Walls wins men's Omnium, Karaliok wins scratch race

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The Dutch team moved into the lead of the UCI Track World Cup medal standings, taking out two gold medals in the second day of event finals in Minsk, Belarus.

The seasoned women's Madison team of Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters took the victory over Great Britain's Laura Kenny and Emily Nelson with the French squad of Clara Copponi and Marie le Net in third.

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Men's Omnium Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain	163
2	Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy	154
3	Rui Oliveira (Por) Portugal	149
4	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark	145
5	Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus	111
6	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Spain	106
7	Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Netherlands	105
8	Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland	100
9	Christos Volikakis (Gre) Greece	95
10	Bartosz Rudyk (Pol) Poland	78
11	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Belgium	67
12	Ka Yu Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China	67
13	Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Germany	65
14	Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	53
15	Shane Kline (USA) United States Of America	50
16	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukr) Ukraine	46
17	Liang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China	38
18	Muradjan Khalmuratov (Uzb) Uzbekistan	14
19	Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Hungary	-64
DNF	Donavan Vincent Grondin (Fra) France
DNS	Michael Foley (Can) Canada

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Men's Keirin Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Harrie Lavreysen (Ned) Netherlands
2	Denis Dmitriev (Rus) Russian Federation
3	Koyu Matsui (Jpn) Japan Professional Cyclist Association
4	Jack Carlin (GBr) Great Britain
5	Matthijs Buchli (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
6	Stefan Botticher (Ger) Germany
7	Sebastien Vigier (Fra) France
8	Krzysztof Maksel (Pol) Poland
9	Yuta Obara (Jpn) Japan
10	Vasilijus Lendel (Ltu) Lithuania
11	Hersony Canelon Vera (Ven) Venezuela

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Men's Scratch Race Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yauheni Karaliok (Blr) Belarus
2	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain
3	Eric Young (USA) United States Of America
4	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Belgium
5	Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy
6	Iuri Leitao (Por) Portugal
7	Viktor Filutas (Hun) Hungary
8	Roman Gladysh (Ukr) Ukraine
9	Andrei Sazanov (Rus) Marathon - Tula Cycling Team
REL	Bryan Coquard (Fra) France
11	Ethan Vernon (GBr) Great Britain
12	Daniel Babor (Cze) Czech Republic
13	Maxim Piskunov (Rus) Russian Federation
14	Zafeiris Volikakis (Gre) Greece
15	Filip Prokopyszyn (Pol) Poland
16	Joffrey Degueurce (Fra) Bison Sport - Commel
17	Moritz Malcharek (Ger) Track - Team - Brandenburg
18	Stefan Matzner (Aut) Austria
19	Jacob Tipper (GBr) Huub Wattbike Test Team
20	Alisher Zhumakan (Kaz) Kazakhstan

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Women's Madison Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kirsten Wild / Amy Pieters (Netherlands)	50
2	Laura Kenny / Emily Nelson (Great Britain)	44
3	Clara Copponi / Marie le Net (France)	35
4	Daria Pikulik / Nikol Plosaj (Poland)	27
5	Jennifer Valente / Christina Birch (United States)	22
6	Franziska Brausse / Lisa Klein (Germany)	17
7	Shari Bossuyt / Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)	10
8	Letizia Paternoster / Elisa Balsamo (Italy)	6
9	Amalie Dideriksen / Trine Schmidt (Denmark)	6
10	Diana Klimova / Mariia Novolodskaya (Russian Federation)	3
11	Xiaofei Wang / Jiali Liu (China)	3
12	Andrea Waldis / Michelle Andres (Switzerland)
13	Oksana Kliachina / Ganna Solovei (Ukraine)
14	Emily Kay / Alice Sharpe (Ireland)
15	Palina Pivavarava / Ina Savenka (Belarus)	-20
16	Yao Pang / Qianyu Yang (Hong Kong, China)	-20
17	Jarmila Machacova / Katerina Kohoutkova (Czech Republic)	-40
DNF	Sofia Arreola Navarro / Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (Mexico)

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Women's Sprint Final
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China
2	Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) Russian Federation
3	Emma Hinze (Ger) Germany
4	Mandy Marquardt (USA) United States Of America

