The second – and penultimate – full day of competition at the Glasgow World Cup saw a number of non-Championship events added to the programme – the Women’s Individual Pursuit and the Men’s Scratch – as well as World Cup Women’s Sprint, Men’s Keirin, Women’s Madison and Men’s Points Race.
Women’s Sprint Qualifying 200m Time Trial
Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania’s outstanding form continued and she clocked 10.951 to earn the first of four byes to the 1/8 Finals. Tania Calvo of Spain was just over a hundredth of a second behind on 11.083 and Holly Takos of Australia and a tenth behind on 11.139. The last of the byes went, predictably, to Liubov Basova who clocked 11.199 to pip Krupeckaite’s team mate Migle Marozaite by four thousandths of a second.
Results
1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU 10.951
2 CALVO BARBERO Tania ESP 11.083
3 TAKOS Holly AUS 11.139
4 BASOVA Liubov UKR 11.199
5 MAROZAITE Migle LTU 11.203
6 HAN Jun CHN 11.330
7 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL 11.337
8 CASAS ROIGE Helena ESP 11.344
9 FIELD Courtney AUS 11.386
10 KISELEVA Tatiana RUS 11.413
11 MAEDA Kayono JPN 11.417
12 STARIKOVA Olena UKR 11.481
13 LIU Lili CHN 11.501
14 ISHII Takako JPN 11.570
15 MARQUARDT Mandy USA 11.604
16 MENG Zhao Juan HKG 11.912
17 MANZONI Gloria ITA 12.085
18 WANG Tzu Chun TCT 12.441
DNS BEYERS Bernette RSA
Women’s Individual Pursuit Qualifying
Emily Nelson of Great Britain wasn’t expecting to ride today but stepped in and found herself on the top of the leaderboard with a 3:39.309. Her team mate Eleanor Dickinson – also a late entry (to the squad, as well as the event) – was up in the next heat and while she finished eight tenths off Nelson’s time, her opponent in the heat – Tatsiana Sharakova of Belarus – was three seconds quicker than either of the British riders – stopping the clock in 3:36.271.
Her lead lasted until the penultimate heat when Justyna Kaczkowska of Poland trimmed and impressive five seconds off the leading time, clocking 3:31.456. The final heat saw Elise Delzenne of France also edge past Sharakova but her 3:34.902 was only good enough for second – and a place in the final.
Results
1 KACZKOWSKA Justyna POL 3:31.456
2 DELZENNE Elise FRA 3:34.902
3 SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 3:36.271
4 NELSON Emily GBR 3:39.021
5 HOCHMANN Lucie CZE 3:39.309
6 FRAPPORTI Simona ITA 3:39.841
7 DICKINSON Eleanor GBR 3:39.887
8 LAPTSIONAK Hanna BLR 3:40.782
9 WANG Hong CHN 3:45.024
10 DOM Annelies BEL 3:45.692
11 UWANO Minami JPN 3:45.817
12 PALLER Tatjana GER 3:46.578
13 STUDENIKINA Natalia RUS 3:47.349
14 BURNS Eileen IRL 3:51.001
15 USABIAGA BALERDI Irene EUS 3:55.016
16 CROKET Gilke BEL 3:55.115
17 DIAO Xiao Juan HKG 3:57.470
18 LEUNG Wing Yee HKG 4:01.738
Women’s Sprint 1/16 Final
The small field and the new rules meant that only two actual heats were needed to decide who progressed to the 1/8 finals. Takako Ishii of Japan – fastest of those who hadn’t qualified by right – effectively got a bye – drawn on her own in the first heat – while Mandy Marquadt of the USA despatched Gloria Manzoni of Italy – still looking battered and bruised from her Keirin crash yesterday – and Zhao Juan Meng of Hong Kong went through at the expense of Tapei rider Tzu Chin Wang.
