Track Cycling – World Championship 2021 [DAY 5]

October 24, 2021

Track Cycling – World Championship 2021 – DAY 5

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 points race 25km, final
Men’s Sprint, finals 3-4 & 1-2
Women’s Keirin, second round
Men’s Madison 50km, final
Women’s Keirin, third round
Women’s points race, award ceremony
Men’s Sprint, 3-4 & 1-2 second round finals
Men’s Madison, award ceremony
Women’s Keirin, Final places 7-12
Women’s Keirin, Final 1-6
Men’s Sprint, Final places 3-4 & 1-2
Men’s Elimination, final
Women’s Keirin, award ceremony
Men’s Sprint, award ceremony
Men’s Elimination, award ceremony

The UCI Track World Championships concluded on Day 5 as gold medals were awarded to men’s Madison, Elimination Race and Sprint, and in the women’s Points Race and Keirin.

Italy’s Elia Viviani brought home the gold medal in the first men’s Elimination Race at the Worlds after his compatriot Letizia Paternoster won the world title in the first-ever women’s Elimination Race on Day 2 of the event.

Viviani beat silver medallist Iuri Leitao of Portugal and bronze medallist Sergei Rostovtsev racing for the Russian Cycling Federation.

Viviani consistently positioned himself among the top four in the early stages of the event, and only once was at risk of elimination when he was caught near the back with eight riders remaining in the race. He sprinted the front of the race with six riders left to avoid another close call.

As Rostovtsev fell off-pace and settled for bronze, Viviani and Leitao were the only two left on the track for the grand finale. Leitao kicked off his sprint early at the start of the final lap but Viviani passed him in turn three and four, and crossed the finish line first with the world title.

Denmark take gold in men’s Madison

The Danish team of Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Morkov secured the gold medal in the men’s Madison accumulating a total of 68 points during the 200 laps (50km) and across the 20 sprints.

The beat the Italian team of Simone Consonni and Michele Scartezzini that secured 64 points to earn the silver medal while the Belgian team of Kenny de Ketele and Robbe Ghys took home bronze after securing 62 points.

Kopecky wins Points Race world title

Lotte Kopecky transferred her road fitness directly onto the boards at the Track World Championships to secure the world title in the women’s Points Race on the final day of racing.

Kopecky secured 76 points in the 100 laps (25km) of racing that offered 10 sprints throughout the race. Katie Archibald (Great Britain) brought home the silver medal with 72 points while Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) earned bronze with 60 points.

Fourth placed French rider Marion Borras was the first rider to lap the field on her own in the opening laps. In the end, Archibald, Wild, Borras, along with Silvia Zanardi (Italy), and Maria Martins (Portugal) lapped the field twice for 40 additional points.

Kopecky lapped the field three times for an additional 60 points to add to the 16 points she picked up in the sprints, to win the world title.

Friedrich wins women’s Keirin

Lea Sophie Friedrich won her third world title at the Track World Championships, closing out the event with a victory in the women’s Keirin after claiming golds in the 500-metre Time Trial and the Team Sprint.

In the Keirin, she started out placing second in heat 2 during the first round and advanced to the second round where she won heat 1. In the finals, Friedrich beat silver medallist Mina Sato (Japan) and bronze medallist Yana Tyshchenko (Russian Cycling Federation).

Dutch go 1-2 in men’s Sprint

The Netherlands went 1-2 in the men’s Sprint with Harrie Lavreysen beating his compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland in the final round for the world title.

French sprinter Sebastien Vigier secured the bronze meda after beating Germany’s Stefan Boetticher in the bronze-medal round.

Final medal table