Track Cycling – World Championship 2022 [DAY 1]

October 12, 2022

Track Cycling – World Championship 2022 – DAY 1

Since they were first added to the cycling calendar in 1893, the UCI Track World Championships have drawn the world’s best riders to their events to compete for some of the most prestigious prizes in the sport – rainbow jerseys. There’ll be 22 rainbow jerseys on offer this year, split between men and women across 11 distinct events. The 2022 Track World Championships will be held from October 12th to 16th in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. There’ll be rainbow jerseys on the line in each of the major sub-disciplines of track cycling, including Sprint, Keirin, Time Trial, Team Sprint, Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit, Omnium, Points Race, Scratch Race, Madison and Elimination Race.

Program :
Women’s Scratch Race (10km)
Women’s Team Sprint
Men’s Team Sprint

Australia claimed a surprise victory in the men’s team sprint in the first day of racing at the UCI Track World Championships in Saint Quentin en Yvelines on Wednesday, with Matthew Glaetzer, Leigh Hoffman, and Matthew Richardson powering to gold ahead of Olympic and defending world champions the Netherlands.

Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen and Roy van den Berg finished 0.43 seconds slower to take silver.

For Great Britain, previously dominant in the discipline and reforming after the retirement of Jason Kenny, the bronze was a victory with Jack Carlin, Alistair Fielding and Hamish Turnbull narrowly getting the better of Germany by 0.106 seconds.

Results :

Italian Martina Fidanza won the first title event of the 2022 UCI Track World Championships, taking home the gold medal from a bunch sprint in the mass-start race.

After a fast first half of the race, the first surge came from Spain’s Eukene Larrarte Arteaga but the acceleration was quickly marked and the field remained together with three laps to go.

Maike van der Duin (Netherlands) hit out with two laps to go, but Fidanza went to the fore at the bell lap and opened up five bikes lengths on the field to defend her title as Scratch Race World Champion.

Van der Duin held on for the silver medal, while Jessica Roberts (Great Britain) edged out the USA’s Lily Williams for the final podium spot.

Results Women’s Scratch Race (10km) :
1 Martina Fidanza (Italy)
2 Maike van der Duin (Netherlands)
3 Jessica Roberts (Great Britain)
4 Lily Williams (United States Of America)
5 Michaela Drummond (New Zealand)
6 Chloe Moran (Australia)
7 Lea lin Teutenberg (Germany)
8 Aline Seitz (Switzerland)
9 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Canada)
10 Petra Ševčikova (Czech Republic)
11 Yumi Kajihara (Japan)
12 Maria Martins (Portugal)
13 Katrijn de Clercq (Belgium)
14 Jade Labastugue (France)
15 Alžbeta Bačikova (Slovakia)
16 Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (Egypt)
17 Lara Gillespie (Ireland)
18 Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway)
19 Argiro Milaki (Greece)
20 Nikola Wielowska (Poland)
21 Eukene Larrarte Arteaga (Spain)
22 Amber Joseph (Barbados)
23 Olivija Baleišyte (Lithuania)
24 Rinata Sultanova (Kazakhstan)

Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze and Lea Sophie Friedrich set another world record en route to the title of World Champions in the women’s team sprint.

The German team became the first women to go under 46 seconds, covering the 750-metre version of the sprint in 45.967 seconds, going under their previous mark of 46.064.

They beat China (Bao Shanju, Guo Yufang, Yuan Liying) to claim gold, with Great Britain’s Lauren Bell, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane nudging the Netherlands by 0.008 seconds for the bronze medal.

There was some consternation in the Dutch team as Shanne Braspennincx, Kyra Lamberink and Steffie van der Peet lined up, as it appeared Hetty van der Wouw was prepared to start but was then denied.

Results Women’s Team Sprint Final :
1 Germany 0:00:45.967
Lea Sophie Friedrich
Pauline Sophie Grabosch
Emma Hinze
2 People’s Republic Of China 0:00:46.631
Shanju Bao
Yufang Guo
Liying Yuan
3 Great Britain 0:00:46.596
Lauren Bell
Sophie Capewell
Emma Finucane
4 Netherlands 0:00:46.604
Shanne Braspennincx
Kyra Lamberink
Steffie van der Peet
5 France
Mathilde Gros
Taky Marie Divine Kouame
Julie Michaux
6 Poland
Marlena Karwacka
Urszula Los
Nikola Sibiak
7 Japan
Riyu Ohta
Mina Sato
Fuko Umekawa
8 Canada
Jackie Boyle
Lauriane Genest
Sarah Orban
Kelsey (r) Mitchell
9 United States Of America
Kayla Hankins
Keely Kortman
McKenna McKee
10 Malaysia
Nurul Aliana Syafika Azizan
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri
Anis Amira Rosidi
11 Nigeria
Tombrapa Gladys Grikpa
Mary Samuel
Tawakalt Yekeen

In the first round of qualifying heats for the Team Pursuit, Italy came out on top in both the men’s and women’s qualifying heats.

Elisa Balsamo, Martina Fidanza, Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini powered to the fastest time ahead of Great Britain, France and Australia.

Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States made the top eight to move onto Round 1 on Thursday.

The men completed two rounds of qualifying, with Great Britain’s Ethan Hayter, Ollie Wood, Ethan Vernon and former Hour Record holder Dan Bigman going quickest in the first heats.

Italy, France, New Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Germany and Belgium moved onto the next round.

Later in the evening, Britain were again on top, and will go up against Italy’s Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon, Jonathan Milan and Manilo Moro.

Denmark and Australia made Thursday’s bronze medal final.