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Women's Sprint Semifinal Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) Russian Federation
2	Mandy Marquardt (USA) United States Of America

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Women's Sprint Semifinal Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China
2	Emma Hinze (Ger) Germany

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Women's Sprint Qualifying
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lea Sophie Friedrich (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012	0:00:10.584
2	Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China	0:00:00.006
3	Emma Hinze (Ger) Germany	0:00:00.076
4	Tianshi Zhong (Chn) People's Republic of China	0:00:00.118
5	Katy Marchant (GBr) Great Britain	0:00:00.219
6	Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012	0:00:00.221
7	Mathilde Gros (Fra) France
8	Olena Starikova (Ukr) Ukraine	0:00:00.232
9	Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) Russian Federation	0:00:00.243
10	Shanne Braspennincx (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:00.247
11	Laurine Van Riessen (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:00.299
12	Sophie Capewell (GBr) Team Inspired	0:00:00.308
13	Mandy Marquardt (USA) United States Of America	0:00:00.344
14	Martha Bayona Pineda (Col) Colombia	0:00:00.361
15	Hoi Yan Yan Jessica Lee (HKg) Hksi Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00.391
16	Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania	0:00:00.394
17	Madalyn Godby (USA) United States Of America	0:00:00.398
18	Miriam Vece (Ita) Italy	0:00:00.401
19	Migle Marozaite (Ltu) Lithuania	0:00:00.477
20	Ekaterina Gnidenko (Rus) Russian Federation	0:00:00.501
21	Tania Calvo Barbero (Spa) Spain	0:00:00.505
22	Urszula Los (Pol) Poland	0:00:00.529
23	Riyu Ohta (Jpn) Japan	0:00:00.540
24	Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia	0:00:00.584
25	Crismonita Dwi Putri (Ina) Indonesia	0:00:00.610
26	Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Col) Colombia	0:00:00.715
27	Robyn Stewart (Irl) Ireland	0:00:00.738
28	Liubov Basova (Ukr) Ukraine	0:00:00.786
29	Helena Casas Roige (Spa) Spain	0:00:00.861
30	Yin Yin Li (HKg) Hksi Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00.875
31	Tzu Chun Wang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei	0:00:00.879
32	Soohyun Kim (Kor) Korea	0:00:00.891
33	Sara Kankovska (Cze) Czech Republic	0:00:00.895
34	Charlene Du Preez (RSA) South Africa	0:00:00.919
35	Marlena Karwacka (Pol) Poland	0:00:01.006
36	Nicole Rodriguez (Gua) Guatemala	0:00:01.027
37	Dziyana Miadzvetskaya (Blr) Belarus	0:00:01.030
38	Anis Amira Rosidi (Mas) Sime Darby Foundation	0:00:01.183

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Katy Marchant (GBr) Great Britain
2	Liubov Basova (Ukr) Ukraine

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012
2	Robyn Stewart (Irl) Ireland

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathilde Gros (Fra) France
2	Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Col) Colombia

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Olena Starikova (Ukr) Ukraine
2	Crismonita Dwi Putri (Ina) Indonesia

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 5
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) Russian Federation
2	Fatehah Mustapa (Mas) Malaysia

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 6
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Shanne Braspennincx (Ned) Netherlands
2	Riyu Ohta (Jpn) Japan

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 7
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurine Van Riessen (Ned) Netherlands
2	Urszula Los (Pol) Poland

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 8
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sophie Capewell (GBr) Team Inspired
2	Tania Calvo Barbero (Spa) Spain

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 9
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mandy Marquardt (USA) United States Of America
2	Ekaterina Gnidenko (Rus) Russian Federation

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 10
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Martha Bayona Pineda (Col) Colombia
2	Migle Marozaite (Ltu) Lithuania

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 11
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Miriam Vece (Ita) Italy
2	Hoi Yan Yan Jessica Lee (HKg) Hksi Pro Cycling Team

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Women's Sprint 1/16 Final Heat 12
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania
2	Madalyn Godby (USA) United States Of America

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania
2	Lea Sophie Friedrich (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China
2	Miriam Vece (Ita) Italy

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Hinze (Ger) Germany
2	Martha Bayona Pineda (Col) Colombia

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mandy Marquardt (USA) United States Of America
2	Tianshi Zhong (Chn) People's Republic of China

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 5
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Katy Marchant (GBr) Great Britain
2	Sophie Capewell (GBr) Team Inspired

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 6
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurine Van Riessen (Ned) Netherlands
2	Pauline Sophie Grabosch (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 7
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Shanne Braspennincx (Ned) Netherlands
2	Mathilde Gros (Fra) France

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Women's Sprint 1/8 Final Heat 8
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) Russian Federation
2	Olena Starikova (Ukr) Ukraine

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Women's Sprint 1/4 Final Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) Russian Federation
2	Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) Lithuania

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Women's Sprint 1/4 Final Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong, China
2	Shanne Braspennincx (Ned) Netherlands

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Women's Sprint 1/4 Final Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma Hinze (Ger) Germany
2	Laurine Van Riessen (Ned) Netherlands

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Women's Sprint 1/4 Final Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mandy Marquardt (USA) United States Of America
2	Katy Marchant (GBr) Great Britain

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Men's Scratch Race Qualifying - Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yauheni Karaliok (Blr) Belarus
2	Iuri Leitao (Por) Portugal
3	Roman Gladysh (Ukr) Ukraine
4	Bryan Coquard (Fra) France
5	Moritz Malcharek (Ger) Track - Team - Brandenburg
6	Alisher Zhumakan (Kaz) Kazakhstan
7	Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Italy
8	Zafeiris Volikakis (Gre) Greece
9	Andrei Sazanov (Rus) Marathon - Tula Cycling Team
10	Jacob Tipper (GBr) Huub Wattbike Test Team
11	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Switzerland
12	Yacine Chalel (Alg) Algeria
13	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Eustrak - Euskadi

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Men's Scratch Race Qualifying - Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Filip Prokopyszyn (Pol) Poland
2	Eric Young (USA) United States Of America
3	Ethan Vernon (GBr) Great Britain
4	Daniel Babor (Cze) Czech Republic
5	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain
6	Stefan Matzner (Aut) Austria
7	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Belgium
8	Maxim Piskunov (Rus) Russian Federation
9	Joffrey Degueurce (Fra) Bison Sport - Commel
10	Viktor Filutas (Hun) Hungary
11	Ching Yin Mow (HKg) Hong Kong, China
12	Vitalijs Kornilovs (Lat) Latvia
13	Pingan Shen (Chn) People's Republic of China

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Men's Keirin First Round Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Matthijs Buchli (Ned) Beat Cycling Club	0:00:10.919
2	Vasilijus Lendel (Ltu) Lithuania
3	Artsiom Zaitsau (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club
4	Yu Zhou (Chn) People's Republic of China
DNF	Marc Jurczyk (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012
DNF	Francesco Ceci (Ita) Italy
DNF	Hersony Canelon Vera (Ven) Venezuela

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Men's Keirin First Round Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Denis Dmitriev (Rus) Russian Federation	0:00:10.591
2	Stefan Botticher (Ger) Germany
3	Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (Col) Colombia
4	Koyu Matsui (Jpn) Japan Professional Cyclist Association
5	Krzysztof Maksel (Pol) Poland
6	Uladzislau Novik (Blr) Belarus
DNF	Dmytro Stovbetskyi (Ukr) Ukraine

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Men's Keirin First Round Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sebastien Vigier (Fra) France	0:00:10.073
2	Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Mas) SDF - Sime Darby Foundation
3	Pavel Kelemen (Cze) Czech Republic
4	Sandor Szalontay (Hun) Hungary
5	Brandon Pineda (Gua) Guatemala
DNF	Yuta Obara (Jpn) Japan
DNS	Joseph Truman (GBr) Team Inspired

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Men's Keirin First Round Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Harrie Lavreysen (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:10.577
2	Jack Carlin (GBr) Great Britain
3	Sergey Ponomaryov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
4	Shane Alan Perkins (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
5	Jai Angsuthasawit (Tha) Thailand
6	Jose Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Spain
7	Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis (Mas) Malaysia

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Men's Keirin First Round Repechage Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Hersony Canelon Vera (Ven) Venezuela	0:00:10.233
2	Shane Alan Perkins (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
3	Uladzislau Novik (Blr) Belarus
4	Artsiom Zaitsau (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club
5	Brandon Pineda (Gua) Guatemala

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Men's Keirin First Round Repechage Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Krzysztof Maksel (Pol) Poland	0:00:10.097
2	Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (Col) Colombia
3	Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis (Mas) Malaysia
4	Sandor Szalontay (Hun) Hungary
DNS	Francesco Ceci (Ita) Italy

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Men's Keirin First Round Repechage Heat 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Koyu Matsui (Jpn) Japan Professional Cyclist Association	0:00:10.425
2	Pavel Kelemen (Cze) Czech Republic
3	Jose Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Spain
DNS	Marc Jurczyk (Ger) Team Erdgas.2012

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Men's Keirin First Round Repechage Heat 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yuta Obara (Jpn) Japan	0:00:10.159
2	Sergey Ponomaryov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
3	Jai Angsuthasawit (Tha) Thailand
4	Dmytro Stovbetskyi (Ukr) Ukraine
5	Yu Zhou (Chn) People's Republic of China

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Men's Keirin Round 2 Heat 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stefan Botticher (Ger) Germany	0:00:10.377
2	Matthijs Buchli (Ned) Beat Cycling Club
3	Harrie Lavreysen (Ned) Netherlands
4	Hersony Canelon Vera (Ven) Venezuela
5	Yuta Obara (Jpn) Japan
DSQ	Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Mas) SDF - Sime Darby Foundation

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Men's Keirin Round 2 Heat 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Denis Dmitriev (Rus) Russian Federation	0:00:10.479
2	Koyu Matsui (Jpn) Japan Professional Cyclist Association
3	Jack Carlin (GBr) Great Britain
4	Krzysztof Maksel (Pol) Poland
5	Vasilijus Lendel (Ltu) Lithuania
DNF	Sebastien Vigier (Fra) France

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Men's Omnium Scratch Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain
2	Rui Oliveira (Por) Portugal
3	Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus
4	Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
5	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark
6	Christos Volikakis (Gre) Greece
7	Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy
8	Bartosz Rudyk (Pol) Poland
9	Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Germany
10	Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Netherlands
11	Shane Kline (USA) United States Of America
12	Donavan Vincent Grondin (Fra) France
13	Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland
14	Michael Foley (Can) Canada
15	Ka Yu Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China
16	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Belgium
17	Liang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China
18	Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Hungary
19	Muradjan Khalmuratov (Uzb) Uzbekistan
20	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukr) Ukraine
21	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Spain

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Men's Omnium Tempo Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Spain	30
2	Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain	25
3	Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy	24
4	Rui Oliveira (Por) Portugal	24
5	Ka Yu Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China	21
6	Bartosz Rudyk (Pol) Poland	20
7	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark	20
8	Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus	20
9	Liang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China	20
10	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Belgium	20
11	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukr) Ukraine	5
12	Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland	1
13	Christos Volikakis (Gre) Greece	2
14	Donavan Vincent Grondin (Fra) France	1
15	Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Netherlands	1
16	Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Germany	1
17	Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Hungary
18	Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
19	Muradjan Khalmuratov (Uzb) Uzbekistan
20	Shane Kline (USA) United States Of America
DNF	Michael Foley (Can) Canada

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Men's Omnium Elimination Race
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Netherlands
2	Matthew Walls (GBr) Great Britain
3	Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy
4	Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland
5	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Belgium
6	Rui Oliveira (Por) Portugal
7	Shane Kline (USA) United States Of America
8	Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Germany
9	Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukr) Ukraine
10	Bartosz Rudyk (Pol) Poland
11	Raman Tsishkou (Blr) Belarus
12	Ka Yu Leung (HKg) Hong Kong, China
13	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Spain
14	Donavan Vincent Grondin (Fra) France
15	Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
16	Christos Volikakis (Gre) Greece
17	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark
18	Liang Guo (Chn) People's Republic of China
19	Muradjan Khalmuratov (Uzb) Uzbekistan
20	Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Hungary
DNS	Michael Foley (Can) Canada

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