October 30, 2009 (Manchester, England) – Here are some initial results from Day 1 of the opening round of UCI Track World Cup series in Manchester. Olympic champions, British track cycling stars Chris Hoy (Gbr) Sky and Victoria Pendleton (Gbr) Sky, are competing on their home turf and are expected to delight their fans throughout the tournament.

Canada’s David Boily (Can) was 8th in his heat in the Points race Qualifications won by local rider Chris Newton (Gbr) with Christophe Riblon from France in 2nd and Michael Morkov (Den) in 3rd. The top 12 riders in each heat advance to the final – Heat 2 coming.

Results

Points Race

Qualifications

Heat 1

1. Chris Newton (Gbr) 33 points
2. Christophe Riblon (Fra) 28
3. Michael Morkov (Den) 27
4. Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) 22
5. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) 21
6. KamPo Wong (Hkg) 20
7. Ivan Kovalev (Rus) 20
8. David Boily (Can) 8
9. Lukasz Bujko (Pol) 8
10. Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) 7
11. Angelo Ciccone (Ffa) 6
12. Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) 3
13. Ryan Luttrell (Blk) 1
14. Damien Corthesy (Sui) 0
15. Sergi Carrere (Cat) 0
16. David O’Loughlin (Irl) 0
17. Martzel Elorriaga Azpitarte (Eus) 18
18. Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) 20
DNF Sebastian Cancio (Arg) DNF
DNF James Louter (Rsa) DNF

Heat 2

1. Ho Ting Kwok (Hkp) 30
2. Eloy Teruel Rovira (Esp) 21
3. Roger Kluge (Ger) 20
4. Thomas Scully (Nzl) 20
5. Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 20
6. Milan Kadlec (Cze) 20
7. Andreas Muller (Aut) 20
8. Peter Schep (Ned) 12
9. King Wai Cheung (Gpc) 10
10. Daniel Holloway (Usa) 7
11. Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) 6
12. Javier Azkue Prieto (Fgn) 5
13. Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cof) 5
14. Leonid Krasnov (Lok) 4
15. Glenn O’Shea (Aus) 3
16. Fabrizio Braggion (Ita) 2
17. Kirill Yatsevich (Kta) 0
DNF Tigran Korkotyan (Arm)
DNF Amir Rusli (Mas)
DNF German Lopez Abrego (Nav)

Men’s Keirin

First Round

Heat 1
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
2. Jason Niblett (Australia)
3. Tomokazu Sato (Japan)
4. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spain)
5. Hafiz Sufian (Malaysia)
6. Adrian Teklinski (Poland)

Heat 2
1. Francois Pervis (France)
2. Francesco Ceci (Italy)
3. Denis Spicka (Czech Republic)
4. Anton Lapshinau (Belarus)
5. David Askurava (Georgia)
REL Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)

Heat 3
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
2. Qi Tang (China)
3. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)
4. Adrien Doucet (France)
5. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
6. Ilya Okunev (Russia)
7. Velasquez Morales Santiago (Spain)

Heat 4
1. Shane Perkins (Australia)
2. Yondi Schmidt (Netherlands)
3. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine)
4. Michael D’Almeida (France)
5. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spain)
6. Sergey Borisov (Russia)
7. Oscar Ezker Martin (Spain)

Women’s Sprint

Qualifications

1. Victoria Pendleton (Gbr) Team Sky + HD 11.0
2. Shuang Guo (Chn) People’s Republic of China 11.1
3. Jinjie Gong (Chn) People’s Republic of China 11.1
4. Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus 11.2
5. Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 11.3
6. Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 11.3
7. Anna Meares (Aus) Australia 11.3
8. Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Australia 11.4
9. Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 11.5
10. Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation 11.5
11. Jessica Varnish (Gbr) Great Britain 11.5
12. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands 11.5
13. Rebecca James (Gbr) Great Britain 11.6
13. Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong 11.6
15. Virginie Cueff (Fra) France 11.6
16. Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation 11.6
17. Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Catalunya 11.7
18. Dana Glöss (Ger) Germany 11.8
19. Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland 11.8
20. Zhao Juan Meng (HKg) Hong Kong 11.9
21. Olivia Montauban (Fra) France 12.0
22. Sumaia Ribeiro (Bra) Brazil 12.1
23. Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia 12.1
24. Eleni Klapanara (Gre) Greece 12.3
25. Aleksandra Drejgier (Pol) Poland 12.3
26. Angeliki Koutsonikoli (Gre) Greece 12.4
27. Ainhoa Pagola Alvarez (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net 12.4
28. Gintare Gaivenyte (Ltu) Lithuania 12.5
29. Estefany Marisol Tinajero Cobos (Mex) Mexico 13.3

