British kick off championships on positive note
Team pursuit victories go to British men and women
Day 1 - morning session
The British national team, including Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Jason Queally and Andrew Tennant, won the men's team pursuit qualifying with a time of 4:01.953. The four Brits will take on the runner-up team of Russia, including Ivan Kovalev, Evgeny Kovalev, Alexei Markov and Alexander Serov, who clocked a 4:03.690. Holland and Spain fought their way through to the bronze medal match, with the times of 4:06.693 and 4:07.865 respectively.
In men's team sprint qualifying, the German national team got the best time and will face off against France in the finals. The German riders Robert Förstemann, Maximilian Levy and Stefan Nimke stopped the clock in 43.968 seconds while the French team was represented by Michael Almeida, Francois Pervis and Kevin Sireau, who qualified with a 44.102-second time. The British and Polish national teams will race for third place.
In the women's team sprint qualifying, British riders Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish finished in 33.381 and moved onto the finals along with Frenchwomen Sandie Clair and Clara Sanchez, who qualified in 33.521. Germany and Holland will face off for the bronze.
British female riders followed in their male colleagues' footsteps and won the qualifications in the women's team pursuit. The British team included Katie Colclough, Wendy Houvenaghel and Laura Trott, and they recorded a 3:24.916. Lithuanian cyclists Vaida Pikauskaite, Vilija Sereikaite and Ausrine Trebaite qualified second in 3:28.011. The Belorussian and German teams will face off for the bronze.
Day 1 - evening session
The British quartet of Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Jason Queally and Andrew Tennant powered to glory in the men’s team pursuit with a solid win over Russia in the final. After recording the quickest time in qualifying, the Great Britain team was faster again in the final, clocking 4:00.482 to beat the Russians by almost four seconds.
The time gaps were tight in the opening laps before the class of the British four told and they pulled away to victory over the Russians Ivan Kovalev, Evgeny Kovalev, Alexei Markov and Alexander Serov. “The Russians were looking alright and we knew we had a good fight ahead of us,” Britain’s Ed Clancy explained. “Fortunately, they cracked before we did and I think we rode better in the final there.”
Meanwhile, the Netherlands pipped Spain for the bronze medal with a steady 4km on the boards at Pruszkow.
Great Britain underlined its dominance of European pursuiting with a dominant victory in the women’s team pursuit. The trio of Katie Colcough, Wendy Houvenghel and Laura Trott put over 6.5 seconds into Lithuania’s Vaida Pikauskaite, Vilija Sereikaite and Ausrine Trebaite over the 3,000 metres in a race that was never in doubt from the first pedal strokes.
“Technically, it felt spot on,” Laura Trott said of her senior gold medal-winning ride. “We got our changes right and the finish was good. I can’t wait for the next two days now.”
The bronze medal match-up was a far closer-run affair, however. The German team of Lisa Brennauer, Verena Jooss and Madeleine Sandig just edged out Belarus by a little under three tenths of a second.
While the pursuit finals were dominated by Britain, the team sprint gold medals were to go elsewhere. In the women’s event, Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish were edged out by the French duo of Sandi Clair and Clara Sanchez in a tight race. Germany’s Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte took the bronze ahead of the Dutch duo Willy Kanis and Yvonne Higenaar.
Pendleton felt that, technically, the British performance left a little to be desired. “We didn’t quite have as slick a performance in the final than we did this morning,” she said. “My change was awful, it was amateur and that probably cost a tenth or so. Jess did a fantastic job and I think she paid for the false start a little bit.”
