The first session on day three included the opening rounds of the Men’s Sprint and Individual Pursuit Qualifying, and the first two events in the Women’s Omnium.
Men
Sprint
Qualifying
Home favourite Jeffrey Hoogland topped the table in the Men’s Sprint Qualifying with a time of 9.674. Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer was just 0.003 seconds behind and Sebastien Vigier of France was the third quickest qualifier. Harrie Lavreysen joined his compatriot Hoogland in the group of four who would go straight through to the 1/8 final, with places 5-28 going to the 1/16 ride offs.
1 HOOGLAND Jeffrey NED 9.674
2 GLAETZER Matthew AUS 9.677
3 VIGIER Sebastien FRA 9.701
4 LAVREYSEN Harrie NED 9.709
5 CARLIN Jack GBR 9.715
6 RUDYK Mateusz POL 9.742
1/16 Finals
There weren’t many surprising results in the 1/16 finals. Last year’s Bronze medallist Sam Webster from New Zealand failed to progress, but he isn’t been looking on top form all week. Both British riders, Carlin and Owens, cruised through, as did defending champion Denis Dmitriev from Russia.
Heat 1
1 CARLIN Jack GBR (Q)
2 AWANG Azizulhasni MAS
Heat 2
1 RUDYK Mateusz POL (Q)
2 SHURSHIN Nikita RUS
Heat 3
1 DMITRIEV Denis RUS (Q)
2 ENGLER Eric GER
Heat 4
1 OWENS Ryan GBR (Q)
2 IM Chaebin KOR
Heat 5
1 LANDERNEAU Melvin FRA (Q)
2 WEBSTER Sam NZL
Heat 6
1 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU (Q)
2 KAWABATA Tomoyuki JPN
Heat 7
1 MITCHELL Ethan NZL (Q)
2 ZIELINSKI Damian POL
Heat 8
1 WAKIMOTO Yuta JPN (Q)
2 RITTER Stefan CAN
Heat 9
1 DAWKINS Edward NZL (Q)
2 CECHMAN Martin CZE
Heat 10
1 PUERTA Fabian COL (Q)
2 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
Heat 11
1 HELAL Rayan FRA (Q)
2 BARRETTE Hugo CAN
Heat 12
1 LEVY Maximilian GER (Q)
2 YAKUSHEVSKIY Pavel RUS
1/8 Finals
Much to the crowd’s disappointment, Dutch riders Jeffrey Hoogland and Herrie Lavreysen were both knocked out, by Germany’s Max Levy and New Zealand’s Ed Dawkins, respectively. Glaetzer (AUS) continued to show his stellar form, ahead of the quarterfinals tomorrow.
Heat 1
1 LEVY Maximilian GER (Q)
2 HOOGLAND Jeffrey NED
Heat 2
1 GLAETZER Matthew AUS (Q)
2 HELAL Rayan FRA
Heat 3
1 VIGIER Sebastien FRA (Q)
2 WATANABE Kazunari JPN
Heat 4
1 DAWKINS Edward NZL (Q)
2 LAVREYSEN Harrie NED
Heat 5
1 CARLIN Jack GBR (Q)
2 WAKIMOTO Yuta JPN
Heat 6
1 RUDYK Mateusz POL (Q)
2 MITCHELL Ethan NZL
Heat 7
1 DMITRIEV Denis RUS (Q)
2 LENDEL Vasilijus LTU
Heat 8
1 OWENS Ryan GBR (Q)
2 LANDERNEAU Melvin FRA
Individual Pursuit
Qualifying
Despite being tipped for the title beforehand, Great Britain’s Charlie Tanfield wasn’t quite at his World Cup winning pace in qualifying. The Team KGF rider clocked 4:14.025 to finish third and go through to the Bronze medal final against Evtushenko of Russia.
Filippo Ganna (ITA) put in a strong ride for second, but nobody was anywhere near as strong as Ivo Oliveira. The Portugese rider set a time of 4:12.365 to make himself the clear favourite for the title.
1 OLIVEIRA Ivo POR 4:12.365 – Qualify for Gold/Silver Final
2 GANNA Filippo ITA 4:13.622 – Qualify for Gold/Silver Final
3 TANFIELD Charlie GBR 4:14.025 – Qualify for Bronze Final
4 EVTUSHENKO Alexander RUS 4:14.742 – Qualify for Bronze Final
5 GROSS Felix GER 4:15.303
6 THIELE Kersten GER 4:17.281
Women
Omnium
Scratch Race
The first 20 laps of the Omnium Scratch Race saw very little action, with all the favourites marking each other. With seven laps to go, three riders came down in turn one. Then with six laps to go, there was another incident, in which both Xiaojuan Diao (HKG) and one of the UCI Commissaires were taken down. Both of them were taken to hospital shortly after, as the race was neutralised.
When the race resumed, with 15 laps on the board, it was another rather sedate affair. With two laps to go, Kirsten Wild (NED) accelerated around the outside of the bunch and took up the position at the head, which is where she would stay. Wild took the victory in the first of the four Omnium events.
1 WILD Kirsten NED
2 BALSAMO Elisa ITA
3 BERTHON Laurie FRA
4 PIKULIK Daria POL
5 KAJIHARA Yumi JPN
6 KOPECKY Lotte BEL
Tempo Race
The second event of the omnium was full-gas from the start. The USA’s Jennifer Valente, Kirsten Wild (NED) and Elisa Balsamo from Italy were amongst the riders who bagged early points. The main move of the race saw China’s Xiaofei Wang and Gudrun Stock from Germany move clear at the front and collect several points, but they were brought back. With 5 laps to go, it was Elinor Barker of Great Britain who attacked and she proceeded to stay away for the rest of the race, collecting all the remaining points. In doing so, Barker claimed victory in the Tempo Race, with Stock (GER) second and Wang (CHN) third.
After two of the four events, Wild (NED) leads the competition. Barker from Great Britain sits second and Balsamo of Italy is third for now.
1 BARKER Elinor GBR (7)
2 STOCK Gudrun GER (4)
3 WANG Xiaofei CHN (3)
4 VALENTE Jennifer USA (2)
5 WILD Kirsten NED (2)
6 DIDERIKSEN Amalie DEN (2)
Omnium Standings after two events
1 WILD Kirsten NED (72)
2 BARKER Elinor GBR (68)
3 BALSAMO Elisa ITA (64)
4 KAJIHARA Yumi JPN (60)
5 VALENTE Jennifer USA (58)