Results
1 ISHII Takako JPN
1 MARQUARDT Mandy USA
2 MANZONI Gloria ITA
1 MENG Zhao Juan HKG
2 WANG Tzu Chun TCT
Women’s Sprint 1/8 Final
Day 3
The 1/8 Finals largely went to form with Krupeckaite, Calvo, Takos, Basova and Marozaite all progressing and the three riders who progressed from the 1/16 finals all lost out in this round – to Jun Han of China, Nicky Degrendele of Belgium and Helena Casas of Spain respectively.
Results
1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU
2 FIELD Courtney AUS
1 CALVO BARBERO Tania ESP
2 KISELEVA Tatiana RUS
1 TAKOS Holly AUS
2 MAEDA Kayono JPN
1 BASOVA Liubov UKR
2 STARIKOVA Olena UKR
1 MAROZAITE Migle LTU
2 LIU Lili CHN
1 HAN Jun CHN
2 ISHII Takako JPN
1 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL
2 MARQUARDT Mandy USA
1 CASAS ROIGE Helena ESP
2 MENG Zhao Juan HKG
Men’s Keirin 1st round
Two riders progress from each of the First round Keirin heats with on from Andrii Vynokurov of Ukraine winning heat one from Tomoyuki Kawabata of Japan. Zac Williams of New Zealand booked his place in the Second Round along with Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom of Malaysia.
Heat 3 saw Yudai Nitta of Japan and Germany’s Marc Jurczyk progress, with Sebastian Vigier of France and Tomas Babek of the Czech Republic taking the last two spots.
Vasilijus Lendel of Lithuania pipped Joe Truman of Great Britain to the first of the spots from the Repechages, but Lewis Oliva of Wales, riding for Team USN, took the third heat. Thomas Clarke of Australia and Aleksandr Dubchenko were the last of the qualifiers.
Results
Heat 1
1 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR
2 KAWABATA Tomoyuki JPN
3 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
4 CECI Davide CTF
5 MULLEN Eoin IRL
Heat 2
1 WILLIAMS Zac NZL
2 SAHROM Muhammad Shah Firdaus ISN
3 BROWNE Kwesi TTO
4 OMELCHENKO Sergii AZE
5 CLARKE Thomas AUS
6 SZALONTAY Sandor HUN
Heat 3
1 NITTA Yudai DRS
2 JURCZYK Marc GER
3 OLIVA Lewis WAL
4 CECI Francesco ITA
REL BI Wenjun CHN
REL RAJKOWSKI Patryk POL
Heat 4
1 VIGIER Sebastien FRA
2 BABEK Tomas CZE
3 KANG Shih Feng TCT
4 TRUMAN Joe GBR
5 DUBCHENKO Aleksandr RUS
6 PERALTA GASCON Juan ESP
Repechages
Heat 1
1 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
2 TRUMAN Joe GBR
3 SZALONTAY Sandor HUN
4 BI Wenjun CHN
Heat 2
1 CLARKE Thomas AUS
2 BROWNE Kwesi TTO
3 CECI Francesco ITA
Heat 3
1 OLIVA Lewis WAL
2 PERALTA GASCON Juan ESP
3 MULLEN Eoin IRL
4 OMELCHENKO Sergii AZE
Heat 4
1 DUBCHENKO Aleksandr RUS
2 RAJKOWSKI Patryk POL
3 KANG Shih Feng TCT
4 CECI Davide CTF
Women’s Sprint Quarter Finals
The all Lithuanian Quarter Final was closer than many might have predicted, but still went the way of the favourite with Krupeckaite eliminating Marozaite with the need for a decider. Calvo saw off Han in two and Degrendele had a similarly smooth passage against Takos.
The near-shock came in the last match where Basova – who has looked as strong this week as she did at the Europeans two weeks ago – took the first race but needed a decider to see off Casas.