In the men’s team sprint, Germany and France faced off in a thrilling final. Ultimately, it was the German team of Robert Forstemann, Max Levy and Stefan Nimke who took the win ahead of Michaël D’Almeida, François Pervis and Kevin Sireau. Great Britain’s team of Matt Crampton, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny edged out Poland for the final step on the podium.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 0:00:43.968 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Robert Förstemann | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Maximilian Levy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Stefan Nimke | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
1 | France | 0:00:44.102 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Michael D'almeida | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | François Pervis | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Kevin Sireau | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
3 | Great Britain | 0:00:44.149 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Matthew Crampton | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Chris Hoy | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Jason Kenny | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
4 | Poland | 0:00:44.428 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Maciej Bielecki | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Kamil Kuczynski | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
Row 15 - Cell 0 | Damian Zielinski | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
5 | Russia | 0:00:44.918 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Sergey Borisov | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Denis Dmitriev | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Sergey Kucherov | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
6 | Netherlands | 0:00:45.254 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Hugo Haak | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Teun Mulder | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Roy Van Den Berg | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
7 | Czech Republic | 0:00:45.415 |
Row 25 - Cell 0 | Tomáš Bábek | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Martin Feiferlík | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Denis Špicka | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
8 | Spain | 0:00:46.256 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | David Alonso Castillo | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
Row 30 - Cell 0 | Itmar Esteban Herraiz | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Juan Peralta Gascon | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
9 | Italy | 0:00:46.517 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Valerio Catellini | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Luca Ceci | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
Row 35 - Cell 0 | Francesco Ceci | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
10 | Ukraine | 0:00:46.715 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Artem Frolov | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Sergiy Omelchenko | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Andriy Vynokurov | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
11 | Austria | 0:00:48.450 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Daniel Baldauf | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Clemens Selzer | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Georg Tazreiter | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:04:01.953 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Edward Clancy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Jason Queally | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Andrew Tennant | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
2 | Russia | 0:04:03.690 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Ivan Kovalev | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Evgeny Kovalev | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Alexei Markov | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Alexander Serov | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
3 | Netherlands | 0:04:06.693 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Levi Heimans | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Arno Van Der Zwet | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Tim Veldt | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Sipke Zijlstra | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
4 | Spain | 0:04:07.865 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Asier Maeztu Billalabeitia | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | David Muntaner Juaneda | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
5 | Italy | 0:04:08.726 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Angelo Ciccone | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Marco Coledan | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Alessandro De Marchi | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Elia Viviani | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
6 | France | 0:04:08.839 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Vivien Brisse | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Julien Duval | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Nicolas Giulia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Julien Morice | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
7 | Switzerland | 0:04:10.681 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Claudio Imhof | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Kilian Moser | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Loïc Perizzolo | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Cyrille Thiéry | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ukraine | 0:04:11.039 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Volodymyr Diudia | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Maksym Polishchuk | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Mykhaylo Radionov | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Vitaliy Shchedov | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
9 | Germany | 0:04:11.374 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Robert Bengsch | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Henning Bommel | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Marcel Kalz | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
Row 44 - Cell 0 | Stefan Schäfer | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
10 | Poland | 0:04:11.567 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Dawid Glowacki | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Adrian Kurek | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
Row 48 - Cell 0 | Rafal Ratajczyk | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Grzeogorz Stepniak | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
11 | Belgium | 0:04:12.253 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Jonathan Breyne | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
Row 52 - Cell 0 | Moreno De Pauw | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Ingmar De Poortere | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
12 | Czech Republic | 0:04:12.742 |
Row 56 - Cell 0 | Martin Blaha | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
Row 57 - Cell 0 | Jiri Hochmann | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
Row 58 - Cell 0 | Milan Kadlec | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
Row 59 - Cell 0 | Alois Kankovsky | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:00:33.381 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Victoria Pendleton | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Jessica Varnish | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
2 | France | 0:00:33.521 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Sandie Clair | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Clara Sanchez | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
3 | Germany | 0:00:33.676 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Kristina Vogel | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Miriam Welte | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
4 | Netherlands | 0:00:34.061 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Yvonne Hijgenaar | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Willy Kanis | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
5 | Lithuania | 0:00:34.485 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Gintare Gaivenyte | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Simona Krupeckaite | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
6 | Poland | 0:00:34.860 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Marta Janowiak | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Malgorzata Wojtyra | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
8 | Russia | 0:00:35.159 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Viktoria Baranova | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
Row 20 - Cell 0 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
