up points in the 3rd and 5th points laps for a total of 5 points and sat tied in 5th place going in to the final sprint. Her attempts at gaining more points were not successful and she crossed the finish line 15th and ended in 8th place overall.

The final day of racing will get under way tonight at 9:00 pm EST and the Canadian Women’s Team Pursuit team have a shot at a medal after winning gold at the last World Cup. Canadians will also be racing in the following events:

– Men’s Sprint: Joseph Veloce (ON) and Stephane Cossette (QUE)
– Women’s Team Pursuit: Tara Whitten (AB), Laura Brown (AB), Stephanie Roorda (AB)
– Women’s Keirin: Monique Sullivan (AB)

Results

Men’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications
1. Australia 4:05.635
2. Netherlands 4:08.992
3. New Zealand 4:10.025
4. Ukraine 4:10.731
5. Max Success Pro Cycling 4:10.737
6. China 4:10.810
7. Russia 4:11.190
8. Great Britain 4:11.495
9. France 4:12.350
10. Lokomotiv 4:12.549
11. Germany 4:12.799
12. Denmark 4:13.476
13. Poland 4:13.639
14. Spain 4:17.344
15. Ireland 4:18.427
16. Italy 4:20.268
17. Belgium 4:20.653
18. Lithuania 4:21.564
19. South Africa 4:30.105

Finals
1. Australia 4:01.226
2. Netherlands DNF
3. New Zealand 4:05.278
4. Ukraine 4:10.000

Men’s 1000m TT

Finals
1. Miao Zhang (Chn) 1:02.173
2. Joachim Eilers (Ger) 1:02.677
3. Kamil Kuczynski (Pol) 1:03.105
4. Edward Dawkins (NZl) 1:03.190
5. Chongyang Wang (Msp) 1:03.211
6. Filip Ditzel (Cze) 1:03.570
7. Yudai Nitta (Jpn) 1:03.724
8. Scott Sunderland (Aus) 1:03.809
9. Clemens Selzer (Aut) 1:03.819
10. Yevgen Bolibrukh (Ukr) 1:03.964
11. Giddeon Massie (USA) 1:04.114
12. Quentin Lafargue (Fra) 1:04.180
13. Anton Lapshinau (Blr) 1:04.479
14. Hafiz Sufian (Mas) 1:04.688
15. Luca Ceci (Ita) 1:04.804
16. Thierry Jollet (Fra) 1:04.951
17. Sergey Polynskiy (Rus) 1:05.767
18. David Askurava (Ge) 1:05.816
19. Martyn Irvine (Irl) 1:05.820
20. Hodei Mazquiaran Uria (Spa) 1:06.432
21. Po Hung Wu (Tpe) 1:06.572
22. Allan Leparskas (Can) 1:06.981
23. Michael Thomson (RSA) 1:07.105
24. Konstantin Kuperasov (Kta) 1:07.494
25. King Lok Cheung (HKg) 1:08.601
26. Oscar Ezker Martin (Fgn) 1:09.278
27. Adria Sabate Masip (Spa) 1:10.166
28. Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) 1:17.637
DNS Niki Byrgesen (Den)
DNS Tim Veldt (Ned)

Men’s Keirin

Finals
1. Azizulhasni Awang (Bta)
2. Jason Niblett (Aus)
3. Daniel Ellis (Aus)
4. Maximillian Levy (Fra)
5. Sebastian Doehrer (Ger)
6. Josiah Ng Onn Lam (Mas)
7. Kota Asai (Jpn)
8. Zafeiris Volikakis (Gre)
9. Simon Van Velthooven (NZl)
10. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spa)
13. Adam Ptacnik (Cze)
13. Francesco Ceci (Ita)
13. Qi Tang (Msp)
13. Gennadiy Genys (Ukr)
17. Anton Lapshinau (Blr)
17. Lei Zhang (Chn)
17. David Alonso Castillo (Spa)
17. Kamil Kuczynski (Pol)
21. Travis Smith (Can)
21. Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Gdz)
21. Kristjan Gregoric (Slo)
21. Hugo Haak (Ned)
25. David Askurava (Ge)
25. Michael Thomson (RSA)

Men’s Scratch Race

Finals
1. Zachary Bell (Can)
2. Hayden Godfrey (NZl)
3. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
4. Cody O’Reilly (USA)
5. James Carney (Sal)
6. Elia Viviani (Ita)
7. Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa)
8. Nicky Cocquyt (Bel)
9. Makoto Iijima (Jpn)
10. Ki Ho Choi (HKg)
11. Lukasz Bujko (Pol)
12. Kirill Sveshnikov (Lokomotiv)
13. Matthew Brammeier (Irl)
14. Morgan Kneisky (Fra)
15. Ivan Kovalev (Rus)
16. Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu)
17. Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr)
18. Kam Po Wong (HKg)
19. Roy Pieters (Ned)
20. Dean Edwards (RSA)
21. Alexander Petrovskiy (Kta)
22. Javier Azcue (Fgn)
23. Jonathan Mould (GBr)
24. Po Hung Wu (Tpe) -1 lap

Women’s 500m TT

Finals
1. Willy Kanis (Ned) 0:33.989
2. Jinjie Gong (Chn) 0:34.136
3. Anna Meares (Aus) 0:34.243
4. Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) 0:34.510
5. Sandie Clair (Fra) 0:34.613
6. Olga Panarina (Blr) 0:34.654
7. Wai Sze Lee (HKg) 0:34.978
8. Tianshi Zhong (Msp) 0:35.292
9. Olga Streltsova (Rus) 0:35.558
10. Miriam Welte (Ger) 0:35.559
11. Renata Dabrowska (Pol) 0:35.621
12. Vilija Sereikaite (Ltu) 0:35.680
13. Helena Casas Roige (Spa) 0:35.963
14. Monique Sullivan (Can) 0:36.111
15. Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) 0:36.142
16. Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) 0:36.613
17. Annerine Wenhold (RSA) 0:37.777
18. Monia Baccaille (Ita) 0:37.921
19. Alba Diez (Spa) 0:40.071
DNS Joanne Van Der Westhuizen (RSA)

Women’s Points Race

Finals
1. Megan Dunn (Aus) 13 points
2. Elena Tchalykh (Aze) 11
3. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) 11
4. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) 10
5. Jarmila Machacova (Cze) 5
6. Lang Meng (Gpc) 5
7. Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mex) 5
8. Tara Whitten (Can) 5
9. Kerong Tang (Chn) 4
10. Ah Reum Na (Korea) 3
11. Pascale Jeuland (Fra) 1
12. Anastasia Chulkova (Rus) 1
13. Josephine Tomic (Aus) 1
14. Andrea Wolfer (Sui)
15. Pascale Schnider (Sui)
16. Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa)
17. Aksana Papko (Blr)
18. Stephanie Roorda (Can)
19. Vera Koedooder (Ned)
20. Chaomei Wu (Chn)
21. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita)
DNF Xiao Juan Diao (HKg)
DNF Iryna Shpylyova (Ukr)
DSQ Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus)

Women’s Team Sprint

Finals
1. China 0:33.311
2. Netherlands 0:34.086
3. Australia 0:34.619
4. Max Success Pro Cycling 0:34.703
5. France
6. Germany
7. Giant Pro Cycling
8. Russia
9. Hong Kong
10. Mexico
11. South Africa
12. Ukraine