1/8 Finals

Heat 1
1. Victoria Pendleton (Gbr) Team Sky + HD 12.0
2. Olga Streltsova (Rus) Russian Federation

Heat 2
1. Shuang Guo (Chn) People’s Republic of China 11.8
2. Virginie Cueff (Fra) France

Heat 3
1. Jinjie Gong (Chn) People’s Republic of China 11.8
2. Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong

Heat 4
1. Olga Panarina (Blr) Belarus 11.7
2. Rebecca James (Gbr) Great Britain

Heat 5
1. Willy Kanis (Ned) Netherlands 12.3
2. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) Netherlands

Heat 6
1. Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania 11.8
2. Jessica Varnish (Gbr) Great Britain

Heat 7
1. Anna Meares (Aus) Australia 11.7
2. Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russian Federation

Heat 8
1. Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany 12.3
2. Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) Australia

Men’s Keirin

Qualifications

Heat 1
1. Maximilian Levy (Ger) Germany
2. Jason Niblett (Aus) Team Jayco
3. Tomokazu Sato (Jpn) Japan
4. Juan Peralta Gascon (Spa) Calapie-Reyno de Navarra
5. Hafiz Sufian (Mas) Malaysia
6. Adrian Teklinski (Pol) Alks Stal Grudziaduz

Heat 2
1. François Pervis (Fra) Cofidis
2. Francesco Ceci (Ita) Italy
3. Denis Spicka (Cze) Czech Republic
4. Anton Lapshinau (Blr) Belarus
5. David Askurava (Geo) Georgia
REL Azizulhasni Awang (Mas) Bike Technologies Australia

Heat 3
1. Chris Hoy (GBr) Team Sky + HD
2. Qi Tang (Chn) People’s Republic of China
3. Jason Kenny (GBr) Great Britain
4. Adrien Doucet (Fra) France
5. Christos Volikakis (Gre) Greece
6. Ilya Okunev (Rus) Russian Federation
7. Velasquez Morales Santiago (Col) Colombia

Heat 4
1. Shane Perkins (Aus) Australia
2. Yondi Schmidt (Ned) Netherlands
3. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukr) Ukraine
4. Michaël D’Almeida (Fra) US Cretei
5. Itmar Esteban Herraiz (Spa) Catalunya
6. Sergey Borisov (Rus) Moscow Track Team
7. Oscar Ezker Martin (Spa) Fullgasnutrition.net

Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit

Qualifications

1. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Great Britain 4:15.0
2. Dominique Cornu (Bel) Belgium 4:17.4
3. Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr) Ukraine 4:21.7
4. David Muntaner Juaneda (Spa) Spain 4:24.7
5. Artur Ershov (Rus) Lokomotiv 4:25.2
6. Arno Van Der Zwet (Ned) Netherlands 4:25.8
7. Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy 4:27.0
8. Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 4:27.7
9. Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Germany 4:30.0
10. Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) Lithuania 4:31.4
11. Jason Allen (Nzl) New Zealand 4:32.4
12. Konstantin Kuperasov (Rus) Katyusha 4:33.9
13. Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland 4:35.6
14. David McCann (Irl) Ireland 4:36.9
15. Piotr Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Poland 4:38.8
16. King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong 4:42.6
17. Thiago Nardin (Bra) Brazil 4:42.9
18. Michael Singer (Aut) Austria 4:44.4