8 | Spain | 0:00:35.178 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Tania Calvo Barbero | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Helena Casas Roige | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
9 | Ukraine | 0:00:35.420 |
Row 25 - Cell 0 | Lyubov Shulika | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Olena Tsyos | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
10 | Greece | 0:00:35.660 |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Angeliki Koutsonikoli | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Dimitra Patapi | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:24.916 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Katie Colclough | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Wendy Houvenaghel | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Laura Trott | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
2 | Lithuania | 0:03:28.011 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Vaida Pikauskaite | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Vilija Sereikaite | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Aušrine Trebaite | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
3 | Belarus | 0:03:28.534 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Irina Kruchkova | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Aksana Papko | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Tatsiana Sharakova | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
4 | Germany | 0:03:28.720 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Lisa Brennauer | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Verena Jooss | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
Row 15 - Cell 0 | Madeleine Sandig | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
5 | Belgium | 0:03:29.630 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Jessie Daams | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Jolien D'hoore | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Kelly Druyts | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
6 | Poland | 0:03:29.870 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Edyta Jasinska | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Katarzyna Pawlowska | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Malgorzata Wojtyra | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
7 | Russia | 0:03:30.558 |
Row 25 - Cell 0 | Anastasiya Chulkova | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Viktoria Kondel | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Evgenia Romanyuta | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ukraine | 0:03:31.203 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Svitlana Galyuk | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
Row 30 - Cell 0 | Lesya Kalitovska | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Ganna Solovey | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
9 | Netherlands | 0:03:31.903 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Amy Pieters | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Laura Van Der Kamp | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
Row 35 - Cell 0 | Ellen Van Dijk | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
10 | Spain | 0:03:33.438 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Leire Esp 19770217 Olaberria Dorronsoro | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Ana Usabiaga Balerdi | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
11 | France | 0:03:35.189 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Sophie Creux | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Fiona Dutriaux | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Pascale Jeuland | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
12 | Ireland | 0:03:37.072 |
Row 45 - Cell 0 | Ciara Horne | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Jennifer O'reilly | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Caroline Ryan | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
13 | Italy | 0:03:39.380 |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Rossella Callovi | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
Row 50 - Cell 0 | Giulia Donato | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Tatiana Guderzo | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
14 | Czech Republic | 0:03:39.750 |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Dagmar Labakova | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Jarmila Machacova | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
Row 55 - Cell 0 | Lucie Zaleska | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:04:00.482 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Edward Clancy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Jason Queally | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Andrew Tennant | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
2 | Russia | 0:04:04.274 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Ivan Kovalev | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Evgeny Kovalev | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Alexei Markov | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Alexander Serov | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
3 | Netherlands | 0:04:06.049 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Levi Heimans | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Arno Van Der Zwet | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Tim Veldt | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Sipke Zijlstra | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
4 | Spain | 0:04:08.099 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Pablo Bernal Rosique | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | A. Maeztu Billalabeitia | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | David Muntaner Juaneda | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 0:03:23.435 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Katie Colclough | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Wendy Houvenaghel | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Laura Trott | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
2 | Lithuania | 0:03:29.992 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Vaida Pikauskaite | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Vilija Sereikaite | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Aušrine Trebaite | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
3 | Germany | 0:03:28.127 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Lisa Brennauer | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Verena Jooss | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Madeleine Sandig | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
4 | Belarus | 0:03:28.410 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Irina Kruchkova | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Aksana Papko | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
Row 15 - Cell 0 | Tatsiana Sharakova | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
Men's Team Sprint finals
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 0:00:44.066 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Robert Forstemann | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Maximilian Levy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Stefan Nimke | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
2 | France | 0:00:44.281 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Michaël D'Almeida | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | François Pervis | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Kévin Sireau | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
3 | Great Britain | 0:00:43.968 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Matthew Crampton | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Chris Hoy | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Jason Kenny | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
4 | Poland | 0:00:44.495 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Maciej Bielecki | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Kamil Kuczynski | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
Row 15 - Cell 0 | Damian Zielinski | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
Women's Team Sprint Finals
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | France | 0:00:33.478 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Sandie Clair | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Clara Sanchez | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
2 | Great Britain | 0:00:34.586 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Victoria Pendleton | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Jessica Varnish | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
3 | Germany | 0:00:33.708 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Kristina Vogel | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Miriam Welte | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
4 | Netherlands | 0:00:34.212 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Yvonne Hijgenaar | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Willy Kanis | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
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