Track Cycling – World Championship 2021 [DAY 4]

October 23, 2021

Track Cycling – World Championship 2021 – DAY 4

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 :
Session 2, 16: 30 – 19:50

Women’s 500m Time Trial, Finals
Men’s Sprint ¼ final
Women’s Madison 30km, final
Men’s Omnium, third event – elimination
Men’s Sprint ¼ final second round
Women’s 500m time trial, award ceremony
Women’s Madison, award ceremony
Women’s Individual Pursuit, finals 3-4 & 1-2
Men’s Sprint ¼ final third round
Men’s Omnium, fourth event – 25km points race
Women’s Individual Pursuit, award ceremony
Men’s Omnium, award ceremony

The racing continued on Day 4 of the UCI Track World Championships in Roubaix, France on Saturday. World titles were handed out in the women’s Madison, 500m Time Trial and Individual Pursuit, along with the men’s Omnium.

Ethan Hayter (Great Britain) secured the rainbow jersey in the men’s Omnium that closed out the penultimate day of racing. Hayter secured 180 points across the four events: Scratch Race, Tempo Race, Elimination Race, and Points Race.

He won the opening Scratch Race ahead of Donavan Grondin (France) and Elia Viviani (Italy) setting the stage for a successful Omnium. A second victory in the Tempo Race, saw Hayter beat Iuri Leitao (Portugal) and Aaron Gate (New Zealand).

He wasn’t as successful in the Elimination Race finishing fourth place behind Gate, Grondin and Matias Malmberg (Denmark), but he went into the finale Points Race with still in the lead.

Hayter proved strongest in the Points Race finishing with a total accumulated points of 180 to beat silver medallist Gate, who earned a total of 124 points, and bronze medallist Viviani with a total of 121.

Wild and Pieters win women’s Madison

Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters defended their world titles after securing the gold medal in the women’s Madison. The Dutch pair secured 35 points to beat the French team of Clara Copponi and Marie Le Net who earned the silver medal with 30 points, while Great Britain’s team of Katie Archibald and Neah Evans secured bronze with 24 points.

Pieters and Wild are both multiple-time world champions on the track and both have had glittering careers in both road and track racing. Wild retired from road racing at the Simac Ladies Tour after a 20-year career, but teamed up with Pieters to compete in the women’s Madision at the Track World Championships.

Pieters and Wild won the opening heat ahead of Poland, Great Britain, Ukraine, New Zealand, Italy, Belarus and Spain to advance to the finals. Australia won heat 2 ahead of France, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Czech Republic to also advance through to the finals.

In the finals, the teams raced 120 laps, for a total of 30km, with 12 sprints for points. The Dutch team secured five points in four of the 12 sprints, while scoring between 1 and 3 points in four of the other sprints, and then another six in the final sprint for a total of 35 points and the victory.

Friedrich takes gold in women’s 500m Time Trail

After taking the gold as part of German’s women’s Team Sprint squad on Day 1, Lea Sophie Friedrich secured another the world title in the women’s 500-metre Time Trial.

Friedrich took the title in a time of 0:00:33.057 to beat silver medallist Anastasiia Voinova (Russian Cycling Federation) and bronze medallist Daria Shmeleva (Russian Cycling Federation).

Voinova was the fastest in the qualifying opener with a time of 0:00:33.183, where she beat Friedrich. However, the tables turned in the final for the gold medal with Friedrich taking the win.

Germany sweep podium in women’s Individual Pursuit

Lisa Brennauer (Germany) was the fastest in the women’s Individual Pursuit, taking the world title in a time of 3:18.258, as Germany swept the podium in the event.

Brennauer also posted the fastest time in the qualifying round, 3:17.572, ahead of her compatriots Franziska Brausse and Mieke Kroeger.

In the end, Brennauer’s time of 3:18.258 beat Brausse, 3:22.980, in the gold-medal final while Kroeger posted 3:20.903, to beat Italy’s Martina Alzini for the bronze.

Women’s Madison
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Netherlands 35
Amy Pieters
Kirsten Wild
2 France 30
Clara Copponi
Marie le Net
3 Great Britain 24
Katie Archibald
Neah Evans
4 Italy 23
Letizia Paternoster
Rachele Barbieri
5 Denmark 11
Amalie Dideriksen
Julie Leth
6 Australia 5
Georgia Baker
Alexandra Manly
7 Russian Cycling Federation -6
Mariia Novolodskaia
Mariia Miliaeva
8 Belgium -19
Shari Bossuyt
Katrijn de Clercq
9 New Zealand -20
Ally Wollaston
Michaela Drummond
10 Germany -40
Lea lin Teutenberg
Lena Charlotte Reissner
11 Switzerland -40
Michelle Andres
Lena Mettraux
DNF Poland
Daria Pikulik
Wiktoria Pikulik
DNF Belarus
Hanna Tserakh
Nastassia Kiptsikava
DNF Ukraine
Kseniia Fedotova
Tetyana Klimchenko
DNF Spain
Eukene Larrarte Arteaga
Ziortza Isasi Cristobal

