November 30, 2018 (Berlin, GER) – Canada’s Ariane Bonhomme, Annie Foreman-Mackey, Kinley Gibson and Stephanie Roorda qualified 4th in the Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifications while their male counterparts, Derek Gee, Michael Foley, Adam Jamieson and Jay Lamoureux raced to 5th as both squads advanced to the First Round on Day 1 of the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup at Round 3 in Berlin, Germany.

The Canucks were on form at both teams qualified to the bronze medal final as the men set a new Canadian record of 3:54.682 eclipsing their previous fastest time of 3:56.352 set on their home track at the recent World Cup in Milton, Ont.

Results

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications
1. Australia 4:19.073
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Georgia Baker
Amy Cure

2. Great Britain 4:19.683
Katie Archibald
Emily Kay
Laura Kenny
Emily Nelson

3. United States 4:25.760
Jennifer Valente
Christina Birch
Kelly Catlin
Kimberly Geist

4. Canada 4:25.931
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Kinley Gibson
Stephanie Roorda

5. Republic of Korea 4:26.858
Hyunji Kim
Youri Kim
Jumi Lee
Ahreum Na

6. Italy 4:27.974
Letizia Paternoster
Rachele Barbieri
Maria Giulia Confalonieri
Martina Fidanza

7. Poland 4:28.896
Justyna Kaczkowska
Lucja Pietrzak
Daria Pikulik
Nikol Plosaj

8. Germany 4:31.457
Tatjana Paller
Franziska Brausse
Gudrun Stock
Laura Sussemilch

9. Belgium 4:31.782
Lotte Kopecky
Shari Bossuyt
Gilke Croket
Annelies Dom

10. China 4:32.753
Xiaofei Wang
Qiaolin Chen
Jiali Liu
Hong Wang

11. Ukraine 4:33.175
Anna Nahirna
Oksana Kliachina
Valeriya Kononenko
Ganna Solovei

12. Ireland 4:33.296
Mia Griffin
Kelly Murphy
Alice Sharpe
Orla Walsh

13. Russian Federation 4:34.291
Evgenia Augustinas
Tamara Balabolina
Anastasiia Iakovenko
Daria Malkova

14. Belarus 4:36.491
Ina Savenka
Polina Pivovarova
Aksana Salauyeva
Hanna Tserakh

15. Japan 4:38.119
Kie Furuyama
Yuya Hashimoto
Kisato Nakamura
Miho Yoshikawa

First Round

Heat 1
1. Italy 4:24.912 QB
Letizia Paternoster
Simone Frapporti
Maria Giulia Confalonieri
Martina Fidanza

2. Poland 4:27.587
Justyna Kaczkowska
Lucja Pietrzak
Daria Pikulik
Nikol Plosaj

Heat 2
1. Republic of Korea 4:25.506
Hyunji Kim
Youri Kim
Jumi Lee
Ahreum Na

2. Germany 4:31.425
Tatjana Paller
Franziska Brausse
Gudrun Stock
Laura Sussemilch

Heat 3
1. Great Britain 4:17.196 QG
Katie Archibald
Emily Kay
Laura Kenny
Jessica Roberts

2. United States 4:25.088
Jennifer Valente
Christina Birch
Kelly Catlin
Kimberly Geist

Heat 4
1. Australia 4:18.083 QG
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Georgia Baker
Amy Cure

2. Canada 4:20.153 QB
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Kinley Gibson
Allison Beveridge

Men’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications
1. Australia 3:53.426
Sam Welsford
Leigh Howard
Kelland O’Brien
Alexander Porter

2. Denmark 3:54.611
Julius Johansen
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Pedersen
Casper von Folsach

3. Germany 3:55.467
Felix Gross
Theo Reinhardt
Leon Rohde
Domenic Weinstein

4. Great Britain 3:56.318
Oliver Wood
Edward Clancy
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield

5. Canada 3:57.684
Derek Gee
Michael Foley
Adam Jamieson
Jay Lamoureux

6. Huub Wattbike Test Team 3:58.086
John Archibald
Daniel Bigham
Harry Tanfield
Jonathan Wale

7. Belgium 4:00.020
Robbe Ghys
Kenny de Ketele
Moreno de Pauw
Lindsay de Vylder

8. Russia 4:00.313
Lev Gonov
Alexandr Smirnov
Ivan Smirnov
Gleb Syritsa

9. Italy 4:00.440
Elia Viviani
Francesco Lamon
Davide Plebani
Michele Scartezzini

10. Republic of Korea 4:01.721
Jaeyeon Im
Min Kyeongho
Keonwoo Park
Dongin Shin

11. Poland 4:05.088
Dawid Czubak
Adrian Kaiser
Bartosz Rudyk
Daniel Staniszewski

12. Lokosphinx 4:05.711
Arseny Nikiforov
Savva Novikov
Sergei Shilov
Dmitrii Sokolov

13. Belarus 4:06.918
Raman Tsishkou
Yauheni Akhramenka
Yauheni Karaliok
Raman Ramanau

14. Track-Team Brandenburg 4:07.195
Moritz Malcharek
Richard Banusch
Jonas Bokeloh
Milan Henkelmann

15. Switzerland 4:08.173
Claudio Imhof
Frank Pasche
Thery Schir
Cyrille Thiery

16. Ukraine 4:09.631
Vitaliy Hryniv
Volodymyr Dzhus
Timur Maleev
Vladyslav Shcherban

17. Kazakhstan 4:16.601
Artyom Zakharov
Assylkhan Turar
Roman Vassilenkov
Alisher Zhumakan

18. Marathon-Tula Cycling Team 4:18.393
Evgeny Kovalev
Andrey Prostokishin
Maxim Sukhov
Nikolay Zhurkin

First Round

Heat 1
1. Huub Wattbike Test Team 3:54.411 QB
John Archibald
Daniel Bigham
Harry TanfieldJonathan Wale

2. Belgium 3:58.911
Robbe Ghys
Kenny de Ketele
Moreno de Pauw
Lindsay de Vylder

Heat 2
1. Canada 3:54.682 QB
Derek Gee
Michael Foley
Aidan Caves
Jay Lamoureux

2. Russian Federation 4:14.697
Lev Gonov
Alexandr Smirnov
Ivan Smirnov
Gleb Syritsa

Heat 3
1. Denmark 3:54.320 QG
Julius Johansen
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Pedersen
Casper von Folsach

2. Germany 3:58.200
Felix Gross
Theo Reinhardt
Leon Rohde
Domenic Weinstein

Heat 4
1. Australia 3:53.033 QG
Sam Welsford
Cameron Scott
Kelland O’Brien
Alexander Porter

2. Great Britain 3:55.124
Oliver Wood
Edward Clancy
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield