US women qualify fastest in Minsk World Cup
Denmark leads men's rankings in first Track World Cup
The US women set the fastest qualifying time in the opening round of the 2019-2020 UCI Track World Cup in Minsk, Belarus on Thursday.
The result marks the return of former Olympian and world champion Chloe Dygert to the formation after a year away due to injuries. Dygert was joined by fellow Rio silver medalist Jen Valente and newcomers Ellen White and Christina Birch.
The quartet will now face Great Britain in the first round. The British squad led by the decorated Olympian Laura Kenny fell ten seconds short of their world record, finishing fourth fastest behind Italy and Germany.
Denmark led the men's rankings, topping Italy by a wide margin. France were third best ahead of Switzerland.
The US men's squad that won the Pan American Games struggled against the international field and failed to qualify for the first round.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | United States | 0:04:15.505 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Jennifer Valente | |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Christina Birch | |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Chloe Dygert | |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Emma White | |
2 | Italy | 0:04:17.474 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Letizia Paternoster | |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Elisa Balsamo | |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Marta Cavalli | |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Vittoria Guazzini | |
3 | Germany | 0:04:17.985 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Franziska Brausse | |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Lisa Brennauer | |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Lisa Klein | |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Mieke Kroger | |
4 | Great Britain | 0:04:20.605 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Laura Kenny | |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Megan Barker | |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Josie Knight | |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Emily Nelson | |
5 | France | 0:04:22.292 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Clara Copponi | |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Marion Borras | |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Coralie Demay | |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Valentine Fortin | |
6 | Belgium | 0:04:22.546 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Jolien d'Hoore | |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Annelies Dom | |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Shari Bossuyt | |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Lotte Kopecky | |
7 | Ireland | 0:04:25.389 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Lara Gillespie | |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Mia Griffin | |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Kelly Murphy | |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Alice Sharpe | |
8 | Poland | 0:04:26.523 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Daria Pikulik | |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Justyna Kaczkowska | |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Karolina Karasiewicz | |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Nikol Plosaj | |
9 | Russian Federation | 0:04:27.357 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Tamara Dronova | |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Daria Malkova | |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Mariia Miliaeva | |
Row 44 - Cell 0 | Mariia Novolodskaya | |
10 | Belarus | 0:04:29.410 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Alena Amialiusik | |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Palina Pivavarava | |
Row 48 - Cell 0 | Ina Savenka | |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Karalina Savenka | |
11 | Ukraine | 0:04:35.153 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Kseniia Fedotova | |
Row 52 - Cell 0 | Yuliia Biriukova | |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Oksana Kliachina | |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Ganna Solovei |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Denmark | 0:03:50.723 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Lasse Norman Hansen | |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Julius Johansen | |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Frederik Rodenberg Madsen | |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Rasmus Pedersen | |
2 | Italy | 0:03:53.145 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Simone Consonni | |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Filippo Ganna | |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Francesco Lamon | |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Davide Plebani | |
3 | France | 0:03:53.528 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Thomas Denis | |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Corentin Ermenault | |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Valentin Tabellion | |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Benjamin Thomas | |
4 | Switzerland | 0:03:54.111 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Claudio Imhof | |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Valere Thiebaud | |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Stefan Bissegger | |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Robin Froidevaux | |
5 | Huub Wattbike Test Team | 0:03:54.562 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | John Archibald | |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Daniel Bigham | |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | William Perrett | |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Jonathan Wale | |
6 | Russian Federation | 0:03:54.820 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Nikita Bersenev | |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Lev Gonov | |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Ivan Smirnov | |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Kirill Sveshnikov | |
7 | Germany | 0:03:55.187 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Felix Gross | |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Theo Reinhardt | |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Leon Rohde | |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Domenic Weinstein | |
8 | Great Britain | 0:03:56.425 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Matthew Walls | |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Mark Stewart | |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Ethan Vernon | |
9 | Belgium | 0:03:57.722 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Kenny de Ketele | |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Robbe Ghys | |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Rune Herregodts | |
Row 44 - Cell 0 | Fabio van den Bossche | |
10 | United States | 0:03:59.008 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | John Croom | |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Gregory Daniel | |
Row 48 - Cell 0 | Gavin Hoover | |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Ashton Lambie | |
11 | Belarus | 0:04:00.062 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Raman Tsishkou | |
Row 52 - Cell 0 | Hardzei Tsishchanka | |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Yauheni Akhramenka | |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Yauheni Karaliok | |
12 | Poland | 0:04:01.684 |
Row 56 - Cell 0 | Bartosz Rudyk | |
Row 57 - Cell 0 | Filip Prokopyszyn | |
Row 58 - Cell 0 | Szymon Sajnok | |
Row 59 - Cell 0 | Daniel Staniszewski | |
13 | Lokosphinx | 0:04:02.195 |
Row 61 - Cell 0 | Savva Novikov | |
Row 62 - Cell 0 | Sergey Malnev | |
Row 63 - Cell 0 | Arseny Nikiforov | |
Row 64 - Cell 0 | Alexandr Smirnov | |
14 | Ukraine | 0:04:05.866 |
Row 66 - Cell 0 | Volodymyr Dzhus | |
Row 67 - Cell 0 | Vitaliy Hryniv | |
Row 68 - Cell 0 | Vladyslav Shcherban | |
Row 69 - Cell 0 | Maksym Vasyliev | |
15 | Track Team Brandenburg | 0:04:13.864 |
Row 71 - Cell 0 | Richard Banusch | |
Row 72 - Cell 0 | Franz Gross | |
Row 73 - Cell 0 | Pierre-Pascal Keup | |
Row 74 - Cell 0 | Sebastian Schmiedel |
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