Women’s 500m Time Trial Final
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) 0:00:33.06
2 Anastasiia Voinova (Russian Cycling Federation) 0:00:33.16
3 Daria Shmeleva (Russian Cycling Federation) 0:00:33.16
4 Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Germany) 0:00:33.18
5 Miriam Vece (Italy) 0:00:33.30
6 Yana Tyshchenko (Russian Cycling Federation) 0:00:33.34
7 Martha Bayona Pineda (Colombia) 0:00:33.55
8 Alessa-Catriona Proepster (Germany) 0:00:34.81
9 Marlena Karwacka (Poland)
10 Helena Casas Roige (Spain)
11 Alla Biletska (Ukraine)
12 Veronika Jabornikova (Czech Republic)
13 Marianis Salazar Sanchez (Colombia)
14 Ese Ukpeseraye (Nigeria)

Women’s Individual Pursuit
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 0:03:18.258
2 Franziska Brausse (Germany) 0:03:22.980
3 Mieke Kroeger (Germany 0:03:20.903
4 Martina Alzini (Italy) OVL
5 Marion Borras (France)
6 Kelly Murphy (Ireland)
7 Lily Williams (United States of America)
8 Mia Griffin (Ireland)
9 Megan Barker (Great Britain)
10 Ella Barnwell (Great Britain)
11 Fabienne Buri (Switzerland)
12 Aksana Salauyeva (Belarus)
13 Viktoriia Yaroshenko (Ukraine)
14 Tania Calvo Barbero (Spain)
15 Lina Marcela Hernandez Gomez (Colombia)
16 Jessica Marcela Parra Rojas (Colombia)
17 Yiwei Luo (Singapore)
18 Ese Ukpeseraye (Nigeria)

Men’s Omnium – Scratch Race
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ethan Hayter (Great Britain)
2 Donavan Grondin (France)
3 Elia Viviani (Italy)
4 Iuri Leitao (Portugal)
5 Aaron Gate (New Zealand)
6 Matias Malmberg (Denmark)
7 Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)
8 Derek Gee (Canada)
9 Alex Vogel (Switzerland)
10 Erik Martorell Haga (Spain)
11 Fabio Van den Bossche (Belgium)
12 Roy Eefting (Netherlands)
13 Yauheni Karaliok (Belarus)
14 Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia)
15 Denis Rugovac (Czech Republic)
16 Alan Banaszek (Poland)
17 Gavin Hoover (United States of America)
18 Kelland O’Brien (Australia)
19 Gleb Syritsa (Russian Cycling Federation)
20 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Germany)
21 Viktor Filutas (Hungary)
22 Daniel Crista (Romania)
23 Ricardo Pena Salas (Mexico)
24 Akil Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago)

Men’s Omnium – Tempo Race
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ethan Hayter (Great Britain)
2 Iuri Leitao (Portugal)
3 Aaron Gate (New Zealand)
4 Erik Martorell Haga (Spain)
5 Kelland O’Brien (Australia)
6 Derek Gee (Canada)
7 Matias Malmberg (Denmark)
8 Elia Viviani (Italy)
9 Yauheni Karaliok (Belarus)
10 Alan Banaszek (Poland)
11 Fabio Van den Bossche (Belgium)
12 Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)
13 Viktor Filutas (Hungary)
14 Donavan Grondin (France)
15 Alex Vogel (Switzerland)
16 Ricardo Pena Salas (Mexico)
17 Denis Rugovac (Czech Republic)
18 Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia)
19 Akil Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago)
20 Gavin Hoover (United States of America)
21 Roy Eefting (Netherlands)
DNS Tim Torn Teutenberg (Germany)
DNS Gleb Syritsa (Russian Cycling Federation)
DNS Daniel Crista (Romania)

Men’s Omnium – Elimination Race
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Aaron Gate (New Zealand)
2 Donavan Grondin (France)
3 Matias Malmberg (Denmark)
4 Ethan Hayter (Great Britain)
5 Eiya Hashimoto (Japan)
6 Erik Martorell Haga (Spain)
7 Gavin Hoover (United States of America)
8 Iuri Leitao (Portugal)
9 Elia Viviani (Italy)
10 Akil Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago)
11 Yauheni Karaliok (Belarus)
12 Alex Vogel (Switzerland)
13 Alan Banaszek (Poland)
14 Roy Eefting (Netherlands)
15 Kelland O’Brien (Australia)
16 Derek Gee (Canada)
17 Fabio Van den Bossche (Belgium)
18 Denis Rugovac (Czech Republic)
19 Ricardo Pena Salas (Mexico)
20 Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia)
21 Viktor Filutas (Hungary)

Men’s Omnium – Final Standings
Pos. Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ethan Hayter (Great Britain) 180
2 Aaron Gate (New Zealand) 124
3 Elia Viviani (Italy) 121
4 Iuri Leitao (Portugal) 117
5 Erik Martorell Haga (Spain) 112
6 Matias Malmberg (Denmark) 102
7 Donavan Grondin (France) 101
8 Fabio Van den Bossche (Belgium) 78
9 Eiya Hashimoto (Japan) 78
10 Derek Gee (Canada) 68
11 Alan Banaszek (Poland) 68
12 Yauheni Karaliok (Belarus) 60
13 Kelland O’Brien (Australia) 50
14 Gavin Hoover (United States of America) 38
15 Alex Vogel (Switzerland) 34
16 Roy Eefting (Netherlands) 33
17 Viktor Filutas (Hungary) 26
18 Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Colombia) 22
19 Ricardo Pena Salas (Mexico) -5
23 Denis Rugovac (Czech Republic)
23 Akil Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago)
23 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Germany)
23 Gleb Syritsa (Russian Cycling Federation)
23 Daniel Crista (Romania)