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Last Updated: 2 Apr 2018 - 8:45:17 PM |
Irish riders had some good performances at the first round of cycling’s World Cup in Manchester, with former British competitor Matt Brammeier making an excellent debut for Ireland when he finished fourth in today’s final of the scratch race.
Brammeier had finished just twelfth in heat one but made a strong improvement for the final. Ivan Kovalev (Russia) was first to the line.
National road race champion Heather Wilson won her heat in the women’s points race on Saturday. She had to be satisfied with fourteenth in the final, where Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) was quickest, but it was a very encouraging performance in what is her first World Cup. Mary Costeloe was eighteenth in her heat.
The World Cup programme got underway on Friday with a number of events including the individual pursuit. David McCann was fourteenth in a time of four minutes 36.885 seconds, while Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) scorched to a fine win. He beat Bradley Wiggins’ Olympic record time in qualifying, clocking 4 minutes 15.015 seconds.
Wilson and Costelloe were thirteenth and seventeenth in their heats of the women's scratch race. Belinda Goss (Australia) went on to win the final.
On Saturday, David O’Loughlin opted to ride the points race instead of the individual pursuit. He was sixteenth in heat one of the event, which was taken by eventual winner and former FBD Rás champion Chris Newton (Great Britain).
Apart from the aforementioned men’s scratch race, today also saw the men’s team pursuit qualifying and final. The Irish quartet of McCann, O’Loughlin, Brammeier and Stephen Barrett were thirteenth, covering the 4000 metre distance in four minutes 20.589 seconds.
The British quartet of Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas had a superb ride, their 3 minutes 54.395 seconds just over a second outside the world record clocked up by GB in last year’s Olympic Games.
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UCI Track World Cup 2009-2010, round1, Manchester, October 30 - November 1 (selected results re Irish competitors):
Day one, Friday:
Men's 4000m individual pursuit, qualifying:
1, Geraint Thomas (Great Britain 4 mins 15.015 secs
2, Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 4 mins 17.390 secs
3, Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine) 4 mins 21.669 secs
Other:
14, David McCann (Ireland) at 4 mins 36 secs.885
Final:
For gold medal:
1, Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
2, Dominique Cornu (Belgium)
For bronze:
3, Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukraine) 4 mins 25 secs.902
4, David Muntaner Juaneda (Spain 4 mins 28 secs.609
Women's scratch race:
Heat 1:
1, Vera Koedooder (Netherlands)
2, Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) at1 lap
3, Shelley Olds (Proman Racing Team) same
Other:
13, Heather Wilson (Ireland) same
Heat 2:
1, Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
2, Pascale Jeuland (France) at 1 lap
3, Cari Higgins (Proman Racing Team) same
Other:
17, Mary Costelloe (Ireland) same
Final:
1, Belinda Goss (Australia)
2, Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russian Federation)
3, Shelley Olds (Proman Racing Team)
Saturday:
Men's points race qualifying:
Heat 1:
1, Chris Newton (Great Britain) 33 pts
2, Christophe Riblon (France) 28
3, Michael Morkov (Denmark) 27
Irish:
16, David O’Loughlin (Ireland)
Men's points race, final:
1, Chris Newton (Great Britain) 37 pts
2, Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong Pro Cycling) 33
3, Roger Kluge (Germany) 33
Women's Points Race Qualifying:
Heat 1:
1, Heather Wilson (Ireland) 25 pts
2, Penny Day (Posh of Holmwood, New Zealand) 23
3, Tatiana Guderzo (Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre) 20
Heat 2:
1, Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 25 pts
2, Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland) 23
3, Wan Yiu Jamie Wong (Hong Kong) 22
Other:
18, Mary Costelloe (Ireland)
Final:
1, Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 16 pts
2, Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso (Cuba) 11
3, Evgeniya Romanyuta (Russian Federation) 10
Other:
14, Heather Wilson (Ireland) 1
Sunday:
Men's Scratch Race, heat 1:
1 Matthieu Ladagnous (France)
2, Adiq Husainie Othman (Malaysia)
3, Lukasz Bujko (Poland)
Other:
12, Matthew Brammeier (Ireland)
Heat 2:
1, Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukraine)
2, Leigh Howard (Australia)
3, Colby Pearce (United States of America)
Final:
1, Ivan Kovalev (Russia)
2, Lukasz Bujko (Poland)
3, Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukraine)
Other:
4, Matthew Brammeier (Ireland)
Men's Team Pursuit, qualifying:
1, Great Britain (Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas) 3 mins 57.709 secs
2, Spain (Sergi Escobar Roure, David Muntaner Juaneda, Antonio Tauler Llull, Eloy Teruel Rovira) 4 mins 8.744 secs
3, Germany (Robert Bartko, Henning Bommel, Roger Kluge, Stefan Schäfer) 4 mins 9.027 secs
Other:
13, Ireland (Stephen Barrett, David McCann, David O’Loughlin, Matthew Brammeier) 4 mins 20.589 secs
Final:
1, Great Britain (Burke, Clancy, Andrew Tennant, Thomas) 3 mins 54.395 secs
2, Spain
3, Ukraine (Maksym Fonrabe, Maksym Polishchuk, Vitaliy Shchedov, Roman Kononenko)
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