Track Cycling – World Championship 2021 [DAY 1]

October 20, 2021

Track Cycling – World Championship 2021 – DAY 1

Since they were first added to the cycling calendar in 1893, the UCI Track World Championships have drawn the world’s best specialists to their events to compete for coveted rainbow bands and a prestigious spot at the top of the World’s podium. The discipline itself has been around since the 1870s, when velodromes were first built to host many different types of bike racing. These velodromes, or tracks, consisted of two straights and two inclined turns like today’s modern ones, although they tend to vary in length and material. Contemporary velodromes, particularly those used in official competitions, have the regulation length (250m) and are made of wood. The Track World Championships will be held from October 20-24 at the Roubaix velodrome.

Program :
Women’s Team Sprint, classification
Men’s Team Sprint, qualifying
Women’s Scratch 10 km, final
Women’s Team Sprint, first round
Men’s Team Sprint, first round
Women’s Scratch, award ceremony
Men’s Team Pursuit, first round
Women’s Team Sprint, places 3-4 & 1-2
Men’s Team Sprint, 3-4 & 1-2 places
Women’s Team Sprint, award ceremony
Men’s Team Sprint, award ceremony
Day 2, Thursday October 21

The first medals of the 2021 UCI Track World Championships in Roubaix, France were handed out in the women’s Scratch Race, Martina Fidanza (Italy) making a move at the right time to win the gold in a solo breakaway.

From a bunch sprint behind, Maike Van der Duin (Netherlands) took silver while Jennifer Valente (United States of America) edged Maggie Coles-lyster (Canada) for the bronze. It was the 13th career medal at Track Worlds for the American.

Fidanza was one of the favourites, having won the Scratch contest in both the elite and Under-23 European Championships in 2020. Van der Duin took the silver medal behind Fidanza at the U23 European Track Championships last year, but earned the gold in the U23 contest earlier this year.

Netherlands and Germany win Team Sprints

The Dutch men’s team secured their fourth consecutive gold medal in the Team Sprint storming to victory with Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen and Roy van den Berg.

The team posted the fastest time in the qualifyng round and went on to beat Poland’s team of Mateusz Milek, Daniel Rochna and Mateusz Rudyk in the first round.

The Dutch team advanced to the finals to face the French team of Florian Grengbo, Rayan Helal and Sebastian Vigier. They took the victory in a time of 41.979 seconds forcing the French team to have to settle for the silver medal.

Germany’s team of Stefan Boetticher, Joachim Eilers and Nik Schroeter won the bronze-medal round against Russia’s team of Ivan Gladyshev, Alexander Sharapov and Pavel Yakushevskiy in fourth place.

In the women’s Team Sprint, it was Germany that took home the gold medal, and set the world record in the process, with a winning team of Sophie Lea Friedrich, Sophie Pauline Grabosch and Emma Hinze. They beat Russia’s team of Nataliia Antonova, Daria Shemleva and Yana Tyshchenko that took the silver medal.

The German team were also the fastest in the qualifying round to beat the Russian and the Canadian teams.

During the first round, Germany and Poland posted the two fastest time and advanced through to the gold medal round where Germany won with a time of 46.064 seconds.

Women’s Scratch Race

Final
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Martina Fidanza (Italy)
2 Maike Van der Duin (Netherlands)
3 Jennifer Valente (United States of America)
4 Maggie Coles-lyster (Canada)
5 Hanna Tserakh (Belarus)
6 Victoire Berteau (France)
7 Alzbeta Bacikova (Slovakia)
8 Daria Pikulik (Poland)
9 Petra Sevcikova (Czech Republic)
10 Neah Evans (Great Britain)
11 Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)
12 Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway)
13 Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania)
14 Yumi Kajihara (Japan)
15 Tetyana Klimchenko (Ukraine)
16 Aline Seitz (Switzerland)
17 Verena Eberhardt (Austria)
18 Victoria Velasco Fuentes (Mexico)
19 Amber Joseph (Barbados)
20 Johanna Kitti Borissza (Hungary)
DNS Maria Martins (Portugal)

Men’s Team Sprint

Men’s Team Sprint – Gold Medal Round
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Netherlands 0:00:42
Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands)
Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)
Roy Van den Berg (Netherlands)
2 France 0:00:43
Florian Grengbo (France)
Rayan Helal (France)
Sebastien Vigier (France)
Men’s Team Sprint – Bronze Medal Round
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
3 Germany 0:00:43
Stefan Boetticher (Germany)
Joachim Eilers (Germany)
Nik Schroeter (Germany)
4 Russia 0:00:44
Ivan Gladyshev (Russian Cycling Federation)
Alexander Sharapov (Russian Cycling Federation)
Pavel Yakushevskiy (Russian Cycling Federation)
Men’s Team Sprint – fifth through eighth
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
5 Great Britain
Alistair Fielding (Great Britain)
Joseph Truman (Great Britain)
Hamish Turnbull (Great Britain)
6 Poland
Mateusz Milek (Poland)
Daniel Rochna (Poland)
Mateusz Rudyk (Poland)
7 Canada
Hugo Barrette (Canada)
Ryan Dodyk (Canada)
Nick Wammes (Canada)
8 Japan
Yuta Obara (Japan)
Kohei Terasaki (Japan)
Kento Yamasaki (Japan)

Women’s Team Sprint

Women’s Team Sprint – Gold Medal Round
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Germany 0:00:59
Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany)
Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany)
Emma Hinze (Germany)
2 Russian Cycling Federation 0:00:58
Nataliia Antonova (Russian Cycling Federation)
Daria Shmeleva (Russian Cycling Federation)
Yana Tyshchenko (Russian Cycling Federation)
Women’s Team Sprint – Bronze Medal Round
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
3 Great Britain 0:00:56
Sophie Capewell (Great Britain)
Blaine Ridge-davis (Great Britain)
Millicent Tanner (Great Britain)
4 Japan 0:00:56
Riyu Ohta (Japan)
Mina Sato (Japan)
Fuko Umekawa (Japan)
Women’s Team Sprint – fifth through eighth
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
5 Canada
Lauriane Genest (Canada)
Kelsey Mitchell (Canada)
Sarah Orban (Canada)
6 Poland
Marlena Karwacka (Poland)
Urszula Los (Poland)
Nikola Sibiak (Poland)
7 Ukraine
Liubov Basova (Ukraine)
Alla Biletska (Ukraine)
Oleksandra Lohviniuk (Ukraine)
8 Nigeria
Mary Samuel (Nigeria)
Ese Ukpeseraye (Nigeria)
Tawakalt Yekeen (Nigeria)
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