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≡ UCI WORLD TRACK CHAMPS ≡
Dutch star Harrie Lavreysen continued his sensational riding at the UCI Track World Championships that concluded in Santiago (CHI), adding a new title to his championship list.
After having won the men’s Keirin and Team Sprint earlier, he branched out a bit and won the 1,000 m Time Trial, finishing ahead of teammate Jeffrey Hoogland, 57.978 to 58.163, with Joseph Truman (GBR: 59.268) in third.
In the Sprint on Sunday, Lavreysen faced 2024 Paris Olympic silver winner Matt Richardson, then of Australia but now riding for Britain. Nevertheless, Lavreysen won his seventh Worlds Sprint gold, 2-0, and now has World or Olympic golds in 2019-20-21-22-23-24-25 and won twice in 2021 and 2024 with Olympic and World titles. That’s nine wins in a row. Wow!
In the non-Olympic Individual Pursuit, Britain’s Josh Charlton moved up from silver in 2024 to win in 2025, defeating Rasmus Pedersen (DEN), 4:04.122 to 4:07.496 in the final. American Anders Johnson won the bronze for his first Worlds medal. Britain got another gold in the non-Olympic Points Race from Joshua Tarling, who edged American Peter Moore, 56-48. It was the first World Track Champs medal for both.
Spain’s Albert Torres, now 35, won the Omnium for his second career Worlds gold, 11 years after he won the Madison in 2014! Torres scored 133 points to outlast Kazushige Kuboki (JPN: 131) and Lindsay De Vylder (BEL: 131). Ashlin Barry was the top American, in 16th.
The Elimination Race went to Italian veteran Elia Viviani, 36, ahead of Campbell Stewart (NZL) and Yoeri Havik (NED). It’s Viviani’s third Worlds gold in the event, after wins in 2021 and 2022.
Belgium’s De Vylder and Fabio van den Bossche won the Madison with 81 points to 73 for Mark Stewart and Tarling (GBR) and 71 for Denmark. The U.S. (Moore and Graeme Frislie) was ninth with 29.
Dutch sprinter Hetty van de Wouw was the women’s star. Having already helped the Netherlands won the women’s Team Sprint, she then took the Sprint final over Japan’s Mina Sato by 2-0, moving up from second in 2024. Van we Wouw added a third gold – like Lavreysen – in the 1,000 m Time Trial, setting a world record of 1:03.652 in the qualifying and another – 1:03.121 – in the final, winning by more than a second and a half!
In Sunday’s Keirin, van de Wouw had to settle for winning the 7-12 final, as Japan’s Sato won the gold over Emma Finucane (GBR: +0.049).
The Dutch distance star Lorena Wiebes had already defended her Scratch Race title, but added the Omnium for her third career Worlds gold, scoring 136 points and winning three of the four events. Marion Borras (FRA) was second at 127 and Amalie Didericksen (DEN: 120) got her second medal of the meet in third. Megan Jastrab of the U.S. was 15th.
Britain scored golds in the Individual Pursuit, with defending champ Anna Morris defeating teammate Josie Knight in the final, with American star Chloe Dygert taking third for her 10th career Worlds medal. In the Madison final, star Katie Archibald teamed with Madelaine Leech to win over France’s Borras and Victoire Berteau, 30-24. For Archibald, it was her 17th career Worlds medal (7-7-3).
In the Points Race, Mexico’s Yareli Acevedo got her first career Worlds medal with a 63-58 win over Morris and Bryony Botha (NZL: 56).
The overall medal standings showed Britain with 14 medals (4-8-2) and the Dutch with nine golds and 13 total (9-2-2). No other country had more than five; the U.S. finished with three (0-1-2).
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