Day 1 Evening Session
A brilliant start to the UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships. First Gold goes to Great Britains Neil Fachie with pilot Barnie Storey. A New World Record of 1.02:217 was set, beating Storey’s record set with Anthony Kappes at the Beijing Olympics.
Report & Pictures by Chris Maher
Men B&V1 1000m TT
Gold Neil FACHIE-Richard STOREY GBR 1:02.217 WR
Silver Simon JACKSON-David READLE GBR 1:04.904
Bronze Jose Enrique PORTO-Jose Antonio VILLANUEVA ESP 1:05.683
Second gold also goes to Great Britains Darren Kenny with a close second to Rik Waddon. Britans tally now stands at 4 Medals. 2 Silver & 2 Gold.
Men CP3 1000m TT
Gold Darren Kenny GBR 1:11.472
Silver Rik WADDON GBR 1:11.513
Bronze Juan Emilio GUTIERREZ ESP
Men CP4 1000m TT
Gold Jiri BOUSKA CZE 1:10.520
Bronze Michele PITTACOLO ITA
Silver Aaron TRENT USA
Australian Michael Gallagher caught his man with over 2 laps to go and claimed the Gold for Australia.
Men LC1 4000m Pursuit
Gold Michael GALLAGHER AUS 4:41.568
Bronze Wolgang EIBECK AUT
Silver Wolfgang SACHER GER
In the Men’s LC2 4km Pursuit, Jiri Jezek takes gold, but had also set a New World Record in the qualifying earlier in the day with a time of 4:40.899. Roberto Alcaide passed his opponent with over 4 laps to go to claim Bronze. He tried to see whether he could get near his World record set in Aigle, Switzerland in 2006 but gave up with a lap & a half to go.
Men LC2 4000m Pursuit
Gold CZE Jiri Jezek 4:41.883
Silver ROU Carol Eduard Novak
Bronze Roberto ALCAIDE ESP
Men LC3 4000m Pursuit
Gold Tobias GRAF GER
Silver Masaki FUJITA JPN
Bronze Fabrizio Macci ITA
Men LC4 4000m Pursuit
Gold Michael TEUBER GER
Silver Juan Jose MENDEZ ESP
Bronze Paulo VIGANO ITA
