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RACE REPORTS: OLYMPIC TRACK CYCLING REPORT: MONDAY, AUGUST 18
Road Bike Action
August 18, 2008
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Great Britain: Another Gold Medal & Another New Team Pursuit World Record & Gold Medal Round
Men's 4000m. Team Pursuit Finals / Gold Medal Ride: Great Britain Vs. Denmark
Britain beat their own 24 hour old team pursuit world record Monday and in yet another spectacular ride, Great Britain completely crushed Denmark in the Gold Medal final of the Men's 4000m. Team Pursuit,
setting yet another World and Olympic record of 3'53.314", an average speed of 61.719km/hr. The GB quartet of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins were determined to grab the
gold and their fast start caught the Silver Medal Danes by surprise, who were behind from the
start and finished in 4'00.040".
Photos: Rob Jones / Canadian Cyclist: Denmark Wins Silver Medal
Bronze Medal Ride: New Zealand Vs. Australia
In a hard fought antipodean rivalry, Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan and Jesse Sergent, the All-Black bikers of New Zealand rode an excellent 3'57.776" to whup the biker 'roos of Australia in the
ride for the bronze medal in what must be considered a terrible Olympics for the Aussies. Jack Bobridge, Graeme Brown, Mark Jamieson and Luke Roberts tried mightly and also beat the Silver Medal time with a 3'59.006". Hayden Roulsten (New Zealand) took his second Olympic medal, adding a Team Pursuit
bronze to his Individual Pursuit Silver.
Vos Victory In Women's Points Race Saves Olympics For Dutch Cycling
21 year old Dutch womens phenom Marianne Vos had a strong ride in the Olympic Women's Points Race at Laoshan Velodrome, lapping the field alone to take a lap, which was her winning margin over speedy Cuban
track specialist Yoanka Gonzalez and surprise Bronze Medalist Leire Olaberria of Spain. It was the only medal from the Netherlands cycling team at the Beijing Olympics. Highly touted Italian Vera Carrara was never in the race, while Canadian Gina Grain had a good ride to finish 9th. American Sarah Hammer crashed
out with Wadami and Jooss and did not finish.
Women's Points Race
100 laps (25km) 10 sprints / 31'42.140
1. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) 30 points (+ 1 lap)
47.315 km/hr avg)
2. Yoanka Gonzalez (Cuba) 18
3. Leire Olaberria (Spain) 13
4. Maria Luisa Calle (Colombia) 13
5. Lesya Kalitskova (Ukraine) 10
6. Katherine Bates (Australia) 10
7. Pascale Jeuland (France) 8
8. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 8
9. Gina Grain (Canada) 6
10. Yan Li (China) 6
11. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3
12. Svetlana Pauliukaite (Lithuania) 2
13. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) CZE 2
14. Vera Carrara (Italy) 1
15. Wan Yiu Wong (Hong Kong) 0
16. Evelyn Garcia (El Salvador) 0
17. Catherine Cheatley (New Zealand) 0
18. Trine Schmidt (Denmark) 0
19. Minhye Lee (Korea) -40 (two laps down)
Sarah Hammer (United States) DNF
Satomi Wadami (Japan) DNF
Verena Jooss (Germany) DNF
Photos: Rob Jones / Canadian Cyclist: Hoy On The Rampage
Are Hoy & Kenney Headed For All-GB Final?: Mens Sprint Quarterfinals
Great Britain's Chris Hoy had a battle on his hands from feisty Malaysia's Mohd Azizulhasni Awang, who used all his tactical skills to force the big Brit into surplace in their second Quarterfinal match, but Hoy is just too fast and strong and vanquished Awang two straight. In the battle between emerging sprinters, 20 year old Jason Kenny of Great Britain beat Kevin Sireau of France 2-0 in what might be a prequel to the Sprint Finals at the 2012 London Olympics. Another emerging sprinter, Germany Maximilian Levy handled Dutchman Teun Mulder 2-0, while the fastest Frenchman Mickael Bourgain put another Dutchman, Theo Bos out 2-0.
Tuesday 19 August: Men's Sprint Semifinals
1. Mickael Bourgain (France) Vs. Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) Vs. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
Hoy should be able to handle Bourgain, while Kenny is clearly faster than Levy, which will likely set up an all-Great Britain sprint final
Women's Sprint Quarterfinals: Pendleton Still On Track For Sprint Gold
In the Women's Sprint Quarterfinals, Great Britain's World Champion Victoria Pendleton easily beat Lithuania's Simona Krupeckaite 2-0. Experienced Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belarus was no match for 22 year old Shuang Guo Shuang of China, who won her Quarterfinals 2-0. Australian Anna Meares beat Clara Sanchez (France) 2-0, while Willy Kanis (Netherlands) made short work of World Keirin champ Jennie Reed (United States) 2-0.
Tuesday 19 August: Women's Sprint Semifinals
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) Vs. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
2. Anna Meares (Australia) Vs Shuang Guo
Pendleton will face Kanis Tuesday, while Meares and Guo will face off in an interesting series between the seasoned Aussie against the emerging Chinese rider on her home track.
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