The echo of the 2018 World Championships was heard in the opening of the 27th edition of the UCI Track World Cup in Saint-Quentin (FRA), with two World Champions demonstrating they are still at the top of their game.
Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer won the Sprint, taking a tense final in which he lost the first race, then barely managed to force a third race with a win by 0.018. He won the event with a 0.297-second win over Harrie Lavreysen (NED).
Dutch star Kirsten Wild, who won the Scratch Race, Points Race and Omnium at the Worlds, was in control here in the Omnium with a clear victory. The busiest rider was Russia’s Daria Shmeleva, the Time Trial silver winner at the 2018 Worlds. She finished third in the Sprint, second in the Keirin and then teamed with Anastasiia Voinova to win the Team Sprint. Summaries:
UCI Track Cycling World Cup no. 1
Saint-Quentin (FRA) ~ 19-21 October 2018
(Full results here)
Men
Sprint: 1. Matthew Glaetzer (AUS); 2. Harrie Lavreysen (NED); 3. Jeffrey Hoogland (NED); 4. Mateusz Rudyk (POL).
Team Sprint/Final: 1. Netherlands (van den Berg, Hoogland, Ligtlee), 42.939; 2. France, 43.5676; Third: 3. Russia, 43.771; 4. Great Britain, 45.171.
Team Pursuit/Final: 1. Denmark (Johansen, Hansen, Pedersen, von Folsach); 2. Great Britain, overtaken. Third: 3. Italy, 3:53.153; 4. Hub Wattbike (GBR), 3:55.464.
Keirin (6 laps): 1. Yuta Wakimoto (JPN); 2. Edward Dawkins (NZL), +0.079; 3. Krzystof Maksel (POL), +0.128.
Points Race (120 laps): 1. Moritz Malcharek (GER), 53 points; 2. Mark Stewart (GBR), 45; 3. Christos Volikakis (GRE), 43. Also: 19. Shane Kline (USA), 1.
Scratch Race (60 laps): 1. Stefan Matzner (AUT); 2. Leigh Howard (AUS); 3. Adrien Garel (FRA).
Omnium: 1. Albert Torres Varcelo (ESP), 174; 2. Oliver Wood (GBR), 142; 3. Benjamin Thomas (FRA), 139. Also: 22. Kline (USA), 13.
Madison: 1. Lasse Norman Hansen/Michael Morkov (DEN), 39; 2. Wojciech Pszczolarski/Daniel Staniszewski (POL), 19; 3. Kelland O’Brien/Leigh Howard (AUS), 17.
Women
Sprint: 1. Wai Sze Lee (HKG); 2. Stephanie Morton (AUS); 3. Daria Shmeleva (RUS); 4. Mathilde Gros (FRA).
Team Sprint/Final:1. Daria Shmeleva/Anastasiia Voinova (Gazprom-Rusvelo/RUS), 32.820; 2. Kaarle McCulloch/Stephanie Morton (AUS), 32.821. Third: 3. Olena Starikova/Liubov Basova (UKR), 33.095; 4. Emma Cumming/Natasha Hansen (NZL), 33.477.
Team Pursuit/Final: 1. Australia (Clonan, Ankudinoff, Baker, Stewart), 4:16.957; 2. New Zealand, 4:17.560; Third: 3. Italy, 4:19.428; 4. Germany, 4:21.737.
Keirin (6 laps): 1. Laurine van Riessen (NED); 2. Shmeleva (RUS), +0.025; 3. Lee (HKG), +0.073.
Points Race (80 laps): 1. Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA), 34; 2. Ganna Solovei (UKR), 33; 3. Charlotte Becker (GER), 30.
Scratch Race (40 laps): 1. Ashlee Ankudinoff (AUS); 2. Megan Barker (GBR); 3. Daria Pikulik (POL).
Omnium: 1. Kirsten Wild (NED), 125; 2. Letizia Paternoster (ITA), 116; 3. Neah Evans (GBR), 109.
Madison (80 laps): 1. Amalie Dideriksen/Julie Leth (DEN), 23 points; 2. Neah Evans/Emily Kay (GBR), 23; 3. Georgia Baker/Macey Stewart (AUS), 19.