Results
Heat 1
1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU **
2 MAROZAITE Migle LTU
Heat 2
1 CALVO BARBERO Tania ESP **
2 HAN Jun CHN
Heat 3
1 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL **
2 TAKOS Holly AUS
Heat 4
1 BASOVA Liubov UKR * *
2 CASAS ROIGE Helena ESP *
Men’s Scratch Final
A fast, fragmented Scratch Race was decided twenty laps from the end when Robbe Ghys of Belgium, Maksim Piskunov of Russia and Ivo Oliveira of Portugal took a lap. Ghys always looked the stroner and while Morgan Kneisky of France and World Champion Sebastian Mora of Spain were sprinting it out for fifth, Ghys was tucked in behind them to ensure the win.
Results
1 GHYS Robbe BEL
2 PISKUNOV Maksim RUS
3 OLIVEIRA Ivo Emanuel POR
4 KNEISKY Morgan FRA -1 lap
5 MORA VEDRI Sebastian ESP -1
6 WANG Fengnian CHN -1
7 RAMANAU Raman MCC -1
8 HARRISON Samuel WAL -1
9 MARGUET Tristan SUI -1
10 LEUNG Chun Wing HKG -1
Women’s Individual Pursuit Final
The Individual Pursuit Finals were as predictable as the qualifying times with Sharakova holding off Nelson to take the Bronze and Kaczkowska taking the final with ease – taking a massive six seconds out of Delzenne.
Results
GOLD KACZKOWSKA Justyna POL 3:33.319
SILVER DELZENNE Elise FRA 3:39.326
BRONZE SHARAKOVA Tatsiana BLR 3:39.681
4 NELSON Emily GBR 3:41.458
Women’s Sprint Semi Finals
We first saw Degrendele in Glasgow in 2013 at the Junior Worlds where she won the Keirin and took a Bronze in the Sprint behind Courtney Field of Australia and Tatiana Kiseleva of Russia – both of whom have been left in her wake this weekend. Krupeckaite’s been around rather longer, but is in the form of her life and didn’t need a third ride to ease past the young Belgian and in to the Final.
Basova, too, is on the top of her game and took the second slot, also completing her match with Calvo in two rides.
Results
1 KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU **
2 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL
1 BASOVA Liubov UKR **
2 115 CALVO BARBERO Tania ESP
Men’s Keirin 2nd round
The ‘semi finals’ of the Men’s Keirin were both lively affairs with Lendel taking the first from Jurczyk and Dubchenko – Andrii Vinokurov finally seeming to run out of steam this weekend. The second saw a comfortable win for Babek with Tomoyuki Kawabata and Yudai Nitta of Japan initially taking the other two places before Kawabata’s relegation for blocking Oilva, who took his place in the Final.
Results
Heat 1
1 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
2 JURCZYK Marc GER
3 DUBCHENKO Aleksandr RUS
4 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR
5 SAHROM Muhammad Shah Firdaus ISN
6 VIGIER Sebastien FRA
Heat 2
1 BABEK Tomas CZE
2 NITTA Yudai DRS
3 OLIVA Lewis WAL
4 WILLIAMS Zac NZL
5 CLARKE Thomas AUS
REL KAWABATA Tomoyuki JPN
Men’s Points Race Final
Cameron Meyer of Australia knows a bit about Points Races – World Champion in 2009, 2010 and 2012 (he had to settle for Silver in 2011) and in the Madison in 2010 and 2011 (with a Silver in 2009). And he didn’t just win Points Races, he dominated them. The run ended in 2012 when Meyer chose to concentrate on the road but after four years away – and a ‘comeback’ race at 6 Day London last week – he was back with a vengeance.
His first attack came in company with Adam Jamieson of Canada – later to be joined by Mark Stewart of Great Britain – and, although Jamieson eventually dropped off, it result in a lap gain for Meyer and Stewart.
Sam Harrison of Team USN and Benjamin Thomas of France would also take a lap in the closing stages – Thomas with three intermediate sprint wins and a couple of second places would take the Silver and Harrison the Bronze – pipping Stewart by a single point.
Meyer, meanwhile, was in a class of his own. He took another two laps and four sprints along the way to finish with 81 points – 37 ahead of Thomas. It was as though he’d never been away.
