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Last Updated: 2 Apr 2018 - 8:45:17 PM |
O'LOUGHLIN 8TH IN PURSUIT, QUALIFIES FOR SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
By Shane Stokes
26 Feb 2007,
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David O’Loughlin earned a place in the points race at next month’s world track championships in Palma, Majorca, by riding solidly in the World Cup held in Manchester over the weekend.
O’Loughlin was second in his heat of the points race and then finished twelfth in the finals, doing enough to qualify for the worlds. He already secured a place to ride the individual pursuit there and on Friday he was a good eighth in the event. The Mayo rider was however disappointed not to go faster, recording 4 minutes 30.12 seconds and thus falling outside his national record set back in September. He had been doing times of 4 minutes 25 seconds in training last week.
“We are not sure what is the reason for the difference,” said Cycling Ireland’s Frank Campbell today. “It could be down to the warmup or perhaps it is something else. We are trying to work it out.”
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| Louise Moriarty in the pursuit - Photo by Ronan Fox |
UCD student Louise Moriarty beat the women’s national mark for the 3,000 metre pursuit, setting a time of 3 minutes 56.194 seconds en route to 19th place. This was almost five full seconds quicker than the 4 minutes 1.095 set by Siobhan Jacobs in Manchester on the 14th of March, 2004.
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| Irish Team start the pursuit - Photo by Ronan Fox |
Three other Irish riders were also taking part in the World Cup, making it the first team entry in many years. Ciarán Power was 16th in his heat of the scratch race, thus missing out on a place in the final. He joined up with O’Loughlin, Dermot Nally and Paul Healion for the team pursuit, where the quartet placed 14th.
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| Irish Team in the pursuit - Photo by Ronan Fox |
O’Loughlin will line out in two events at the world championships at the end of March. Dermot Nally may also be taking part. O’Loughlin, Nally and the three other riders who competed at the weekend had the chance to build experience, as did the coaching and management staff. Cycling Ireland is hoping that this will lead on to some good results in the longer term.
UCI Track World Cup, Manchester:
Men's individual pursuit qualifying
1, Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4 mins 18.276 secs (55.754 km/h)
2, Alexander Serov (Russia) 4 mins 21.081 secs (55.155 km/h)
3, Bradley McGee (Australia) 4 mins 24.238 secs (54.496 km/h)
4, Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 4 mins 24.694 secs (54.402 km/h)
5, Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 4 mins 25.392 secs (54.259 km/h)
6, Daniel Becke (Germany) 4 mins 26.716 secs (53.99 km/h)
Irish:
8, David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 4 mins 30.120 secs (53.309 km/h)
Men's individual pursuit final:
For gold & silver
1, Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4 mins 17.864 (55.843 km/h)
2, Alexander Serov (Russia) 4 mins 23.360 (54.678 km/h)
For bronze:
3, Bradley McGee (Australia) 4 mins 22.862 (54.781 km/h)
4, Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 4 mins 28.978 (53.535 km/h)
Men's scratch race qualifying:
Heat 1:
1, Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)
2, Armando Camargo Filho (Brazil)
3, Roger Kluge (Germany)
Other:
16, Ciaran Power (Ireland)
Heat 2:
1, Russel Hampton (Team 100% Me
2, Hayden Roulston (New Zealand)
3, Aitor Aznar Torres (Spain)
Men's scratch race final
1, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)
2, Roger Kluge (Germany)
3, Charles Bradley Huff (USA)
4, Leigh Howard (Australia)
5, Makoto Iijima (Japan)
6, Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)
Women's individual pursuit qualifying:
1, Wendy Houvenhagel (Science in Sport) 3 mins 33.788 (50.517 km/h)
2, Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3 mins 36.684 (49.842 km/h)
3, Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3 mins 39.526 (49.196 km/h)
Other:
19, Louise Moriarty (Ireland) 3 mins 56.194 (45.725 km/h)
Women's individual pursuit final:
For gold and silver
1, Wendy Houvenhagel (Science in Sport 3:35.294 (50.163 km/h)
2, Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3:39.143 (49.282 km/h)
For bronze
3, Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3:39.332 (49.240 km/h)
4, Trine Schmidt (Denmark) 3:48.646 (47.234 km/h)
Men's team pursuit qualifying
1, Great Britain, 3 mins 59.876 (60.031 km/h)
2, Russia, 4 mins 8.347 (57.983 km/h)
3, Team 100% Me, 4 mins 8.432 (57.963 km/h)
Other:
14, Ireland, 4 mins 21.658 (55.033 km/h)
Men's team pursuit final
For gold and silver
1, Great Britain 4 mins 0.296 (59.926 km/h)
2, Russia 4 mins 8.811 (57.875 km/h)
Bronze: Team 100% Me 4 mins 5.554 (58.642 km/h)
Men's points race qualifying:
Heat 1:
1, Jack Bobridge (Australia) 15 pts
2, David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 12
3, Serguei Klimov (Russia) 7
4, Vladimir Tuychiev (Uzbekistan) 6
5, Russel Hampton (Team 100% Me 6
6, Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) 5
Men's points race final:
1, Serguei Klimov (Russia) 77 pts
2, Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 56
3, Juan Esteban Curuchet (Argentina) 50
4, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 49
5, Andy Flickinger (France) 48
6, Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 48
Other:
12, David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 31
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