Results
GOLD MEYER Cameron AUS 81
SILVER THOMAS Benjamin FRA 44
BRONZE HARRISON Samuel WAL 29
4 STEWART Mark GBR 28
5 DE KETELE Kenny BEL 19
6 IMHOF Claudio SUI 13
7 LISS Lucas GER 10
8 TERUEL ROVIRA Eloy ESP 8
9 MIRALIYEV Sultanmurat KAZ 7
10 HRYNIV Vitaliy UKR 7
Men’s Keirin Finals
Vynokurov’s consolation for not making the final was a win in the Minor final ahead of the impressive Sahrom. The final saw Oliva take the initiative but then it was all Babek, the Czech rider storming through to take the win from Lendel with Oliva holding on for the Bronze.
Results
GOLD BABEK Tomas CZE
SILVER LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
BRONZE OLIVA Lewis WAL
4 NITTA Yudai DRS
5 JURCZYK Marc GER
6 DUBCHENKO Aleksandr RUS
7 VYNOKUROV Andrii UKR
8 SAHROM Muhammad Shah Firdaus ISN
9 VIGIER Sebastien FRA
10 WILLIAMS Zac NZL
11 KAWABATA Tomoyuki JPN
12 CLARKE Thomas AUS
Women’s Sprint Finals
Basova missed out on the final at the European Championships two weeks ago – where Krupeckaite bat Russia’s Anastasia Voinova to take the jersey – but she still didn’t quite have enough to stop the Lithuanian. The organisers in Glasgow showed comparative stats before the sprints – more like a boxing match than track cycling – and the two finalists looked very evenly matched on paper. On the track, however, Krupeckaite dominated the match, taking the Gold medal comfortably. Calvo took the Bronze.
Results
GOLD KRUPECKAITE Simona LTU **
SILVER BASOVA Liubov UKR
BRONZE CALVO BARBERO Tania ESP **
4 DEGRENDELE Nicky BEL
Women’s Madison Final
The first senior Women’s Madison at World level didn’t disappoint. A major crash in the early stages eliminated the Belgian duo – winners of the inaugural Senior event at the European Championships two weeks ago – and left the GB pairing of Katie Archibald and Manon Lloyd in a heap on the track. Archibald quickly rejoined but Lloyd’s bike needed attention and by the time she returned to the fray Archibald had completed the equivalent of a double stint.
The French pair of Coralie Demay and Laurie Berthon dominated the early stages – taking the first sprint and picking up second or third in the next five. Great Britain, on the other hand, didn’t score a point until sprint four but at the bell Archibald urged ahead to take the win. They won the next two – putting themselves in contention, two points behind the French. Ukraine took the penultimate sprint with both the leading teams failing to score again, but a well-timed handsling put Archibald back into the race to take the final gallop. France, as ever, were right behind them but it wasn’t enough to hang on to the Gold – double points meant that GB finished on 25, France on 23 with Russia taking third to tie with Ukraine on 13 points but snatch the Bronze on count back.
Results
GOLD Great Britain (LLOYD Manon, ARCHIBALD Katie) GBR 25
SILVER France (BERTHON Laurie, DEMAY Coralie) FRA 23
BRONZE Russia (AVERINA Maria, KLIMOVA Diana) RUS 13
4 Ukraine (NAHIRNA Anna, KLYACHINA Oksana) UKR 13
5 Czech Republic (MACHACOVA Jarmila, HOCHMANN Lucie) CZE 11
6 Ireland (GURLEY Lydia, BOYLAN Lydia) IRL 7
7 Italy (CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia, FIDANZA Arianna) ITA 3
8 Belarus (SAVENKA Ina, PIVOVAROVA Polina) BLR
9 Australia (MANLY Alexandra, MCKINNIREY Danielle) AUS
10 United States (ZUBRIS Kimberly Ann, GEIST Kimberly) USA -20
